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Last updated on 9/25/2024

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Info Salary

Minimum gross wage

29,740 MKD monthly

Salary per category

Average salary (indication)

51,390 MKD per month

Info Working time

Daily

8 hours

Weekly

40 hours

Overtime

8 hours per week

190 hours per year

Info

If applicable, at 190 hours per year the worker receives an additional salary corresponding to 1 month average national salary

Breaks

Rest

12 hours between shifts

Lunch

30 minutes after 4 hours of work

Part of standard working time

Paid

Special conditions

Max 3 months per year

Info

Applicable to high risk jobs according to special rules

Info Travel abroad and lodging

Within North Macedonia

Travel allowance

8 % of average national net monthly salary

Meal allowance

Depending on the contract

Accommodation allowance

With employers contract

Info Premiums

Overtime

35 % of salary per hour

50 % of salary per hour working on sundays

Evening work

Not allowed

Night work

Allowed

From 10:00 pm to 6:00 am

35 % of salary per hour

Working on Saturdays

Allowed

35 % of salary per hour

Working on Sundays

Allowed

35 % of salary per hour

Working on public holidays

Not mandatory

Allowed

50 % of salary per hour

Shift work

Allowed

0.5 % of salary per hour

Standby pay

Applicable

70 % of salary

Annual holidays allowance

Applicable

Min 40 % max 100 % of the average national net monthly salary

Paid after the 6th month of work of the year

Seniority

After 57 years for women

After 59 years for men

Supplementary occupational retirement pension schemes

Not applicable to posted workers

Other

70 % of salary per hour

Info Holidays

Number of holidays

20 to 26 days

Info

General collective agreement for private sector and General collective agreement for public sector

Public holidays

12 days

New Year's Day

7 january orthodox christmas day

8 january

Easter Monday

Labour Day

24 may st. cyril and methodius

2 august day of the republic

8 september independence day

11 october day of the national uprising

23 october day of the macedonian revolutionary struggle

8 december st. clement of ohrid

First day of Ramadam (Bairam)

Info Wage deductions

Social security contributions

18.8 % pension service

7.5 % health insurance

1.2 % employment fee

0.5 % occupational disease

Additional social security insurance

10 % of net salary

Info

Not obligatory

Income tax

10 % of gross salary

Info Sickness and injuries

Sickness/illness

Up to 15 days : 70 % of gross salary

15 to 30 days : 90 % of gross salary

After 30 days : covered by the insurance fund

Work injuries/accidents

100 %

Info Contacts

Trade Union of Civil Engineering, Industry and Planning of Republic of Macedonia

Mirche Acev No.6
1000 Skopje
Republic of Macedonia

Tel. +389 2 3217 521

W. http://ssm.org.mk/en/sindikat-za-gradezhnishtvo-industrija-i-proektiranje-na-repubilika-makedonija

E. sindikatsgip@gmail.com

You can contact us in the following languages

Bulgarian, Croatian, English, Macedonian, Serbian

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