Public sector employees to get pay rise

In Wednesday’s vote deputies approved a wage increase for public sector employees to offset the impact of the financial crisis. The proposal to earmark an extra 2,7 billion crowns for wages in the public sector was put forward by the Labour Ministry and supported by deputies both left and right of centre. The extra funds will enable a 6,6 percent increase in salaries for all civil servants except those whose wages have been frozen until 2010.