The Ministry of Labor considers that the 4% increase in the interprofessional minimum wage (SMI) that it proposes is “sufficiently balanced” to reach an agreement with unions and employers, warning the latter that, if it is not agreed goes, the increase will ultimately be ‘more ambitious’.
There is no agreement at this time. Next Monday there will be a meeting between the Ministry of Labour, employers and trade unions increase the interprofessional minimum wage (SMI), now set at 1080 euros per month, has not borne fruit.
The employers propose an increase of 3%, while the unions want the increase to be 5%. The Ministry of Labor wants to conclude the agreement to increase the Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI) as soon as possible, and wants this increase to be no less than 4% in 2024.
Before the meeting, the State Secretary for Labor and Social Economy said, Joaquin Perez Reyhas warned the CEOE that if it does not agree, the increase that will ultimately be negotiated only with the unions will be larger. after Labor reiterated the proposal for a 4% increase and after the CEOE agreed to study the proposal on the table.
In concrete terms, Pérez Rey has issued the following warning: “If we do not reach an agreement around 4%, if Spanish employers do not agree to sign an agreement with the government, the government will obviously distance itself from that figure and will aim for a solution.” to conclude a bipartite agreement, as it has done on other occasions, and will try to agree with the unions on an increase in the SMI, which obviously cannot be more than 4%. That is why we are prepared to implement a more ambitious increase.”
At the meeting CCOO And UGT have asked the Spanish government “coherence“in its proposal. After the meeting, the confederal secretary of CCOO Union Action, Mari Cruz Vicente, assured that the meeting “has not been very successful” and that the three parties have agreed to a new meeting “next Thursday or Friday” to reach a provide a solution for the increase in the SMI for 2024,
The Deputy Secretary General of Social Policy of the UGT, Fernando Lujanfor its part, the government has asked for “coherence” in its proposal and to increase the SMI in parameters similar to those of the increases in the minimum premium pensions, which have increased between 5% and 7%, and the minimum pensions that non-contributions or the minimum vital income, which have grown by 6.9%.
The Department of Labor intends for the SMI increase to be approved this week, with the goal of having it approved in January and retroactive to January 1.
Source: EITB
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