Just in: The Prime Minister announces pay increases for approximately 200,000 employees in these categories.
According to a breaking news report published by TV2, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen revealed the four professions that will receive monthly salary increases averaging 2,500 per month before tax, benefiting around 200,000 employees.
According to the source, the details regarding the additional salary will not be finalized until the government, the trade union movement and employers reach an agreement in the tripartite negotiations, which are expected to begin within a few weeks.
Meanwhile, the government intends for the entire wage increase not to be implemented all at once, but rather in stages over several years. From the government's perspective, it appears that one billion kroner will be allocated for this purpose next year – and by 2030, this figure will rise to three billion.
According to TV2, this move comes after Mette Frederiksen promised voters several days before the last elections at the end of October last year, while at a nursing home, that the Social Democratic Party was ready to guarantee better conditions for public employees, and that promise included allocating three billion kronor to raise wages.
In an interview with TV2, the Prime Minister revealed that the groups who will benefit from the extra pay are nurses, caregivers, childcare providers, and prison officers. Mette Frederiksen explained that these specific groups of employees deal directly with people—that is, they provide services that are directly accessible to the public—and they work while the rest of us are asleep, according to the source.
