The Czech government has approved extending a freeze on the wages of top
public officials up until 2018. The proposal, put forward by the Labour
Ministry, would see the wages of the president, government ministers,
senators, deputies and judges kept on their present level for another four
years after a previous freeze expires at the end of 2014. The only
exemption is a one percent valorisation due to inflation. The proposal,
which still has to pass through Parliament, would affect some 4,000 people.