According to reports, at the request of the trade union, the Spanish government announced on February 9 that will increase the minimum wage will increase the 965 euros from September 1, 2021, will increase in February. As in the past few increasing minimum wages, the Spanish Commercial Organization Federation (Cepyme) also expressed its protest against this resolution. Employers said that the growth of minimum wages is “burden” for labor-intensive industries: hotel, cleaning and special fragile agriculture. In addition, many companies have not recovered from the hit of new championships.
Labor Minister Dians insisted that salary increase is the best tool for improvement of people’s quality of life and increasing income, and raising minimum wages will not lead to unemployment. Dias also added: Spain will no longer be a low-wage society, everyone will find a more decent job, raising minimum wages is very positive for Spain’s economy.