Proposal
INESS proposes to lower the minimum wage to € 1 or to a level which would minimise its influence on the labour market, and to introduce a social contributions deduction which would increase the net salaries of low-income employees,...
August 12, 2013 11:37 pm / 1 comment
In 2012 investment subsidies totalling EUR 121 million were approved in Slovakia. Especially, the recent cases when the investor asked for state support not to create, but only to sustain existing jobs are well-known. However, this led the Government...
February 21, 2013 12:00 pm / 3 comments
One of the major barriers which prevent the labour market from demanding more workforce (thus lowering the unemployment) is the high level of compulsory social contributions. This is the case especially in Slovakia where both the employer and...
January 16, 2013 1:51 pm / 2 comments
After the general government deficit in Poland reached 7.8% GDP in 2010, at the beginning of 2011 Polish government presented a plan to reduce it to 3% GDP by 2012, a goal which is in line with Maastricht criteria. By the end of 2011 the European...
March 8, 2012 1:14 pm / no comments