Prime Minister Kiriacosik abouthot today announced an increase in the minimum salary before 880 euros from April 1, which will affect more 1.6 million citizens.
On the recommendation of the relevant ministers, at a Cabinet meeting, the minimum wage will be increased from 830 to 880 euros – This 6.02% growth. There will also be an appropriate increase in the minimum daily salary from 37.07 euros to 39.30 euros.
Government sources note that the minimum salary will be increased by 35.4% Compared to 2019, giving detailed examples of the amounts that employees will receive, as well as a comparison with their current income.
Examples by categories of employees
The following table contains categories of employees from their gross and net income To date, those that they will receive from April 1, 2025. The minimum increase in the salary, which will enter into force on April 1, 2025, will be 50 euros. This corresponds to a pure increase on 34 euros for workers without children and 43 euros For workers with two or more children, without other income, after paying insurance premiums and income tax. Per year (14 salaries), the pure benefit of employees will be 473 euros (without children) and 606 euros (with two or more children).
In general, from December 2019, these employees receive additionally clean 195 euros (without children) and 215 euros (with two or more children) every month, as well as from 2735 euros (without children) before 3010 euros (with two or more children) per year.
Who applies to increase the minimum salary
An increase in the minimum salary and day rate will affect more 1.6 million citizensamong which:
- more 575 thousand workersreceiving a minimum salary in the private sector,
- civil servants who will also see an increase,
- Those who receive benefits depending on the minimum salary (for example, pregnancy benefits, marriage, parental leave, unemployment), and three -year allowances will also be increased.
According to government sources, this increase is accompanied institutional reform: For the first time, the protection of the minimum salary applies to the public sector, as it will become the initial salary level for civil servants. As a result of this, changes in the salaries of civil servants will increase 30 euros This year, further increase will follow. Indirectly, the minimum salary also affects the formation of the average salary.
This is the first implementation of the recent law on the formation of the minimum salary, which increased the role of social partners in the process of determining the minimum salary, and for the first time this increase applies to civil servants.
Now the minimum salary operates as Insurance obligation for all employees of the country, because New Law It provides that her Reducing is impossible.
PS I wonder why Kiriakos Mitsotakis chose a fool’s day (day of laughter) to increase the minimum salary? Your opinion?
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