The Government has decided to start the round of consultations next week prior to its decision on the update of the Minimum Interprofessional Salary (SMI).

The Ministry of Labor has summoned the social agents

on December 15

to present its proposal about the minimum amount that any worker should receive from 2021, a decision that is consultative with employers and unions.

Compared to the current 950 euros, the maximum range for 2021 is between the freeze and the 1,000 euros demanded by the unions and which represents a rise of 5.2%.

And the most relevant references to make a decision are the 0.9% that will increase the salaries of public employees and pensions.

With this rise, the SMI

would stand at 958.5 euros

.

Minister

Yolanda Díaz

has attended an interview on TVE in which she has advanced that her proposal is to raise it from the current 950 euros.

Díaz has not specified a specific number of rise until, he pointed out, listening to the proposals of the unions and employers at the negotiating table.

According to the demonstrations made by social agents in recent weeks, the announced rise already places businessmen on the opposite side to the proposal.

Antonio Garamendi

has warned this week that he is not for the work of supporting an increase in minimum wages given the critical situation of the Spanish economy, companies and workers.

In the opinion of the head of CEOE, the priority should be focused on recovering the destroyed employment since the companies that are suffering the restrictions caused by the pandemic "regain their space."

On the side of SMEs, the president of the employer,

Gerardo Cuerva

, is of the same opinion.

On the union side, Díaz's proposal does not attract support until we know what the announced rise translates into.

CCOO sees positive discarding the freeze

, although its proposal almost doubles the increase that will be applied to pensions and public salaries in 2021 by indicating that a rise similar to the 1.5% that is currently being agreed at the tables of social dialogue and that would raise the SMI to 964.

For its part, the UGT has warned the minister that she must fulfill her commitment to raise the basic salary to 1,000 euros as part of her commitment to end the legislature at 60% of the average salary.

However, union sources indicate that an average term,

around 970 euros, would be enough to count on their support.

But, in reality, whatever the social agents think, the reality is that the decision depends exclusively on the Government, which can establish the increase in the SMI that it seems without the need for the approval of employers and unions.

This happened in 2018, when after arriving at La Moncloa, Pedro Sánchez applied a 22% increase, up to 900 euros.

Last year, however, Yolanda Díaz inaugurated her round of social agreements with a solemn signing ceremony of the 5.5% increase in the SMI that was attended by CEOE, Cepyme, CCOO and UGT.

This time it seems more difficult that he can satisfy everyone and reissue the ceremony.

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