VivaCell-MTS stated it never limited its employees’ freedom of expression

VivaCell-MTS made a statement today strongly denying the rumors that the company allegedly didn’t allow its employees to take part in the protests against mandatory funded pension system.

“VivaCell-MTS has never limited its employees' freedom of expression as set by the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia.

Taking into account the mistrust of our employees as well as the public toward mandatory funded pension system, the company proposed to make the introduction of the system voluntary but not mandatory and the relevant letter was sent to the Armenian government.

Given the fact that no changes were made in the law “On Funded Pension System”, the company made a decision to compensate the sums of the mandatory funded pension to its employees.

The decision of compensation is an internal and independent one, it should be considered solely from the viewpoint of the company’s policy to support their employees staying committed to the value system adopted from the very first day of its operation.

VivaCell-MTS condemns all the statements which attempt to harm the company's reputation through dissemination of false and misleading information”, the statement reads.