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Azerbaijani Milli Mejlis committee does not accept the draft law on declaring May 1 non-working day and workersâ€™ holiday

28 April 2009 15:01 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elbrus Seyfullayev â€“ APA. The Social Policy Committee of Milli Mejlis discussed on Tuesday the draft law on declaring May 1 non-working day and workersâ€™ holiday in Azerbaijan. Committee Chairman Hadi Rajabli told APA the draft law submitted by Panah Huseyn was not accepted. â€œThe implementation of this issue is not real now. It can be addressed several years laterâ€.

Rajabli said there were 13 holidays and a day of national mourning in Azerbaijan now and the people were not working totally for 17 days a year. â€œCurrently daily salary fund is 15 million AZN in Azerbaijan and 8 million is paid to the workers of private sector and 7 million â€“ to the workers of budgets organizations. How it can be correct to pay to the people 10 million AZN for non-working days? There is a question of protection of the interests of private sector. On the other hand, there are two holidays and non-working days in Mayâ€.

May 1, the Day of Workersâ€™ Solidarity was declared in Turkey as a holiday and non-working day this year.