It is possible, if there are economic prerequisites. On this on Wednesday, January 3, said Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavel Rozenko.

He recalled that from January 1 the size of the minimum wage is 3,723 hryvnia. However, the Law on the State Budget of Ukraine states that the government should return to this issue and consider the possibility of further raising the minimum wage, "explained Rosenko, stressing that for such a step there should be appropriate economic prerequisites.

We must increase the growth rate of the economy and get an additional resource in the State Budget, since such a decision should be, first of all, economically justified, "explained the Deputy Prime Minister.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, since January 1 in Ukraine, the minimum wage has risen. At the same time, during the adoption of the state budget, officials promised that by the results of the first quarter of 2018 the minimum wage could be raised to UAH 4,200 per month.