It is proposed to increase the minimum wage in the real sector from February 2022 to 3500 lei.
This issue was discussed at a meeting of the National Commission for Consultation and Collective Bargaining, which resumed its work after a long break. The members of the commission discussed several priority topics, including a proposal to increase the minimum guaranteed wage in the real sector and the minimum wage in the economy. The parties reached an agreement to increase the minimum guaranteed wage in the real sector to 3500 lei from February 2022. All the necessary legislative changes are to be adopted early next year. It should be noted that from January 1, 2021, the minimum guaranteed wage in the real sector in Moldova is 2935 lei. Thus, the proposed increase in the size of the minimum wage in the real sector next year may exceed 19%. According to the analysis of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Moldova, which was presented at the meeting of the National Commission for Consultation and Collective Bargaining, currently the minimum guaranteed wage covers 30.9% of the average wage in the economy, and over the past 6 years this indicator has been decreasing annually, despite the fact that the size of the average wage in the country is growing every year. For comparison, in 2017 the minimum guaranteed wage (2380 lei) covered 39.7% of the average wage in the economy (6 thousand lei). For the first time, the minimum wage in the real sector in Moldova was introduced on February 1, 2010, when it was 1100 lei. During the meeting, the members of the National Commission for Consultation and Collective Bargaining agreed with the calculations presented by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Moldova that the minimum wage should be at least 4 thousand lei and decided to resume the dialogue in May next year to further increase the minimum guaranteed wage in the real sector. The National Commission for Consultation and Collective Bargaining is a tripartite body created for the purpose of conducting tripartite consultations between social partners on labor and socio-economic issues of national, sectoral and territorial significance, promoting social partnership at all levels; to support social cohesion and the participation of civil society in the implementation of national policies. The commission includes representatives of the government, trade unions and patronages.// 23.12.2021 — InfoMarket
