Based on the instructions of Human Rights Defender Ms.
Anahit Manasyan, the representatives of the Defender’s Office have been
monitoring mass and social media publications since early morning, to register
and promptly address issues related to ensuring the labor rights of bus drivers
in Yerevan.
The Defender's Office also studies and analyzes existing
facts related to the rights and obligations of the sides of labor relations
from the perspective of international and domestic standards.
The Defender also considers it imperative to emphasize
that employers' efforts should be aimed at ensuring the right of every employee
to fair working conditions in all cases(including conditions that meet hygiene
requirements, the right to rest, etc.), and the right of every employee to fair
remuneration for their work.
The Defender will address the competent authorities to
discuss the issues registered as a result of the monitoring activities and to
outline the necessary ways to resolve them.