In June, parliament will deal with civil project ws. Coal equivalent – Onet.pl

 
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  In June, parliament will deal with civil project ws. Coal equivalent
 
 
 

The project, under which the Committee for Civic Initiative He gathered 126 thousand. signatures, was sent to Parliament by the end of March. Two weeks later, the Committee has received a written assurance Speaker of the Parliament to refer the project to the first reading. In recent days, the Trade Union of Miners in Poland, who initiated the action of collecting signatures, was informed of the exact date of commencement of the procedure in the Parliament.

the rapporteur of the project will be representative of the Committee for Civic Initiative, and also deputy head of the mining therefore, Waclaw Czerkawski. – With me coming to the capital of a dozen or so representation of the miners, who will listen to the debate from the parliamentary gallery. We hope that the project will not be rejected and will be targeted for further work in the committee – said Czerkawski.

recalled that by mid-year, the ministry of energy and work and family were present design ordering the case of carbon allowances. – If there is a government project, we have nothing against it, to work in committees on both projects, combining them into one good project. We want to effectively settling the matter – said the deputy head of the Trade Union of Miners in Poland.

According to the rules, the first reading is carried out within three months from the date of filing of civil draft law to the Speaker.

Deputat carbon that power a specified quantity of free atoms; It can be realized in nature, or in the form of coal to heat your home or apartment, or cash equivalents, or the payment of equivalent carbon. According to the union, the initiative is intended primarily arrangement of the current legal chaos and is not associated with the postulate of new powers for retirees mining. Today, there are seven different ways to implement this provision.

The annual cost-equivalent for pensioners and widows mining trade unionists estimated at approx. 400 million zł, remind, however, that even today about half of this amount comes from the state budget, which finances allowances for pensioners of mines transferred earlier to the Company Restructuring mines.

Preparing special act, which is to settle the matter deputies, at the beginning of the year announced by the representatives of the Ministry of Energy, together with the Ministry of family, work and social policy.

Formally civic project concerns the amendment of the Act of 7 September 2007. on the functioning of coal mining. The initiators of the bill propose to introduce the concept that allowance are also entitled to “a former employee of the mine or mining plant, which had the power to coal equivalent on the basis of existing laws and powers have been taken away or suspended by a decision of the boards of mining companies.” Another key change is that specified in the Act tasks and benefits “are financed from the state budget subsidy.”

Committee of the Legislative Initiative has been registered in the parliament at the end of December last year. Since then, the initiators have three months to collect at least 100 thousand. signatures. March 29 submitted to the Sejm 126 thousand. signatures of support.

Deputat coal, which is entitled to a certain amount of free carbon per year, is a very old mining permission , traditionally enjoyed by both workers and pensioners or annuitants mining. Of collective agreements or agreements within companies. However, due to the transformation and savings in the mining industry, today not all eligible receive the allowance, a benefit for those who receive them, are funded from different sources.

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