Tag: minimum wage
Economy 14.03.23 | 09:02

Bytyqi: Minimum wage to stand at MKD 20,175

The minimum wage will be increased by MKD 2,175, and will amount to MKD 20,175, said Deputy PM for Economic Affairs Fatmir Bytyqi. This is the result of the government’s care for all categories of citizens, to ensure a continuous sustainable standard of living and support the purchasing power of...
Economy 13.03.23 | 10:45

Economic-Social Council to make decision on minimum wage amount

The Economic and Social Council is expected to make a decision on the amount of the minimum wage at a session on Monday. The Government’s expectations are that the minimum wage will increase, amounting to about 20,000 denars.
Economy 25.02.23 | 19:37

Minimum wage at MKD 20,175 as of March

The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy said minimum wage will increase by 12.55 percent, i.e. it will stand at MKD 20,175 as of March. “This means that citizens get higher salaries by over MKD 2,000,” said the Ministry. Amendments to the law on minimum wage, adopted in March 2022, established...
Economy 11.01.23 | 14:56

Trencevska: The minimum wage in March will be over 20 thousand denars

The Economic-Social Council will discuss the minimum wage in March, and according to the State Statistical Office data it is expected to rise to about MKD 20,200 (EUR 328), says Minister of Labor and Social Policy Jovanka Trencevska. She pointed out that the methodology for calculating the minimum wage,...
Macedonia 30.04.22 | 09:49

About thousand textile workers were paid below the minimum wage

Seven textile companies from the eastern region did not pay the minimum wage. Kristina Ampeva from the “Glasen Tekstilec” NGO says that it is about 1,000 textile workers who reported that they were paid a salary below the minimum. She explains that 16,000 or 17,000 denars were paid on their...
Economy 01.04.22 | 11:32

SDSM: We more than doubled the minimum wage in four and a half years

The SDSM party issued a statement to announce that the law on the minimum wage goes into effect. The lowest amount an employee can be paid, starting with this month, is set at 18,000 denars, or 300 EUR. With this increase, in just four and a half years we raised the minimum wage from 8,800 to 18,000...
Economy 23.03.22 | 17:54

Economic-Social Council: No agreement on wage alignment with the increased minimum wage

No agreement was reached at the Economic-Social Council on aligning other wages with the minimum wage. The Confederation of Free Trade Unions has already announced a protest for March 30 in front of the Parliament and the Government and an opportunity to radicalize the next steps, and the Trade Union...
Economy 22.02.22 | 11:37

Minimum wage hike is already eaten away by inflation

The increase of the minimum wage to 18,000 denars (300 EUR) is already spent with the 6.7 percent increase in inflation that we recorded just in January, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party. The increase in the prices of gas, cooking oil and electricity is far above 6.7 percent. We need general growth...
Economy 17.02.22 | 20:09

SDSM and DUI reject VMRO proposal that public wages and pensions are increased in proportion with the minimum wage

The ruling majority in Parliament rejected the amendment VMRO-DPMNE proposed to the minimum wage law. The minimum wage is set to be increased to 18,000 denars (300 EUR) a month. VMRO proposed that other wages in the public administration and the retirement incomes are increased in a similar proportion....
Economy 10.02.22 | 12:00

Slaveski: The minimum wage should be set without conflict and tensions

Former Finance Minister Trajko Slaveski says that the Government is politicizing the adoption of the minimum wage. Slaveski added that the process is led by public sector unions, while it will affect private sector workers. The increase in the minimum wage can be done with less tensions and fewer divisions....
Economy 10.02.22 | 11:40

Parliament begins discussion on the 300 EUR minimum wage hike

The Parliament will open discussion today on the proposal to increase the minimum wage to 300 EUR a month. The proposal was agreed between the Government, the unions and the association of employers, and it provides public subsidies to companies to make up the difference for the remainder of the year. The...
Economy 08.02.22 | 22:04

Government adopts changes to minimum wage increase to MKD 18,000

The government at Tuesday’s session adopted changes and supplements to the Law on Minimum Wage in line with the decisions of the Economic and Social Council. With these changes, with which the minimum amount of the minimum wage, starting from March, cannot be less than 18,000 denars, the adopted changes...
Economy 08.02.22 | 11:09

The minimum wage will rise automatically, with every increase in the average wage

The agreement reached between the Government, the unions and the association of employers to increase the minimum wage to 300 EUR starting next month will likley lead to new increases in the minimum wage in the future. As Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi explained, the minimum wage will be set at no...
Economy 06.02.22 | 16:12

Kovacevski hopes that a deal on the minimum wage will be reached tomorrow and union strikes will be avoided

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski expressed hope that protests and a general strike will be averted, as the unions are angry at their failure to have the minimum wage increased. Talks between the Government, the unions and the association of employers failed last week, but Kovacevski expects a deal to...
Economy 04.02.22 | 21:31

No agreement on the requested increase of the minimum wage

Unions, employers and the Government failed to reach agreement on the union demand that the minimum wage is increased to 300 EUR a month. The parties agreed that the current model of determining the minimum wage is not good, but did not agree on how to amend it. On Monday we will convene the Economic...
Economy 18.12.21 | 15:27

SSM demands 18,000-denar minimum wage, to hold strike if there are no results

The Federation of Trade Unions of Macedonia (SSM) said Saturday that after the mass workers’ protest it has submitted a motion to the Labor Ministry and the coordinators of parliamentary groups regarding the adoption of the bill on minimum wage, proposing that the minimum wage should amount to 18,000...
World 16.12.21 | 10:04

Hungary: Opposition PM candidate convinces leftist MPs to reject minimum wage hike

Voting in parliament on Tuesday, Hungarian leftist MPs rejected to adopt tax cuts needed to raise the minimum wage next year. The left wing’s prime ministerial candidate also stressed that there was no need for a minimum wage, the V4 news agency reported. Leftist MPs refused to support the tax cuts...
Economy 13.12.21 | 13:21

Chamber of Commerce opposes planned new hike in the minimum wage

Branko Azeski, head of the SKM chamber of commerce, came out in opposition to the planned new increase in the minimum wage to 18,000 denars (300 EUR). You can set the minimum wage at 30,000 denars, if it is based on productivity gains. But not on Government decrees that defy all market logic. The same...
Macedonia 11.04.20 | 15:49

Decree: over 2.000 top officials will be placed on the minimum wage for two months

The Government officially adopted a decree that reduces the salaries of all ministers, members of Parliament, judges and prosecutors, and public sector managers to the minimum wage of 14.500 denars (230 EUR). The move will apply to 1.165 officials and 895 managers and will be in effect for April and...
Economy 24.03.20 | 13:56

DUI is opposed to Zaev’s proposal to force the public sector administration on the minimum wage

Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi, who is from the DUI party, spoke out against the proposal from SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev to introduce a major, two months long cut in public sector salaries to prop up the budget. Bekteshi said that he agrees with the cut, which would reduce public sector employees...
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