Staff are divided into three groups (central administration, labour offices, labour inspectorates) and subdivided according to functional qualifications on the basis of experience and the nature of the duties - each qualification is subdivided into wage levels. Managerial staff represent a separate category.
The central administration employs 433 staff, the employment offices 7,066, the placement offices 3,718 and the labour inspectorates 3,531.
The statute of the staff is determined by a state law setting out conditions of entry to the service, qualifications required, the vocational training required as well as career development and the performance of related functions, the responsibilities of subordinates, maximum duration of the working day, etc.
Certain aspects of labour organisation and employer-employee relations are regulated by national or decentralised trade union agreements: salary systems, labour organisational criteria, duration and allocation of working hours, etc.
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