The PSC withdraws its total amendment against the bill regulating the minimum reference wage in Catalonia. The law will advance to the Parliament to negotiate changes with Junts.
According to Crónica Global, the PSC agreed this Wednesday to withdraw its total amendment against the bill known as the Canadell law, and will allow its parliamentary processing. The socialists want to introduce improvements to a proposal promoted by Junts.
The law aims to regulate the Catalan Minimum Reference Wage (SMRC), created by the Govern of Pere Aragonès as an indicator for collective negotiations. It takes into account the cost of living in Catalonia, which is higher than in other areas of Spain, but does not create legal obligations for either companies or the Administration.
The Junts deputy Joan Canadell, author of the proposal, suggests that the index should be mandatory for workers of the Generalitat and that it should immediately rise from the 1,372 euros currently to 1,400 euros. It also includes a package of aid for the private sector and calls for lowering the autonomous section of the IRPF so that salaries are higher.
The reduction of the IRPF is a red line for the PSC, which also does not agree that the measure should only obligate the Generalitat and not companies. Business associations have expressed opposition to the increase in working groups.
PSC deputy Conchi Jiménez has explained that the socialists will include collective bargaining in the law during the amendment phase. This phase begins in the Parliament once the vote on the total amendments has been passed, if they are not majority.
The Comuns have also allowed the processing. Deputy Lluís Mijoler has insisted that the law:
“does not create a general right for workers”
He reminds that an increase of this kind can only be made through negotiation with business associations or from the Government, as it is a state competence.
ERC has again proposed that this competence be delegated, without transferring it, through Article 150.1 of the Constitution, which allows it. This route would enable Catalonia to have its own minimum wage, above that set for the whole of Spain.
The Government of Pedro Sánchez already ruled out that option in the past. PP and Vox maintain their total amendment, considering that it poses a danger for Catalonia to have a minimum wage higher than that of the rest of the State.
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