On December 1, the minimum wage negotiation table will be officially installed.
He Minister of Labor Antonio Sanguino officially presented the calendar which will be launched, within the framework of the minimum wage negotiation process for 2026.
In this bid they will meet representatives of the National Government, business unions and workers’ centersin the Permanent Commission for Coordination of Salary and Labor Policies (CPCPSL).
He official calendarreleased this week, establishes the key dates to discuss incrementsanalyze economic indicators and look for a agreement before December 31because otherwise the minimum wage will be defined by decree.
“We will have the vital and mobile minimum wage report of the International Labor Organization for Colombia that has just been presented and has to do with a constitutional mandate that is the salary that a worker and his family must earn to attend to their minimum vital needs in a condition of dignity,” he said.
The agenda, which will extend throughout the month of Decemberincludes technical presentations of the DANEhe Treasury and the Bank of the Republicfollowed by days of concertation between the parties.
The process will be developed under the deadlines established in the Law 278 of 1996which regulates the salary agreement in the country.
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Key dates
The calendar began with the session of the Productivity Subcommitteein which the DANE presented the total factor productivitya fundamental input to determine the adjustment of the minimum wage.
He December 1 will be officially installed minimum wage negotiation table. In this initial session, the DANE will present the GDP behavior until the third quarter of 2025, labor market figures and national transfer accounts. That same day, at 6:00 p.m.the entity will publish the inflation data (CPI)another of the determining indicators for the salary discussion.
Presentation of offers and economic analysis
The most technical and decisive phase will begin on December 10. He DANE will expose the CPI and the new official figures, the Treasury will present the macroeconomic situationand the Bank of the Republic will deliver your inflation projection for 2026.
That same day, the members of the commission will present their initial offers to increase the minimum wage for next year, formalizing the start of the bidding between workers’ centers and business unions.
The consultation sessions will continue on December 11 and 12between the 8:00 am and 11:00 amin sessions dedicated exclusively to dialogue between the parties to bring positions closer together.
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Legal expirations and analysis of caveats
The agenda of December 15 to 19 It will be crucial. He December 16 expires first legal term to reach an agreement, according to article 8 of the Law 278.
If there is no consensus, each party must present its written notices between the December 17 and 18which will be studied in a formal session on December 19.
Extraordinary sessions and deadline
From the December 22 to 30the CPCPSL will meet in extraordinary days —from 8:00 am to 11:00 am— to try to achieve the final agreement on the 2026 minimum wage increase.
If a consensus before the end of the year, the National Government must be issued by decree he salary adjustment no later than December 31as mandated by law.
He minimum wage of 2026 will directly impact more than 2.5 million workers that earn the legal minimumas well as those who receive income linked to it (transportation assistance, fines, contributions and social benefits).
The process of concertation this year is carried out in an economic context marked by the inflationary expectations next year, the deceleration in some productive sectors and the debates on the household purchasing power.
Source: Integrated Information System
