Government spokesman Mihai Konstantin confirmed on Thursday that a certain 5% salary increase will be canceled for some state employees, which will take effect on January 1, 2024, due to the Trenulets decree. “This percentage increase will not apply to those who have already benefited from this year’s salary increase or who have separate regulatory acts, such as the field of education,” Kostyantyn said. He also mentioned the legal domains, ANAF and CNAS. Next week, after Christmas, the government will amend the Trenuleț Ordinance.

• “This is a project that is partially transparent on the website of the Ministry of Finance. I think I got this information from you. I did not see that the project was transparent. At today’s government meeting, it passed the first reading, so it has not yet been adopted. This is information in itself. We will see you at the next government meeting, at least one more this year, the week after Christmas.
• And in principle, I can now give you information: a 5% salary increase for the staff of public institutions has been distributed. Well, this percentage increase will not apply to those who have already received a salary increase this year or who have separate regulations, such as the education sector.
• I am also thinking of the legal one who has an administrative procedure through which she increased her salary; and there are other fields, ANAF, if I’m not mistaken, CNAS. These categories of state employees will not benefit from this increase, but it will apply from January 1 to all other state employees. This is the principle that was discussed today, and, I repeat, the project will be approved this year, at the next meeting.” Mihai Kostyantyn said on Thursday.

When asked what was the position of the Ministry of Finance and the justification for this amendment to the Decree on Trenulets, Mihai Konstantin said that it was about observing the principle of justice.

• “No justification was needed, it was just an implementation of a principle like the one I said earlier, so this update is necessary.
• I guess now I can speculate, but just to give you an answer, one of the principles of these budget reforms that I heard even from the Prime Minister was fairness.
• And it was desired that the principle be followed, according to which some benefit from the promotion, and others do not receive the same benefit twice.
• Therefore, this exception, which I described earlier, was discussed again, the decision will be taken at the next government meeting.” he said.

The government wants to make changes to GEO Trenuleț: canceling some 5% salary increments for some state employees – sources

The government wants to make changes to the GEO Trenuleț (OG 115/2023) on things related to budget expenditures, more specifically on the salaries of civil servants, government sources said on Thursday.

According to them:

• Education will not receive the 5% salary increase as it will have the 20% already mentioned in GEO 115/2023

• The health center no longer receives 5% because it allegedly increased the salary of the parliament

• ANAF would no longer receive 5% because their salaries were increased

• In justice, he no longer receives 5% due to the fact that he allegedly increased his salary by administrative order

• Budget institutions that do not reorganize will no longer be able to hire

According to HotNews.ro sources, at the government meeting, the ministers made proposals for changes to the GEO project, which was brought up for discussion by the Ministry of Finance on Thursday.

• “Thus, if within 120 days from the date of publication in the Official Gazette of the state budget for 2024, state-owned enterprises do not approve their revenue budgets, they will no longer receive subsidies from the budget.
• It was also proposed that the funds from these savings should be used to increase the salaries of low-income workers, for example, decentralized cultural workers, librarians, the Ministry of Labor and APIA. The GEO draft was fully read and not accepted.” This was reported to HotNews.ro by government sources.

What does the Resolution put forward for discussion by the Ministry of Finance provide for:

The project, which is on the agenda of the Government meeting, in the first reading contains only two of the mentioned measures. It remains to be seen if this will be changed at the meeting.

Draft order on amendments to the Trenulets GEO – click to open

• From January 1, the amount of monthly cash allowances for positions held by state positions and positions equivalent to them will be preserved.

• Employees of the justice system, who during 2023 were granted an increase in official salaries/employment allowances in 2023 by the executive acts of credit authorities, in 2024, from January 1, the level of official salaries/employment allowances will be kept at the current level.

What does the decree on trains adopted last week provide

The Trains Ordinance (OG 115/2023) provides for several changes, some relating to budgetary expenditure and others to taxation.

From January 1, 2024, the salaries of state employees will increase by 5%.

Monthly allowances for local self-government positions and equivalent positions are increased by 5%.

Salaries in education will increase by an average of 20% in 2024 in two stages:

• the first installment from January 1, 2024

• the second tranche – from June 1, 2024

There is no mention of what interest they will receive in the first and second tranches. However, OUG Trenulets says they were created by an emergency government order initiated by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity.

In 2024, the budget increase is kept at the current level.

In 2024, state institutions and authorities will not issue vouchers to their employees, with the exception of vouchers for kindergartens.

TVR and Public Radio will not finance the provision of vouchers for their own employees from the funds allocated from the state budget, with the exception of vouchers to daycare centers, accordingly they will not pay bonuses and overtime from these funds. Instead, meal vouchers may be issued, the value of which is capped at the December 2022 level.

It freezes government employment until 2024, subject to a number of exceptions. Of course, “in well-founded cases, a memorandum approved at a Government meeting may approve the holding of contests or exams to fill vacant or temporarily vacant positions in state institutions and authorities.”

Installments related to sums provided by court decisions for the purpose of granting certain rights to wages, established in favor of employees of state institutions and authorities, which are subject to deferred payment, not paid by December 31, 2023, will be paid in stages, starting from 2024 year

A number of allowances were increased by 13.8%, for example, for the disabled, veterans, and war widows. This is a whole list.

Starting from January 1, 2024, the amount of social assistance for pensioners is 1,281 lei.

Special pensions for mayors will be postponed until 2025.

The law on the status of railways has been postponed until 2025.

Budgetary employees who hold an academic title of doctor receive an allowance for an academic title of doctor in the amount of 50% of the level of the gross minimum basic salary in the country, which is guaranteed in a payment that is provided every month only on the condition that they fulfill their duties. activities in the field for which they have a title, and if the job description provides a set of objective and quantified duties that allow a monthly review of how his activities are additionally capitalized. The size of the official salary of this allowance is not taken into account when determining the maximum amounts of allowances, compensations, bonuses, bonuses and allowances.

The special pensions of judges and prosecutors are not adjusted taking into account the average annual inflation rate in 2024.

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