OREANDA-NEWS. October 11, 2010. The Belarusian first grade wage rate is to increase 31.1% to 118,000 Belarusian rubles (Br) on November 1, 2010, in accordance with resolution #1382 of the Council of Ministers dated September 27, 2010.

The document also introduces factors to adjust wage rates for employees of state-financed organizations calculated using the unified wage rate scale based on grades ranging from 1 to 27 amounting to 2.862-0.915 [currently at 2.616-0.978].

On January 1, 2010, the first grade wage rate was raised by 5.2% to 81,000 rubles, and on June 1, 2010, by another 11% to 90,000 rubles.