Municipal and state sector agreements follow cross-sector deal
Following on from the negotiations on the one-year extension to the cross-sector collective agreement, unions in the state and municipal sectors have agreed similar arrangements. Local government salaries will be go up by €16 from February 2016 where basic pay is no more than €3,404.26. Higher salaries will rise by 0.47%. The collective agreement for central government follows along the same lines. Basic salaries will see a rise from the beginning of February 2106 by €13, but in real terms this will mean an increase in salaries of €16 euro a month. There will be a 0.43% increase for those with