Government kicks off employment in local authorities and gives extra pay to those working with EU funds

The government has dropped the rule according to which in local authorities only one can be hired per seven vacancies. The norm has been extended to consider the number of vacant jobs in an entire county, which means that, by cumulating jobs, more people can be hired than before.
Last summer, the government decided to eliminate 59,000 jobs from the local authorities' organisational chart. A so-called personnel standard was set for the local authorities, which decided on a maximum number of jobs in the administration, based on the population of the town, with the administration only allowed to hire one person per seven vacant jobs.
The government extended the rule from one administration to county level and says it will make it a priority to hire people for jobs where tasks cannot be taken over by other employees.
The government also decided that employees working on European projects funded with non-repayable foreign funds (not just specialised workers, but all those involved in some way or another) could be paid extra for overtime through a service contract.