The new law on teacher salaries in 2017 is an innovation that, for one reason or another, is already in place at the present time. That is why each of us knows enough about this law and must unquestioningly comply with each item. As you know, the average wage of an employee should be such an amount that would not be lower than the subsistence minimum. If this condition is not met, then this will be considered a gross violation of the above law and the employer will be held responsible for this. We will analyze the details in this article.

What changes await us

Why did the government decide that new law about salaries in 2017 is so necessary for the citizens of the country? Most likely, this happened due to the fact that there are statistics, thanks to which you can find out the approximate salary arrears. So, if we turn to the statistics, we can name an almost exact figure - three and a half billion rubles. And this is far from the limit, because it is also known that every month this figure increases by 240 million rubles. If this continues further, it can be assumed that already at the beginning of next year, this amount will increase to four billion rubles, which will have a deplorable effect on the country's budget. That is why this law entered into force already in 2016, and will continue to function successfully in the seventeenth.

What actions will be taken to prevent an increase in this amount? Let's figure it out:

1. The list of responsibilities of employers will be increased, which will give employees more rights and opportunities. This paragraph says that the salaries of workers will no longer go missing, as happened before for some “unknown” reasons;
2. From now on, workers will have a number of guarantees, which will significantly affect the observance of their rights. That is, now there is much less chance that the rights of employees of any company will be infringed - also a very good plus for an ordinary citizen;
3. In addition, the responsibility of each employer to employees will be tightened. This is done solely so that employers understand what punishment they can receive if they do not comply with the law. Nobody wants responsibility, so it will be respected!

Now we should move on to the rights that will be received by employees immediately after the entry into force of the new 2017 teacher salary law. So, this row rights are quite small and every worker should know them:

• Wages must be paid every half month. If this paragraph is not fulfilled, then the employer will be held liable and he will have to pay a fine. But, if this situation repeats several times, then this person and may even lose his position;
• The deadline for an employee to apply to the court for violation of any clause of the rules of an employment contract has been changed. With the advent of 2017, each employee will have every right to go to court within a year to resolve the issue with the boss once and for all;
• Increasing the list of powers of inspectors working in this area;
• Fines will be significantly increased for violation of any of the specified clauses in the employment contract and, of course, in this law;
• If the employer for some reason did not pay the salary to the employee, then the fine for such a violation will be at least one hundred thousand rubles.

And this is not all the conditions that must be met by the employer. In addition, do not forget that employees must also unquestioningly comply with each item of the rules specified in the contract. Otherwise, responsibility may await them!

At the end of 2018, the State Duma approved an updated version of the recommendations on the establishment of an updated remuneration system for employees of budgetary institutions, including teachers. This decision was determined by the tripartite commission for the regulation of social and labor relations. At the same time, the rules that were in force before that have lost their force and will not be used in 2019. Today we will talk about changes in the system of remuneration of teachers and how the approach to this issue will change.

In 2019 with new indicators and without wage cuts

Starting from 2019, the remuneration of teachers will be calculated taking into account the new indicator. From now on, when forming the income of teachers and lecturers in without fail takes into account the average monthly earnings of employees of private companies and individual entrepreneurs. From current year this criterion must be taken into account when developing cost plans aimed at increasing the wages of teachers and employees of other budgetary areas. In July 2018, the government Russian Federation a resolution was issued, according to which Rosstat was obliged to prepare the above data by 04/15/2019.

When the tripartite group discussed the new regulation, a clause was introduced into the document on the inadmissibility of lowering the wages of employees of kindergartens, schools and public universities. In accordance with this norm, in 2019 the level of remuneration of teachers will not be lower than in 2018. Accordingly, teachers from kindergartens will receive a salary not lower than the average for Russia (last year - just over 28,000 rubles).

Another important news for teachers was the accounting of the indicator minimum size wages. Last year, this figure was at the level of 6,200 rubles. The new guidelines state that an employee educational institution cannot receive a salary below the established indicator, provided that he fully complied with the established norm and worked a sufficient number of hours. However, no one is immune from situations in which the teacher will work less time than he should. If an employee had to face such a nuisance, the calculation of wages will be based on the actual hours worked, starting from the minimum wage.

In order to ensure the full implementation of the recommendations in the institution, the employer, as well as representatives of the authorities, need to pay attention to some aspects. In particular, these include:

1. Establishment of wages should be carried out in accordance with the qualification group of the employee.
2. If an employee of a budgetary institution works in a position that is not related to professional categories, his salary rate is calculated based on the difficulty of the duties assigned to him.
3. It is imperative to take into account the need to use incentive payments and all kinds of compensation. This question should be reflected in regional and municipal regulations.
4. Approve staffing only the head has the right kindergarten, school, university, other budgetary organization.
5. After the introduction of new recommendations in an educational institution, the teacher's income should not be less than it was before. This rule applies to all employees, without exception, whose work rate has remained at the same level or has increased.
6. The rate of remuneration should be determined based on the performance of the employee's own professional duties over a certain period of time (week, month, year).

As for the labor norm of teachers, now its change in one direction or another will directly affect the final earnings. Therefore, the recommendations provide for the reflection of the actual workload of the teacher in the labor agreement. This rule applies to employees such as:

• school teachers;
• university teachers;
• coaches of children's sports sections;
• persons active in the field additional education.

Taking into account these innovations, any changes in the working time of the teacher should also be reflected in the labor agreement. In this case, you should remember the conditions under which this may become possible:

• by agreement of the parties to the contract;
• in exceptional cases - unilaterally by the head of the educational institution. This rule can be used if the number of working hours has decreased according to curriculum, the educational organization did not enroll a sufficient number of students, etc.

Another important innovation is the additional attention to teachers with secondary special education. The recommendations provide for the impossibility of infringing on the labor rights of employees who do not have higher education. Accordingly, reduction coefficients can no longer be used for a specialty that requires an employee with a diploma of higher education. Thus, the absence of the necessary document will no longer allow the employer to save on employee remuneration educational institution. In this regard, he is equal in rights with teachers with higher education.

Today, these recommendations have been approved by a considerable number of educators. Really, new document significantly expanded their opportunities in terms of remuneration and increased their protection from illegal actions of the manager educational organization. It is expected that these recommendations will be valid in the next few years and gradually refined so that the income of teachers has grown to a decent level.

The current crisis has hit hard on the country's financial reserves. Considering given fact, the government is now calculating how much it will cost to increase the salaries of state employees. Let's find out if teachers' salaries will be increased.

It is clear that the country has a budget deficit, so one cannot count on a significant increase. At the same time, the government is aware of its responsibility and therefore refuse to increase the social. does not plan standards.

Teachers will not succeed without salary increase

It should be noted that school teachers in modern Russia have never been able to boast of high salaries. With the onset of the crisis, their position became even more unenviable. This has led to a decrease in the prestige of the teaching profession, and this is already serious problem. After all, without new young teaching staff, it is hardly possible to talk about the rise of the country.

Everyone knows that it is the teacher who is at the origin of the birth of personality. With its help, any person begins his journey into the world of knowledge. Thanks to the patience, skill and talent of our teachers, new specialists in their field grow up.

On the other hand, it is not clear how all this can be achieved with the current state of education and teacher salaries. As you know, one must be born as a teacher, so one cannot scatter the most valuable personnel. It is necessary to correct the situation as soon as possible and improve financial situation teachers.

Today, according to Rosstat, the salary of teachers is 18-25 thousand rubles, and even less in small towns and villages. It is impossible to live on such a salary and, moreover, to inspire optimism and confidence in the future.

How will earnings change in 2017

The country's leadership understands the complexity of the situation and therefore decided to increase teachers' salaries by 150 percent by 2018. V. Putin mentioned this back in 2012. It is clear that no one guessed then that:

1. a crisis will come;
2. falling energy prices;
3. sanctions against Russia.

However, there is a small ray of hope this year. The galloping rise in prices for everything and everything has been suspended. There was confidence that soon everything will return to normal. No wonder the budget for the next three years again includes wage indexation. Let's hope that already in 2017 the ice will break and the situation of teachers will improve. So far, it is safe to say that in 2017-19 teachers' salaries will increase by about five percent, that is, by the amount of inflation. A full recovery of the economy is not far off, and perhaps, indeed, by 2018, teachers' salaries will rise significantly.

Salary of teachers in Moscow

In the capital, the situation with teachers' salaries is the best. Here, teachers receive up to 70 thousand rubles for their work. In most schools, there are plenty of incentives to increase wages. These are additional hours in the subject, these are electives and the preparation of students for the Olympiad. Thanks to per capita funding, the situation in Moscow schools has improved significantly. Out of almost 2,000 schools, about 700 school complexes have been created. For example, one such school conglomerate may include several schools, a number of preschool institutions, and its number reaches several thousand. Hence the stimulating moments, high wages and good equipment. All this attracts talented personnel from the regions of the country. The results of such success were not long in coming. AT last years the number of high school graduates entering prestigious universities has sharply increased.

Position by regions

As you know, salaries in Russia vary greatly by region. The same is true of teacher salaries. Somewhere she caught up with the average for the subject, and somewhere far behind.

Teachers' salaries increase annually by about 6-7 percent per year. According to the Ministry responsible for education and science, the average salary of a teacher in the country has reached 33,000 rubles. The spread of income is very large: from 80 thousand rubles in the capital to 20 in the regions. Just a few years ago, such a salary was unthinkable. Basically, most teachers received 11-12 thousand rubles.

Here is what the salaries of teachers in Russian cities look like:

City	Average salary in the region in rubles	Average teacher salary in rubles
Moscow	58760	57780
St. Petersburg	38935	41725
Saratov	21280	21525
Kirov	20265	22045
Ivanovo	19750	23040
Bryansk	20240	23445
Pskov	20343	24430
Tver	23825	25690
Voronezh	22930	25930
Tula	24665	26060
Vladimir	21875	26795
Kaluga	26950	27600
Lipetsk	22315	27877
Kaliningrad	26010	28110
Krasnodar	25440	31435

And this is how the salary of teachers differs by region:

• Dagestan - 17449 rubles;
• Altai Territory - 20140 rubles;
• Chechnya - 22080 rubles;
• Mordovia - 19940 rubles;
• Udmurtia - 24434 rubles;
• Ingushetia - 25080 rubles;
• Chuvashia - 26390 rubles;
• Tatarstan - 33670 rubles;
• Primorsky Krai - 41694 rubles;
• Komi - 54200 rubles;
• Kamchatka - 69480 rubles;
• Chukotka - 76715 rubles;
• Yamalo-Nenets district - 83175 rubles.

The question arises: “What is the reason for such a difference in the salaries of teachers in different regions Russia? According to experts from high school economy, the reason is that not all schools in the regions have switched to the normative per capita method of financing, not all subjects of the Russian Federation have yet created the relevant legislative acts. Hence the underfunding of the educational industry.

The modern model of assessing the teacher's work provides for the dependence of the teacher's income on his costs. In recent years, the procedure for calculating salaries has changed. Previously, a bare salary was taken into account in accordance with the tariff scale. At the moment, it is possible to take into account the individual abilities of the teacher. It is unfortunate that not all regions understand this, much less apply it. It turns out that in order to earn extra money, teachers "run" from school to school in the hope of getting extra hours of work.

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The salaries of teachers at all levels will be increased by 6% from the beginning of 2019, which will cost the budget additional subsidies of 109,077.8 million rubles. After indexing teachers' salaries high school will reach 44,760 rubles, teachers teaching at universities - 93,000 rubles, educators preschool education- 34,700 rubles. Since 2013, the remuneration of teachers has increased by 40-117%. Further growth of salaries by 5.4-6.6% annually is planned for the next 3 years.

Will there be a salary increase for teachers in 2019?

Teachers, regardless of the field of activity, belong to the category of "May state employees", that is, their salaries are regulated and controlled at the government level. This is due to the catastrophically low incomes of teachers, especially young professionals, the outflow of professional workers from the industry, and the decrease in the prestige of the profession itself.

The order to systematically increase the income of teachers was first given by the President of the country V.V. Putin. in May 2012, according to which, by 2018, salaries should increase to 100% of the average regional income for:

• school teachers;
• teachers and masters of educational institutions of professional education;
• teachers working with orphans.

In addition, wages should not be lower than 100% of the average salary in the field of education in the region, and teachers of additional education - 100% of teachers' income.

For 6 years, the salaries of the teaching staff were indexed at the federal and regional levels, which made it possible to achieve high rates across the country. But if we consider nominal wages at the level of regions and municipal entities, the picture is not so rosy.

Table 1. The level of salaries of teachers in the first quarter of 2018

Speciality		Planned indicators	Actual salary
			Around the country	At the federal level	At the regional level	AT municipal institutions
	%	100	88,5	113	120,9	86,2
	rub.	36 974	32 718	41 773	44 716	31 876
	%	100	112,4	197	161	100,8
	rub.	37 564	42 226	73 990	60 466	37 876
	%	100	95,2	115,7	121,3	90,8
	rub.	41 698	39697	48245	50580	37862
	%	100	109,5	109,4	109,6	69,8
	rub.	37 564	41 146	41 080	41 171	26 210
	%	100	101,7	–	98,8	122,5
	rub.	37 564	38 201	–	37 101	46 004
University teachers	%	200	230	230	270	137,6
	rub.	75 128	87 695	87 347	101 225	51 688

Source: Rosstat

The most striking examples of the run-up in earnings in federal and municipal educational institutions are:

1. Income from the labor activity of school teachers. So, in the Nenets autonomous region Arkhangelsk region salary in the region - 101,681 rubles. and even in a rural school in the Yamalo-Nenets District - 113,826 rubles. Whereas in Dagestan a teacher receives 21,389 rubles, and in rural schools in the Kostroma region. ‒ 24,051 rubles
2. Remuneration of teachers of the university. In relative terms, income levels range from 137 to 270%. Taking into account the regional coefficients, the run-up in physical terms is even more striking: for example, in Ugra, top-level teachers are paid 162,932 rubles, and in the Ivanovo region at a municipal university - 45,419 rubles.

Such a range of indicators is explained not only by the regional level of income of the population, but also by the inability of some subjects to provide high salaries to state employees.

In order to maintain the achieved indicators, the government is forced to subsidize the regions. Therefore, the proposal of the Ministry of Education and Science in March 2018 to increase all teachers or school teachers in particular, wages up to 150% were left without support.

However, in May, the President made a recommendation to keep the incomes of teachers at the achieved level and prevent their decline against the backdrop of an increase in the minimum wage and the growth of the well-being of Russians. The presidential decrees are reflected in the draft budget for 2019, which clearly reflects whether there will be a salary increase for teachers.

The bill provides for a systematic plan for the period from 2019 to 2021, including the salaries of educators, teachers and teachers of universities and colleges.

How much will the salary increase

According to the explanatory note to the draft budget, teachers' salaries in 2019 should increase by 6%. For these purposes, appropriations in the amount of 109 billion rubles will be required. To keep incomes at the same level and raise salaries, subsidies will be increased by 16.1% compared to last year. Such calculations were provided by the Accounts Chamber to the State Duma for the adoption of the federal budget.

In addition, a further increase in the remuneration of educators, teachers, teachers of the middle and higher levels is also laid down:

• by 5.4% in 2020, which will require 120 billion rubles;
• by 6.6% in 2021, which will require additional allocations in the amount of about 134 billion rubles.

First of all, the increase will affect teachers of federal educational institutions. Similar steps must be taken in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Moreover, the amount of salary growth may be more than the recommended 6%.

By the end of October 2018, in most regions, projects should be considered or local budgets approved, after which it will be clear how much teachers' salaries will increase in regional and municipal schools and other educational institutions.

When will there be a raise

Many traditionally tie the recalculation of teachers' salaries to September 1. Indeed, from the beginning school year often carried out at the local level. So, in, and in St. Petersburg, wages were increased by 4,000 rubles.

However, a target increase for 2019 has been planned since the beginning calendar year, that is, teachers should receive wages in a new way based on the results of January work. But this does not exclude repeated recalculations throughout the year, for example, by September 1 or Teacher's Day. But such “gifts” are usually received by teachers from local authorities.

What is the average salary of teachers

The remuneration system for teachers provides for the use, in addition to salaries, incentive payments and other allowances. Moreover, some increases are distributed according to the decision of the leadership of the educational institution. Often, teachers, in order to earn a decent salary, work for 1.5-2 rates. Even for two specialists with the same education and specialty, the actual salary can differ significantly. Teachers have already adapted to the new working conditions and complex system payroll.

But information about average earnings does not reflect the real picture. In addition, the increase will directly affect salaries and allowances tied to tariffs. Therefore, the actual wages after recalculation may increase by different amounts.

The size of average salaries will approach the values ​​indicated in the table.

Table 2. Average salary of teachers in 2019

	Around the country	At the federal level	At the regional level	In municipal institutions
Educators and teachers of preschool education	34 681	44 279	47 399	33 789
teachers general education schools	44 760	78 429	64 094	40 149
Teachers of additional education	42 079	51 140	53 615	40 134
Masters and teachers vocational education	43 615	43 545	43 641	27 783
Teachers working with orphans	40 493	–	39 327	48 764
University teachers	92 957	92 588	107 299	54 789