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O.Vėbrienė herself told BNS that she had not yet received the findings of the investigation from the Ministry.
The Environment Ministry informed BNS on Wednesday that the inspection revealed a series of possible irregularities related to the hiring of bonuses and benefits for employees.
According to the Ministry, an employee of the department was transferred to the department by job rotation, although his education did not correspond to the job description, then he was appointed to a higher position after changing the education specified in the job description.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Olga Vėbrienė
The inspection also revealed that higher premiums were paid than allowed by law.
“Exceed the maximum allowable period of 6 months per calendar year established by the Public Function Law or when the amount of bonuses paid during the same period exceeds the 40 percent allowable established. the amount of the official salary ”, reads the conclusions of the investigation.
According to her, bonuses were awarded in the department for additional functions performed, sometimes for replacement.
“The correct legal basis for the payment of bonuses is particularly important, since its manipulation makes it possible for an employee to pay a bonus for similar functions for twice as long as the legislation allows,” the ministry said.
She also says there have been doubts about handing over lump sums as an incentive for flawless performance of her duties.
However, according to the ministry, “on the occasion of a vacation without a clear basis”, a benefit of 750 euros was granted to an employee who worked in the department for less than two weeks.
No conclusions were received
O.Vėbrienė, director of the Department of Environmental Protection, says she has not yet received the findings of the inspection.
“I am not aware of the conclusion,” the department head told BNS on Wednesday.
He said he had learned of the findings from the media and sent a request to Environment Minister Simon Gentville to share the findings.
I’m not familiar with the conclusion, – said O.Vėbrienė.
Commenting on the findings, he promised later on Wednesday.
The Environment Ministry announces the inspection of the department’s activities on December 30.
On January 25, the head of the department, O.Vėbrienė, announced that she had received rapporteur status after submitting a request to the Attorney General’s Office regarding the minister’s conduct.
The Whistleblower Protection Act stipulates that a person who has been granted such status may not be fired, demoted or reduced in salary.
Luke April / 15min photo / Simon Gentvilas
The friction between S. Gentvilas and O. Vėbrienė occurred when he dismissed an environmentalist who briefed the minister on holiday about the oil spill at the Būtingė terminal late last year.
The Minister, for his part, claimed to have received a disproportionate number of complaints from employees of the Department of Environmental Protection and to have himself initiated an official inspection to see if said environmentalist had been legally removed from his post. S. Gentvilas also raised the issue of staff positions in the personnel policy department.
O.Vėbrienė became the permanent head of the Department of Environmental Protection in August last year, replacing Valdas Laukis, whose head of the department received criticism after the fire tire recycling company Ekologistika in Alytus and Grigeo Klaipėda contaminated in the Curonian lagoon.
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