Prilog proračun i proračunski korisnici 5/2013

Borrowing in the budget system is strictly defined, including both the long-term and short-term borrowing. The borrowing in the budget system is determined in a number of the corresponding acts and valid regulations.
Due to the fact that during 2012 the institute of the short-term borrowing appeared for the first time, there have been some issues regarding this topic. The article presents the explanations of the rules regarding the short-term borrowing.

One of the basic parts of the public procurement system is the subject of procurement, which can be the procurement of goods, works or services. Due to the corresponding application of the Act on Public Procurement, the determination of the subject of procurement is a starting point for determining the value of the subject of procurement, the procedure of the public procurement and whether the procurement is of a small or high value.
Each entity engaged in the public procurement independently determines the subject of procurement, taking into consideration the principal provisions of the Act on Public Procurement. The article presents the explanations of the legal provisions and the overview of determining several subjects of procurement, which are the most frequent in the business operations of the entities obliged to apply the public procurement.

The Directive on Preparation and Procedure with the Documents on Tenders and Bids (Official Gazette no. 10/12) as well as the effective Act on Public Procurement (Official Gazette no. 90/11) determine the way of preparation, the contents of the tender documents, the procedure with the documents and the way of determining the minimum levels of capabilities.
The author of the article presents a practical example of preparing the documents in the procedure of public procurement and points to the legal provisions and bylaws which determine this field of public procurement – open procedure. The example comprises the purchase of mobile phone services and the corresponding GSM gadgets.

The author of the article analyzes the main changes of the new Act on the Right to the Access to Information, which became effective in March 2013. From the viewpoint of the public authorities (obliged to apply the above stated Act), the changes primarily comprise the novelties in the definitions of the bodies of public authority, the additional obligations of these bodies in the field of the so-called active measures of obtaining the rights to the access to the information, the system of the information catalogue, the possible reasons for prohibiting the access to the information and the realization of the test of the ratio and the public interest, the deadlines regarding the claims for the access to the particular information, as well as the increased control of the application of the above stated Act.

One of the specifics of the work of the employees in primary and secondary schools is the shiftwork, due to the fact that most schools operate in two shifts. The article presents the most frequent questions regarding the shiftwork, explains the difference between the shiftwork and the split shiftwork, presents the way of calculation of the salary for the shiftwork, including some comments on the existing open issues regarding the shiftwork.

The regulations on the reduction of salaries in state and public services have been passed on all the levels. The salaries of civil servants and employees and the salaries of the employees and servants in the public sector have been reduced according to the directive on the titles of the positions and the co-efficients of the complexity of work. The salaries of the officials in the state and legal bodies have been reduced through the decreased base for the calculation of salaries. Due to the fact that the units of the local and regional self-government are obliged to adjust their salaries to the salaries of the public officials, public servants and employees, this means that the new regulations also affect the reduction of the salaries of the persons employed in the units of local and regional self-government.

The issues such as volunteerism, a volunteering activity and the subject of volunteering are essential and topical especially after the adoption of the Amendments to the Act on Volunteerism, which became effective in March 2013. The article analyzes the changes in the system of volunteerism and some important practical issues regarding volunteerism.

The Government of the Republic of Croatia and the trade unions of the public sector signed on 2 August 2012 the Collective Agreement for the employees and servants in the public sector for the period of four years. According to the provisions of this Agreement both parties appointed the Common Committee for interpretations of the provisions and control of the application of the signed Collective Agreement for the employees and servants in the public. The article presents the interpretations by the Common Committee given at the sessions held on 11 January, 1 February and 19 March 2013.

The Government of the Republic of Croatia and the trade unions of the public sector signed on 12 December 2012 the Basic Collective Agreement for the employees and servants in the public sector for the period of four years. On the same date the Annex I to the Basic Collective Agreement for the employees and servants in the public sector was signed, too. The above stated Annex limits certain substantive rights of the persons employed in the public sector in 2013. The parties in the Agreement appointed the Committee for interpretations of the provisions and control of the application of the Basic Collective Agreement and they are obliged to respect the obtained interpretations. The article presents an overview of some interpretations of the provisions of the Basic Collective Agreement for the employees and servants in the public sector, obtained by the Committee.