Up to 3.36% Salary Increase for Civil Servants

People ♦ Published: December 5, 2011; 08:24 ♦ (Vindobona)

Salaries for Austrian civil servants will increase by 2.68% to 3.36%. The government and the union came to an agreement on Sunday.

Up to 3.36% Salary Increase for Civil Servants / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Yesterday in the evening, after more than five hours of negotiations, trade union and government representatives presented the outcome of their talks. It took four negotiation rounds to come to a conclusion: on average, salaries will rise by 2.95%, which corresponds to the inflation rate. The salary rise will be effective by the beginning of February. Furthermore, the jubilee bonus…