Irakli Gharibashvili: Georgia ”We Should Finish the Topic of Bonuses… the Salary of Must Be Ministers Was Equal to GEL 6,300 in the Previous Year
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C M Y K 12 HEADLINE NEWS & ANALYSIS FINANCIAL FactCheck 28 JULY, 2014 | FINCHANNEL.COM Georgia- EU Trade: Irakli Gharibashvili: Georgia ”We should finish the topic of bonuses… the salary of Must Be Ministers was equal to GEL 6,300 in the previous year. I Branded, decreased it by GEL 1,300 in January and now they have Says a minimum salary of GEL 5,000. Ministers have neither Branding any salary supplement nor any other bonuses.” Expert Mariam BREGADZE Minister’s salary with the sup- I Deputy I Deputy Deputy Deputy Deputy Deputy Deputy In total plement is equal to GEL 6,250 Minister Minister Continued from p. 8 FactCheck (GEL 5,000 with income tax (Head of deduction). Ministry of Education and Depart- 8,505 - 4,080 4,080 4,080 - 30,075 cient in the EU member t a press confer- As for the bonus, it is a fi- Science ment) states? ence held on 4 nancial incentive for a public 9,330 A. On this point I have to June 2014, a jour- servant and directed towards Ministry of Energy - - 65,280 65,280 55,520 - - 186,080 say that size matters. It is nalist asked Irakli a particular civil servant. Ministry of Environment 16,975 7,500 12 845 cheaper and easier to reach Gharibashvili the Georgian legislation does not and Natural Resources (8 - (4 (8 - - - 37,320 a 4 million populated market followingA question:”To be determine its exact definition, Protection months) months) months) using online communications 1,272 6,720 honest, there is the impres- the regulation of the rules Ministry of Justice 57,520 55,973 54,419 54,419 - 230,323 than through classical TV ads. sion that you consider the for issuing a bonus or the (1 month) (1 month) When you are facing a market large sums of money which amount. Ministry of Culture and the size of the EU, it changes. 34,962 - 36,678 35,997 27,716 - - 135,353 Ministers have allocated for Of note is the fact that ac- Monument Protection Then online media, the social themselves and also for their cording to information pre- Ministry of Internally networks, become a comple- subordinates as adequate. sented by Irakli Gharibashvili Displaced Persons from 7,196 6,589 6,589 6,589 mentary piece of the whole This is the kind of impression at the same press conference, the Occupied Territories, (2 - (2 (2 (2 - - 26,963 communications system in there is and I would like you to both the administration and Accommodation and months) months) months) months) which TV is still the most effi- verify this.” The Prime Minis- the Civil Service Bureau have Refugees cient form of media when you ter responded: “We should been given the task of solv- Ministry of Foreign Affairs - - 165,548 - - - - 165,548 want to achieve appropriate finish the topic of bonuses… ing the issue of bonuses. After coverage for the messages of Ministry of Corrections 3,120 35,360 the salary of Ministers was the Government’s meeting on 47,200 - 35,360 59,840 - 180,880 your brand. Having said that, and Legal Assistance (1 month) equal to GEL 6,300 in the 26 June, Nino Kobakhidze, we cannot forget that the way Ministry of Regional 20,720 20,300 previous year. I decreased it Deputy Head of Administra- 2,720 2,720 people tend to consume tele- Development and Infra- (7 - (7 - - 46,460 by GEL 1,300 in January and tion, stated that the resolu- (1 month) 1 month) vision is changing. Now there now they have a minimum tion which determines the structure months) months) are more people watching TV rule of issuing the bonuses, 4,820 19,770 salary of GEL 5,000. Minis- Ministry of Sports and on their mobile devices, the 25,060 - (2 26,320 (7 - - 75,970 ters have neither any salary the maximum limit and is- Youth Affairs audiences are much more supplement nor any other bo- suers of bonuses had been months) months) fragmented and the con- nuses.” adopted. The Government Office of the State sumption of TV on demand is FactCheck took interest adopted the resolution with Minister on European and 40,175 - 36,505 - - - - 76,680 growing. These factors have in the facts given in the state- a technical remark and a uni- Euro-Atlantic Integration to be seriously considered ment. Despite the journalist’s fied concept will be presented Office of the State Minis- when brands decide to go to question, the Prime Minister at a presentation by the Civil ter for Reconciliation and 33,150 - - - - - - 33,150 television as their main com- focused upon the salaries of Service Bureau on 1 July. Ac- Civic Equality munication vehicle. Ministers in his response. cording to Nino Kobakhidze, Q. Can you name a Therefore, FactCheck veri- the resolution will determine data, it is impossible to deter- Natural Resources Protection ceeds the amount of remuner- company brand operat- fied not only the issue of bo- how employees are accepted mine the amount of bonuses of Georgia which has pub- ation based upon ranking. Of ing in the EU that has nuses for Ministers but also into the public service, pro- issued individually to Deputy lished information about the further note is the fact that no managed to succeed on the issue of bonuses for per- moted, ranked and fired. Ac- Ministers and other officials amount of money issued as bonuses are issued to Deputy the EU market and can sons subordinate to Minis- cording to the resolution, the during 2013. In addition, the salaries on its official web-site. Ministers in some Ministries. you highlight its advan- ters. Head of a Ministry (a super- Office of the State Minister of The amount of bonuses (in The issuing of bonuses was tages? The Law of Georgia on the vising official) is authorised to Georgia for Diaspora Issues total) issued to Deputy Min- not recorded at the Ministry A. As a Spaniard I want Structure, Powers and Activi- issue no more than 100% of defined that the aforemen- isters in the rest of the Minis- of Defence, for example, for to name a Spanish brand, ties of the Georgian Govern- the salary quarterly and those tioned information contains tries during 2013 is as follows. the year 2013. Deputy Min- for example Zara. Every- ment determines the funding Ministries which are subordi- elements of ‘personal data’ As we see, there is no uni- isters were also receiving body knows it and everybody of a Ministry from the state nates of the Prime Minister and the question about the fied regulation for the issuing monthly supplements along speaks of it as a successful budget and the targeted use issue bonuses in agreement admissibility of its issue was of bonuses and supplements with their remuneration brand. What is very interest- of budgetary expenditures. with the Prime Minister. The sent to the personal data pro- to Deputy Ministers in differ- based upon rank. ing is that in terms of what is In addition, the Ministers’ State Treasury is responsible tection inspector. Information ent Ministries. As a result of typically understood by peo- salaries include remuneration for controlling this issue. was not requested from the this, the amount of bonus in Category: Minister’s ple as a brand (logo, colours, based upon rank, supplement As for the bonuses of Min- Ministry of Environment and some cases significantly ex- Salaries communication, advertising and bonus (Article 37 of the isters, Factcheck checked etc.) Zara is not that relevant. Law on Public Service). the current data available on They have been able to suc- The amount of remunera- the website of the Public In- ceed without advertising tion based upon rank is deter- formation Database. Official CONCLUSION campaigns, without a punchy mined by the Georgian Presi- documents about the wages, visual brand identity. One of bonuses and supplements According to the Georgian President’s Decree, the amount of monthly salaries for Ministers was dent’s Decree N43 of 2005 equal to GEL 3,540 (GEL 2,832 with income tax deduction). the secrets of their success is issued by the Ministries are according to which a Minis- Besides the remuneration based upon rank, the salary of Ministers also includes a supplement that they have built a really published on this web-site. ters’ monthly salary is GEL which was decreased from GEL 4,335 to GEL 2,710 according to Prime Minister Irakli Gharibash- strong brand using pure mar- 3,540 which equates to GEL According to the data, Minis- vili’s Decree of January 2014. Accordingly, a fixed salary supplement (GEL 2,710) was added to the keting tools. 2,832 after the income tax de- ters have not received bonus- already fixed remuneration based upon rank (GEL 3,540). In the end, the Minister’s (State Minis- Q. When talking about duction. The Prime Minister es since March 2013. ters) salary has decreased from GEL 6,300 to GEL 5,000 with the income tax deduction. In addi- multinational brands, of Georgia is entitled to de- Of note is the fact that the tion, there is no other supplement to the salary other than the salary supplement determined by the the majority of them are termine the monthly supple- question posed by the journal- Decree. originally from Europe- ments for Ministers’ salaries ist to the Prime Minister con- As for bonuses, according to the Public Information Database, the issuing of bonuses to Ministers an countries or the U.S. (Article 5 of the Georgian cerned not only the issue of is not evidenced from March 2013.