Temporary staff: a complex puzzle for the local administration

Abstract

Temporary staff in public administration should not be considered unconstitutional or a sort of a rare institution in our legal framework. On the contrary, the existence of qualified staff performing special advisory functions and providing support to elected positions unburdens civil servants of tasks that may jeopardize their objectivity. Nevertheless, according to our analysis in this article, regulations for this type of staff that are too scanty and lenient can lead to abuses, which could instead be stemmed by adequate legislative solutions that pay specific attention to the special features of the local legal framework.