{"id":41347,"date":"2022-09-15T17:53:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T15:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=41347"},"modified":"2022-09-15T17:57:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T15:57:52","slug":"minimum-wage-in-the-region-montenegro-in-the-lead-albania-close-to-bosnia-n-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minimum-wage-in-the-region-montenegro-in-the-lead-albania-close-to-bosnia-n-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional minimum wage; Montenegro in the lead, Albania closes in on Bosnia, N.Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the second increase in the minimum wage within a year, Albania is now at the same level as North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the region, leaving only Kosovo behind.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Montenegro stands at the top, where the minimum wage is no less than 530 euros.<\/p>\n<p>From October 1, the minimum wage will become 34,000 ALL or 293 euros, and the annual increase will reach 13%.<\/p>\n<p>In the Albanian job market, there is a total of 200,000 employees who pay contributions for a minimum wage job.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to force businesses to pay them the new surcharge was prompted by rapidly rising prices.<\/p>\n<p>This is good news for employees, but it wasn\u2019t welcomed by the business sector, whose expenses have also increased during this period.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in their monthly expenses can also result in the abrupt unemployment of young or inexperienced workers.<\/p>\n<p>According to several business owners, what stands behind this government decision is more so a strategy to collect more taxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the second increase in the minimum wage within a year, Albania is now at the same level as North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the region, leaving only Kosovo behind. 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