Sejm passes minimum hourly wage act

With 380 MPs voting for and only 47 against, the Sejm, the lower chamber of parliament, has introduce 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. Raising the hourly minimum wage to PLN 12 was one of PiS' promises during the electoral campaign.