On July 2, the government suggested to the tripartite commission (social dialogue council) to bring minimum wage to 1.204 zlotys (about €363) in 2008, that is a 6.9% increase. Employers are satisfied with this offer but unions want a bigger increase. (Ref. 080566)
During
the last meeting of this social dialogue body, the government suggested to
bring minimum wage from 1.126 zlotys (€340) currently to 1.204 zlotys (€363) in
2009. However, this proposition is far from unions’ claims. The OPZZ union
wants minimum wage to reach at least 45% of the current average wage, that is
1.500 zlotys (€453), and 50% by 2010. Its leader, Jan Guz, said that this offer
from the government was “intolerable” because it only pulls the country away
from EU standards: “If the
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