At its plenary meeting, the State Duma adopted in the third and final reading a bill on increasing the minimum wage (minimum wage) in 2024. This was reported by TASS.
It was announced that the document was submitted to the State Duma by the Council of Ministers in September, together with the draft federal budget of the Russian Federation and extra-budgetary fund budgets for 2024-2026.
According to the law, the minimum wage will increase by 18.5 percent in 2024, reaching 19,242 rubles per month. Currently the minimum wage is 16,242 rubles.
Before that, Freedom Finance Global analyst Vladimir Chernov guessHe said that a significant increase in the minimum wage in 2024 would bring significant benefits to millions of Russians and the country’s economy as a whole.
With information Starting January 1, 2023, employers who pay their employees less than 19,242 rubles may be fined up to 100 thousand rubles, said Irina Mikheeva, leading legal advisor of KSK GROUP.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova in early November reportedIt was stated that according to the eight-month data of 2023, the average monthly salary increased by 7.5 percent and reached 70.3 thousand lira.
Previously in Russia stated about the growth of average monthly wages over eight months of the year.