About the CourtLegal BasisConstitutional Court ActXI. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF JUDGES
XI. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF JUDGES
a) Salary and Allowances
Article 71
The President of the Constitutional Court is entitled to a salary and additional allowance based on such office in the amount determined for the President of the National Assembly. A Constitutional Court judge is entitled to a salary and additional allowance based on such office in the amount determined for the Vice-President of the National Assembly. The salary of the Secretary General of the Constitutional Court is determined by the Constitutional Court as a proportion of the salary of a Constitutional Court judge.
Article 72
Constitutional Court judges are entitled to compensation in the amount of their salary for the period of their annual leave.
2. Years of Service and Social Insurance
Article 73
The period a Constitutional Court judge performs his office is counted in his years of service. During the period in which he performs his office, a Constitutional Court judge is covered by social insurance in accordance with the social insurance regulations which apply for persons in employment relationships.
3. Other Personal Remunerations and Reimbursements
Article 74
(1) Constitutional Court judges are entitled to:
- reimbursement of travel expenses to and from work;
- reimbursement of expenses related to business trips (daily allowance, travel expenses, accommodation expenses);
- allowance for meals during work time;
- pay for annual leave;
- allowance for living apart from one's family;
- reimbursement of travel expenses for travelling between a residence provided by the employer and one's permanent residence on non-working days;
- reimbursement of expenses for moving from one's permanent residence to a residence provided by the employer, and vice versa;
- reimbursement of expenses related to education;
- a bonus based on years of service;
- a retirement bonus.
(2) The conditions for and the amounts of the remunerations and reimbursements referred to in the preceding paragraph are determined by the Constitutional Court.
4. Annual and Other Leave
Article 75
(1) Constitutional Court judges are entitled to annual leave of 40 working days.
(2) Constitutional Court judges are entitled to up to 7 days of paid extraordinary leave for personal reasons each calendar year.
(3) In exceptional cases, Constitutional Court judges may be approved up to 30 days of extraordinary leave for each calendar year.
(4) The instances and conditions referred to in the preceding paragraphs are determined by the Constitutional Court.
(2) Constitutional Court judges are entitled to up to 7 days of paid extraordinary leave for personal reasons each calendar year.
(3) In exceptional cases, Constitutional Court judges may be approved up to 30 days of extraordinary leave for each calendar year.
(4) The instances and conditions referred to in the preceding paragraphs are determined by the Constitutional Court.
5. The Rights of Constitutional Court Judges after the Termination of Their Term of Office
Article 76
A Constitutional Court judge who held the office of court judge or other permanent office in a state authority when he was elected Constitutional Court judge has the right after the termination of his office of Constitutional Court judge to return to his previous office, if he fulfils the conditions for performing such office and if within three months of the termination of his office of Constitutional Court judge he notifies the competent authority that he would like to return to his previous office.
Article 77
A Constitutional Court judge who was regularly employed in a state authority, public corporation, or public institution when he was elected Constitutional Court judge has the right to return to the position he had held or to another position appropriate to his professional field and level of education within three months of the termination of his office of Constitutional Court judge.
Article 78
(1) A Constitutional Court judge whose office has terminated and who for objective reasons cannot return to his previous position or find other suitable employment, and has not yet fulfilled the conditions for retirement according to the general regulations, has the right to compensation in the amount of the salary which he would receive if he continued to perform his office until he finds new employment or fulfils the conditions for retirement according to the general regulations, but for no longer than one year from the termination of his office of Constitutional Court judge.
(2) The right to compensation referred to in the preceding paragraph may be extended until the conditions for retirement have been fulfilled according to the general regulations, but for no longer than one additional year.
(2) The right to compensation referred to in the preceding paragraph may be extended until the conditions for retirement have been fulfilled according to the general regulations, but for no longer than one additional year.
(3) The period referred to in the preceding two paragraphs is added to the years of service of a Constitutional Court judge whose office has terminated. During this period the judge is covered by social insurance in accordance with the social insurance regulations that apply for persons in employment relationships. If he is entitled to annual leave during this period, he is also entitled to pay for annual leave, and he is entitled to a retirement bonus upon retiring.
6. Salaries, Allowances, Other Personal Remunerations, and Reimbursements in the Services of the Constitutional Court
Article 79
Regarding the rights of the Secretary General of the Constitutional Court to allowances, other personal remunerations, and reimbursements, as well as other rights, the regulations which determine such rights for officials in state authorities are applied mutatis mutandis.