YEREVAN. – Armenian Labor Minister said honest employers comply with the labor and pension legislation not because of the fear of sanctions.

Artem Asatryan addressed the lawmakers during the parliamentary debates on amendments to Labor Code.

Changes proposed by the deputies of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia create an opportunity for undocumented workers to protect the rights of the registration seniority.

The MP from the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) Nikol Pashinyan expanded the questions asking to clarify the extent to which a new pension reform is functioning after the decision of the Constitutional Court on January 24.

In response, Labor Minister Artem Asatryan repeated thesis of honest employers, adding that pension reform is valid for those who have already chosen the private pension fund and started making payments both mandatory and voluntary ones.

The Minister did not answer the question whether the duty to pay to pension funds falls only on those who have already been engaged in the system.

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