These are the Government’s proposals

2023-11-25 18:05:08

The Ministry of Labor and Social Economy has summoned to CCOO, UGT, CEOE and Cepyme next Thursday to address what will be one of the first measures of the coalition government in this legislature, the increase in the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI), as confirmed to Europa Press by Executive sources.

The SMI is currently located in 1,080 euros per month for fourteen payments and the Government wants to raise it again by 2024. Business organizations are not opposed to raising its amount again, but They have asked that their rise be limited to 3% both in 2024 and 2025, an approach that has not convinced either the second vice president and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, or the unions.

Although he has assured that he will take into account the business proposal, Díaz has warned that the SMI cannot lose purchasing power. In this sense, a few days ago he recalled that the year-on-year inflation in November will range between 3.7% and 3.8%, therefore above the 3% proposed by the employers’ association.

UGT and CCOO also consider CEOE’s offer for the increase in the SMI to be “insufficient” and advocate taking into account, not only the general CPI, but also the evolution of the prices of basic products, such as food, to determine its increase. .

UGT and CCOO believe that it is “insufficient”

The roadmap proposed by the CEOE involves raising the SMI by 3% by 2024, from the current 1,080 euros for fourteen payments to 1,112.4 euros per monthand apply another 3% increase by 2025, which would place it at that time at 1,145.77 monthly. In both cases, the guarantee clause provided for these years in the contract agreement with the unions would be applicable.

However, the unions understand that the SMI must provide “the minimum of sufficiency and dignity” indicated by the European Social Charter (60% of the average salary), so they do not see it appropriate to link the increases in the SMI to what was agreed in the AENC.

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“The AENC includes clauses linked to the evolution of inflationcommon in collective agreements, but difficult to apply in a minimum wage,” the unions stressed in a statement released this week.

UGT and CCOO consider that the increase in the SMI has to guarantee compliance with the mandate of the European Social Charter, that is, be equivalent to 60% of the average salary in the country, as stated in the investiture agreement between PSOE and Sumar.