From September, 1, workers of budget sphere in 2 Tatarstan regions will get salary by new system.

From September, 1, 2008 in Naberezhnye Chelny and Sabinsky municipal district of Tatarstan the experiment on new system of labour payment in budget sphere will be realized. From January, 1, 2009 the program will be used all over republic. In Russia workers of budget sphere may see the results of new system from December, 1 of the current year.

Such information was presented today at briefing in RT Cabinet. It was devoted to new branch system of labour payment. RT Minister of Finance Radik Gayzatullin, Head of Ministry of Health of Tatarstan Airat Farrakhov, first Deputy Minister of Economy of Tatarstan – Director of the center of economic and social investigations under RT Cabinet Aleftina Kudryaftseva took part in meeting with journalists.

As Radik Gayzatullin informed in Tatarstan to carry the changes in labour payment system RT president made up his mind to increase the fund of labour payment for workers of budget sphere for 16 % that will demand additional financing (5 billion RUR) in 2009. In result, yearly fund of labour payment will make 40 billion RUR.

He also pointed out that in accordance with new system the fixed salary (without bonuses) can’t be lower than it’s paid today on the basis of single scale of charges.

Deputy Head of Executive committee – Head of finance management in Naberezhnye Chelny Brilliant Rizatdinova confirmed the Minister’s words. She told that now in Naberezhnye Chelny workers of budget sphere were divided into 4 ranks. After starting of new program the salary will vary from 4800 to 23-24 thousand RUR for Heads of institutions.

Also at briefing there was discussed the subjectivity of labour payment quality by the Head of institutions who will make a decision concerning the size of bonus payment. The participants of briefing assured that the criteria of quality assessment are thoroughly developed for each sphere.

Radik Gaizatullin emphasized that new labour payment system is oriented at stimulation of budget sphere workers for improving their work. The main task is to male the system more flexible and transparent so that the Heads can have more freedom in regulation of employees’ payment.

Summing up, Aleftina Kudryaftseva noted that the process will not be trouble-free because it occupies the whole budget sphere. But then the results will be positive.