Rise in Minimum Wage Goes Ahead Despite Crisis

In the midst of Nicaragua's delicate economic situation, the government has announced that the 5.2% increase in the minimum wage agreed in March will come into effect on September 1.

Monday, August 27, 2018

Official media reported that the National Minimum Wage Commission ratified the agreements reached in March 2018, and from September 1 the new salaries will enter into force.

El19digital.com reports that "...They explained that the adjustment will be 5.20 percent in 9 of the 10 sectors that are under the Minimum Wage law in the country. The increase is part of the adjustment that was approved on March 9 and is applied equally in the two semesters, that is, the first part in March and the second on September 1 to complete the 10.40 percent.

"... The Commission called a new session the second week of January 2019 to negotiate next year's minimum wage."

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