The upcoming increase in minimum wages will require the state to allocate 39.3 billion rubles. This was warned by the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Maxim Topilin. "In connection with the increase in the minimum wage to the subsistence level of the able-bodied population from May 1, 2018. for organizations of the budgetary sector of the economy will need an additional 39.3 billion rubles. Of these, the amount of federal budget funds - 7.5 billion rubles, regional and municipal budgets - 31.8 billion rubles, "- quotes the official" Newspaper. RU". All this money will go to increase payments to state employees.

It will also be necessary to split the organizations of the real sector. Since May 1, the owners of enterprises will collectively spend on the payment of salaries by 22.7 billion rubles more. In total, an increase in the minimum wage will affect about 3 million Russians. Of these, 1.6 million people are employed in the public sector, 1.4 million in the real economy. May increase in "minimalok" became unscheduled. At the very end of December last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that raises the minimum wage to the subsistence level. It was supposed to be done in two stages. Since January 1, 2018 g. The minimum wage has reached the level of 9489 rubles per month, which is 85% of the subsistence level. From 1 January 2019. The minimum wage was to equal the subsistence minimum and never keep up with it. However, on January 10, the head of state said that the state has the opportunity to raise minimum wages to 100% of the subsistence minimum ahead of schedule, namely, from May 1, 2018. A few days after that, I drafted a law on the May increase in the minimum wage to the subsistence level. "Set the minimum wage from 1 May 2018. in the amount of 11,163 rubles per month, "reads the document. Senator Valery Ryazansky called the president's decision "really important". According to him, "the subsistence minimum depends on the consumer basket, and in this case it is important to monitor the price order, the food group of goods, industrial services and do not only so that the minimum meets the minimum subsistence package, but also that household services , services of cultural objects ".