Health sector salaries to grow by 10 percent from January

Health sector workers in the Czech Republic are to receive a pay rise of 10 percent from January next year. The news was announced on Tuesday by Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka following a meeting between representatives of the government, the regions, the Czech Medical Chamber and health workers’ trade unions. Finance Minister Andrej Babiš said that an extra CZK 9 billion would be raised from employees’ health insurance in 2017, while his ministry would provide another CZK 2 billion toward salaries in the sector.

Author: Ian Willoughby