ARKA News Agency, Armenia
March 16 2007

ARMENIAN, NKR LABOR INSPECTIONS ESTABLISH PARTNERSHIP

YEREVAN, March 15. /ARKA/. State Labor Inspections of Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) have established partnership. The
Public Relations Department, RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs,
reports that the two countries’ Labor Inspections have elaborated a
working program.
Head of the RA Labor Inspection Harutyun Harutyunyan reported that
"the support will be both material and moral." Specifically,
personnel training is in progress, and modern equipment will soon be
provided.
On his turn, the newly appointed Head of the NKR Labor Inspection
Karen Tovmasyan said that the problems in the state-employer-employee
relations have been inherited from the past years, when no
centralized control of employers existed. Among the problems are
secret employment, illegal nonpayment or delay of wages, violations
of work contracts. To reveal the problems the Labor Inspection
conducts regular inspections. Tomvasyan pointed out that the NKR
Labor Inspection expects help from Armenia.
The sides expressed hope for further cooperation, which will
contribute to the consolidation of the NKR Labor Inspection.
A delegation of the NKR Labor Inspection arrived in Armenia on March
13 to establish cooperation with Armenian specialists.
The NKR Labor Inspection was established in 2005 at the NKR Ministry
of Labor and Social Affairs. P.T. -0–