How much is the living wage in Belarus now. Living wage in Belarus: concept, figures, comparison. Demographic groups and their needs

Many of us rightly consider Belarus a fraternal state of the Russian Federation. Therefore, Russians want to be aware of how the social, political, economic affairs of their neighbors are, and at the same time compare their situation with their own. In this material, we will consider a very important characteristic of the quality of life in Belarus - the cost of living. Let's start with the definition of the concept itself.

What is a living wage?

The subsistence minimum budget is the smallest amount of money that a citizen needs every month to meet their needs and maintain a decent standard of living. Each state has its own value. Therefore, Belarus will be different from French, Russian, Chilean and so on.

I must say that an attempt to establish such an international value has already been made by the world community. However, the idea of ​​developing a subsistence minimum for the entire planet was considered unsuccessful: in southern countries, for example, residents practically do not spend on heating, insulating their homes, while citizens living in a more severe climate invest a considerable part of their capital.

Living wage in Belarus in 2017

Let us now come close to the fraternal state. Note that at today's exchange rate, 1 Belarusian ruble is equal to 29.08 Russian rubles.

If we look at the beginning of 2017, we will see that compared to previous years, the cost of living in Belarus has slightly decreased - 174.52 rubles per citizen per month (November 2016 - January 2017). In the previous period (August-October 2016), this amount was 175.5 rubles.

Let's follow the further history of the subsistence minimum in Belarus this year:

• From February to April, the minimum budget per capita was already 180.1 Belarusian rubles.
• From May to July, the cost of living increased slightly - it reached 183.82 rubles.
• In the period August-October 2017, the average figures for this value amounted to 197.57 Belarusian rubles.

Living wage today

On October 23, 2017, the Ministry of Labor of the neighboring republic, by Decree No. 60, established new sizes of the subsistence minimum for the population. These are both average indicators for all citizens, and specific indicators for the main social groups.

Living wage in Belarus - how much for today? Here are its dimensions:

• The average value per capita is 197.81 Belarusian rubles. If we translate into the Russian equivalent at today's exchange rate, then this will be 5752.3 rubles.
• For able-bodied citizens - 217.74 Belarusian rubles.
• For students of secondary and higher professional educational institutions- 192.34 Belarusian rubles.
• For persons of retirement age - 151.97 Belarusian rubles.
• For children 6-16 years old - 216.85 Belarusian rubles.
• For children 3-6 years old - 177.4 Belarusian rubles.
• For babies from birth to 3 years - 128.32 Belarusian rubles.

The change in the subsistence minimum is explained by the following factors:

• Rising prices for bread products, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish.
• Lower prices for fruits and vegetables.

How about us?

As for the Russian Federation, in the second quarter of 2017, the average cost of living was 10,329 rubles. (at today's exchange rate, this is 355.14 Belarusian rubles). Let's look at the specifics:

• The able-bodied population - 11,163 rubles.
• Children - 10,160 rubles.
• People of retirement age - 8,506 rubles.

And, for example, in the capital in the third quarter of 2017 it is equal to 16,160 Russian rubles per month. By category of population:

• Able-bodied citizens - 18,453 rubles.
• Pensioners - 11,420 rubles.
• Children - 13,938 rubles.

Now you are aware of what the living wage is today in neighboring Belarus. Of course, comparing its value with the Russian one, we cannot evaluate the quality of life available at a monthly cost of this amount in two different states. After all, there are other prices for products, utilities household items, gasoline, etc.

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installed from 11/01/2019 to 01/31/2020

Every quarter, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus approves the budget for the subsistence minimum per capita. This is the name of the total cost of products, things, medicines and essential services that are vital for each person. Then this value is used in economic calculations, as well as to provide targeted material assistance to individual citizens.

What is included in the budget of the living wage in Belarus?

The budget includes not only material goods (for example, clothes), but also services that we all use regularly, including:

• housing and communal services - water supply, heating, etc.;
• transport services;
• variety of household services.

In addition, the cost of living in Belarus usually includes the following expenses:

• for different foodstuffs
• for clothes and underwear;
• for personal hygiene items;
• for medicines.

Demographic groups and their needs

Of course, the above list of goods and services cannot be the same for all citizens. Society consists of different social groups - pensioners, students and schoolchildren, able-bodied people, etc. Representatives of all these groups have very different needs, and, consequently, different expenses for their satisfaction. For example, retirees need more money spend on medicines, while the main item of expenditure for students is clothing and food.

For this reason, the law provides for separate calculation of the subsistence minimum budget for different social groups. In total, 6 such groups are distinguished in Belarus:

• children under the age of 3 years;
• children from 3 to 6 years old;
• children from 6 to 18 years old;
• students of higher and secondary specialized educational institutions;
• citizens of working age;
• pensioners.

The change in the size of the BPM is primarily affected by inflation. The cost of goods and services in Belarus is constantly growing, and the subsistence minimum budget is indexed along with it. Indexation is carried out every quarter

What does the cost of living affect?

As in the case of the minimum salary, this is a kind of standard and benchmark used to assess and predict the living standards of Belarusians. Also on the basis of BPM are calculated:

• tariff rate of the first category;
• the amount of deductions from organizations and entrepreneurs who have wage arrears to employees.

The average cost of living in 2017 has changed several times. The last indexation was carried out on November 1, 2017 - then the BPM increased slightly, from 197.5 to 197.8 rubles. Assess the dynamics of changes in this economic parameter for last years you can in the table below.

Table of changes in the subsistence minimum budget from 2016 to 2019

What will be the 2019 living wage budget in Belarus?

Inflation rates in the country have slowed down in recent months. At the end of 2018, the total price increase should not exceed 7%. The government also looks at 2019 with optimism - prices should rise by no more than 5-7%. If these forecasts are justified, then the subsistence minimum will increase slightly, by only a few rubles for each quarter. And if inflation decreases, then we will see a simultaneous decrease in this value.

Despite the skepticism of many Belarusians about the size of the BPM, this is an important economic indicator. It reflects the real standard of living in Belarus and helps to more objectively assess the material needs of different demographic groups.

From August 1, 2017 in Belarus (based on the Decree of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus dated July 24, 2017 No. 32), a subsistence minimum budget has been established on average per capita and for the main socio-demographic groups of the population in June 2017 prices, calculated for a month .

In accordance with the Decree of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus dated July 24, 2017 No. 32, the average subsistence minimum budget per capita and for the main socio-demographic groups of the population in June 2017 prices is set per month for the period from August 1 until October 31, 2017 in the following amounts:

on average per capita - 197 Belarusian rubles 57 kopecks;
able-bodied population - 218 Belarusian rubles 87 kopecks;
pensioners - 151 Belarusian rubles 98 kopecks;
students - 192 Belarusian ruble 79 kopecks;
children under the age of three years - 125 Belarusian rubles 87 kopecks;
children aged three to six years - 174 Belarusian rubles 90 kopecks;
children aged six to eighteen - 215 Belarusian rubles 50 kopecks.

Text Resolution of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus dated July 24, 2017 No. 32 officially published on the National Legal Internet Portal of the Republic of Belarus. The Decree enters into force after its official publication.

What is the living wage budget in Belarus?

If it is as simple as possible, then BPM is the amount of money that, according to the state, a person can survive. BPM, like minimum consumer budget (MPB), is approved by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Belarus every quarter. BPM has a direct impact on the amount of child allowances and assistance to low-income citizens and families. BPM is also used as a basis for calculating minimum size old-age pensions, scholarships, allowances. BPM already concepts BCH, since it does not include the cost of cultural and educational events and recreation. In this way, BPM and BCH Although the concepts are similar, they should not be confused.

Decree of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus dated April 26, 2019 No. 16 approved the following sizes of the subsistence minimum budget on average per capita and for the main socio-demographic groups for the period from May 1 to July 31, 2019. in the following sizes:

• on average per capita - 224 Belarusian rubles 02 kopecks;
• for the able-bodied population - 249 Belarusian rubles 98 kopecks;
• for pensioners - 171 Belarusian rubles 38 kopecks;
• for students - 216 Belarusian rubles 97 kopecks;
• for children aged 6 to 18 years - 242 Belarusian rubles 90 kopecks;
• for children aged 3 to 6 years - 197 Belarusian rubles 42 kopecks;
• for children under the age of 3 years - 143 Belarusian rubles 09 kopecks.

Minimal salary

The Labor Code of the Republic of Belarus provides for a system of state guarantees for the remuneration of employees, which includes, among other guarantees, the amount of the minimum wages. The minimum wage (monthly and hourly) is the state minimum social standard in the field of remuneration for work in normal conditions while fulfilling the established (monthly or hourly) labor norm. The amount of the minimum wage, the procedure for its establishment and the conditions for the increase are determined by law. From January 1, 2018, by the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of December 28, 2017 N 1022, the minimum wage is 305 rubles.

On the procedure for additional payments to the level of the minimum wage

Due to repeated requests from legal and individuals on the procedure for additional payment to the level of the minimum wage (hereinafter referred to as the minimum wage), the department for labor, employment and social protection of the Mogilev City Executive Committee explains the following.

According to the Law of the Republic of Belarus "On the Establishment and Procedure for Increasing the Minimum Wage", the minimum wage is applied as the state minimum social standard in the field of remuneration for work under normal conditions when the established (monthly or hourly) labor norm is fulfilled in organizations of any organizational and legal forms, in including in public associations, partnerships of owners, garage cooperatives, gardening partnerships and other consumer cooperatives.

The size of the minimum wage as the lower limit of the remuneration of employees is mandatory for all employers with whom employees have labor relations based on an employment contract (contract) and does not apply to persons with whom other contracts have been concluded.

The salary accrued to an employee for work under normal conditions, who has worked out the norm of working hours and fulfilled the labor norm established for him, cannot be lower than the corresponding amount of the minimum wage.

The monthly minimum wage is applied to employees whose remuneration (payroll) is made on the basis of monthly tariff rates(salaries).

The hourly minimum wage applies to employees whose remuneration is based on the hourly tariff rate (salary), as well as those working part-time, part-time or not working for good reasons (illness, vacation, performance of state, public and military duties and etc.) the norm of working hours established by the employer.

For employees working in the mode of summary accounting of working hours, based on the procedure for calculating their wages established by the employer, a monthly or hourly minimum wage is applied.

The amount of additional payment up to the minimum wage for employees whose wages are calculated on the basis of hourly tariff rates (salaries) is determined by comparing the amount of wages accrued to the employee for the working time actually worked in the billing period with the size of the minimum wage calculated on the basis of the hourly minimum wage, established in accordance with legislation, and actually worked hours.

In this case, the actual working time worked is the time worked by the employee according to the time sheet (other document) excluding time:

• overtime, weekends, public holidays and holidays employees, established and declared by the President of the Republic of Belarus as non-working workers, who have been worked out in excess of the norm of working hours established by the employer;
• during which the employer does not provide normal working conditions for the fulfillment of labor standards, including the time during which production standards are not met, marriage is allowed, downtime through no fault of the employee (Article 89 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Belarus).

If the amount of wages accrued to the employee turns out to be lower than the minimum wage in force during the period for which wages are calculated, then the employer is obliged to make an additional payment up to its corresponding amount. At the same time, the additional payment to the minimum wage is made by the employer on a monthly basis.

Additional payment to the minimum wage is not made if in the billing period the employee did not fulfill the monthly or hourly labor standards established by the employer, including, without good reason, did not work the established norm of working hours (absenteeism, marriage through the fault of the employee, etc.).

All payments (allowances, bonuses, remuneration based on the results of work for the year, additional payments, etc.) as part of the wages accrued to the employee used to determine the amount of additional payment to the minimum wage, are included in full in the earnings of the month in which they fall according to personal account worker.

As part of the salary accrued to the employee for billing period used to determine the amount of additional payment to the minimum wage, the following payments are not taken into account:

1. Surcharges for combining professions (positions), expanding the service area (increasing the volume of work performed), performing the duties of a temporarily absent employee.

2. Wages accrued in case of non-fulfillment of production standards, marriage and downtime through no fault of the employee; for work on the day of the republican subbotnik.

3. Payments not related to the remuneration of employees for the work performed (material assistance, remuneration, allowance, the cost of gifts, etc.) provided for by law, local regulations legal acts, including:

3.1. for holidays, anniversaries, holidays, solemn events, for health improvement, treatment, rest, upon retirement;

3.2. based on the results of competitions, competitions, including those related to production activities, for ensuring the preparation and holding of festivals-fairs;

3.3. at the birth of a child, for the care of a child, in connection with the adoption (adoption) of a child, for the disabled, large families;

3.4. employees with disabled children who are on maternity leave;

3.5. financial assistance, monthly wage supplements for young professionals with higher or secondary specialized education.

4. Payments of a compensatory nature, including payments related to the mode of work and working conditions, including:

4.1. payment for overtime work, weekends, public holidays and holidays established and declared by the President of the Republic of Belarus as non-working days, which are worked out in excess of the norm of working hours established by the employer;

4.2. allowances and surcharges established for work in special conditions labor (in heavy work, in work with harmful and (or) dangerous working conditions, in areas of radioactive contamination, underground work, etc.);

4.3. surcharges for working at night or on a night shift in shift work, for dividing the working day into parts;

4.4. allowances (compensation) for the mobile and traveling nature of work, the production of work on a rotational basis, for permanent work on the road, work outside permanent place residence (field allowance) paid to employees in accordance with the law;

4.5. for unused vacation, for meals, including those provided free of charge, for travel, the purchase of methodological literature, subject journals and periodicals, in connection with moving to work in another area, for housing.

5. Payment for unworked time, during which the legislation, local regulatory legal acts provide for the preservation of average earnings, including for:

5.1. time of labor and social holidays, free days from work;

5.2. time of performance of state, public, military duties;

5.3. the time spent on examination or examination in medical institutions, advanced training, internship, retraining and vocational training, agricultural and other works.

6. All payments and expenses that are not reflected in the payroll fund when filling out the forms of state statistical observations of statistical indicators on labor, including:

6.1. severance pay (compensation) paid in cases of termination employment contract(contract);

6.2. allowances and other payments from the state social insurance; insurance payments on compulsory insurance from accidents at work and occupational diseases;

6.3. travel expenses within and in excess of the norms established by law;

6.4. the cost of issued uniforms, uniforms, overalls, special footwear and other personal protective equipment, washing and neutralizing agents, milk and therapeutic and preventive nutrition or reimbursement of expenses to employees for the purchase and maintenance of uniforms, uniforms, overalls, special footwear and other personal protective equipment;

6.5. compensation for damage determined by the court;

6.6. royalties paid under contracts for the creation and use of works of science, literature and art, as well as remuneration to authors of discoveries, inventions, industrial designs, etc.;

6.7. payment for subscriptions to health groups, classes in sections, clubs, communication services, cultural, entertainment and sports events, subscriptions to newspapers and magazines for personal use, reimbursement of parents' fees for keeping children in preschool education institutions;

6.8. in connection with the death of close relatives, natural disaster, fire, injury, serious illness and other family circumstances;

6.9. granted subsidies for the construction (reconstruction of residential premises), the acquisition of housing, the establishment of a household;

6.10. income from the participation of employees in the property of the organization (dividends, interest, payments on equity shares, shares, etc.);

6.11. in reimbursement of additional expenses associated with the performance of work duties by employees (costs for the use of Vehicle, equipment, tools and other property for the needs of the organization);

6.12. insurance payments (contributions) paid by the organization under contracts of personal, property and other insurance in favor of employees.

The concept of "subsistence minimum" in Belarus is given by the Law "On the subsistence minimum in the Republic of Belarus" dated 07.05.2014. normative act is the legal basis for determining the value consumer basket.

What is it and how is it calculated

It is considered the amount that is necessary to maintain the full functioning of the human body. The amount of money is sufficient to purchase a minimum list of food, non-food products and a set of services.

The indicator is calculated on the basis of sociological surveys, is set at the level of income that 10-20% of the poorest population have, or proceeds from the ability of the economy to provide social benefits (that is, it simply sets the maximum subsistence level that the economy of a particular state can provide).

What is the cost of living in Belarus

The living wage in Belarus today is determined by the current legislation, which entered into force on November 1, 2016. Its value is 174.52 Belarusian rubles and corresponds to 1,745,200 at the old rate - before the monetary reform in Belarus. The amount was reduced in relation to the previous period by 98 kopecks, which in percentage terms amounted to 0.6%.

This year, the subsistence minimum has already increased four times, but the last decrease was recorded in the fall. previous year. The current cost of the minimum consumer basket will remain unchanged until the end of January next year.

What is the minimum income level for?

Planning the minimum level of income of the population, necessary to ensure normal life, is required to summarize statistics on the well-being of all social strata of the population of the state.

The definition of the subsistence minimum budget is used in the future to calculate:

state aid to low-income families;

minimum wages and social benefits;

cash security for years of service.

The living wage in Belarus today is a criterion for indexing the income of citizens. It acts as the main indicator in establishing benefits and targeted assistance. In addition, the amount of the subsistence minimum and the comparison of the value with real income citizens are determined by those segments of the population who need social support.

What indicators will be affected by the latest reduction in the living wage

As mentioned above, the living wage in Belarus today affects many social benefits. However, according to Presidential Decree No. 726 “On the Calculation of Social Payments”, the highest budget for the last 2 quarters will be taken as the basis for assigning the amounts of these amounts. Thus, the Ministry of Labor of the Republic of Belarus officially stated that citizens should not worry, since a decrease valuation consumer basket will not affect payments calculated from its size.

and payments for various categories of the population

Each state develops its own minimum payment program depending on the level of economic development. However, there are proposals to make this amount equal for all countries. But the proposal was rejected for a number of objective reasons.

One of the motives for the refusal of world economies from the equal calculation of the subsistence minimum was, for example, the need to provide the population with heat in winter. In countries with a hot climate, this does not make sense, while in the northern powers a significant amount is spent on heating.

The living wage in Belarus today is the following amounts for different categories of citizens:

children under the age of 3 years - 111 rubles 99 kopecks;

children aged 3 to 6 years - 154 rubles 97 kopecks;

children aged 6 to 18 years - 191 rubles;

students - 169 rubles 72 kopecks;

citizens of working age - 193 rubles 14 kopecks;

citizens of retirement age - 134 rubles 41 kopecks.

From the cost of the consumer basket with the lowest necessary list food products, social contributions are also calculated for the main needy sections of society, that is, payments to large families, disabled children, disabled citizens, the poor, and so on.