Delegates in the House of Peoples adopted amendments to the Law on Social Protection, Protection of Civilian Victims of War, and Protection of Families with Children in an abbreviated procedure.
The proposer Irfan Cengic explained that this is an amendment concerning one article, according to which the basis for benefits of persons with disabilities is increased from 274 BAM to the amount of 80 percent of the minimum wage.
”This was in the law until 2016 when they introduced it to 80 percent of the salary on that day, which was 274 BAM. Since then, the minimum wage has increased three times, and the rights of people with disabilities have not increased. Pensions and salaries have also increased, only people with disabilities have not received anything in the last 14 years. We do not give them anything, we only return what we took from them,” Cengic stated.
He added that the delegates also received higher lump sums and salaries and that it is now their turn to correct the injustice.
The average monthly net salary paid per employee in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) in December last year was 1.180 BAM and is nominally higher by 1.6 percent, and in real terms by 2.5 percent compared to the previous month.
Compared to the same month of the previous year, the average monthly net salary paid per employee in December 2022 is nominally higher by 12.8 percent, and realistically lower by 2.5 percent, the Federal Bureau of Statistics announced.
The largest increase in the average monthly net salary paid in December last year compared to the previous month was recorded in professional, scientific, and technical activities by 7.4 percent, followed by financial and insurance activities by 6.4 percent, and in mining ore and stone by 5.1 percent.
At the same time, a decrease in the average monthly paid net salary was recorded in other service activities by 1.9 percent, and in the hotel and catering industry by 0.6 percent.
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