2025/12/11 by Álvarez Alonso, Diego
Social Sciences · #Collective agreements #Collective bargaining #Digital Economy and Work Transformation #Directive #Economic Justice #European Union #European court of justice #European union #Human Rights and Immigration #International Labor and Employment Law #Member states #Minimum wage #Perspective (graphical) #Sufficient remuneration
paper · doi:10.6092/issn.1561-8048/23544
openalex publication_date 2025/12/11 · openalex created_date 2025/12/19 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
This paper addresses Directive (EU) 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union. Firstly, it stresses its general significance, as a milestone in EU social policy, which aims to strengthen the guarantees on the right to a fair and sufficient pay for a decent standard of living in every member state, by promoting collective bargaining on remunerations and adequate systems for fixing and updating minimum wages, but without imposing a uniform European minimum wage. Secondly, it comments on the Judgment of the European Court of Justice about this Directive (ECJ Judgment 11 November 2025, Case C‑19/23), which largely confirms its validity, although it annuls some concrete aspects. Finally, it analyses the implications and transposition of the Directive from the national perspective of Spain, pointing to a moderate but not worthless impact.