{"id":5558,"date":"2025-03-26T16:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/pm-announces-minimum-wage-increase-to-e880\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T16:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:37:11","slug":"pm-announces-minimum-wage-increase-to-e880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/26\/pm-announces-minimum-wage-increase-to-e880\/","title":{"rendered":"PM announces minimum wage increase to \u20ac880"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1265180\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3613556-1_1-320x200.jpg?v=1743002485\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3613556-1_1.jpg?v=1743002485\" alt=\"PM announces minimum wage increase to \u20ac880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3613556-1_1.jpg?v=1743002485\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Prime minister&#8217;s office]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced an increase in the minimum wage to \u20ac880 gross (\u20ac740 net), up from \u20ac830 gross, effective April 1.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made during the cabinet meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, the prime minister said that this increase is another step toward the goal of reaching \u20ac950 gross by the end of the government\u2019s term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe annual net gain for workers will now be equivalent to almost an extra month\u2019s salary compared to last year,\u201d Mitsotakis said.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the fifth increase in the minimum wage since 2019 and is expected to affect approximately 600,000 workers.<\/p>\n<p>The cumulative increase over six years now stands at 35.4%, nearly double the total inflation rate for the same period, which was recorded at 18.1%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1265180\/greece-raises-minimum-wage-to-e880\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Prime minister&#8217;s office] Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced an increase in the minimum wage to \u20ac880 gross (\u20ac740 net), up from \u20ac830 gross, effective April 1. The announcement was made during the cabinet meeting on Wednesday. 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