Ruling party proposes growth in minimum wage

During a party policy congress in Lublin (eastern Poland) on Friday, ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party chairman Jaroslaw Kaczynski presented a proposal to raise the minimum wage to PLN 3000 (EUR 694) by the end of 2020 and to PLN 4,000 (EUR 925) in 2023. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced during the congress that from January 2020 the minimum wage should stand at PLN 2,600 (EUR 601) and that the government had adopted an ordinance on the matter on Tuesday.