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The European Commission wants all EU member states to introduce the minimum wage for their employees and the unemployed in order to combat the growing social inequality and poverty. Although it has limited powers in the area of social policy, the Commission is preparing to re-examine the functions and objectives of the EU, as well as the question of social and economic injustice that has often been successfully exploited by right-wing Eurosceptic parties all across Europe. The Minimum wage is already introduced in 22 EU member states, as well as five candidate countries including Serbia.
“There should be a minimum salary in each country of the European Union,” said Jean-Claude Juncker at the Conference on Social Rights in Brussels, adding that those seeking work should also have a guaranteed minimum level of income
Of the 28 EU member states, only six have no minimum wage: Cyprus, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy, and Sweden.
Juncker urged companies to adopt the minimum wage to help the fight against the so-called social dumping. This term describes the employment of cheaper labour, sometimes involving migrants or moving production to lower-wage countries in order to reduce costs.
The Commission will present its reform proposals in the coming weeks, before a summit in Rome on March 25 that will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, which laid the foundations of today’s European Union.
Source: EurActiv.rs
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