Christine Aumayr-Pintar, author at Social Europe

Closing the Chasm: Central and Eastern Europe’s Continued Minimum Wage Climb

Carlos Vacas-Soriano and Christine Aumayr-Pintar

Minimum wages in Central and Eastern Europe continue to rise.

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Ensuring adequate minimum wages in an age of inflation

Carlos Vacas-Soriano and Christine Aumayr-Pintar

Minimum wages have risen across Europe this year. Inflation is eroding them.

Minimum wages rise, but more slowly

Carlos Vacas-Soriano and Christine Aumayr-Pintar

Convergence of central and eastern-European EU members towards older ones with high minimum wages is much stronger than in the Mediterranean countries.

Fears and hopes around future minimum wages

Christine Aumayr-Pintar

The proposal by the European Commission to legislate on fair EU minimum wages has excited contrasting attitudes among trade unions in member states.

Ten Points About Pay Transparency In Europe’s Companies

Christine Aumayr-Pintar

Measures to promote gender pay transparency haven’t been delivered yet in half of Europe – making EU level legislative action to speed up implementation an

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