The government and social partners reached a medium-term agreement on income, wages and competitiveness, to be presented by the prime minister on Sunday, a source in the executive branch told Lusa.
The agreement reached today will be presented by António Costa to the social partners on Sunday at 3 pm in Palácio Foz, in Lisbon.said the source in the prime minister’s office, without giving details about the document.
On Thursday, at a social dialogue meeting, the government presented a new proposal on the medium-term agreement to improve incomes, wages and competitiveness, which should already include measures that will be integrated into the 2023 state budget, whose The proposal will be submitted to parliament on Monday.
The proposals include a wage increase of 5.1% in the following year and 4.8% in the following year, an increase in the national minimum wage from the current EUR 705 to EUR 760 in 2023 and a 50% increase in valuation costs. companies that increase salaries in line with or above the amounts provided for in the agreement.
At the end of the meeting, UGT and the employers’ federations CIP and CTP believed that there were conditions to sign the medium-term agreement with the government, but defended that improvements still need to be made.
Source: DN
