According to Wirtualne Media, she announced that all employees employed under the time-bonus system will receive a 5% bonus for April. This decision was made on the basis of the effective activities of the Advertising Office, which resulted in an increase in commercial revenues in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period of the previous year. The bonus will be paid on May 10, and from April this year the bonus rate will be determined monthly.
According to the announcement and the company’s general director, Tomasz Sygut, Telewizja Polska’s advertising revenues in the first quarter of 2024 increased by almost 10% compared to the previous year. The largest increase, amounting to 16%, was recorded in the sales of advertising and sponsoring of thematic channels. Particularly impressive was the increase in TVP INFO revenues, which amounted to 28% compared to the same period of the previous year. An increase in revenues was also recorded in the main channels – TVP1 and TVP2 – and in online advertising. This success was attributed to, among others, acquiring new advertisers who were not active on Telewizja Polska last year.
Enthusiastic Reactions from Trade Unionists
Bogdan Wiśniewski, the chairman of NSZZ “Solidarność” on TVP, emphasizes that “any additional money granted to employees is positively assessed”. Trade unions at TVP have long been calling for changing the bonus system to a more regular one. Barbara Markowska-Wójcik, chairwoman of the Trade Union of Creative Workers TVP Wizja, adds that “switching to the monthly system is more advantageous because if there is no bonus in one month, there is a greater chance of receiving it in the next.”
Easter benefits for employees
At the end of March this year, the authorities of Telewizja Polska decided to pay all full-time employees an Easter benefit of PLN 1,300. PLN gross. This was in response to the requests of trade unions, which requested PLN 2,000. zloty.
Trade unions regularly operating at TVP appeal for one-off benefits for employees, usually before Christmas and Easter. At the end of last year, each employee, except for a few groups, was paid PLN 1,200. PLN, although trade unionists demanded PLN 2,000. zloty. A year earlier, TVP awarded employees one-off awards on the occasion of the company’s 70th anniversary, in the amount of PLN 500, PLN 1.2 thousand. PLN or 2 thousand PLN, depending on the length of service.
Pay raises and the Salary Budget
Last spring, trade unions agreed with the authorities of Telewizja Polska to increase the wage budget by 7.4%. This increase concerned all employees employed in the time-bonus system with an incentive bonus who have been working in the company since the beginning of last year and have a base salary below PLN 11,000. PLN gross. The indexation covered .
Last year, Polish Television received a record PLN 2.67 billion from TV license fees and subscription compensation, and advertising revenues increased by almost 6% to PLN 893 million. The broadcaster generated a financial surplus of PLN 199 million from the implementation of its public mission.
Source: Gazeta
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