The bill was adopted with 319 votes in favor and just one against.

The bill was previously adopted by the Senate. The lower house included an amendment to give a 10% wage raise to all categories of public sector employees not given any raises this year.

The bill must be signed off by President Klaus Iohannis to become law.

The health care sector wage raise has been in effect since August.

Last week, Romania’s outgoing government led by Victor Ponta passed an emergency decree to raise the wage of staff in the education sector by 15% as of December.