Minimum wage in 2024
On September 15, a regulation of the Council of Ministers was announced on the amount of the minimum remuneration for work and the amount of the minimum hourly rate in 2024. The content of the regulation shows that there will be a two-stage increase in the coming year. The increase in the minimum wage and the minimum hourly rate will take place from January 1 and July 1.
The minimum remuneration for work will be:
- from January 2024 – PLN 4,242.00 gross,
- from July 2024 – PLN 4,300.00 gross.
The minimum hourly rate will be:
- from January 2024 – PLN 27.70 gross,
- from July 2024 – PLN 28.10 gross.
The change in the minimum wage will also affect other remuneration components, including: remuneration for downtime, compensation for violating the principle of equal treatment in employment, severance pay for termination of employment in accordance with the Act on special rules for terminating employment relationships with employees for reasons not attributable to employees, minimum allowance, compensation for mobbing, or allowance for night work .
Legal basis:
Regulation of the Council of Ministers of September 14, 2023 on the amount of the minimum remuneration for work and the amount of the minimum hourly rate in 2024.
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