Translation of "Formule qui suit l'évolution des salaires bruts " (French → English) :

The method is not a salary indexation system: it follows the evolution of purchasing power of national officials in central government in the Member States, it does not compensate for inflation.

11. Points out that all indicators show that the crisis is not over; warns in this context against a repetition of the mistakes made during the Great Depression, especially curbing wages; underlines the call of the OECD that governments will need to continue to stimulate their economies as rising unemployment and weak housing markets continue to dampen private demand and that the current low interest rates should remain in force for the time being; stresses the opportunity to transform their economies by heavily investing in ‘green’ and ‘white jobs’ in the area of sustainable development, public service and care and by promoting a red ...[+++]uction of working time without loss of pay in order to fight unemployment and allow workers to reconcile work and non-work life; criticises strongly the neo-liberal language in the Leaders’ Statement such as ‘to strengthen the ability of our workers to adapt to changing market demands’;

47. Demands that the Commission and the Member States take concrete actions to exploit the opportunities created by ICT, in order to hinder the drift of jobs to low-pay countries and achieve the highest level of growth and employment possible; considers it vital to increase the level of investment to achieve the Barcelona 3% GDP target and, in the longer term, to keep it permanently geared to global competition levels;

PCTF to monitor operational cooperation between Member States on trafficking and where appropriate make recommendations for its improvement.

The "financial perspective table" also shows the total amount of payment appropriations as an absolute amount in EUR millions and as a percentage of the Community's gross national income (GNI) based on a forecast of GNI growth.

Furthermore, the IMF monitors the development of the payroll in each PA administration in the framework of its overall monitoring of macroeconomic implementation of the budget.