Our current material is a compilation of the most frequently asked questions about the minimum wage and the responses to them.So, read carefully - perhaps you do not know much else.
1. How much the size of the minimum wage mean?
last determination of the amount thereof is dated June 2011 and it is 4,611 rubles / month.
2. the minimum wage - it is one or there may be several?
few.Minimum salary established at the federal level and at the regional - are two different numbers.
3. What is not included in the minimum wage?
in the minimum wage, the amount of which can not be lower than the minimum subsistence level in the country (although we have this principle, alas, is not respected), does not cover: allowances, bonuses, awards, and other social payments, incentive and compensatory nature.
4. Tied to somehow minimum wage to the number of hours worked?
course.The size of the minimum wage is calculated for fully spent monthly rate of time and subject to the labor obligations (labor standards).Thus, a normal work schedule per week must not exceed forty hours.
5. Who else besides government bodies involved in discussing the minimum wage?
federal minimum wage is set only by the government and no one else.But the lower threshold of wages in the regions - is the result of a tripartite agreement of the authorities, employers and trade union organizations.
6. What is the basis of determining the size of the Russian minimum wage?
size of the minimum wage is established based on the analysis of information on:
- the needs of workers and their families;
- the general level of wages in Russia;
- the cost of living and trends therein;
- on social security benefits;
- a comparative standard of living of other social groups;
- economic factors, in particular, the requirements of economic development, levels of productivity, it is desirable to achieve high levels of employment in the country and to maintain them.
7. What poverty line (cost of living)?
subsistence minimum, determined by the government in June 2011 is 6.473 rubles / month.This poverty line is an estimate in monetary terms the minimum necessary set of food products, non-food products and services that are necessary for the person to maintain their health, and to ensure the livelihoods of mandatory fees and charges (in particular utilities).
8. How many people receive the minimum wage in our labor market?
Generally, in our country of any official statistics on this issue is not conducted.But what can tell us Rosstat.In the first quarter of 2011. 16% of the population were below the poverty line, which is almost 23 million.Compared with 2010, it is worth noting that the rate of this, unfortunately, increased by 2 million.
9. Who controls it to the size of the minimum wage respected by employers?
These regulatory bodies are the:
- tax inspections and labor inspection (federal level);
- Social Insurance Fund;
- the prosecutor's office.
10. What sanctions can be applied if the legislation on the minimum wage will be broken, and there were many precedents?
If there are violations of the term and procedure for payment of salaries, the perpetrators are waiting for the following penalties:
- 1-5 thousand. Rubles for the SP;
- 30-50 thousand. Rub.for organizations.
accurate statistics on this issue is not, however, according to the Prosecutor General's Office in 2010 had prevented about 800 thousand. Violations of the law and prosecuted more than 51 thousand. Offenders are not considered by law.At the end of the disqualification for repeated violations suffered 832 heads of organizations and enterprises.
11. If the employee paying wages below the minimum wage, which should be treated?
In this case, ask the HR department in an income statement and attach it to the complaint contained in it with the essence of the issue.Apply to the union operating at your facility, or send it to the labor inspectorate.Alternatively, try to discuss this with an accountant, the leadership of the enterprise (preferably in writing).
