1. Minimum wage and the EU: Happily ever after?
- Author:
- Claire Dhéret and Mihai Palimariciuc
- Publication Date:
- 05-2020
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- European Policy Centre
- Abstract:
- Once deemed a pipe dream, a concrete plan for a European framework on minimum wages might finally be in the cards. The framework will have to be ambitious enough to deliver progress for low-wage workers, but also flexible enough to accommodate the very diverse wage-setting regimes present across the EU. On top of that, the Commission must deal with the opposition to EU interventions in determining wages, and convince sceptics of the economic, social and political benefits of having a European framework. The Commission should, therefore, strive for (i) the creation of an egalitarian wage structure that supports decent living standards; and (ii) building broad political consensus.
- Topic:
- Labor Issues, Reform, European Union, and Minimum Wage
- Political Geography:
- Europe