Markevich: The Ministry of Culture is implementing a strategy to increase salaries for cultural workers
The Ministry of Culture of Belarus is implementing a consistent strategy for increasing salaries for workers in the cultural sector.
The head of the department, Anatoly Markevich, announced this at a ceremonial event dedicated to the Day of Cultural Workers.
The minister's words are quoted by BELTA .
What Markevich said about raising salaries for cultural workers
As the Minister explained, the Ministry of Culture, together with the government, is implementing a consistent strategy for increasing the salaries of workers in the cultural sector.
In 2022-23, the bonus for work in the industry increased from 16 to 34%, and next year it will almost double.
In addition, employees of cultural institutions working under contract are entitled to a 30% bonus.
And starting next year, we plan to increase it to 50%, ” added the head of the Ministry of Culture.
