In recent months, the call for a minimum wage sufficient to secure a decent existence has been at the centre of public debate both in Germany and more widely across Europe. The European Pillar of Social Rights, proclaimed in November 2017, includes a commitment to 'adequate minimum wages'....

Minimum wages in most European Union (EU) countries were increased at the start of 2019, with an median increase of 4.8% compared with the previous year, continuing the recent trends towards faster minimum wage growth. Much of this is accounted for by substantial increases in Eastern Europe...

The past year has seen a much higher political pro file for the issue of minimum wages, not only in Germany, which has seen fresh initiatives to tackle low pay, but also in those many other countries in Europe that have embarked on substantial and sus tained increases in statutory minimum wages....

In late 2020, the European Commission took an important step towards securing adequate minimum wages for all workers in Europe with the publication of a draft Directive aimed at reversing the growing polarisation of incomes and the growth of in-work poverty. Securing an income sufficient for a...

The past year has seen a much higher political pro file for the issue of minimum wages, not only in Germany, which has seen fresh initiatives to tackle low pay, but also in those many other countries in Europe that have embarked on substantial and sus tained increases in statutory minimum wages....

Minimum wages in most European Union (EU) countries were increased at the start of 2019, with an median increase of 4.8% compared with the previous year, continuing the recent trends towards faster minimum wage growth. Much of this is accounted for by substantial increases in Eastern Europe...

In recent months, the call for a minimum wage sufficient to secure a decent existence has been at the centre of public debate both in Germany and more widely across Europe. The European Pillar of Social Rights, proclaimed in November 2017, includes a commitment to 'adequate minimum wages'....

In late 2020, the European Commission took an important step towards securing adequate minimum wages for all workers in Europe with the publication of a draft Directive aimed at reversing the growing polarisation of incomes and the growth of in-work poverty. Securing an income sufficient for a...