The four unions in public administration have signed a four-year agreement which will see a major simplification of the pay structure. The current eight pay bands will be reduced to five and this will mean significant annual increases in pay for most categories of workers over the next four years. Those in the lowest pay bands at the moment (seven and eight) will make up the new band five and will see pay increase by 7.37% over the next four years with minimum pay reaching 13,592.88 euros in 2008.
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New pay structure in general state administration
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