Budapest transport staff eyeing ‘record’ hike
Budapest public transport company BKV will use a total 10.5 billion forints (EUR 28.4m) to raise the wages of some 10,000 employees next year, economic daily Vilaggazdasag said on Tuesday.
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The paper said that the move would increase basic wages by an average 15 percent, noting that the last hike of a similar range had been made in 2017.
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The city management is also planning to spend another 15 billion forints to
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give a 15 percent payrise to nearly 18,000 employees of the city’s municipally owned companies
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under a 3-year agreement with unions to adjust wages in line with changes to the minimum wage, the paper said.
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Source: MTI