(ANSAmed) - MADRID, NOVEMBER 21 - In Spain almost one
salaried worker in two earns less than 1,000 euros a month and
one in three does not get the minimum salary of 645 euros a
month, according to 2013 data published on Friday by the tax
collection agency, based on tax returns presented last year.
According to the data, out of the 16.6 millon employed last
year, 7.7 million had a salary of less than 1,000 euros, while
34% did not make the minimum salary.
The data included, among others, workers with short-term and part time contracts, almost all youths. In particular, 86% of 39,168 under-18 workers earned less than the minimum salary; while over 1.1 million workers aged 18 to 25, or 74.4% of the total, made less than 645 euros a month, or the minimum salary.
Recently, the European Commission slammed salary cuts in Spain following the economic crisis as ''slow, ineffective and unjust'', given that they mostly affected workers with short-term contracts and not workers with open-ended contracts.
(ANSAmed)
The data included, among others, workers with short-term and part time contracts, almost all youths. In particular, 86% of 39,168 under-18 workers earned less than the minimum salary; while over 1.1 million workers aged 18 to 25, or 74.4% of the total, made less than 645 euros a month, or the minimum salary.
Recently, the European Commission slammed salary cuts in Spain following the economic crisis as ''slow, ineffective and unjust'', given that they mostly affected workers with short-term contracts and not workers with open-ended contracts.
(ANSAmed)
