The European Commission has published a proposal for a directive
on adequate minimum wages for workers across the EU.
On 28 October 2020, the European Commission published a draft of
its proposed Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the European
Union.
The stated aim of the Directive is to create ‘a framework
to improve the adequacy of minimum wages and the access of workers
to minimum wage protection in the EU'. The Commission is
particularly seeking to tackle in-wage poverty and the failure of
minimum wage levels to keep pace with other wages across the
EU.
In order to reach these objectives, the Directive will seek
to:
- improve the adequacy of statutory minimum wages in Member
States that use them;
