Citizens for Inspection Reform
At the beginning of 2014, Center for Democracy Foundation commenced with realization of the project “Citizens for Inspection Reform – Towards Efficient Inspection System in Serbia”. We need the respect of the rule of law, efficient, responsible and transparent public administration in accordance with European standards. We want inspections that help citizens and protect our rights.
Recommendations for Eradication of Corruption in the Field of Labor and Employment from the Socio-Economic and Legal Aspects
Socio-economic recommendations are based upon the introductory text “About Corruption” by professor Dragoljub Mi?unovi?, Review of the Research on Corruption in the Sphere of Labor and Recommendations for Public Policies (Milena Vujovi? and Ksenija Petovar), results of the research Workers in the Jaws of Corruption: Corruption in Employment (Vojislav Mihailovi? and Sre?ko Mihailovi?), and other theoretic and empiric findings from the area of corruption within labor (more precise – corruption in employment, corruption in saving the working place, and corruption in advancement within working organization).
Decent Work and Shadow Economy
In June 2013, Center for Democracy Foundation initiated a project “Towards More Efficient Fight Against Undeclared Work and Shadow Economy”. Project is supported by Solidar Suisse – Office in Belgrade and it is part of the “Decent Work” program. In our long-term confrontation with problems from the areas of economic and social rights, mostly with workers’ rights and promotion of decent work principles, the issue of shadow economy and undeclared work as one of its most present forms of existence has been many times in the focus of our activities… Publication “Decent Work and Shadow Economy” represents a comprehensive overview…
Civil Society and Labor Rights
Does civil society have any connections and implications on labor rights? There are opinions and theories suggesting that economic sector and the field of labor do not belong to civil society, whilst there are beliefs that this sector is a part of civil society. The same question appears when unions are in question: do they belong to the sphere of civil sector or not? Freedom of associating is one of basic human rights and it is the essence of civil society. All citizens have the right to unite and organize in different forms of organizations. One of the most significant…
Black on White – Assorted Recommendations
Decent Work as a concept of International Labor Organization comprehends the improvement of possibilities for both men and women to attain dignifying and productive job in the setting that provides freedom, equality, safety and human dignity. Decent Work Agenda includes procuring of full realization of the following 4 strategic goals with gender equality as an overall objective: creating conditions for opening of new working places, guaranteeing labor rights on the job and those related to labor, social protection, improvement of social dialogue…
Corruption Against Decent Work
Regulations and morality keep political communities together and represent elementary values. Nevertheless, the individual in community should succumb to their norms, which are limiting in his/hers free aspirations and actions; individual often perceives them as the limitation of his/hers own interests. There is an aphorism by Oscar Wilde saying: “I can resist everything, except the temptation”. Verbalized in the form of paradox, but still convincing. Every corruption starts with surrendering to temptation. But what is temptation? Is it a deficit of fulfilled needs; is it materialistic or psychological nature? Or corruptive human nature gets into conflict with the adopted moral…
Towards the More Effective Acting of Misdemeanor Courts and Labor Inspection in Protection of Workers Rights – Additions
Older Workers – Some Are at Work, And Some Do Not Have Neither Job, Nor Pension
Among numerous prejudices of our everyday life are those about ineptness and exhaustment of the older member of our social community. To make the paradox even bigger, as much as the life span is being increased, the line of crossing from period of middle age to elderly is being decreased. There are different methods of excluding rejecting the elderly, but one especially drastic and harsh is their exclusion from labor market by losing their jobs with weak chances for new employment. Center for Democracy Foundation commenced few months ago work on the project “Let’s Stop Age Discrimination and Endorse Active Ageing”
Slovak-Serbian EU Enlargement Fund (ENG)
Implementing European Standards on the Way to Regional Development of Serbia (Collection of Texts)
Center for Democracy Foundation has a developed publishing activity ever since its establishment. Our practice is to leave written trails about our projects and produce the materials that can secure sustainability of the results and findings acquired during their realization. Publication in front of you derived from the project “European Values and Standards Implementation in Local Communities and Regional Development” as a result of our wish to explicate particular aspects of Euro integrations of Serbia to citizens through expert texts. This is our modest contribution to decentralization of Serbia, bearing in mind that, among other things, it involves the decentralization…
Everybody Has the Right to a Safe Working Place
Non-governmental organization Center for Democracy Foundation, in the framework of a more extensive subject on economic and social rights of citizens, conducted several researches on the status of employed population in Serbia. Summarizing analysis are published in booklets and various texts incorporating on-field research and discussions at round tables with contribution of representatives from unions, employees, labor inspection, other public services, experts and other interested parties. Unquestionable result of these researches, as well as many other reports and analysis, point out that the employed part of population in Serbia is facing great deficit of safety at their working places, as…
Respect for Employees Rights – Confirmation of the Lawful State
Center for Democracy Foundation continues the campaign for protection of economic and social rights of employees in Serbia. We endorse the initiation of public debate and informing the general public on the importance of altering several articles in the Labor Law and other laws regulating the conception and documenting job contracts, working hours length and jurisdictions of Labor Inspection aiming to improve the efficiency in their implementation. In addition, we consider that the time for more active preparation of legal regulations on prevention of different forms of aggravation and harassment of employees has come. We are convinced that the proposed…
