On January 4, Minsk /Elena Prus - BELTA/. In Belarus, the nominal accrued average monthly wage growth rate for the country as a whole in 2012 will be no less than 165%, in the budget sector - no less than 149.5%, and the real wage - 104.2%. This was announced at a press conference by Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Security Alexander Rumak, as reported by a BELTA correspondent. The nominal accrued average monthly wage in the country in January-November 2011 increased by 52.3% compared to the corresponding period in 2010 and amounted to Br1840.2 thousand, including Br2439.7 thousand in November. In the budget sector of the economy, the average monthly wage in January-November increased by 63.7% to Br1544.7 thousand, including Br1887.5 thousand in November. The nominal accrued wage of employees in the budget sector in January-December 2011 will amount to Br1598.8 thousand, including Br2178 thousand in December. For January-November 2011, Belarus ranked fourth among the CIS countries in terms of remuneration and has the lowest level of wage differentiation. According to the ministry representative, with the adoption of Directive No. 4 and Decree No. 181, the mechanism for regulating remuneration in the real sector has fundamentally changed. The transition from the mandatory application of the Unified Tariff Scale to its recommendatory nature has been carried out. Almost the entire regulatory legal framework governing remuneration in the real sector of the economy has been revised. Employers' rights to establish flexible remuneration systems have been significantly expanded. This provides an opportunity to enhance the work motivation of individual proactive, highly qualified employees, including organisation managers. The state policy in the field of remuneration in 2012 will be aimed at creating conditions and opportunities for able-bodied citizens to earn funds to meet their needs and ensure a decent standard of living for themselves and their families. Among the main tasks in the field of remuneration in 2012 are the expansion of the practice of introducing new flexible forms and systems of remuneration by economic entities, which will contribute to creating conditions for increasing wages for employees directly dependent on production efficiency, quality, and labour productivity; strengthening the role of the minimum wage as a state minimum social guarantee in the field of remuneration. -0-

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