Romanian Govt Halts Raises For Public Sector Employees With High Incomes – PM

“People with low salaries will have a faster wage growth than those with high salaries, who may experience salary stagnation. We are not trying to lower current salaries, but we will freeze the growth of certain categories for a certain period,” said Boc.

He mentioned that the system will be regulated through the unitary wage law in the public sector, with the counsel of the unions. The draft law will be finalized by the end of April, the prime minister said Wednesday.

“We have decided to complete the unitary wage law by April 30. We will discuss with employers, unions and other non-governmental structures, as well as all of the appropriate ministries, so that this law can be submitted to Parliament for debate in May and become effective as soon as possible,” said Boc.

Official sources told MEDIAFAX Wednesday morning that Romanian authorities and unions will discuss the calculation of salaries in the public sector under a unitary law by the end of March, and the law itself will be drafted starting the first half of April.

"The structure of jobs and the calculation of salaries will be established by the end of this month in talks with unions,” the sources said.

Union leaders said end-January that the law regulating public sector wages would increase wages that are very low and freeze those that are very high, to reduce the discrepancy between the minimum and maximum wage in the public sector from the current ratio of 1 to 50 to a ratio of 1 to 15 in four to six years.

They said at that time that the draft law should be completed in maximum three months and the entire enforcement process could be finalized in four to six years.