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| Layoffs at the Interior Ministry 03/06/2011 |
| (2011-06-03) |
| Last updated: 2011-06-06 15:14 EET |
The Romanian interior minister, Traian Igas, has good news and bad news for police officers and other employees. The good news is that the cuts in the food quota that will trim wages, a measure imposed by budget restrictions, are temporary. Employees will be able to recover the money. The bad news is that the ministry restructuring continues, meaning that about 10 000 employees of the 140 000 currently hired, will be sacked. The measure will be taken in a month’s time and will affect police officers, firefighters, gendarmes or emergency service employees.
An organizational chart analysis will precede the measure, which will not have a negative impact on citizens’ safety, minister Igas assures: ‘’When we complete these organizational charts, we will try not to cut back on the number of currently working employees. We will reduce support groups and the central structure.’’
The interior minister also said that remaining vacancies would be posted for contest and recalled that, upon taking office, he was assigned the mission to reorganize and streamline the Interior ministry, a process that had begun under the management of his predecessor, Vasile Blaga. To back his layoff measures, Igas argued that Romania stands above the European average as regards the number of police officers per 100 000 inhabitants. Should layoffs not take place, Igas warned, the ministry risks to no longer be able to pay salaries. The recent veto of the Chamber of Deputies regarding the draft law of the Interior Ministry’s restructuring has not managed to block layoffs. Although unhappy, Police trade unionists have accepted dialogue with minister Igas.
Union leader Marin Gruia submitted to the latter a potential solution to avoid layoffs: ‘’Allowing employees to take a leave of absence for 2 or 3 years, and analyze every position during this period. If they get another job during this interval, some of these persons are not likely to return. We have already gathered more than 30 temporary suspension requests, for intervals spanning 2 to 3 years. Temporary suspension will solve at least 70% of expected layoffs.’’
Talks between the management of the Interior Ministry and trade unionists will carry on alongside employees’ protests.
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