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Bulgarian Government Will Discuss a New Minimum Wage For the Country Today

At a regular meeting, the government will discuss a new minimum wage for the country, reported bTV. 

The planned increase is going to be from 510 BGN to 560 BGN from 1 January. Social Minister Biser Petkov explained that he expects to keep the trend of growth in the average salary.

Starting July 1, 2019, the minimum pension will grow by 5.7% to 219 BGN.

Average wage rose in public sector in 2014-2017, fell in private

The best employer in Greece was the public sector in the period from 2014 to 2017, during which time the average wage for contract and non-permanent staff rose 16.7 percent, according to data from the Labor Ministry's Ergani database.

The average wage in the public sector totalled 1,502 euros in 2017 compared with 1,286.6 euros in 2014, the data showed.

Process begins this month for new minimum wage

The public consultation process concerning the new level of the minimum wage is expected to begin within this month and be completed by end-December, while the requisite ministerial decision for that purpose will be issued in the latter half of January 2019.

This is according to the new timetable included in a law amendment submitted by Labor Minister Effie Achtsioglou on Wednesday.

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