Armenian parliament to balance salary level of specialists in the state
and private sectors

2008-05-04 17:14:00

ArmInfo. Armenian parliament has been observing an opportunity of
adoption of a new policy on regulation of salaries, which should
balance salary of the public sector workers with that of the private
sector’s one. As a member of the ARF Dashnaktiutyun parliamentary
faction Artsvik Minasyan told ArmInfo correspondent, this policy should
be directed to the dynamic and consistent raising of the public sector
workers’ salary.

He also added that indexation of the salary of the public sector
workers should be obligatory. Moreover, their salary system should
suppose growth in connection with prices growth and growth of average
salary in the country in general.

To note, according to the statistics, average salary in the republic is
84.000 Armenian drams, minimal – 25.000.