The Government will raise the minimum wage from 1 April, the third rise in more than a year. It now plans to increase the minimum wage by 9.4% to € 780 a month from 1 April 2023. Accordingly, the daily minimum wage has also gone up by € 5.80 to € 34.84. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs says that in net terms, workers on the minimum wage will take home € 667 per month after taxes and contributions. About 585,000 workers in the private sector are paid the minimum wage.
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