Illegal employment, which is a serious problem in the Republic of Moldova, can be solved by reforming the Labor Inspectorate and by increasing the number of labor inspectors. The authorities, in cooperation with the foreign partners, have launched a campaign to recruit labor inspectors, IPN reports.
The campaign “Combatting of illegal employment can be your superpower” was launched at Mediacor, at the Moldova State University, where representatives of the Government, the Parliament and the State Labor Inspectorate made effort to persuade the students to apply for the post of labor inspector.
MP Dan Perciun, who heads the Parliament’s commission on social protection, health and family, said that he would like the young people to become involved in combating illegal employment alongside the authorities.
“It is estimated that envelope salaries exceed 15 billion lei. This is almost equal to our social insurance budget. There are two main institutions whose duty is to contribute to solving this problem – the Tax Inspectorate and the Labor Inspectorate. These are persons whose responsibility is to ensure the rights of salary earners are respected, the people pay taxes and will later have decent benefits and pensions. This is an important, noble thing that is essential for the functioning of society. I hope a lot that we will manage to find enthusiastic people who are ready to lend a hand, who feel the need to help society to become more correct, in which the people feel protected,” stated Dan Perciun.
Minister of Labor and Sociale Protection Alexei Buzu called on the young people to become labor inspectors and to improve things in Moldova. “I, as a minister, have two figures of which I’m very much afraid – the poverty of children in the Republic of Moldova and he number of pensioners that is much higher than the number of persons who receive salaries. The mistake made by many young people in the Republic of Moldova when they choose a job is that they ask about the size of the salary. The gained experience is yet more important and you will speak about it when you get to any corner of the world and will be employed,” stated Alexei Buzu.
Sabina Didic, head of the Inspections Support Division of the State Labor Inspectorate, has worked in the field of labor inspection for 18 years and said that in time she realized that besides technical, legal, economic knowledge, if you choose to be an inspector, you also need to be a psychologist so as to be able to understand the persons with which you interact. “While in the line of duty, I saw that we have been heard and we reached the stage when the employers and the employees started to know their rights and obligations. We have yet to work as not everyone realizes the consequences of the non-observance of the legislation,” she stated.
Corina Ajder, secretary of state at the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, said the state inspectors will initially get a salary of 7,000 lei and this will be gradually raised. They will also benefit from training, including in European countries, and will be able to develop skills that can be useful in other jobs too. Those interested should visit www.inspector.md and file an application. They will be later contacted and told what to do next.
