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The Government has approved at the proposal of the Minister of the Presidency Economy and Enterprise Jordi Gallardo the decree fixing the minimum hourly wage for the year 2022 which increases by 3.3 with effect from January 1.This new decree modifies and repeals the initial decree fixing the minimum wage for this year approved in October 2021 which established an increase of 3.2. The modification is carried out taking into account that finally the General Consumer Price Index CPI 2021 is 3.3. Therefore in accordance with the Law of exceptional and urgent new measures for the health emergency situation caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic the Government must approve the decree by which it increases at least the salary minimum interprofessional schedule for the year 2022 in the same percentage that experiences the annual variation of the CPI.Thus the minimum inter-professional hourly wage stands at 6.68 euros hour from 1 January 2022. The new salary increase represents a monthly salary of 1157.87 euros for this year. This decree shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Andorra BOPA.The decision to increase the inter-professional minimum wage responds to the desire to continue taking steps to achieve the goal of progressively equating the minimum wage to the real cost of living and with the desire to advance the recommendation of the Council of Europe to place the minimum wage at 60 of the average wage.
