The coalition government has reached a framework agreement on increasing public sector salaries. The idea is to apply a differentiated range of salary increases of about 8% on average, with workers with the lowest salaries will get the highest increases. Most workers will receive a 4% rise and for certain categories it ranges from 7.3 to 15.9%. Earlier in August it was agreed to increase the salaries of teachers by 15%, not including bonuses. Non-teaching school workers will receive a 10% increase.
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