Social partners reached a new sectoral preliminary agreement over increasing civil servants’ wages. The deal provides for a wage increase of 3 to 7% that will be put on the government table next autumn. It has been twelve years since the trade unions were able to conclude a sectoral agreement. In concrete terms, this would mean at least €200 gross extra per month in the form of a higher end-of-year bonus, the introduction of meal vouchers and a wage surcharge.
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