Chile: the government proposes an inflation-linked increase in the minimum wage

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The news. The Chilean government of José Antonio Kast (far right), the president who took office in March, presented a bill on April 30 to limit minimum wage increases to inflation trends starting January 1, 2027 (based on inflation from April to December 2026).

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