Reactions to the Three-Year Conclusion in Civil Servant Health Insurance

Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer (SPÖ) pointed out that the regulation was designed innovatively. Lower incomes would fare better through the fixed amounts. His thanks also went to the unions. Yesterday, it was once again demonstrated that the Austrian model of consensus and balance of interests proves its worth.

Reactions to the Three-Year Conclusion

Meinl-Reisinger said that maintaining the originally agreed conclusion would not have been a good sign for those who had just lost their jobs or did not expect such strong wage increases. Additionally, the more moderate adjustment helps to break out of the price-wage spiral in which people have been trapped for far too long.

The Chairman of the Union of Public Service (GÖD), Eckehard Quin, addressed his members in a video message. He argued that the salaries would be adjusted by 3.3 percent next year (albeit only from mid-year), which is certainly one of the highest conclusions in the fall and strengthens purchasing power accordingly. It is "wrong" that the salary adjustment averages 1.5 percent annually, as the government had announced. By 2028, salaries would increase by an average of 5.4 percent, Quin emphasized.

Gradual Salary Increases

The salary conclusion is as follows: Instead of starting at the beginning of 2026, salaries will now increase by 3.3 percent from July - this is the already legally agreed value. The next adjustment will then occur in August 2027, averaging one percent. This will be implemented through fixed amounts. Up to 3,010 euros, there will be 58 euros, in the next tier up to 6,163 euros, about 40 euros, and above that, just under 21 euros.

FPÖ Chairman Herbert Kickl described the salary conclusion as a "scandalous betrayal of the key workers in the public service" in a statement. That precisely those professional groups, who have had to "bear the brunt of the serious mistakes of the system parties with hard work" for years, are now being fobbed off with a massive real wage loss, is, for example, a mockery of the police officers, teachers, and armed forces personnel.

The final adjustment will take place in September 2028, again averaging one percent. Up to 3,068 euros, it will be about 59 euros, in the tier up to 4,311 euros, it will be 45 euros, up to 6,203 euros, it will be 33 euros. The fixed amount for salaries above that is 21 euros.

(APA/Red.)

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