Minimum wages in 21 out of 27 European Union countries. It is highest in Luxembourg and lowest in Bulgaria. From 2022, Central and Intermediate Europe point based on the first few points. How does Poland fare against this background?

From the statement that Eurostat shows, the minimum wage at the national level in all EU countries except: Denmark, Italy, Austria, Finland, Sweden and Cyprus. The ten last covenants, however, are learning it.

The widget shows a mutual situation from the equivalent of EUR 332 on the horizon in Bulgaria to EUR 2,257 in Luxembourg. In Poland, it amounts to PLN 3,010 gross, i.e. after conversion on January 1: almost EUR 655. It places our country on the 13th place in the EU, between: Lithuania (EUR 730) and Estonia (EUR 654).

In a change of state from a year ago several countries have significantly increased their minimum wage. Hungarians increased it by nearly a quarter – to 200,000. forints (about PLN 2,500), Romanians – by almost 15 percent. – make 2550 lei (about PLN 2350). More than 10 percent went up Górny in Lithuania, Estonia and Croatia. In sixth place, provided that the website becomes a website (7.5% in PLN and 6.6% in EUR). Real growth – not only in wages – hampers the longest higher inflation, which has already increased 10% in the Baltic states. Leaving the “minimum” unchanged is decided at the expense of only two countries – Bulgaria and Latvia, according to the Eurostat comparison. In the first country, however, there are ongoing increases in the amount of remuneration.

Eurostat also analyzes The amount of Kontekstj writing in the context of the purchasing cash register. In this ranking, Poland is already in the top ten of the community, ahead of Greece, Portugal and Lithuania, and is second among the “new Union” (after Slovenia).

On the other hand, the OECD compilation shows that Poland ranks among the top EU countries in terms of the mutual relation of remuneration, I share remuneration supplements. Only France and Slovenia (49%) as well as Portugal and Spain (46%) had a slightly higher result than Poland (45%) in 2020. In turn, Polish data shows that in 2020 the minimum wage (PLN 2,600) is over 50 percent. average salary (PLN 5,167.47). In the year of selling the product, it may have dropped a bit as wages rose faster than the minimum pen.

By analyzing. est. Instead of the seller, PLN 30 was paid to the seller in Poland, over PLN 2,360, and then the salary was transferred to the salary manager with the transfer of the 3rd transfer, respectively. Tax region wedge 35 percent (especially) in the case of reciprocal formation, encourages the use of state signs. Therefore, in many companies, the paid out is “under the table”, now the situation of employees is improving than will be the statistics of the Central Statistical Office.

Michał Żuławiński wrote about the theoretical solutions ensuring controversy, minimum wage percussion (along with a list of arguments for and against) in his article “Minimum wage, maximum controversy”.

Maciej Kalwasiński

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