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National Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Azerbaijan and Labor Inspection Department to Implement Program on Obligatory Labor Contract

Business Materials 23 October 2007 15:47 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend U.Ismaylova / The National Confederation of Entrepreneurs of Azerbaijan (NCEA) and Labor Inspection Department of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection will jointly carry out enlightenment work on obligatory labor contracts, said the NCEA President, Alekper Mammadov.

After the collapse of 16-storey building on 28 August in then center of Baku, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, issued an order strengthening the control on the construction sector. One of the order's items envisages concluding labor contracts.

According to Mammadov, the law is mainly violated in the construction sphere where the workers are employed with high payment, but the labor contracts specify the minimal salaries.

The minimal salary in Azerbaijan amounts to AZN 50.

The obligatory social payments which are transferred from the monthly salary make up 25%.

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