{"id":111895,"date":"2024-10-30T19:37:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T16:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111895\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"government-to-raise-civil-servants-salaries-ahead-of-january-election","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111895\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to raise civil servants\u2019 salaries ahead of January election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 30, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian Prime Minister Raman Ha\u0142o\u016d\u010danka has approved a 6.7-percent rise in the Base Rate — used to calculate salaries in the public sector \u2013 to 270 rubels on January 1, the government’s press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security plans to raise the subsistence minimum budget (SMB) on November 1 and until January 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SMB is used for calculations of social benefits, including allowances, benefits for families with children, social pensions, allowances paid in addition to pensions, and benefits for people who take care of people with disabilities or seniors over 80.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus will hold its seventh presidential election from January 21 to 26, with the whole election cycle limited to just three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country has not held a single free and fair election since 1996 by the standards of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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