Persons under house arrest to continue working remotely 

ArmInfo. Persons under house arrest will be able to continue their work activities remotely. The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, at the plenary session  on March 26, introduced amendments to the Labor Code of the Republic  of Armenia in the first reading.

Presenting the amendments, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic  of Armenia Tigran Dadunts emphasized that such an opportunity can be  implemented on the basis of an employment agreement between the  employer and the employee. The presented document, the speaker  emphasized, is based on the provisions of the new Criminal Procedure  Code, which provides for an alternative preventive measure in the  form of house arrest. However, when applying it, issues related to  the further course of labor relations arose, which remained outside  the scope of legal regulation.

The draft law proposes to consider the employee's powers suspended  from the moment the court applies a preventive measure in the form of  house arrest to the employee, including a person in the civil  service, until it is changed or eliminated by another preventive  measure, if, in addition to a written undertaking not to leave,  restrictions incompatible with the performance of work duties are  applied to him. If the said restrictions are not applied, it is  proposed not to suspend the employee's powers during the period of  house arrest by mutual agreement of the employer and the employee, if  the nature of the work allows it to be performed remotely. It is also  proposed to fully retain the employee's job during the period of  house arrest, and if the employee's powers are not suspended by  agreement between the employer and the employee, then the salary as  well. According to the draft law, if the employee's powers are  recognized as suspended during the period of house arrest, the salary  of the person in the civil service will not be retained.