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On compliance of Section 14(6) of the Law on Remuneration of Officials and Employees of State and Local Government Authorities with Article 91 and Article 107 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia

The Constitutional Court held:

1. To recognise Section 14 (6) of the Law on Remuneration of Officials and Employees of State and Local Government Authorities, insofar it does not provide for the right of officials with special service ranks of the institutions belonging to the system of the Ministry of the Interior and the Prison Administration to receive commensurate remuneration for work done on public holidays, as being incompatible with Article 107 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and void as of 1 January 2023.

2. With respect to persons, who have begun defending their fundamental rights by general legal remedies, to recognise Section 14 (6) of the Law on Remuneration of Officials and Employees of State and Local Government Authorities, insofar it does not provide for the right of officials with special service ranks of the institutions belonging to the system of the Ministry of the Interior and the Prison Administration to receive commensurate remuneration for work done on public holidays, as being incompatible with Article 107 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and void as of the moment when the infringement of these persons’ fundamental rights occurred.