Anxious to consolidate the legislative frame around minimum wage, the Ministry of Labour and Industry launched a consultation aiming at working out the means to guarantee fair compensation to employees who were not paid minimum wage and to strengthen the powers of the Employment Agency to fight more efficiently against employers balking at using these wage norms. (Ref. 070448)
Whereas wage arrears, corresponding to the differential between the wages really paid during the contract’s length and the level of minimum wage, are currently being paid to employees harmed by the non-enforcement of minimum wage, the government offered to reevaluate the arrears by taking into account the undergone loss of purchasing power, due to the evolution of living costs. It also wants to introduce a system of fines, for which the amount has yet to be set, to send employers a clear messag
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