Govt rejects demand doctors be exempted from public sector pay system

Ljubljana, 17 November - The government has rejected a demand by doctors that they be exempted from the public sector pay system, dismissing a key point of contention for the striking doctors that was seen as likely to open the floodgates and sending the public sector wage bill soaring.

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc speaks to the press after the cabinet session.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Health Minister Milojka Kolar Celarc speaks to the press after the cabinet session.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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