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Spain's Economy Minister Sees Minimum Wage Hike Being Approved in Sept
Improving economic conditions should allow Spain to approve a long-awaited minimum wage hike in September, the economy minister said on Monday, bringing an end to months of back and forth between unions and businesses. The "limited" increase would come into force as early as October, Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said in an interview with Spanish broadcaster TVE. She declined to estimate the scale of the likely increase. Her left-wing coalition last increased the minimum wage by 5.5% in 2020, shortly before the pandemic struck, bringing it up to 1,108 euros ($1,314.09) a month. Positive developments in the Spanish ... (full story)