Spanish labour minister Yolanda Díaz was confirmed in her post by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez when the new government was formed on 21 November. Four major projects are on her agenda, including hiking the minimum wage and reducing working hours to 37.5 by 2025.
Yolanda Diaz has stated her intention to continue and deepen the work undertaken since she took office in 2020. “This will be the legislature of the time of life”, she said, emphasising initiatives to make it easier to reconcile work and private life.
Re-evaluation of the interprofessional minimum wage (SMI)
The first issue to be addressed is the negotiation with the social partners of an increase in the
SMI applicable from January 2024. This has risen by 47% since 2018 and currently stands...
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Cécile Thibaud
Freelance