Pay reform is major objective for healthworkers' union

Ukraine

Earlier this year the Health Workers' Union organised a seminar to discuss the main challenges it faces in relation to health reforms and underfunding of the health services. A major issue is the pay system which includes rates of pay set below the national minimum wage. Although, all workers get the statutory minimum it means that the whole pay structure in the health sector is far too low. The union wants the minimum basic salary in the health sector to start at the legal minimum wage. At the moment, for example, nurses (or first grade qualification) are categorised at wage level 9. They actually earn 1,474 UAH (112 €) whereas they would/should earn 2,107 UAH (160 €). As for the other health professions and workers in the public sector under this schedule this means they are all effectively underpaid by about 30%!
Read more at > EPSU (EN and report attached in RU)