“We welcome Labor Day with the implementation of a substantive measure for employees: the increase of the basic wage by 50 euros per month, which means a 15th salary each year. And, at the same time, the increase of the unemployment benefit by 31 euros per month “, says the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis in his post for the working May Day.
And he points out: “Now is the time for the citizens and especially the weakest. We honor the world of work not with slogans, but with actions! “
Now is the time for the citizens and especially the weakest. We honor the world of work not with slogans, but with actions!
– Prime Minister GR (@PrimeministerGR) May 1, 2022
As of today, the increase of the minimum wage from 663 euros to 713 is valid.
Government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou speaking to noted that “what more symbolic” than the increase in the minimum wage on May Day. He stressed, however, the profit for the employees on an annual basis, as with this increase it will be as if they have a 15th salary.
The increase of the minimum wage for 2022 (2% from January 1 + 7.5% from May 1) is cumulative 9.7%. Greece ranks 9th among 21 EU countries with a statutory minimum wage, up from 11th so far. Specifically with the increase by 7.5% to 831.8 euros on a 12-month basis, the minimum wages in our country rise in the ranking by 2 places, surpassing Portugal (822.5 euros) and Malta (792.26 euros).
Also, from today, the three years are valid for employees depending on the years of service they have completed before February 14, 2012.
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