What social guarantees do officials have?

Guarantees for a civil servant are the basic provisions established in the legislation that characterize the socio-legal aspect of the status of a civil servant. They include normatively determined measures of an economic, social, organizational and legal nature, aimed at ensuring the realization of the general rights and duties of a civil servant and the effective performance of official powers.

The civil servant is guaranteed:

• working conditions that ensure the fulfillment of official duties;

• wages and other payments stipulated by laws and other normative legal acts;

• annual paid leave;

• medical care of a civil servant and his family members, including after his retirement;

• re-training (re-qualification) and advanced training with preservation of monetary support for the period of study;

• the mandatory consent of a civil servant to transfer to another state position in the civil service, except for cases provided for by law;

• pension provision for years of service and pension provision for family members of a civil servant in the event of his death, which occurred in connection with the performance of his official duties;

• protection of a civil servant and his family members from violence, threats, and other illegal actions in connection with the performance of his official duties in accordance with the law.

The provided list of guarantees for a civil servant is not exhaustive.