西班牙劳工部要求专家委员会月底前提交最低工资方案：现行标准每月1221欧元
西班牙第二副首相兼劳工与社会经济部部长 Yolanda Díaz 10月8日召集最低工资专家顾问委员会开会，要求委员会加快工作，在10月底、最迟11月初提交关于上调跨行业最低工资的报告。现行最低工资为每月1221欧元，按14个月发放。
Díaz 给委员会的任务是测算最低工资应上调多少：既要向《欧洲社会宪章》参照的平均净工资60%靠拢，也要保住购买力，尤其要考虑通胀对低收入家庭的冲击，以及西班牙当前的经济增长情况。参考哪一个通胀数据，由委员会自行决定。西班牙9月通胀率预估为4.9%。
委员会主席、学者 Begoña Cueto 表示，测算方法在过去几年已经固定下来，这有助于加快进度。委员会由政府成员、工会代表和学者组成。
报告出炉后，劳工部将召集工会与雇主组织谈判，再由政府定下最终涨幅。由于国会已经解散、11月29日将举行大选，这次最低工资上调的时间表被明显压缩，外界预计决定可能在竞选期间作出。（来源：西班牙劳工与社会经济部）
Spain's Labour Ministry Gives Experts Until End of October for Minimum Wage Report; Current Rate 1,221 Euros a Month
Spain's Second Vice-President and Minister of Labour and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, met the expert advisory committee on the minimum wage on October 8 and pressed it to speed up its work, setting a deadline of the end of October, or the first days of November at the latest, for its report on raising the interprofessional minimum wage. The current rate is 1,221 euros a month, paid in 14 instalments.
The committee's mandate is to calculate how much the minimum wage should rise: both to approach 60% of the average net wage, the benchmark in the European Social Charter, and to protect purchasing power, with particular attention to how inflation hits the poorest households and to Spain's current economic growth. Which inflation figure to use as a reference is left to the committee. Spain's inflation was estimated at 4.9% in September.
The committee's chair, academic Begoña Cueto, said the calculation method has been settled in recent years, which should speed up the work. The committee brings together government members, union representatives and academics.
Once the report is ready, the Labour Ministry will meet unions and employers to negotiate before the government sets the final increase. With the Cortes dissolved and a general election set for November 29, the timetable has been sharply compressed, and the decision is expected to land during the campaign. (Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Economy, Spain)
来源：西班牙劳工与社会经济部
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