ZAGREB, April 23 (Hina) - The Croatian government adopted two decrees at a closed-door session on Monday in connection with the names of jobs and job complexity coefficients in the state sector and in public services. Speaking on
Croatian Radio earlier today, Prime Minister Ivica Racan, who had chaired the session, said the government had failed to harmonise basic wages. He dismissed claims by some unions to the effect that wages in the state sector and public services would be cut by up to 30 percent. Asked if the basic monthly wage in the state sector and public services would stay at 4,551 kuna (about $542), the prime minister said it depended on cuts in some unrealistic demands before the government. "The basic wage could stay at approximately that level, perhaps be ten percent lower unless we find another way to solve the problem of the insufficient wage budget supply," he said. Commenting on
ZAGREB, April 23 (Hina) - The Croatian government adopted two
decrees at a closed-door session on Monday in connection with the
names of jobs and job complexity coefficients in the state sector
and in public services.
Speaking on Croatian Radio earlier today, Prime Minister Ivica
Racan, who had chaired the session, said the government had failed
to harmonise basic wages.
He dismissed claims by some unions to the effect that wages in the
state sector and public services would be cut by up to 30 percent.
Asked if the basic monthly wage in the state sector and public
services would stay at 4,551 kuna (about $542), the prime minister
said it depended on cuts in some unrealistic demands before the
government. "The basic wage could stay at approximately that level,
perhaps be ten percent lower unless we find another way to solve the
problem of the insufficient wage budget supply," he said.
Commenting on forecasts by the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development to the effect that economic growth in Croatia this year
would, at three percent, be among the lowest in the region, and that
foreign investments would drop to $700 million, Racan said he
disagreed and expected somewhat better results.
"I think we can have better results and it is the government's task
to show it," he asserted.
Asked if the government intended to establish a state bank or
channel budgetary funds through foreign banks, Racan said the
establishment of a state bank was not being considered, but that
effort would be taken to channel the funds through the state-owned
Zagrebacka Banka and the Croatian Post Bank.
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