In February 2015, the average gross monthly salary in … – Polish Radio

                             The minimum wage in 2015 in Poland increased again, but the old European Union in this respect we still far away.
                         

Since January employer can not pay for full-time less than 1750 zł gross. This is an increase of the minimum wage by 70 zł, compared with 2014.

While the last 12 years, the minimum wage in Poland has more than doubled, it still accounts for just over half the European average, says Luke Priest, an expert Money .com.

Płaca minimum from January 1, increased to 1750 zł gross & gt; & gt; & gt;

– In comparison to other EU countries are in middle of the pack. On the other hand we are not a country where this wage is the lowest in comparison to other European countries – emphasizes the expert.

How do you compare with other countries in the region?

More preferably, it looks compared to the countries of our region.

– The minimum wage is even lower in Bulgaria or Lithuania, and is comparable to what we have at the moment in Croatia – said Lukasz stick. – On the other hand, we have but the countries of Western Europe. One such example of a country with the highest minimum wage in Luxembourg, where remuneration is approximately five times higher than in Poland. In the UK and Ireland the minimum wage exceeds 1,300 euros – he added.

However, there are countries such as Cyprus, Austria, Sweden and Italy, where the minimum wage is not at all or it applies only in certain industries .

Increase in labor costs

Raising the minimum wage has employees, but does not arouse the enthusiasm of employers who see this as an increase in labor costs, admits Luke stick.

– Labour costs in Poland are quite high. Of these 1750 zł gross worker gets on hand in 1280 zł, and in turn the overall cost of the employer, taking into account all the insurance and social security contributions, will exceed 2,100 zł – says Lukasz stick.

A higher minimum wage also translates into higher premiums ZUS. In January workers earning the lowest national, received the annexes to contracts that would increase their monthly salary by 70 zł gross.

In fact, the hand will receive less than 50 zł more. The remainder of the increase will go to the state budget.

Justin knuckle, bless