Type: Acts of the European Union: Regulation European Parliament and Council of European Union

Authority: European Authorities - European Union (European Parliament and Council of European Union)

Date: 10/19/2022

Subject: The Directive establishes a framework for: adequacy of statutory minimum wages with the aim of achieving decent living and working conditions; promoting collective bargaining on wage-setting; enhancing effective access of workers to rights to minimum wage protection where provided for in national law and/or collective agreements. The Directive shall be without prejudice to the full respect for the autonomy of the social partners, as well as their right to negotiate and conclude collective agreements. Moreover, this Directive shall be without prejudice to the competence of Member States in setting the level of minimum wages, as well as to the choice of the Member States to set statutory minimum wages, to promote access to minimum wage protection provided for in collective agreements. The Directive shall be in full compliance with the right to collective bargaining. Nothing in this Directive shall be construed as imposing an obligation on any Member State: where wage formation is ensured exclusively via collective agreements, to introduce a statutory minimum wage; or to declare any collective agreement universally applicable

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 27 Worker’s rights: information

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