Budget earners with small salaries will have them bigger after 1 October

Some 118,000 employees in the budget sector will have their salaries raised as from October 1, Info-Prim Neo reports. Commenting the respective decision of the Government, first deputy premier Igor Dodon has specified the question is about the budget earners, who payed the least now, that is less than 1,050 lei. The rise is 18% on average. Thus, the decision to be endorsed by the Parliament will envisage over 83,000 employees and pre-university education, 11,000 employees in culture, arts and sports, 7,400 workers servicing public authorities, 7,000 social assistants, nurses and other state budget earners. Dodon says 24 million lei are necessary monthly to insure the rise and the 2008 budget has this money. “We decided to make the raises after a series of calculations, because we don't want to promise impossible things. These raises are but the first step in improving the state of budget earners. The draft 2009 budget envisages 600 million lei in this respect,” Dodon said.