Minimum wages to rise in 2000
Sep 02, 1999
By Brooke Donald
TALLINN - A new minimum wage was set last week, boosting minimum earnings to 1,400 kroons ($94.21) a month or 8.25 kroons per hour starting Jan. 1, 2000. This is the first time that the minimum monthly wage has exceeded the minimum subsistence level set by the government, according to the Ministry of Social Affairs. Currently, the monthly minimum wage is 1,250 kroons a month, or 7.35 kroons per hour. It was last raised in 1998. The government, the Employers and Industry Central Union and trade u ...
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