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Starting in January, employment in the public sector will be facilitated, both for a defined period and for an indefinite period.
After six years, it will be possible to get a job with the state without special permits and the consent of the government. And that is the news, knowing that in Serbia a good part of the citizenry still thinks that it is better to work in the public sector than in the private sector.
We investigate how much is earned in the state. The bottom line is that salaries are still significantly higher than the median salary in the country, which includes the private sector and amounts to about 60,000 dinars.
It is also estimated that public sector wages have grown by up to 12 percent in recent years, and that this growth is continuing, even despite the current crisis.
According to data from the Ministry of Finance for July this year, the average salary in the public sector was 68,144 dinars. That’s roughly the same amount now because there have been no significant changes in the meantime.
At the same time, 69,940 dinars were earned in administration (at all levels), 64,050 dinars in education and culture, and 66,356 dinars in health and social protection.
Since January 2019, the salary in the public sector has increased by an average of eight to 12 percent, that is, from 5,000 to almost 10,000 dinars.
In public companies, the salary exceeds 80,000 dinars
The highest salaries are found in public companies. In July of this year it amounted to 81,107 dinars, compared with a year earlier it was 80,888 dinars in these same companies.
The largest number of public companies can boast earnings of more than 70,000 dinars on average. Only a few have a salary below the national average of about 60,000 dinars.
How are public sector wages determined?
Until April 2012, public sector wages were in line with inflation. And then the changes follow. From October 2012 to April 2014, salaries increased by a fixed percentage, in October 2012 and April 2013 by two percent, and in October 2013 and April 2014 by 0.5 percent.
After that, a fiscal rule was introduced that requires the reduction of wage expenditures to a sustainable level, so that the share of general government wages in GDP is up to seven percent of GDP. Subsequently, the state made the decision to increase salaries in accordance with budgetary possibilities. Depending on that, it increased pensions and salaries in the public sector, but it also approved financial aid for certain groups of employees and retirees.
“More flexible employment” from January
Starting in January, institutions, institutions and companies will be able to hire according to their needs and the money they have, but with the restriction that they cannot hire more than 70 percent of new workers of the number of employees who left last year.
This means that if 10 employees of an institution left that institution during the past year, the maximum number of new employees can be seven without the prior consent of the government commission.
Previously, starting in 2014, government approval was required for every job.
As of January, remember, pensions and salaries in the public sector are also growing.
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