The guaranteed minimum wage in the real sector will increase from 14.09 lei an hour or 2,380 lei a month (calculated for a complete working program of 169 hours on average a month) to 15.44 lei an hour or 2,610 lei a month as of May 1 this year. A draft decision to this effect was proposed by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection for public debates, IPN reports.

The guaranteed minimum wage in the real sector is annually reexamined by the Government, taking into account the annual summary growth of the consumer price index and labor productivity growth at national level.

This year the summary growth was determined at 9.6%.