President’s office staff salary raises draw harsh criticism
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The salary of all 400 staff in the office of President Andrzej Duda will be bumped up by up to PLN 2,000, informs “Rzeczpospolita,” a well-known Polish-language newspaper.
The report has attracted severe criticism as unemployment grows steadily in the country amid an increasing number of Covid-related deaths.
According to the daily, the higher wages are to come into force in September and will be calculated retroactively from January 2020.
However, the president’s office quickly issued a statement saying information about increasing the salaries of advisers by PLN 2,000 is “far-reaching overinterpretation.”
