The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Radimir Čačić stated today that he has never heard of the idea for ministers to work 60 days for minimum wage, while the Minister of Labor and Pension System Mirando Mrsić said he is ready for it.
“I have never heard of such an idea and I am quite sure it has not crossed his mind,” said Čačić in response to a journalist’s question about whether he knows and what he thinks about the alleged proposal by Finance Minister Slavko Linić that due to ‘gaps’ in the budget, the Government and ministries should go on a two-month minimum wage.
Čačić was answering journalists’ questions after a meeting with a delegation from Azerbaijan that is on a two-day visit to Croatia.
Minister Mrsić, on the other hand, responded to a journalist’s inquiry about whether he is ready to work 60 days for minimum wage as a minister, stating that he is ready.
“It is not a matter of whether you are ready or not, people work for minimum wage, and we in this position are here to work, bring and spread messages, and the Government decides on salaries. There is absolutely no problem,” said Mrsić, who spoke at a press conference at the Croatian Employment Service about active employment policy measures until Croatia joins the European Union.
Today’s Jutarnji list in an article titled “Linić to ministers: I will put you all on minimum wage for 60 days” writes that the Government, in order to demonstrate savings by its own example, is considering that all ministers and other officials receive minimum wage instead of full salary for two months.
