BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3850

HR-SALARIES-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3850 BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3850HINA Zagreb 22 Dec. 2000GOVERNMENT FREEZES SALARIES OF STATE OFFICIALS, CIVIL SERVANTS, EMPLOYEESZAGREB, Dec 22 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Friday decided to freeze the salaries of state and judicial officials and those of civil servants and employees at this year's level, instructing public companies to keep the salary average at this year's level and not pay Christmas bonuses and holiday cash grants. Since a strike staged by state and public services, although announced as permanent, lasted only one day, and since a small number of employees participated in it, the government decided that all workers should be paid for that day, including those who went on strike. The government also discussed draft measures and activities for the implementation of a wage policy in 2001. The draft defines roughly the same wage policy for all three segments - officials, state and public services