What it is
Proposal to raise the minimum wage to €950 a month
It is a members’ bill. Introduced by parliamentary groups, the Senate, regional governments or citizens. It was introduced on 13 April 2016. Introduced by: Grupo Parlamentario Podemos-En Comú Podem-En Marea.
Official title: Private member's bill on fixing the amount of the interprofessional minimum wage.
Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000030· updated 11 Nov
Automatic summary, not yet reviewed
- The bill would set the goal of reaching a minimum wage of €13,300 a year. It would rise to €800 a month from January 1, 2018 and to €950 a month from January 1, 2020, and could never go down afterward.
- The bill would amend Article 27 of the Workers' Statute. The Government would set the minimum wage each year after consulting unions and employer associations, and would update it at least by the forecast CPI, reviewing it if the actual CPI is higher.
- All references to the minimum wage in laws, regulations and collective agreements would be understood as referring to the new amount set by this bill.
- The new amount would apply to rights already requested but not yet granted whose calculation depends on the minimum wage. It would also apply to collective agreements negotiated after the bill takes effect.
Who it affects
- Low-paid workers: They would earn a higher minimum wage: €800 a month in 2018 and €950 in 2020.
- Unions and employer associations: They would be consulted each year to set the minimum wage.
- People with benefits based on the minimum wage: Rights already requested but not yet granted would be calculated with the new amount.
- Companies and collective agreement negotiators: Agreements negotiated after the bill takes effect would have to apply the new amount.
Words worth knowing
- Salario mínimo interprofesional (SMI)
- The minimum wage: the lowest amount any worker can legally be paid, whatever their sector.
- IPC
- Consumer price index: it measures how much the cost of living, such as food or energy, goes up.
- Convenio colectivo
- Collective agreement: a deal between unions and employers setting working conditions for a sector or company.
- Proposición de ley
- A bill: a text introduced by members of Congress to become a law. It is not a law until it is passed.
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Where it stands
How far did it get?
It took 2 of 7 steps. It reached Admitted, and today it is unfinished.
- Introduced13 April 2016Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
- Admitted19 April 2016The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
- Amendmentsnot reachedGroups propose changes.
- Committeenot reachedA committee goes through the text in detail.
- Plenarynot reachedAll 350 deputies vote.
- Senatenot reachedThe Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
- BOEnot reachedIt is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 5 official steps on a timeline
Was there a plenary vote?
We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.
What happens next
What happens now?
The legislature ended before it finished. To go on, someone would have to introduce it again in the new Cortes.
It was presented again:
- XII Legislature, Congreso de los Diputados· Unfinished Bill proposes raising Spain's minimum wage to 950 euros
Sources
Where does all this come from?
- Congreso de los Diputados, file 122/000030
Official title, type, author, dates and stage.
Retrieved 11 November 2026
- The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
- Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
- We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.