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"Gazprom Armenia" Inspectors Forced to Pay Off Customers' Debts: Civil
Initiative
04.04.2015 15:53 epress.am
In the last two months, the inspectors of "Gazprom Armenia" company
had to pay off gas debts of the citizens in the areas under their
supervision out of their own pockets, Ani Kaghinyan, "Let's Prevent
the Hike in Gas Prices" civil initiative member told Epress.am.
According to the activist, their initiative has been alerted of the
situation by a number of inspectors.
"The social conditions of the citizens have worsened, so they are
trying to save gas, asking the inspectors to give them time to repay
the debts. If, for example, they agree that they would pay on the 25th
of the month, but are unable to find the sum, the company management
forces the inspectors to pay from their own salaries, on the grounds
that they were the ones to come to an agreement in the first place,"
Kaghinyan said.
Since the beginning of the year, she said, the company has even been
taking away the credit cards with which the inspectors receive their
salaries.
This, as stated by the member of the initiative, is not the only
violation of the Labor Legislation by "Gazprom Armenia." When signing
an employment contract, the company, allegedly, forces the inspectors
to also sign documents on the termination of the contract with an open
termination date. This practice, according to Kaghinyan, has been
implemented ever since the days when the company was called
"ArmRusGazard."
"These documents remain with the management, and when the inspector
does anything that goes against the policy of the company's
management, these contracts come into force, and the inspector is let
go," she said,
An Epress.am reporter spoke to "Gazprom Armenia" spokesperson Shushan
Sardaryan, who said that the inspectors who have faced this problem
should apply to the management.
When informed by our reporter that the inspectors wished to remain
anonymous out of the fear of losing their jobs, Sardaryan responded
that she had no knowledge of the employees being forced to pay off the
customers' debts.
"We have a hotline, anybody with a complaint can call it. A complaint
has to have an addressee, doesn't it?" Sardaryan said.
As for the employment contracts, Sardaryan said that she had to raise
the issue with their attorneys, and today, April 4, is not a business
day.
http://www.epress.am/en/2015/04/04/%E2%80%9Cgazprom-armeniia%E2%80%9D-inspectors-forced-to-pay-off-customers-debts-civil-initiative.html
Initiative
04.04.2015 15:53 epress.am
In the last two months, the inspectors of "Gazprom Armenia" company
had to pay off gas debts of the citizens in the areas under their
supervision out of their own pockets, Ani Kaghinyan, "Let's Prevent
the Hike in Gas Prices" civil initiative member told Epress.am.
According to the activist, their initiative has been alerted of the
situation by a number of inspectors.
"The social conditions of the citizens have worsened, so they are
trying to save gas, asking the inspectors to give them time to repay
the debts. If, for example, they agree that they would pay on the 25th
of the month, but are unable to find the sum, the company management
forces the inspectors to pay from their own salaries, on the grounds
that they were the ones to come to an agreement in the first place,"
Kaghinyan said.
Since the beginning of the year, she said, the company has even been
taking away the credit cards with which the inspectors receive their
salaries.
This, as stated by the member of the initiative, is not the only
violation of the Labor Legislation by "Gazprom Armenia." When signing
an employment contract, the company, allegedly, forces the inspectors
to also sign documents on the termination of the contract with an open
termination date. This practice, according to Kaghinyan, has been
implemented ever since the days when the company was called
"ArmRusGazard."
"These documents remain with the management, and when the inspector
does anything that goes against the policy of the company's
management, these contracts come into force, and the inspector is let
go," she said,
An Epress.am reporter spoke to "Gazprom Armenia" spokesperson Shushan
Sardaryan, who said that the inspectors who have faced this problem
should apply to the management.
When informed by our reporter that the inspectors wished to remain
anonymous out of the fear of losing their jobs, Sardaryan responded
that she had no knowledge of the employees being forced to pay off the
customers' debts.
"We have a hotline, anybody with a complaint can call it. A complaint
has to have an addressee, doesn't it?" Sardaryan said.
As for the employment contracts, Sardaryan said that she had to raise
the issue with their attorneys, and today, April 4, is not a business
day.
http://www.epress.am/en/2015/04/04/%E2%80%9Cgazprom-armeniia%E2%80%9D-inspectors-forced-to-pay-off-customers-debts-civil-initiative.html