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What Will Happen to Healthcare Pay? Estonian Health Fund Plan Alarms Workers
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What Will Happen to Healthcare Pay? Estonian Health Fund Plan Alarms Workers

From Postimees · () Estonian

Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Estonian healthcare workers are seeking wage growth above the national average over the next two years.
  • The Estonian Health Insurance Fund’s plan to postpone increases linked to the wage component has alarmed employees.
  • The Estonian Medical Association says faster pay growth is needed to help reduce the country’s growing shortage of healthcare workers.

Estonian healthcare workers want their pay to rise faster than the country’s average wage over the next two years. A plan by the Estonian Health Insurance Fund to push back price increases tied to the wage component has prompted concern among employees.

The Estonian Medical Association said it would enter collective agreement negotiations with employers in the autumn. Its demand is for healthcare pay increases to track growth in the average Estonian wage and exceed it somewhat.

Association president Neeme Tõnisson said the aim was "to create conditions to reduce the deepening shortage of healthcare workers."

And be somewhat higher than that, to create conditions to reduce the deepening shortage of healthcare workers.

— Neeme TõnissonThe Estonian Medical Association president explained why healthcare workers are seeking pay growth above the national average.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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