Wages to go up also for civil servants in September

Frozen wages will be raised by 10 percent as of September not only for people working in the public sector but also for civil servants, trade union leaders and government party heads agreed today, Labour Minister Marian Jurecka (Christian Democrats, KDU-CSL) said after the negotiations. This pay rise will cost the Czech state 1.1 billion crowns by the end of the year.