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State institutions in Serbia exploit legal loopholes to hire temporary workers under unfair conditions

In Serbia, it has long been known that state representatives, responsible for upholding the law, often take the lead in violating and circumventing it. Now, official data and state audits confirm what has been discussed for years: ministries, public administration and state-owned companies are increasingly hiring employees on temporary and occasional contracts, a practice that often violates the law. These workers, hired for temporary positions, frequently remain in that status for far longer than the legal limit of 120 days…