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There will be no flat wage increase in Bulgaria’s public sector

Assen Vassilev
Photo: BGNES

There will be no flat wage increase in the public sector, Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance Assen Vassilev said during the discussion of the state budget amendment at the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation

"Incomes policy in its traditional form - to raise wages of all employess by 10%, 5%, or 15% is not planned in this budget amendment and the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance is against such a policy," said Minister Assen Vassilev. There will be higher salaries in institutions which carry out administrative reforms.




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