Thank you for the questions Honourable Denner.
1. Indeed research has been conducted annualy for the past three years, assessing the impact of the national minimum wage on employment, hours of work and wages;
a) The following sectors were studied: Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing, Construction, Trade, Transport, Finance, Community and Social Services and private households (for example domestic workers and gardeners).
b) The recent research focused on the wage adjustments that took place in 2021 and 2022:
2. With regards to the question on whether research has been done specifically with regard to the impact of the NMW on employment of domestic workers:
a) The study singled out the following sectors: Agriculture and Domestic Work, where national minimum wage increases have been unusually large due to equalization of these sectors to the national minimum wage
b) The study did not observe significant changes in employment during the periods driven by the increases in the national minimum wage.
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