Minimum wages
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Minimum wages
Minimum wages in the EU varied between 158 Euro a month in Romania and Bulgaria and 1874 Euro a month in Luxembourg in 2013bu
Half of the existing EU states legally provide for obligatory minimum wages, making it illegal to employ a person for less than a minimum amount. In other countries, minimum salaries are negotiated through collective bargaining. Wage fixing is not an EU competence.
In the well-known court cases of 11 and 18 December 2007, the Court of Justice deemed it illegal for trade unions to act for higher salaries than the minimum salaries or generally recognised salaries when foreign companies provide services in a host country.
The Viking and Vaxholm-Laval-cases were followed by the Rüffert case in Germany in 2008, which made it illegal under EU law for public authorities to insist on the normal salaries in public contracts.
Links
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.......language=en&pcode=tps00155
http://www.fedee.com/minwage.html
