Newly-appointed Minister for Health and Labor Peep Peterson has urged caution in the formation of a one single, large state agency to cover the tasks currently carried out by three.
State officials met more with private sector lobbyists than those from any other sector, over the past year, according to data whose collection the justice ministry made mandatory from last March.
Unions in Estonia want the monthly minimum wage to be hiked extraordinarily, to €700, citing inflation and high energy prices. Employers are more lukewarm about the idea, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported Wednesday night.