Minimum wage in Croatia

Minimum wage in Croatia is regulated by the Minimum Wage Act (Croatian: Zakon o minimalnoj plaći) and is defined as the lowest gross monthly wage for a full-time worker, based on a 40-hour work week.^[1]^[2] For workers who do not work full time, minimum wage is lower, in proportion to their working hours.^[1] Additional compensation for overtime work, night work, and work on Sundays and holidays is not included in the minimum wage.^[1] Minimum wage is recalculated once a year and is effective throughout the next calendar year.^[3]

As of 1 January 2024, the minimum gross monthly wage in Croatia is €840, which is equivalent to a net amount of €677.^[4] Among 21 EU member states that regulate minimum wage, Croatian minimum wage is fifth lowest.^[5]

In January 2018, minimum wage was received by 45,245 workers,^[6] down from c. 80,000 in 2014.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Minimum Wage Act, §2.
^ Bejaković 2015, p. 24.
^ Minimum Wage Act, §4.
^ "Vlada RH". mrosp.gov.hr. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
^ "Minimum wages in the EU Member States ranged from €332 per month in Bulgaria to €2 202 per month in Luxembourg". ec.europa.eu. Eurostat. January 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
^ "U Hrvatskoj još 45.245 radnika živi od minimalca". Večernji list (in Croatian). 12 March 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^ "Čak 80.000 radnika je na minimalcu". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 14 October 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

Sources

"Zakon o minimalnoj plaći" [Minimum Wage Act]. Narodne novine 130/17 (in Croatian). zakon.hr / Ante Borić. December 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
Bejaković, Predrag (December 2015). "Problemi, mogućnosti i ograničenja postojanja minimalne plaće u Hrvatskoj" (PDF). Političke analize (in Croatian). 6 (24): 23–27. Retrieved 4 September 2018.