YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. Haypost's 100 employees, who have been dismissed from their jobs, acted against the company, the director general of Haypost Hans Boon stated at the November 14 press conference. According to him, there will be no such dismissals in the next five years, even though some reduction of the staff is envisaged. "No employee will be left unemployeed, we will try to find jobs for them," H. Boon said. He informed those present that 3-year collective agreements will be signed with the company's employees soon, as well as individual agreements of unlimited duration will be signed with the experts who have long worked in their company. H. Boon assured reporters that none of the 900 postal branches will be closed but he did not say how many of the these branches are in line with international standards. To recap, the company has assumed an obligation to bring all the postal branches into line with international standards. He did say either how much investment has been made in Haypost in the past year. In his words, the company's revenues increased by 40% in the last nine months as compared with the same period of last year. According to H. Boon, the abuses revealed in the company by the Dutch manager are still being investigated, and the final results will be known in several months. At the same time, it was announced that no abuses have been revealed by the international audit which lasted at Haypost for three years. H. Boon said that only after elimination of money extortion cases at Haypost, they can speak about the opening of Haypostbank.

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