was homeless, could not exercise the right to obtaining personal documents and health
protection. After the intervention of the Protector of Citizens, by the decision of the Belgrade
Police Administration , the complainant had his residential address confirmed at the address
of the City Center for Social Work, Stari Grad Department.
In the field of labor relations, in the reporting period the Protector of Citizens initiated
procedures toward the Labor Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and
Social Affairs, primarily on the basis of complaints of citizens who indicated to serious
violations of their rights from labor relations by the employer and on the basis from the
information from public information services about accidents at workplace which resulted in
severe bodily injury or death outcome. The oversight procedures in the majority of cases
indicated that the Labor Inspectorate in the specific case acted in accordance with its
authorizations and in individual cases taking of necessary measures were initiated by the
Labor Inspectorate.
Upon his own initiative within the cases which require urgent actions, the Protector of
Citizens also initiated the oversight procedure of the National Employment Service, Belgrade
affiliate, on the basis of the information obtained from the public information services on the
unemployed person who submitted to the competent affiliate of the National Employment
Service the request for the exercise of the right to financial compensation in case of
unemployment which was not decided upon for more than seven months since the day of its
submission. After the initiation of the oversight procedure of its operation, the National
Employment Service within one day corrected the omission in its operation and passed the
requested decision which recognizes the right to financial compensation to the unemployed
person.
With regards to the rights of persons with disabilities, during the reporting period, the
Protector of Citizens issued an opinion with recommendation to the Labor Inspectorate of the
Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs and this opinion indicated to the
Labor Inspectorate that in future actions, in situations when a citizen contacts this authority
with a request or complaint which did not fit their scope of operation, it was necessary to
check always if this contact indicates to the violation of the Labor Law and other labor-legal
regulations with regards to which labor inspectors are competent for the initiation of the
procedure of inspection oversight and initiate the corresponding procedure if all necessary
conditions for it are met. The opinion228 was sent on the basis of the implemented oversight
procedure of the operation of the Department of Labor Inspection in Sremska Mitrovica for
Administrative County of Srem upon the complaint of a person with disabilities employed at
the National Employment Service who filed the request that the labor inspector annuls the
offer of the employer on the conclusion of the annex to the labor contract on the regulation of
mutual rights, obligations and responsibilities. On this occasion, the labor inspection failed to
inspect the allegations from the complaint that the stated offer stipulated the relocation of the
complainant to another job position with the same employer, and this job position was not
stipulated by than valid Rulebook on Job Systematization of the National Employment
Service.229
In the field of mining and energy, the greatest number of cases of complaints of citizens
referred to activities of the PUC “Elektroprivreda Srbije” Belgrade and Operator of the
distributive system “EPS Distribution” d.o.o. Belgrade due to suspension of the electric power
Available at: https://www.ombudsman.rs/index.php/2012-02-07-14-03-33/6327-z-sh-i-ni-gr-d-n-upu-i-ishljnj-s-pr-p-ru-insp-r-u-z-r-d-inis-rs-v-z-r-d-z-p-shlj-v-nj-b-r-c-i-s-ci-ln-pi-nj.
229 Available at: https://www.ombudsman.rs/index.php/2012-02-07-14-03-33/6327-z-sh-i-ni-gr-d-n-upu-i-ishljnj-s-pr-p-ru-insp-r-u-z-r-d-inis-rs-v-z-r-d-z-p-shlj-v-nj-b-r-c-i-s-ci-ln-pi-nj.
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