US EditionThe Minimum Wage Revolution Reaches the Household Employees (with or without Papers): so Will Be Their Salary This 2026
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The Ministry of Labour takes a further step to prevent companies from absorbing wage gains to mitigate the impact of increases in the minimum wage (SMI). Trade unions report that it is a common practice of companies, that many workers do not see their payrolls grow when the salary floor rises because they eliminate pay supplements, something that now allows compensation and absorption rules. Yolanda Díaz’s department committed itself in the last…
On February 17, the Council of Ministers approved the Royal Decree setting the Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI) at €1,221 per month at 14 payments, an increase of 3.1% over 2025 and 66% since 2018. The regulation was published a day later in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and will have retroactive effect from January 1, 2026.The decision, agreed with the CCOO and UGT unions, will benefit about 2.5 million working people throughout the coun…
Yolanda Díaz initiates the processing of the royal decree with this and other developments regarding the minimum wage and that guarantees information of business benefits to collective wage negotiators
Díaz's department believes that the private sector is in a position to absorb the "costs derived from the norm without putting the activity at risk." More information: Garamendi accuses the government of "covering miseries" with attacks on CEOE and Díaz criticizes him for winning "23 times the SMI"
Díaz will give scope to collective agreements to decide what bonuses can be absorbed with the rise of the SMI
Work leaves the door open for an agreement between employers and trade unions within the framework of the collective agreement to specify what bonuses can be absorbed by the rise in the minimum wage. Read
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