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The purpose of this pilot project is to provide data and research evidence that will feed into the monitoring of the European Commission’s initiative on adequate minimum wages. The main objectives will be examined in three distinct modules:

Module 1: Enforcement of minimum wages and compliance – providing a measurement of compliance with minimum wage regulation and discussing the methodological and policy issues related to this measurement
Module 2: Database on minimum wage rates applicable to low-paid jobs – building a database on minimum wages in collective agreements
Module 3: Minimum tariffs in collective agreements – to verify the presence of minimum tariffs for self-employed in collective agreements

Two expert groups were set up to support the work on this pilot project over its full duration. These groups bring together EU wide expertise in the field of monitoring compliance with minimum wages (Module 1) or collective bargaining/collective agreements (Module 2 and Module 3). The groups are composed of experts from trade unions, employer organisation and governments nominated by Eurofound’s Management Board, practitioners managing national data registers of collective agreements, academic experts and experts from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the European Commission.

• WageIndicator Foundation, Amsterdam
• Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI), Bratislava

WageIndicator.org - Collective Agreement Database 

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• Besamusca, J., Guzi, M., Tijdens, K.G., Caminha Barros, L., Medas, G., Osse, P.C., & Szüdi, G. (2022). Preliminary framework for a Eurofound Collective Agreements Database on collectively bargained minimum pay rates. Eurofound Working Paper, WPEF22043.
• Medas, G., Szüdi, G., Besamusca, J., Caminha Barros, L., Tijdens, K.G., & Osse, P.C. (2022). Summary of national databases and archives for the Eurofound Collective Agreements Database. Eurofound Working Paper, WPEF22044. 
• Eurofound (2024). Minimum wages for low-paid workers in collective agreements. Minimum wages in the EU series. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.