📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Finance is preparing an amendment to the law to ensure that the disclosure of salary information also applies to the remuneration of officials and employees in welfare areas. The draft proposal of the Board of Directors is in the opinion round from 10 December 2021 to 23 January 2022.Everyone has the opportunity to give feedback on the change in the law. The Ministry of Finance separately requests expert opinions from ministries welfare areas the State Audit Office employers and employees organizations in the municipal and welfare sector the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and the Equality Ombudsman.The reform will promote wage transparency in the public sectorAccording to the draft law the disclosure of remuneration information in welfare areas and associations would correspond to the current practice in municipalities and associations of municipalities and state agencies and institutions. According to the Register Act the salary data of all employees of the state municipalities and parishes are available to everyone. This provision has been in force since 1999.The government is scheduled to submit the bill to parliament in early February 2022. The change is expected to take effect as soon as possible when the new Welfare Councils take office on March 1 2022.The Ministry of Finance is also working on a more extensive update of the Authorization Act. In 2020 the Ministry investigated the need to update the Entitlement Act and the working group has prepared proposals based on this. The necessary legislative changes will be finalized in the Ministry of Finance.
