AD ESM says payroll will be paid within legal deadline after staff data update
Company says payroll will be processed after verification of over 140 employee data changes; SDSM had alleged delays in October payments.
AD ESM stated that employee salaries will be paid within the legal deadline after the Social Democratic Union (SDSM) accused several state institutions, including the energy company, of delaying October payrolls and sending workers SMS messages asking them to be patient.
Company cites mass personal-data updates as cause for short delay
According to AD ESM, “The ongoing administrative adjustments in the company payroll system are due to simultaneous requests from over 140 employees for updating and changing their personal data. This required additional time for their technical processing and verification until 6 November, in order to ensure a secure and accurate distribution of funds,” the company said.
AD ESM emphasized that its current financial and technical consolidation should not be conflated with the state budget, noting that the company independently covers salary costs without subsidies, unlike in the period 2021–2024.
The company also warned against what it described as politically motivated attempts to unsettle staff. “The company strongly condemns attempts by certain political parties to sabotage the energy sector, or through tendentious and hypocritical use of extraordinary administrative adjustments — to create a false narrative and sow unrest among employees,” AD ESM said. It added that a process has begun to raise wages under the recently signed Collective Agreement with representative unions, and that the annual leave allowance for 2026 was fully paid in early July. The company noted that employees have received December salaries before the New Year in the last two years.
SDSM said today that payments of October salaries were late in state institutions, including AD ESM, and that employees who usually received pay by the fifth of the month had been told to wait. The opposition also reported that some municipalities had notified them that payments could not be executed through the Treasury.
The company’s statement reiterates its commitment to pay staff within the legal timeframe while it completes the verification of updated employee data.
Photo: press material from the event
