Cuba: Update on salary increases and how they will be implemented

Salary increase in Cuba: how will it be applied to the Education and Health sectors? 2025The ruling party provides details. As you know, the Cuban Government announced a targeted salary increase to key workers in the Education and Health sectors, through resolutions 3 and 4 of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), published in the Ordinary Official Gazette No. 39.

This measure, according to officials, aims to recognize "permanence, integrity, and high performance in complex working conditions," while encouraging stability within the budgeted sector, especially in these key areas of a country's development.

In the field educationalThe new salary scale will benefit employees of branch schools, training centers, and other training institutions affiliated with agencies of the Central State Administration.

El The increase ranges between 1 and 000 Cuban pesos for those who have between five and 30 years of work experience.

Those above this rank will receive an additional 400 pesos for every two years of seniority. Teaching staff with more than 40 years of service could receive up to an additional 5 pesos, while the rest of the workers at these centers will receive 000% of the corresponding amount, based on their seniority.

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For its part, in the sector Of the health, an additional payment of 100 pesos was established for physicians who work night shifts and on weekends in highly demanding specialties such as Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Neonatology, Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, and Adult Intensive Care Medicine.

In addition, a 20-peso incentive will be applied per hour worked under intense and complex conditions. Nursing assistants working in nursing homes, psycho-educational medical centers, and psychiatric hospitals will also benefit from a 45% increase in their scale salary.

According to authorities, this process will be gradual and will extend to other sectors and specialties, including logistics and insurance.

The intention is to create a fairer and more sustainable compensation system that recognizes both the career path and the nature of the work performed, the state newspaper stated. cubadebate this Friday.