ZCMC started terminating employment contracts with saboteurs

ArmInfo. The management of the Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Plant (ZCMC) has started the process of terminating employment contracts with employees who incited illegal actions and organized sabotage at the plant. This is noted in the official statement of the plant. It is emphasized that the termination of contracts is being carried out in strict compliance with Armenia's  labor legislation.

The message states that dismissal orders have already been issued for  eight employees. They are no longer employed by the company, and  their statements are considered private.  The company is urging all  absent employees of the enterprise to take the opportunity to  promptly return to work and resume their job duties. , the  statement says.

It should be noted that this morning ZCMC announced that the company  is suffering large losses as a result of the disruption of normal  operations. ""For about a week, as a result of the illegal disruption  of the normal operation of the company by a group of lawbreakers and  citizens not associated with ZCMC, the enterprise suffered losses in  the amount of about 400 million drams per day, and the state in taxes  alone - in the amount of more than 100 million drams per day," the  statement said. It emphasizes that as a result of these actions,  thousands of the company's employees suffered. "We expect that the  lawbreakers will bear legal responsibility for what happened," the  statement said. 

Recall that since  the end of last week, some ZCMC employees have  gone on strike, demanding a 50% salary increase. ZCMC considered  these demands as unrealistic, and the actions of the strikers as  going beyond the Labor Code.  Recall that the third year in a row,  the list of 1000 major taxpayers in Armenia is headed by the Zangezur  Copper and Molybdenum Combine. It is the largest mining company in  Armenia, operating the Kajaran copper and molybdenum deposit.

Earlier, the company's statement said that the average salary at the  company exceeds all indicators in the country's mining industry. In  Armenia's Syunik region, the average salary is the second highest  after Yerevan, thanks to the industry and mainly to the work of ZCMC.