Unions in the National Administration launched a new protest at the Government, rejecting the 10% increase granted by the government in two installments for some categories of budget workers. Employees are demanding at least 20% compared to the salary level from the end of last year.
A new protest at the Government PHOTO Adevărul
On Thursday morning, the government adopted the emergency ordinance that provides for salary increases of 10%, in two installments, to be granted a percentage of 5% in June and 5% in September, based on the income from December 2023.
The spokesperson of the Government specified that the staff of the county agencies, respectively of the Bucharest municipality for environmental protection, will benefit from the salary that the National Agency for Environmental Protection benefits from. â
“The salary differences will also be applied in installments, in the months of June and September, under the general principle of this ordinance of equity and equalization, same work, same pay“, explained the representative of the Government.
According to the information provided, the same normative act will regulate the possibility of settlement for employees who habitually use a device with a screen for a significant duration of the working time, the purchase of correction devices, the limit of the amount being 500 lei per person.
Ciolacu: personnel structures can be more flexible
“We start by solving some existing inequities among budget staff. We approve a 10% salary increase in two installments, June and September, for several categories of employees in the central and local administration. We are talking in particular about employees in culture, from the Trade Register, environmental agencies and officials in town halls with less than 20,000 inhabitants. There are areas lagging behind in salary compared to the rest of the budget workers, and it was right to make a decision in relation to what the country's finances allow this year”Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced at the beginning of the Government meeting.
The Prime Minister also said that the “personnel structures” in the Government and Parliament can be “more flexible”, adding that “from the savings made, the salaries of those who deserve it can then be increased”.
