ZAGREB, October 22, 2020 - Due to the deteriorating epidemiological situation, the government has tasked state administration bodies and offices and other public services to take measures in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus and arrange for work to be done from home or in rosters where possible.
The government on Thursday authorised Minister of Justice and Public Administration Ivan Malenica to adopt, following prior approval from the Prime Minister, a binding instruction identifying measures related to the epidemiological situation.
"The instruction will, depending on the epidemiological situation, in detail prescribe cases and possibilities to work from home and arrange work in rosters with the aim of ensuring continual and regular state administration duties to be performed while trying to prevent the spread of Covid-19," said Malenica.
This decision will apply to public services, with the exception of health, science, education and social welfare, which are regulated with special regulations. This will also not apply to police officers, civil protection organisations and members of the Armed Forces who will conduct their duties in accordance with instructions from the police director, the military chief-of-staff and the director of civil protection.
The government adopted a decision on launching negotiations on an annexe to the Collective Agreement for state administration and public servants, and in that regard appointed its members to negotiation committees which will be headed by Minister for Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy Josip Aladrovic.
The negotiations on the most part refer to the amount of Christmas bonuses but will also discuss base wage indices for next year, the state secretary in the labour ministry, Dragan Jelic, explained.
The government defined the minimum financial standards for the decentralisation of health institutions for Zagreb, Krapina-Zagorje, Sisak-Moslavina, Zadar and Istria counties and adopted a decision on the reallocation of these funds, while the total amount for decentralisation activities in 2020 remains unchanged.
