How state institutions are cutting salary costs by 15%

Just eight days before the 15.5% monthly salary cuts are due
in each ministry and public institution, few have decided how this
will be done exactly. Authorities in Bucharest say the final
decisions will be made by each local authority, while local
authorities are waiting for decisions to be made by the central
authorities. And all are awaiting the law publication in the
Official Gazette. In the draft law on reorganising public
authorities and institutions: “In view of meeting budget
constraints generated by the economic crisis, in the
October-December 2009 period, heads of public authorities and
institutions, regardless of how they are funded, are required to
cut personnel costs, by an average 15.5% per month. This cut will
be achieved either by granting up to 10 days of unpaid leave, by
cutting the working hours, by a combination of the two or by
“another variant with a similar effect.” “We have not made a
decision on the cost cuts yet,” says Cristian Poteras, mayor of
Bucharest’s 6th sector, who specified that this decision would
probably apply to all employees.