Friday, July 1, 2016

The minimum wage in Russia increased to 7.5 thousand – Interfax

Moscow. July 1. INTERFAX.RU – On July 1, 2016 the minimum wage (SMIC) in Russia was increased by 21% and now amounts to 7500 rubles, the press service of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation

At the same time in proportion to the minimum size. wage increase wages of workers receiving at the level of the salary SMIC

“Raising affect about 1 million workers, of which 87% -. workers in state and municipal institutions, and 13% – employees of the non-state sector of the economy “- note in the ministry

As previously stated the Minister of labor and social protection Maxim Topilin,.” increase in the minimum wage does not mean increase from July 1, the amount of insurance contributions of self-employed, including individual entrepreneurs, for compulsory pension and health insurance”. “This is due to the fact that the law in calculating the contributions used by the minimum wage set at the beginning of the financial year”, – he explained.

Act to raise the minimum wage on May 17 was passed by the Parliament, and on May 25 the Federation Council approved .

The draft federal law “On amendments to article 1 of the Federal law” On the minimum wage “” has been submitted to the Duma deputies, Sergei Neverov, Vladimir Vasiliev, Olga Batalina and Andrei Isayev, as well as the Federation Council Galina Karelova and Valery Ryazan.

according Karelova, with an increase in the minimum wage to 7500 rubles, its value will be more than two-thirds of the cost of living, and in the future, in accordance with the Labour Code, the minimum wage should be adjusted up to the minimum subsistence level of the working population.

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