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€15,120 updated annual minimum salary approved, backdated to January 1
8% increase agreed between Spanish government and trade unions but rejected by business associations
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8% increase agreed between Spanish government and trade unions but rejected by business associations
8% increase on last year after agreement with unions and rejection of business associations
Business associations reject deal, which sets gross annual wage to €14,000
Gross salary set at €13,510 per year while Spanish government says it aims to increase figure to 60% of average wages
Cs welcome the promise, CUP says it should go even futher, while ERC insist on one-on-one debate
Average salary in Catalonia was €25,552, some €1,500 above Spain, but €3,000 less than the Basque Country
Average wages of executives went up 4.5% last year compared to 1.9% for employees, says new report
CCOO asks for "firm response" at the fact that men earn 25.1k while women 19.5k on average
Spain’s minimum salary levels deemed “insufficient” for not taking into account Catalan cost of living
Government to launch a minimum wage, although it has no powers to make it binding
The governing centre-right pro-Catalan State coalition CiU and the left-wing Catalan independence party ERC have reached an agreement to approve the Catalan Government’s budget for the current year. After the President of the Catalan Government and CiU leader, Artur Mas, and the ERC’s President, Oriol Junqueras, reached an agreement on holding early elections on 27 September as a plebiscite on Catalonia’s independence, both parties reopened the budget talks. After 10 days of negotiations, they have reached a definitive agreement, which includes a €100 million fund that will bring more resources for social programmes. They have also agreed to stop paying some allowances to senior officials. Furthermore, they will add €10 million to the development of Catalonia’s own tax administration and they will also create the Agency of Social Protection, which is to manage Catalonia’s Social Security system.