(1) Every employee has the right to a guaranteed minimum wage.

(2) The minimum wage represents the minimum amount of remuneration assessed in national currency, the amount established by the state for a simple, unskilled work, below which the employer is not entitled to pay for the monthly or hourly work performed by the employee.

(3) The minimum wage does not include additions, bonuses, incentive and compensation payments.

(4) The amount of the minimum wage is mandatory for all employers of legal or natural persons who use salaried work, regardless of the type of ownership and the legal form of organization. This amount cannot be reduced either by the collective labor agreement or by the individual employment contract.

(5) The amount of the minimum wage is guaranteed to the employees only on the condition of their execution of the work obligations (norms) during the working hours established by the legislation in force.

(1) The minimum wage per month and the minimum wage per hour, calculated starting from the monthly norm of working time, shall be established by Government decision, after consulting the employers' associations and trade unions.

(2) The amount of the minimum wage is determined and re-examined depending on the concrete economic conditions, the level of the average wage on the national economy, the forecasted level of the inflation rate, as well as other socio-economic factors.

(1) The increase of the level of the real content of the salary is ensured by indexing the salary in connection with the increase of the consumer prices for goods and services.

(2) The guaranteed minimum wage is indexed annually according to the evolution of the consumer price index, in accordance with the legislation in force.

(Abrogat)