Experts recommend raising the minimum wage to a range of 1,046 to 1,082 euros

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Vice President Díaz already has the report that estimates where 60% of the average salary is and now it is the government that decides on the increase for 2023

The government already has the figures on the future increase of the Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI), a decision to be taken before the end of the year. The Ministry of Labor has already commissioned the report from a group of experts who say how much the lowest salary in Spain must rise in 2023 to meet the legislature’s commitment to set it at 60% of the average salary, as recommended by the European Social Charter. However, the margin is quite wide: the increase proposed by this committee varies between 4.6% and 8.2%, percentages that would increase the SMI to a range between 1,046 euros and 1,082 euros.

An increase in any case less than the revaluation of the pensions and that would not be able to prevent the loss of purchasing power of this group of workers, precisely the most vulnerable, who currently have an income of 1,000 euros per month divided over 14 benefits.

More specifically, after months of analysis, this group of wise men offers the Executive four options: a 4.6% increase that would raise the minimum wage to 1,046 euros in 2023; an increase of 5.4% that would bring it to 1,054 euros; an increase of 6.6% that would raise it to 1,066 euros; and finally the biggest increase, namely 8.2%, which would bring it to 1,082 euros. This new revaluation, the last of the legislature, would benefit two million workers, according to expert estimates.

The Department of Labor was waiting for this report to convene the unions and employers’ association and try to agree on the new minimum wage to be applied from January. However, it can be said that today this agreement has been blocked without even starting negotiations, since the businessmen announced last week that they are stopping all dialogue with the department led by Yolanda Díaz, knowing that she had “betrayed” the pact . on labor reform.

The CEOE issued a harsh statement demanding that Labor withdraw the deal amendment that would bring the Inspectorate’s previous scrutiny into the causes of the ERE – which in practice reduces the power of companies to carry out collective redundancies – to the negotiating table to sit down. the table of social dialogue.

For their part, the trade unions have been warning the government for months that they will not tolerate an increase in the minimum wage that would lead to this group losing purchasing power and are demanding a 10% increase that will bring the legal minimum income in the country to €1,100 per month. over fourteen installments, which amounts to a gross annual income of 15,400 euros. The aim is to prevent the price escalation of the weakest link in the labor market.

Source: La Verdad

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