Employer’s organisations and trade unions protested against what they called an attack by the authorities on the independence of the country’s Social Dialogue Council and the autonomy of social partner organisations, under the disguise of measures to combat COVID-19. According to eight employers’ and trade union organisations, new legislation adopted by the parliament contains a provision authorising the prime minister to dismiss members of the Social Dialogue Council during the period of the state of epidemiological emergency.
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