Toader said the Government will analyze the issue and find solutions to allow a raise as of June 1.
President Traian Basescu said last week in an address to Parliament the ruling coalition and the Government have the duty to restore public wages to the level before austerity cuts, as of June 1.
After a 25% cut in public wages in 2010, public sector employees received a 15% pay increase last year. Right now, public sector wages would need another 16% increase to return to pre-austerity levels.
Finance Minister Bogdan Dragoi said Friday a 16% increase in public sector wages starting June would cost the state budget 2 billion lei (EUR459 million) a year.
Basescu said Sunday, citing Finance Ministry data, that Romania currently has little over 1.1 million public employees, from nearly 1.4 million in April 2009.