Spain’s Government Is Split Over Plan to Boost Minimum Wage

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Spain’s top government officials are split over whether to increase the minimum wage for 2021, Labor Ministry Yolanda Diaz said.

“It wouldn’t make sense” not to increase salaries for lower earners after agreeing to raise pay for pensioners and civil servants, Labor Ministry Yolanda Diaz said in an interview with Spanish TV-broadcaster La Sexta on Thursday. Diaz added that there is opposition within the government to approve an increase by year-end.