State parliament: FPÖ wants upper limit for manager bonuses
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In the state parliament committee, manager bonuses from companies with state participation are a big topic again on Wednesday: After the SPÖ had sparked discussions about it in 2018, the bonus payment system will be revised. The FPÖ is now demanding an upper limit for the premiums.
Those who earn more than the state governor are not among the poor, argues the liberal state party secretary Andreas Schöppl. He will ensure that an upper limit of 5,000 euros is imposed on manager bonus payments from companies with state participation. “It’s unacceptable that we Salzburgers are excluded from dramatically increasing electricity and gas costs and on the other hand bonuses are paid to managing directors that are beyond 100,000 euros and beyond 100,000 euros,” says Schöppl.
SPÖ will support the Freedom Party’s request
The Freedom Party will therefore submit a corresponding application in the state parliament committee on Wednesday, which the Social Democrats want to support, confirms the finance spokesman for the SPÖ state parliament club Markus Maurer. “If you keep in mind that the average monthly gross median income in Austria is around 2,500 euros, bonus payments of, for example, 60,610 euros for the managing director of SALK are quickly morally reprehensible,” says Maurer.
Bonus payments linked to goals
The SPÖ had announced the discussion about manager bonuses in 2018. At that time, trolleybuses from the late 1950s were temporarily used due to massive rust damage – bonuses were still paid to those responsible.
Since then, the bonus system has been revised – the bonuses are linked to goals for new contracts or contract extensions. The first effects have already been documented: for example, the managing director of Salzburg Airport received around 70 percent less bonus last year than in 2020.