Minister of Labour and Social Protection of Belarus Marianna Shchetkina believes it's hard to increase the salaries of the real sector employees up to $500. "Construction, transport, have already reached the salary of $500, but it's problematic to implement in the real economy," the head of department declared on October 18.
According to the Belarusian minister, the situation for a number of pressing social issues has significantly improved over the years. «We have 5.4% poverty level,» Marianne Shchetkina added, IA «REGNUM-Belarus».
According to Telegraf, the Ministry of Finance of Belarus has also expressed concern about the rising salaries in the public sector. «It’s going to be 10% increases of wages and social benefits to the population in the country’s budget. It is an unprecedented change in the structure, and one should understand that we will certainly try to hold all the rest,» Minister of Finance Andrei Kharkovets said and added that it’s going to be «enormously challenging» to hold the increased salaries in 2011.
