President signs minimum hourly wage bill into law

President Andrzej Duda has signed a minimum hourly wage law, setting it at PLN 12/hour in 2016. It will be applicable to persons employed on the basis of civil law contracts as well as the self-employed. The value of the minimum hourly wage in 2017 will be adjusted in relation to minimum monthly salary, therefore it will stand at around PLN 13. In subsequent years, the wage will be negotiated by the Social Dialogue Committee. Introducing the hourly minimum wage and setting it at PLN 12 per hour was one of PiS' promises during the electoral campaign.