Kumanovo, 1 June 2023 (MIA) – The bills related to the construction of the corridors won’t be scrapped by the Constitutional Court, all relevant legal services have been consulted over the 60-hour workweek, said First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Political System and Inter-Community Relations Artan Grubi in Tetovo, in answer to a journalist’s question on Thursday.

Grubi said the legislation would allow workers to work overtime with prior written consent, and get paid for it.

“The bills won’t be scrapped by the Constitutional Court, I don’t believe they will. I see no reason why there would be an initiative submitted to the Court because the disputed figure of 60 hours isn’t mentioned anywhere in the bills. The Government’s legal service, all the experts and ministries, and the Ministry of Labor and Social policy are all coordinated over the issue, so there is absolutely no reason for it to be disputed or reviewed by the Constitutional Court. The bill allows workers to work overtime as they can currently, but they have to provide written consent for it, and they have to be paid for it,” said Grubi.

The First Deputy PM and Minister of Political System and Inter-Community Relations, Grubi, alongside the Minister of Transport and Communications Blagoj Bochvarski and the head of the Public Enterprise for State Roads, Ejup Rustemi, attended an event in Tetovo on the occasion of the beginning of construction on Corridor VIII.

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