Spain is failing to meet as many as seven points of the European Social Charter
Friday, 17 December 2010
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A European report has described the minimum wage in Spain as ‘unjust’, and only supports the equality legislation between men and women in the country.
The criticism comes from the European Committee on Social Rights in the European Council, which says the minimum wage of 629 € in 2009 was ‘clearly unjust and very low’. The report reminds article 4.1 from the European Social Charter, which says ‘it is a workers right to a sufficient remuneration to give them and their families a dignified life’. It notes that the minimum wage is clearly below the level of 60% of the average wage, and criticizes the lack of information on wage levels in the country.
Spain is considered to fail to meet seven points of the Social Charter. One of them is the law which allows a working week over 60 hours, which means ‘it would be possible to work 12 hours a day’, also breaking the Charter.
The Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, had promised to take the minimum wage to 800 € by the end of that legislature, but that now seems unlikely following the announcement that next year the wage will rise from 633 € seen this year to 642 €.
The 2010 report sees no change in the situation since 2007 when it warned that work could be longer than the nine hours allowed by European law.
It also criticizes the Spanish Government for imposing a settlement by Royal Decree to end strike action; another matter which it has raised on repeated occasions before.
Spain has also been found lacking in meeting article 2.3 of the Charter on the right to annual paid holidays, given that ‘in the case of illness or accident during the holidays workers have no right to recover the days lost’.
Read more: http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_28355.shtml#ixzz18N725CEY
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