More than 120,000 budget-funded employees working in such areas as education, culture and arts, health and social assistance, physical education and sports, science and innovation will benefit from a 10% increase in salaries. The salaries of service members, police officers and other employees of the national defense, state security and public order sectors will also be raised.

A bill to this effect was passed by Parliament in the final reading on October 6, IPN reports.

The salaries will be increased in two stages – for about 50,000 education sector employees, including of sports schools, as of September 1 this year, while for the rest from January 1, 2018.

In money terms, the pay raises will represent 100 to 200 lei.