The complaint of some employees of the Slovak Literary Center (SLC) is premature, as the performance of the inspection at the given workplace has not yet been lawfully completed. For TASR he said that Director of SLC Gustáv Murín In addition, there is a suspicion of an unlawful conduct of a particular person who has given a suspicion of a conflict of interest in this complaint, as well as other serious failures of the performance of the control.
He responded to the information that the Department of Control of the Ministry of Culture He acknowledged the complaint of the center of the center against Murín for relevant.
“The wording of the complaint is in contrast with exceptionally good results, which the center with the contribution of all employees led by Gustav Murin reached the first quarter of 2025. The evaluation of this period is also available on the SLC website in the Document Column box = Annual Reports, “ Murín said.
A team of employees SLC on Monday by letter asked the management of the Ministry of Culture to dismiss Murín as director of the center. The reason is the opinion of the Department of Control of the Ministry, which confirmed the justification of SLC complaints about inappropriate, bullying and reputation of the institution damaging Murín’s behavior.
The Department of Controls identifies Murin’s errors and violations of the Labor Code, the working and organizational order or the Code of Ethics in 24-page analysis. He pointed out, for example, a violation of the principle of equal treatment and inappropriate behavior towards employees having the nature of bullying. The Ministry of Culture for TASR stated that it assesses every complaint it will receive and has internal mechanisms designed to proceed transparently and objectively in their investigation.
“The Ministry also proceeded to the initiative of employees of the Slovak Literary Center. Our priority remains to ensure the proper and trustworthy functioning of the institution in the ministry’s responsibility, ” said the director of the Communication Department of the Ministry of Culture Petra Bačinská.
