The payroll of the month of February can come with double surprise for these workers

The payroll of the month of February can come with double surprise for these workers

It is very possible that this February the Minimum interprofessional salary (SMI) at 50 euros, from 1,134 euros to 1,184 euros per month grossdistributed in 14 pays. This was announced by the Minister of Labor and Vice President of the Government, Yolanda Díaz, who communicated a few days ago the increase in the minimum interprofessional salary of 4.4 % agreed with the unions. It is estimated that this increase will benefit between 2.3 and 2.5 million workers in Spain that currently receive the SMI, mainly affecting women and young people. With the increase in the minimum wage, these workers will receive a surprise on the February payroll in the form of extra pay.

With the climb, the new Minimum wage for 2025 will be at 1,184 euros gross if the salary is perceived in 14 payments (extraordinary payments apart) or in 1,381.34 euros gross per month is perceived in 12 payments (extraordinary pays prorated). That is, an annual way a salary of 16,576 euros should be received. However, even if this is the minimum salary that should be received in each case, there are companies that can complement the salary with certain accessories to reach these minimums, so, if they had been charging less, they must raise the salary to respect them said limits.

In spite of this, it must be borne in mind that the minimum interprofessional salary will be approved retroactively What does this mean? Well, the increase not accrued in the previous months must pay. In other words, what we do not charge in the month of January must be received this February, provided that the average comes forward, something that a priori seems to be approved in the next Council of Ministers.

Increase in the February payroll

Workers, including household employees and who charge the minimum wage, will have to Receive a plus of 50 euros this month, if the minimum salary is received at 14 payments or 58.34 euros in the case of receiving in 12 payments. Therefore, the February payroll can come with double surprise, since in addition to receiving the SMI climb they will receive not perceived arrears.

Thus, assuming that a worker charges exactly the minimum wage in force at all times, the payroll that he will receive this month is 1234 euros (the result of adding 1,134 euros, corresponding to the new minimum wage, and 50 euros, corresponding to the backward of January) or 1439.68 euros, in the case of collecting the SMI with the extended extra payments.

Reduction of the working day

Although the increase in the minimum interprofessional salary is expected to enter into force this month – after the rejection, by the Congress, of the Omnibus Decree that included the rise of the SMI by 2024 -, and not to leave the workers who perceive the SMI unprotected of 2023, the Government will approve the measure to the next Council of Ministers.

Together with this measure, another will come, which will be the expected reduction of the working day to 37.5 hours per week. After the agreement between the Ministries of Labor and Economics, they have agreed that the measure leave, by urgent route and without any modification in the text, as requested from the Yolanda Díaz portfolio. With what is possible that we soon have a greater salary, working less hours a week.