[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Flatvia-political-debate-on-minimum-wage-continues-august-26-2015":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},10035,"latvia-political-debate-on-minimum-wage-continues-august-26-2015","Latvia -Political debate on minimum wage continues -August 26, 2015",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Flatvia-political-debate-on-minimum-wage-continues-august-26-2015","pages.newspage","en","1969-12-30T23:00:00+00:00","2025-12-15T15:18:38.106544+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F10035\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2015",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2015\u002Flatvia-political-debate-on-minimum-wage-continues-august-26-2015\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2025-12-26T22:23:46.494414+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>On 1 January 2015, the monthly minimum wage was raised from 320 to 360 euro. Since that time a heated debate is going on about the level of this wage. Recently, the welfare minister stated that the country's minimum wage should be kept at its current level of 360 euro per month. The ministry has prepared possible scenarios for 2016. A first option is keeping the minimum wage at 360 euro, the second a slight increase to 367 euro, and the third to 375 euro.  According to the minister last year’s increase was too steep. However, the prime minister of the ruling Unity party has expressed that the minimum wage should be raised to 380 euro per month in 2016. The party leader of Unity stated that the minimum wage should be increased by another 20 to 400 euro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp align=\"left\" class=\"CM3\">English: \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.leta.lv\u002Feng\u002Fhome\u002Fimportant\u002FBF358F72-650B-4491-9FB4-E75C9E965303\u002F\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.leta.lv\u002Feng\u002Fhome\u002Fimportant ... \u003C\u002Fa>  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan class=\"discreet\">\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">For more information, please contact the editor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> or the communications officer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. For previous issues of the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">Collective bargaining newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\"> please visit \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">, and on the AIAS at \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\">\u003Cspan color=\"#0567d1\" size=\"2\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan color=\"#666666\" size=\"2\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cdiv id=\"viewlet-below-content-body\">\n\u003Cdiv class=\"documentActions\">\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]