Monday, 20. August 2012.
Management and trade unions of Petrohemija with representatives of Ministry of Finance and Economy
Representatives of the Management and representative trade unions of Petrohemija
met on Friday, August 17, with the representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Economy – Aleksandar Ljubić, State Secretary, Mišela Nikolić, Assistant Minister, and Nenad Mijailović, Ministry Adviser.
Representatives of the competent Ministry pointed out that, at this moment, it is the most rational to start the reconstruction of the HDPE Plant, because NIS, as one of the shareholders of Petrohemija, expressed readiness to provide a part of the missing financial resources in the cash flow for the realization of the investments and salaries of the employees from August to December. Bearing in mind that until the investment operations are finished, it will be impossible to organize the start of the production, the Ministry demanded that the Management of HIP-Petrohemija sent to paid leave all the employees whose presence is not necessary during the occurence of investments, in accordance with the Labour Law and the Collective Agreement.
Representative trade unions of Petrohemija insisted on the improvement of social and economic position of the employees who would be sent to paid leave without the guilt of the employee. Having in mind the lenght of investment operations, they requested from the Ministry of Finance and Economy to find the resources for salaries in greater amount than predicted in the Collective Agreement.
Pointing out once again the bad situation in finances in the Republic of Serbia, the representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Economy requested that the given budget for the realization of the investment remains within the set range. It was also pointed out that the first possible help of the state can be expected not sooner than 2013. Independently from these facts, representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Economy accepted to, once again, overview the possible level of resources as the help to Petrohemija in this period.