Romania’s 2011 Salary Fund, Public Sector Layoffs Allow Wage Rise – Fin Min

Romania could raise salaries by an average of over 10% if 60,000 positions in the public sector are eliminated and considering a 2011 salary fund of 39 billion lei (EUR1=RON4.2463), Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu said Monday.

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The minister said authorities will have to decide how the 10% increase will be distributed, adding that the salary level in the public sector will be stipulated in the wage law and will not be similar to the current one.

During negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, the Romanian Government pledged to reduce the number of employees in the public sector and limit the salary fund for next year to RON39 billion.

Romania and the IMF agreed last spring on a EUR13 billion loan, as part of a larger EUR20 billion aid package that includes funds from the European Commission, the World Bank and other international lenders. IMF and EC officials will be in Bucharest until August 4 to review Romania's economic progress and the IMF will decide whether to disburse a sixth loan installment to the country, worth over EUR900 million.

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