RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Cover Image

ПРАВА И ДУЖНОСТИ ДРЖАВНИХ СЛУЖБЕНИКА У РЕПУБЛИЦИ СРБИЈИ
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Author(s): Zoran Jovanović, Dragomir Janković
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Public Administration
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Нишу
Keywords: managerial approach; political approach; legal approach; civil servants; rights and duties; prevention of the conflict of interest; anti corruption measures

Summary/Abstract: The specific legal regulation of the employment of civil servants reflects their privileged position in relation to the private sector employees. Their, in a way, privileged position, can be described with the following benefits: adequate working conditions, ensured salary from the public resources (state budget), guaranteed legal protection, etc. However, on the other hand, civil servants are restricted by certain legal limitations which do not exist in private sector and which are the result of the specific nature of the official’s position or his job description. Thus, these restrictive regulations include: the prevention of the conflict of interest, anti corruption measures, restrictions related to the possibility of taking an additional job (as a possible source of corruption), prohibition to establish commercial associations, entrepreneurial firms and forms of public services. Failing to comply with these restriction may cost a civil servant his employment in the public sector. All comparative legal systems comprise some sort of regulation which define the rights and duties of public servants. The reason for this kind of regulation can be found in the specific nature of the relations that exist between the civil servants and the state and the duties that the civil servants perform.

  • Issue Year: LVI/2010
  • Issue No: 56
  • Page Range: 217-229
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Serbian