For the determination of the minimum wage nationwide: 30,000 Lek.

Decision
No. 1025, dated December 16, 2020
For the determination of the national minimum wage

In support of Article 100 of the Constitution, Article 111 of Law No. 7961 of July 12, 1996, “Labor Code of the Republic of Albania,” as amended, and Article 4 of Law No. 10405 of 24.3.2011, “On Competences in the Determination of Salaries and Allowances,” with the proposal of
Minister of Finance and Economy, Council of Ministers

SET:

1. The minimum monthly basic wage for employees nationwide, which must be paid by every domestic or foreign legal or natural person, shall be 30,000 (thirty thousand) lek.
2. The minimum monthly base wage is paid for 174 hours of work per month, performed during normal working hours.
3. The minimum hourly base wage shall be 172.4 (one hundred seventy-two point four) lek.
4. Permanent allowances are provided on top of the base salary.
5. Decision No. 809, dated December 26, 2018, of the Council of Ministers, “For the determination of the national minimum wage”, is repealed.
This decision takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette and applies retroactively from January 1.
2021.

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Source: Official Publications Center.


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Andi Haxhillari is an economist and the founder of AlProfit Consult, an accounting, tax advisory, and financial management firm in Tirana, established in 2015. He holds the professional title of Certified Accountant, certificate no. 359, issued by the Certification Authority of the Ministry of Finance on July 4, 2012. He graduated with a Master's degree in Accounting and as a General Economist from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tirana. For more than ten years, he has worked as an external economist for small and medium-sized businesses in Albania.

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