Govt to appeal to European Commission to ensure payrise for postal workers

The Hungarian government will turn to the European Commission to facilitate higher wages for employees of the national postal service, the head of the Prime Minister's Office told a regular press briefing on Thursday. Gulyas noted that the national economy was much worse off than before the coronavirus crisis, but Hungarian postal employees were "earning undeservedly low wages in relation to the high quality services they provide". The postal service is not a profitable enterprise and any pay rise requires the European Commission's approval, he said. Gulyas added that the government was also in talks with the relevant trade unions concerning the magnitude of a potential pay rise.