The lowest national wage is up again!

On July 1, the minimum wage in Poland will once again increase. A full-time employee will earn at least PLN 4300 gross. This is PLN 58 more than before! The salary of part-time employees will be proportional to the part-time worked. Do you work part-time and receive a minimum salary? After July 1, 2024, you will earn PLN 2150 gross.

Remember that these calculations do not take into account, among other things:

  • seniority allowance
  • allowance for night work
  • allowance for special working conditions, etc.

Let's compare, on July 1, 2023, the minimum wage in Poland was PLN 3600 gross. This means an increase of PLN 700 compared to last year's amount..

Minimum hourly wage vs. employment contract

On July 1, 2024, the minimum hourly rate will also increase.

Please note that the hourly rate depends on the amount of working time in a given month. This gives the employee the opportunity to earn a salary equal to the minimum wage.

For example - an employee paid at an hourly rate, employed from Monday to Friday in August 2024 can work 168 hours, in October 2024. - 184 hours, and November 2024. - only 152 hours. The minimum hourly rate must be set so that the employee earns at least the lowest national wage in each of these months. Accordingly, the minimum hourly rate will be:

  • in August 2024. - PLN 25.60
  • in October 2024. - PLN 23.37
  • in November 2024 - PLN 28.29.

Allowance for night work

The labor law also talks about additional benefits, the amount of which depends on the minimum wage. With the increase in the national minimum, they will also increase. Among them is an allowance for night work, which will amount to (for example):

  • in August 2024 - PLN 5.12,
  • in October 2024 - PLN 4.67,
  • in November 2024 - PLN 5.66.

Minimum hourly rate vs. civil law contracts

The minimum hourly rate for certain civil law contracts will increase to PLN 28.10 as of July 1, 2024. This means an increase of 40 gr. from January 2024.

Minimum wage increase and economic consequences

You don't have to be a PhD in economics to realize that someone will have to pay for the increase in the minimum wage. Most likely, it will be passed on to the gray man. Goods and services will become more expensive. Entrepreneurs will also get hit in the pocket. Someone will have to pay these higher salaries! Let's remember that various other rates are set against the minimum wage, such as the amount of Social Security contributions. In addition, an increase in the minimum wage reduces the disparity in compensation of employees. To avoid this, employers may decide to raise the salaries of entire teams or parts of them, which entails further costs for companies.

Where to look for savings? It is worth organizing work better and streamlining and automating repetitive activities as much as possible - not only in production work, but also in office and administrative work. You will then save time, which you can use for conceptual work, marketing, acquiring new customers - increasing profits. Start by organizing your secretariat with the [Correspondence Book] application(https://www.ksiazka-korespondencji.pl/).

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