The European minimum wage report published by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) in Düsseldorf, Germany, illustrates that at the beginning of 2021, minimum wage increases in Europe were much less pronounced than in previous years due to the pandemic. Minimum wages in the 21 EU states that have a statutory wage floor rose by a median of 3.1 per cent in nominal terms on 1 January 2021. After deducting inflation, an increase of 1.6 per cent remained. At the beginning of 2020, the nominal increase was 6.1 per cent and the real increase 4.5 per cent.
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