President Klaus Iohannis has promulgated on Friday the law on wage increase in the Education and Health system. “The bill on approving the Government Emergency ordinance 20/2016 on wage increases in Education and Health system has been declared as constitutional and, consequently, the law allowing the increase of wages in Education and health promulgated by me today (our note – on Friday) and will come into force as of next year,” President Iohannis said at Cotroceni Palace.
Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the pay rises for the budgetary sector are constitutional. President Klaus Iohannis announced later on Wednesday that he would promulgate it.
Deputies have passed the law on the pay rises for the budgetary sector with a large majority, 184 votes by one on November 7. The Ciolos Government and the National Liberal Party have challenged the law to the Constitutional Court, claiming it’s not legal to increase wages before elections. The law also stipulates salary increases by 15% for the staff in the healthcare and education public system.
The budgetary impact announced by the Finance ministry will be of RON 4.8 billion.