How will it be with the salaries of civil servants from 2025? Why was there no increase already this year? Prime Minister Petr Fiala explained the situation Video: Diary
“At the moment, we have no budget reserves, we have nothing to make an increase out of,” admitted v debate in the Diary Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
The government aims to increase the salaries of, for example, cleaners, school cooks, but also police officers and civil servants on January 1, 2025. “As for the increase from the New Year, we politically agreed that all parties in the government coalition agree with it. There will be an increase, I guarantee that,” confirmed the prime minister.
However, Fiala did not want to speculate on specific amounts. “We don’t know how much it will be. That depends on how the state budget will work out for us, what we will be able to afford. And we will see that in the coming weeks,” he explained.
The union’s demand was that the salary increase should take place already this September. But the chairman of the cabinet refused and admitted that the budget is exhausted in this area. “We have nothing to increase salaries, we have no budget reserves,” he stated. He drew attention to the extraordinary expenses that the state had and continues to have, currently, for example, the situation of people in Liberty Ostrava.
What was discussed in the debate with Petr Fiala. Watch the full recording:
- on the commemoration of the events of August 21, 1968
- o unsuccessful digitization of construction procedures
- about the possible dismissal of Minister Ivan Bartoš
- on raising the salaries of employees in the public sector
- on the amendment to the labor code approved by the government
- on the financing of Czech sports
About the labor code and finances for sports. Prime Minister Fiala answered in the debate. See what was heard. | Video: Diary
The smelter is in decline and begins to lay off almost three thousand people en masse. The state paid compensation to its employees. “And these are big costs that come in this crisis situation. That’s why there is no money in the reserves,” added Fiala.
However, he noted that the government is currently looking for a way forward to increase salary tariffs for individual branches of civil servants in Septemberwithout increasing the amount of money issued from the state budget. “But I cannot guarantee this,” stated the Prime Minister.
Termination without reason? No match yet
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Petr Fiala’s cabinet approved the so-called flex amendment to the Labor Code on Wednesday. It is primarily intended to make the conditions for work during parental leave more flexible, to merge the reasons for termination in the event of loss of medical capacity into one category, and also introduces the possibility of going to a part-time job from the age of fourteen.
The Prime Minister described the Flexi amendment as important from the point of view of the labor market and prosperity. “The labor market is rigid, which is pointed out by both employers and experts. The amendment is very reasonable, I think, for everyone’s benefit,” he mentioned.
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But the coalition did not find agreement on the dismissal without giving a reason, which Fial’s ODS is promoting. Mainly the People’s Party, led by the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Marian Jurečka, opposes it. Fiala hopes that it will still be possible to convince the coalition colleagues. He rejects fears that this will worsen employee security and complicate life. According to him, the employee is sufficiently protected by receiving severance pay in the amount of six to seven salaries. And that should enable him to cope well with the situation.
“There is a shortage of labor in our labor market, not jobs,” concluded the prime minister.
In the proposal for a flexible amendment to the Labor Code, there is no dismissal without giving a reason, Prime Minister Petr Fiala confirmed to Denik. What happened next? Look | Video: Diary
