Open AccessMinimum Wage as Foundation for Dignified Life in the EU
Author(s) -
Zuzana Macková,
AUTHOR_ID
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
bulletin of the "transilvania" university of braşov. series vii, social sciences and law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2066-771X
pISSN - 2066-7701
DOI - 10.31926/but.ssl.2021.14.63.3.6
Subject(s) - salary , hospitality , minimum wage , dignity , business , labour economics , wage , living wage , service (business) , economics , political science , marketing , market economy , law , tourism
The COVID 19 pandemic has disclosed various pockets of low level of social protection of the EU parts of populations working for the minimum or even sub-minimum salary. This concerned mainly workers and employees in public health-care, education, social and care services as well as the service sector – such as retail, repair, hospitality, trade and small enterprise. The issue of differences in the level of the minimum salary in various member states of the EU has repeatedly come to the fore, posing a question of adequacy of the minimum salary or wage able to secure a life of human dignity across the EU.