Decent Labor Day: In Moldova, salaries are often given in envelopes, and employees’ rights are violated at every step
Although in the last decade, the economy of the Republic of Moldova registered an annual growth of approximately 4.5 percent, the situation in terms of job creation has not been created. At least, this is what the data of the National Accreditation Center in our country show. The fact is also confirmed by Moldovans, who choose to go abroad, in search of a well-paid job where their rights are respected. Today, on World Decent Work Day, people didn’t say that in countries where there are no decent jobs, and that’s because wages are often in the envelope, working conditions are poor, and workers’ rights . it is violated at every step.
“- What does decent work mean for a citizen?
– To work 7 hours, to have some free time, not to be oppressed at work and to have certain rights”.
This was the answer given by a woman, who told us that she is employed in the labor field, here in the Republic of Moldova. We approached other passers-by with the same question, but they all answered that, in our country, there is no decent work, and this for several reasons, such as wage inequality, often substandard conditions, and the most a lot. important – failure to respect the rights of employees.
“- I work a lifetime and at the end I have no bread left? It is not equity.
– Decent work is when we are all paid, any work must be remunerated. It doesn’t matter the specialty”.
“To raise wages, to make it more convenient for people, because prices are going up, but wages are staying the same.”
Meanwhile, some of those interviewed, that the citizens themselves are actually to blame for the fact that there is no decent work in the Republic of Moldova, and one of the reasons would be corruption.
“If you give 70-80 thousand to a judge, so that he won’t take a bribe, he will take it anyway. But if we make a reward at the kindergarten, like a dad you paid the teacher or you went to the doctor, he saved you and you gave him something because he saved your life. This is not considered a bribe”.
In the context of the World Day of Decent Work, the National Confederation of Trade Unions organized a flashmob, in the center of the capital, with the aim of promoting work equality between women and men, wage equity, but also respect for rights at work.
According to CNSM representatives, in many cases, employees’ rights are violated at work.
“Wages that are proportional to the effort of the employee when he works, because in most cases when an enterprise obtains profit, its distribution is clearly below the needs and logic between wages and between employers, the owners of the enterprise”.
A year ago, the International Labor Organization launched the Country Program for Decent Work, which sets the vectors for sustainable development and decent work in our country. The document was approved by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection and provides for the adoption of new national strategies for Employment, as well as the monitoring and combating of cases of violence and harassment of employees.