Minimum wage under the microscope

Up to five times more or less: that’s how much the minimum wage varies between Bulgaria (477.04 euros) and Luxembourg (2,570.93 euros). The wide pay gap across the EU is detailed by Eurostat data, and it is not without consequences: "The main weakness of minimum wages systems across Europe is that they are very diverse: some Member states mainly rely on minimum wage legislation; some others (a minority) do not have any law and rely exclusively on collective agreements; some systems use a mix the two methods", sums up Luca Ratti , Associate professor in European and comparative labour law.

He and his team are working on the issues of in-work poverty and minimum wages. He coordinated the Horizon2020 project Working, Yet Poor. ...