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The Parliament of Strasbourg approved this Wednesday the new minimum wage regulations after the agreement reached last June with the European Council. The directive has been supported by 505 votes in favor , 92 votes against and 44 abstentions and will come into force once it is published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The law establishes minimum requirements that guarantee adequate minimum wages either through national legislation or collective agreements. Wages down, prices up: CCOO announces a “hot autumn” Setting the minimum wage will remain a responsibility of member states , which "will have to ensure that it allows workers to lead a decent life, taking into account the cost of living and the general salary level.
When assessing whether their current legal minimum wages are adequate, Member States may take as reference a basket of goods and services at real prices, or 60% of the median gross wage and 50% of the average gross wage. EU countries where the minimum wage is already protected exclusively through collective agreements will not be obliged to introduce these rules or to apply these agreements universally. Likewise, the effective access of all workers to minimum wage protection is improved. Luxembourg Bangladesh Email List Ireland and Germany have the highest minimum wages and Bulgaria, Latvia and Estonia have the lowest. In the EU, twenty-one of the twenty-seven Member States have a legal minimum wage In the EU, twenty-one of the twenty-seven member states have a legal minimum wage.
In the other six countries (Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Italy and Sweden) , wage levels are determined through collective wage bargaining. The new regulations also reinforce the role played by social agents in collective bargaining as “an essential factor to achieve adequate minimum wages.” Member States with a collective bargaining coverage rate of less than 80% must establish, with the participation of the social partners, an action plan to promote it. Workers, their representatives and union members will have the right to compensation in the event of non-compliance with the regulations, mandates the European Parliament, which also urges member countries to address phenomena such as abusive subcontracting, false self-employment , non- working overtime. declared or the increase in work intensity.
When assessing whether their current legal minimum wages are adequate, Member States may take as reference a basket of goods and services at real prices, or 60% of the median gross wage and 50% of the average gross wage. EU countries where the minimum wage is already protected exclusively through collective agreements will not be obliged to introduce these rules or to apply these agreements universally. Likewise, the effective access of all workers to minimum wage protection is improved. Luxembourg Bangladesh Email List Ireland and Germany have the highest minimum wages and Bulgaria, Latvia and Estonia have the lowest. In the EU, twenty-one of the twenty-seven Member States have a legal minimum wage In the EU, twenty-one of the twenty-seven member states have a legal minimum wage.
In the other six countries (Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Italy and Sweden) , wage levels are determined through collective wage bargaining. The new regulations also reinforce the role played by social agents in collective bargaining as “an essential factor to achieve adequate minimum wages.” Member States with a collective bargaining coverage rate of less than 80% must establish, with the participation of the social partners, an action plan to promote it. Workers, their representatives and union members will have the right to compensation in the event of non-compliance with the regulations, mandates the European Parliament, which also urges member countries to address phenomena such as abusive subcontracting, false self-employment , non- working overtime. declared or the increase in work intensity.