We now have the greatest economic crisis after the Second World War, so decisions on raising the minimum wage should be made taking into account this fact – government spokesman Piotr Mueller emphasized on Tuesday. Next year, the minimum wage will be PLN 2,800, which is less than announced by the president of Law and Justice, Jarosław Kaczyński.
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The Council of Ministers on Tuesday adopted regulation on minimum wage. According to it, in 2021 the minimum remuneration for work will increase by PLN 200 and will amount to PLN 2.8 thousand. PLN gross (PLN 2062 net). In turn, the minimum hourly rate for specific civil law contracts in 2021 will be PLN 18.30 gross, while currently it is PLN 17.
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The minimum wage in 2021
During the Tuesday press conference, government spokesman Piotr Mueller referred to the idea of setting the minimum wage at the level of PLN 3,000. PLN in 2021, and in subsequent years – at the level of PLN 4,000 gross. Such amounts were previously announced by the president of Law and Justice, Jarosław Kaczyński.
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– I would like to tell you that at the end of 2020, i.e. in a dozen or so months, the minimum salary will be PLN 3,000 (…), at the end of 2023, the minimum salary will be PLN 4,000 – said Kaczyński during the convention in Lublin on September 7, 2019.
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Kaczyński: our goal is to build the Polish version of the welfare stateOrganizer photos
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Piotr Mueller pointed out that “we now have a situation that is completely different in economic terms”. – We now have the largest economic crisis in the history of the world after the Second World War, so these decisions should be made taking into account this fact, and we will analyze the economic effects of the crisis – emphasized the government spokesman. In his opinion “next year the economic situation should improve”.
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– Undoubtedly, the minimum wage will increase in the coming years, but this should be assessed in a calm, pragmatic way, assessing the economic situation and the possibilities of entrepreneurs and the fact that the fruits of economic growth should be shared fairly – emphasized Mueller.
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