ZAGREB, October 8, 2019 – The European Federation of Salaried Doctors (FEMS) said on Monday that it would file a report with the supervisory bodies of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) over violations of labour and union rights of Croatian doctors.
The move was proposed by the head of the FEMS General Assembly, Joao De Deus, at the autumn session of the FEMS General Assembly held in Riga, Latvia, on October 3-5, the Croatian Medical Union (HLS) said.
The procedure before international institutions over violation of doctors’ labour and union rights was previously requested by HLS president Renata Čulinović-Čaić, who took part in the FEMS General Assembly meeting and submitted a national report on the status of doctors in Croatia.
The report to ILO is only one in a number of steps to be taken before European and other international institutions with the aim of protecting Croatian doctors’ rights, the HLS said in a press release.
The Croatian government’s actions regarding the settlement of problems faced by Croatian doctors have been monitored by FEMS over the past six months yet they remain unsolved, the HLS says in the press release.
The problems concern lack of representativeness, inadequate payment for overtime work, and exceeding the legal maximum overtime work allowed.
The FEMS Assembly was also informed of a declaration signed by three Croatian umbrella medical associations as well as the government’s disregard for their demand to meet with the prime minister.
The three associations demand in their declaration urgent adoption of a law on doctors’ salaries or a collective branch agreement.
In the coming days the three medical associations will start preparations for further action, of which the public will be informed on time, the HLS said.
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