Obeyed But Not Fulfilled

TL;DR

The minimum wage increase process is described as a "tragicomedy" demonstrating a tradition of laws being obeyed but not enforced.
Employers offered a 7.5% increase, unions demanded 16%, and the government decreed a 23% increase, which was seen as a move to gain votes.
The Council of State initially suspended the decree due to legal inconsistencies, but the government issued a new decree with the same illegal increase.
The author suggests that while previous annulments had little impact, this one could be important in preventing future conceptual and methodological errors in government calculations.
Two specific errors in the government's calculation method are highlighted: summing GDP growth and labor's contribution to national income, and not including transport costs in the vital minimum wage calculation.

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