US EditionColombia’s Petro Defies Court Suspension of Minimum Wage Hike
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The Minister of Labor, Antonio Sanguino, revealed this Monday that both the business unions and the trade union centers expressed their majority support for the salary increase of 23.7% established in the decree of vital salary. “There is a majority opinion in favor of maintaining the increase of 23.7%,” Sanguino declared after the conclusion of the extraordinary session of the Permanent Committee on Wages and Labor Policies, convened by order o…
The minimum wage would be the same value as in December when President Gustavo Petro announced that it would be $2 million, with the transport subsidy fixed at $249,095.
Colombia’s Petro Defies Court Suspension of Minimum Wage Hike
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday mounted a forceful defence of his government’s 23.7% minimum wage increase for 2026, pledging to issue a temporary decree to keep the so-called “vital wage” in place after the Council of State provisionally suspended the original measure. Speaking in a televised address on Feb. 15, Petro said that while he disagreed with the high court’s decision, he would respect the judicial process and comply by iss…
The National Government does not rule out that the new minimum wage decree exceeds the 23.7 per cent increase that had been set for this year and that it was temporarily suspended by the Council of State, opening the door to a possible higher adjustment while the new procedure ordered by the High Court is completed.
Minimum wage 2026 could rise more than 23%: Minister Sanguino opens the door to a new increase TuBarco News Following the decision of the Council of State, the Executive will define a new percentage in dialogue with employers and workers. Noticias Colombia. The provisional suspension of the decree that fixed the increase of the minimum wage by 2026 opened a new chapter in the labor policy of the country. The decision, adopted by the high adminis…
Bogotá. The minimum wage in Colombia, which this year had an increase of 23.7% and was fixed at two million pesos (about $546), including transportation aid, returns to the debate after an administrative court suspended the application of the presidential decree that ordered that increase, higher than expected by unions and employers.The following keys explain the controversy over the minimum wage, which transcends labour rights: 1. In the middl…
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