Is the hard -fought salary diploma for the officials in Austria for the debate with a view to the gloomy budget situation in Austria? Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) in any case signals the willingness to negotiate. This in turn made the civil servant angry.
“The financial statements of the salary are decided and applicable”, the Public Service Union was unambiguously clarified on Wednesday in an X-posting (see below). The Agreement stipulates that the salaries for 2026 0.3 percent have been adjusted above inflation after they have been increased for the same value under inflation for this year.
Wifo -Baas annoys with a suggestion
Wifo boss Gabriel Felbermayr had argued for a lower end this week. The federal Chancellor then said that people could talk about this if the negotiations of the social partners have to be reluctant from restraint. At the same time, however, he was already the decision: “You can adhere to laws.”
Elsewhere there is also resistance to the government’s savings plans. So there was recent excitement about savings in the support of families. It is only temporarily confirmed that the valorization (inflation adjustment) of the deduction of the child is suspended for two years. What other family and social benefits will also be influenced is initially a matter of the closure. Family compensation is considered a candidate.
Green locations “Bare Contradiction” with the Minister of Education
The plans of Minister of Education Christian Return also heated the spirits. Green Vice Club-Chef Sigi Maurer described it as “Extremely short-sighted to re-set the red pencil in the case of an overloaded system. As one of his first measures, Minister has called for an emergency in the education system, a few weeks later to announce this this is a bare object,” says Maurer.
Source: Krone

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