Salary increase for the administration from July 1/ Categories that benefit

2024-06-26 14:04:00, Aktualitet CNA

Salary increase for the administration from July 1/ Categories that benefit

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At Wednesday's meeting, the Council of Ministers took decisions on raising salaries in the public sector.

In a communication with the media, the Minister of Finance, Ervin Mete, informed that with the approval of today's decisions, the second phase of the salary increase policy, which started in 2023, is advanced, a phase from which about 135 thousand employees of the administration will benefit. state.

The minister emphasized the fact that with the implementation of this policy, the average salary in the public sector is intended to reach 105 thousand Lek, and that this decision comes into force on July 1.

From the salary increase policy, continued Mete, the following will benefit: employees of the pre-university education system; employees of the health system; employees of the country's security system (State Police, Prison Police, Guard of the Republic, Armed Forces, Fire Protection and Rescue); as well as employees of the implementation and support level of the state administration.

Minister of Finance, Ervin Mete. Source: MF

Full statement:

I am pleased to inform you that today in the Council of Ministers we approved specific decisions aimed at increasing salaries for all categories provided for in this year's Budget.

With the approval of the decisions today, we advance the second phase of the salary increase policy, starting in 2023, which will benefit about 135,000 employees in the administration. Through the implementation of this policy, the average salary in the public sector is intended to reach 105 thousand ALL.

The increased salaries start to be applied in the second 6 months of the year, i.e. starting from July 1, with an estimated cost of nearly 11 billion lek for this second 6 month of the year and with a total budget cost of nearly 40 billion lek .
This policy benefits:

1. Employees of the pre-university education system;

2. Health system employees;

3. Employees of the country's security system:

- State police

- Prison Police

- Guard of the Republic

- Armed forces

- Fire protection and rescue

As well as employees of the implementation and support level of the state administration.

Also, with the approved legal changes, it is foreseen to realize the indexation of all salaries in the public administration with the inflation rate in force, an indexation that will be realized continuously every two years, starting from the year 2026./ CNA