Postavení minimální mzdy v mzdové distribuci podnikatelské sféry České republiky

Abstract

The minimum wage was first established in the former Czech and Slovak Federative Republic in 1991. Currently the issue of minimum wage in the Czech Republic is stipulated by act number 262/2006 Coll., Labour Act. The aim of the submitted article is to identify the position of the minimum wage in the wage distribution of the entrepreneurial sector in the Czech Republic, the outline of the further development in wages with respect to average and median wages and the wages of the 1 st and 9 th deciles, as well as the outline of the development of the statutory minimum wage. Official sample survey data from the Information system on average salaries from the years 2001-2008 is used (quarterly-period frequency). This data is processed using the method of descriptive statistics. Conclusion can be reached based on an analysis of this statistical data that during the period of time in question all monitored wage categories saw wage rises. However the rise was not uniformly fast or balanced. The wages rose the most in case of the best-paid employees (9 th decile wage) and in case of the minimum wage, whereas the 1 st decile wage rose the least. The minimum wage amount was not adjusted since 1 st July 2006, so the growth in question had been recorded only between the years 2001 and 2006. The development of the calculated indices of the decile ratio can lead us to the conclusion that certain increase in wage differentiation took place, even though this process was not uniform again.

Minimum Wage and Labour Market

“…mezd 1. decilu) směrem k minimální mzdě. Tento vývoj byl zmrazen až zastavením valorizace částek minimální mzdy po roce 2007 (viz blíže Lajtkepová, 2009). …”