Minimum wage to rise by PLN 100

A Committee of the Council of Ministers has proposed to raise the minimum wage by PLN 100 per month, in line with trade union demands. Employers' associations suggested a raise to a gross monthly wage between PLN 1782 and PLN 1800. If the committee's proposal is accepted, the new minimum wage will stand at gross PLN 1850 per month.  Przemysław Kwiecień, chief economist at X-trade Brokers DM, commented that the new minimum wage “is still not a significant amount of money, but some employers may be confronted with a decision - either raise wages or fire workers.”

Meanwhile, the Committee of the Council of Ministers also suggested raising the public sector salary budget by PLN 2 billion. Kwiecień commented on Polish Radio that “this is both a pre-election spending increase as well as a consequence of improved public finances.”