‘The new increase in the minimum wage to 880 euros is one more Important step of enhancing the employees’ available incomestimulating their purchasing power and support of Greek society“Mrs Kerameos said in a statement and added,” We continue to work continuously to make our commitment to become a commitment to minimum wage of 950 euros and average salary of 1,500 euros by 2027. “
With the new increasethe total adjustment of the minimum wage since 2019 amounts to 230 euros (35.4%), ranking Greece in 11th place among the 22 EU countries. applied by legislated minimum wage.
The said increase It directly concerns over 1.6 million beneficiariesincluding 575,000 workers in private sectorall those who receive benefits linked to the minimum wage – such as maternity allowance, parental leave, unemployment and marriage – but for the first time benefits all civil servants, who will receive an increase of 30 euros per month after 70 euros. horizontal increase received in 2024.
At the same time, the increase in the minimum wage means an additional gross income of 700 euros on a yearly basis, which corresponds to a net benefit of 473 euros for employees without children or a child and 606 euros for employees with 2 or more children.
More specifically, employees without children will receive 743 euros from April 1 from 709 euros they receive today, employees with a child will receive 752 euros from 718 euros they receive today.Employees with two or more children will receive 762 euros from € 719 they receive today.
Finally, as stated in a statement by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, “the new increase takes place in an environment of steady labor market improvement, with unemployment decreasing to 8.7%, more than 500,000 new jobs since 2019, increased full -time employment and average salary, as well as a decrease in salary, as well as a decrease in salary. percentage points while recently decreasing insurance contributions on holidays, overtime, her overtime and nightly».