SSSS proposes that the minimum wage in 2025 be RSD 61,858

Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia (SSSS) announced today that it will propose that the minimum wage in 2025 be 60% of the value of the average consumer basket, i.e. RSD 61,858 or RSD 355.5 per hour, which is an increase of 31.2% compared to this year .

SSSS General Secretary Zoran Mihajlovic told journalists that on August 15, the negotiations between the Government, representative unions and the Union of Serbian Employers on the minimum wage for 2025 will begin and that they expect the support of other unions.

He said that SSSS will demand that, according to the projection, the minimum hourly wage in the next three years (2025-2027) grows at the same rate as it grew in 2024 (17.83%) and in 2025 it should amount to RSD 319,3.

- What they are announcing from the Government does not satisfy us, because the increase they are proposing is the minimum wage of EUR 650 in 2027 - he said. - We did our own calculation and for the minimum wage to be EUR 650 in 2027, the average increase in the minimum wage every year should be around 17.83%, which would mean that this year, according to those announcements, the minimum wage should be at least RSD 55,300 - Mihajlovic said.

He said that the goal is for the minimum wage to increase more in order to protect workers, to keep the young and qualified from leaving the country, and that the unions are not against foreign investments and foreign workers coming to Serbia.

Goran Milic, the vice-president of the SSSS and the president of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Vojvodina, believes that the minimum wage for 2025 will not be the result of a compromise, but exclusively a decision on behalf of the Government of Serbia.

- We have a chance to fight on realistic grounds for a minimum labor price that should improve the standard of living of our members and citizens - said Milic.

He reiterated that the European Commission issued a directive that applies to all members of the European Union, that the minimum price of labor should be 50 percent of the average consumer basket, that is, 60 percent of the minimum consumer basket or vice versa, with the recommendation that this does not apply to countries which have a small amount earnings like Serbia.

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