The government has adopted a draft amendment on the minimum wage in health care

The draft amendment to the act on the method of determining the lowest basic salary of some employees working in healthcare entities will now go to the Sejm and will probably be processed - and possibly also passed - at the next meeting, i.e. next week. However, its entry into force before July 1 is not a foregone conclusion, as it is highly probable that the Senate will want to amend the law. Many organizations associating medical workers point out that the amendment, by increasing salaries for lower-income groups, flattens the entire minimum wage grid - this argument was also raised by opposition MPs during the recent meeting of the Health Committee, devoted to wages in the health sector.

How are the minimum wages in individual groups to be shaped in accordance with the project?

Doctor, dentist with specialization - coefficient 1.45 (salary PLN 8,210.67 gross, the project removes the distinction between specialists with the second and the first degree of specialization);

Pharmacist, physiotherapist, laboratory diagnostician, clinical psychologist, other medical professional requiring a graduate degree and specialization, a nurse with a master's degree in nursing or a midwife with a master's degree in obstetrics with the required specialization in the field of nursing or in an applicable field in health care - the coefficient 1.29 (PLN 7 304.66 gross);

Doctor or dentist, without specialization - coefficient 1.19 (PLN 6 738.41 gross);

Pharmacist, physiotherapist, laboratory diagnostician, nurse, midwife, electroradiologist technician, psychologist, other medical worker requiring higher education at the master's level; nurse, midwife requiring higher education (1st degree studies) and specialization, or nurse, midwife with secondary education and specialization - coefficient 1.02 (PLN 5,775.78 gross);

Intern or trainee dentist - coefficient 0.95 (PLN 5 379.40 gross);

Physiotherapist, nurse, midwife, paramedic, electroradiology technician, other medical professional requiring higher education at the 1st degree studies; physiotherapist, paramedic, medical analyst technician requiring secondary education or a nurse or midwife requiring secondary education, who does not have the title of specialist in the field of nursing or a field applicable in health care - coefficient 0.94 (PLN 5 322.78 gross);

Electroradiologist technician or other employee performing a medical profession requiring secondary education and a medical tutor - coefficient 0.86 (PLN 4 869.78 gross).

Non-medical workers are to earn:

A basic employee, other than a medical worker with the required higher education - coefficient 1 (PLN 5,662.53 gross);

A basic employee, other than a medical worker with the required secondary education - coefficient 0.78 (PLN 4,416.77 gross);

A basic employee, other than a medical worker with the required education below secondary - 0.65 (PLN 3,680.64 gross).