The new measures will be applied through an emergency ordinance.
According to Ponta, the draft emergency decree was discussed in the Government’s Wednesday meeting.
The monthly average gross wage is about EUR1,000 depending on areas of activity, the prime minister added.
People close to the matter told Mediafax Tuesday the remuneration committee of Romanian state-owned nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica proposed that the company’s executives, including the general manager, receive monthly pay ranging between 62,400 lei (EUR14,200) and RON76,800 (EUR17,500).
If shareholders approve the proposition, executives at Nuclearelectrica will make up to EUR210,000 per year, and the members in the company’s managing board some EUR84,000/year.
Currently, Nuclearelectrica executives earn RON9,228 lei per months, and the general manager makes about RON14,851.
According to a maximum net wage list released by the government in April, managers of companies in Romania’s energy industry make 4,693 lei (little over EUR1,000) and RON18,000 a month.
The report released by the government, which lists net wages for March, shows a general manager makes between RON4,693 (Conpet) and RON18,000 (Electrica Distributie Muntenia Nord), while other managers make up to RON14,306 (Romgaz).
Nuclearelectrica has four managers, Daniela Lulache (general manager), Elena Negulici (economic director), Ionel Bucur (director of Nuclearelectrica’s plant in Cernavoda) and Andrei Gheorghe, according to the company.
Lulache was appointed general manager at Nuclearelectrica in mid-May.
The company’s managing board includes Lulache, Ionel Bucur, Dragos Paul Popescu, Alexandru Alexe, Carmen Radu, Dan Popescu and Alexandru Sandulescu. (EUR1=RON4.3497)