[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2021\u002Flatvia-employers-will-have-to-justify-payment-of-low-wages-august-31-2021":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},14844,"latvia-employers-will-have-to-justify-payment-of-low-wages-august-31-2021","Latvia - Employers will have to justify payment of low wages - August 31, 2021",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2021\u002Flatvia-employers-will-have-to-justify-payment-of-low-wages-august-31-2021","pages.newspage","en","2021-09-09T17:00:59.583000+00:00","2025-12-15T15:34:41.553536+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F14844\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},"2021",{"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\u002F2021\u002Flatvia-employers-will-have-to-justify-payment-of-low-wages-august-31-2021\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2021-09-09T19:00:59.583000+02:00","2025-12-26T22:59:13.312475+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>In a bid to do more to tackle the practice of paying parts of salaries in the form of cash, the State Revenue Service (VID) will be submitting amendments to the Law on State Social Insurance in the forthcoming Finance Law that will see a shift in the burden of proof over to employers, requiring them to justify why declared salary levels are low. The amendments target companies paying significantly lower wages than the average level in their sector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read on:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fchina-cee.eu\u002F2021\u002F07\u002F19\u002Flatvia-economy-briefing-the-latvian-tax-reform-and-its-impact-on-business\u002F\"> in English. \u003C\u002Fa>Read on:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.planetlabor.com\u002Fen\u002Flegal-developments\u002Fnational-legislation\u002Flatvia-employers-will-have-to-justify-to-the-tax-authorities-why-they-pay-low-wages-to-their-employees\u002F\"> in English (2).\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:p.t.debeer@uva.nl\">p.t.debeer@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mkoksal@etui.org\">mkoksal@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FNewsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FNewsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa> or consult the archive with all articles in our database at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbnarchive.eu\u002F\">www.cbnarchive.eu\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003Cbr\u002F>You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>","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>"]