Review article
https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v8i1.228
The Minimum Wage and Social Assistance in the Member Ststes of the European Union
Nada Stropnik
; Inštitut za ekonomska raziskovanja
Abstract
This article offers a comparative overview of the legal regulation of the minimum wage in the European Union. The minimum wage is a sum of revenue that a state legally guarantees to each citizen (or inhabitant) who cannot provide for him/herself or for his/her family for objective reasons. The minimum wage is allocated through social assistance which is equal to the difference between the amount of the guaranteed minimum wage and a person's own revenue, that of his/her family, or household. The author provides and analyses data on the following elements of the right to social assistance in member countries of the European Union: persons who have the right to social assistance in connection with their citizenship, residence, age, etc.; revenues which are taken into account when determining the amount of social assistance; the application of the principle of subsidiarity in determining the right to social assistance; the amount of the minimum wage for individuals and families as a starting point for social assistance; the manner of establishing the basic amount of the minimum wage; the duration of the right to social assistance; the valorisation of the guaranteed minimum wage; the connection between the right to financial assistance and the measures of an active employment policy; other rights associated with the guarantee of a minimum wage; and social care for the elderly and social care for single parents.
Keywords
minimum wage; social assistance; European Union
Hrčak ID:
30046
URI
Publication date:
1.1.2001.
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