Reform of Moldova's unified pay system in public sector on agenda of parliament’s plenary meeting on November 16

Chisinau, November 13, 2026 – The parliament’s standing bureau has approved the agenda for the plenary meeting due on November 16. Among the issues to be examined by lawmakers, there are the reform of the unified pay system in the public sector, the Report on the Administration and Denationalization of State Public Property in 2025 and the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on the results of the examination of the activities of certain state-owned enterprises.

The lawmakers will consider, in the first reading, the draft law on the reform of the unified pay system in the public sector. According to estimates by the Finance Ministry, the salaries of more than 172,000 public sector employees will increase by an average of 15.7 per cent, starting from January 1, 2027. Approximately 3.2 billion lei will be allocated in next year’s budget to implement the reform.

The reform aims to create a fair, transparent, competitive and financially sustainable pay system. Its objectives include ensuring comparable salaries for positions with a similar level of complexity, reducing pay disparities and establishing transparent mechanisms to reward performance. At the same time, the ratio between the minimum and maximum salaries is to be reduced to 1:10.5, compared with the current level, which in some cases reaches 1:26.

The agenda also includes the presentation of the Report of the Public Property Agency on the administration and denationalization of state public property in 2025. The MPs will also hear the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on the results of the examination of the activities of certain state-owned enterprises, chaired by lawmaker Dinu Plangau.

Other issues included on the session’s agenda are amendments to the criteria for awarding public procurement contracts for school textbooks by reducing the minimum weighting assigned to the price element, as well as the draft law on Moldova’s accession to the Statute of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).

The plenary meeting will take place on November 16, starting at 10:00. The agenda can be consulted on the parliament’s website and the session can be watched live on the institution’s website, as well as on its official Facebook and YouTube pages.

Directorate of Communication and Public Relations of Moldova’s Parliament