The European Council agreed its position on a Commission proposal for an EU law on adequate minimum wages in the EU. To improve working and living conditions, this draft law establishes a framework to promote adequate levels of statutory minimum wages, to promote collective bargaining and to improve the effective access to minimum wage protection of those workers who are entitled to a minimum wage. The general approach agreed upon provides the Council presidency with a mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament to agree on a final text.
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