The government's decision to reduce the salaries of MKs and ministers will also be examined with regard to judges • MK Shlomo Karai: "Senior members of the public sector must be included in the proposal"
Minister of Finance Israel Katz
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Salary ministers and MKs will be cut in accordance with the proposal of Finance - so decided tonight (Monday) government.
It was also decided that the finance minister will formulate along with the Histadrut proposal to apply the cuts in wages and salaries in preventing -2021 Update also senior officers, as president, state comptroller, governor of The Bank of Israel, judges, judges, etc. At the same time, the minister will formulate with the Histadrut an outline for cuts in the salaries of 700,000 civil servants.
The first decision to cut 10% of the salaries of ministers and MKs and cancel the salary update in 2021, came voluntarily to serve as a "personal example" of the required cuts in the public sector and as identification with the difficulties of self-employed following the closure. The savings from this cut are only NIS 8 million. As stated, it is mainly intended to prepare the ground for massive cuts among all government sector workers and public workers in general.
Against the background of the move are threats of layoffs by Histadrut chairman Arnon Bar-David, who has not yet expressed any willingness to discuss a plan for massive cuts in the public sector - including the many excess fats in budgetary pensions. Which is supposed to save the economy about NIS 4 billion.
Knesset member Dr. Shlomo Krei (Likud) is furious at the decision and emphasizes that it will not prevent wage celebrations in the public sector: "This is not enough, we must stop this madness," Kari explains. "This proposal only applies to elected officials without real savings. .
What will happen is that senior judges will receive an increase in January of about ten thousand shekels, senior officials will receive an increase of about 6,000 shekels, and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Any cut and freeze on wages must include all senior public sector officials linked to the average wage in the economy and not just ministers and MKs. Unemployment benefits must be included for the purpose of calculating the average wage and updating wages - this is what will correct this distortion intelligently and not as a temporary band-aid. "To pass my bill, which is signed by MKs from all House factions, which includes MKs, ministers, judges, senior officials, recipients of budgetary pensions and more."
Meanwhile, the government is also discussing the aid plan, which includes an additional NIS 2.5 billion in government spending, as well as additional relief for business owners.
At yesterday's meeting, members of the government discussed lowering the eligibility threshold for fixed expenses to 25% of turnover, instead of the current 40%.