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Гусева, Т. С. Минимальный размер оплаты труда: законодательство, судебная практика, перспективы совершенствования / Т. С. Гусева // Российское правосудие. – 2026. – № 8. – С. 57-65. – DOI 10.37399/issn2072-909X.2026.8.57-65. – EDN LPAILI.
The minimum wage is an important social standard. designed to protect workers from poverty. In recent years, the minimum wage legislation has undergone major transformations: in 2017, the concept of “minimum wage” was excluded from the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, in 2020, new rules for calculating the minimum wage based on median wages were introduced, the frequency of minimum wage revision changed, etc., and a new legal implementation practice developed. The purpose of the study is to study the legislative regulation of the minimum wage and judicial practice with the intention to identify gaps and shortcomings of legal regulation and propose ways to eliminate them. Research methods: general scientific (dialectical, logical, systematic, analysis, synthesis) and special (comparative legal and formal legal). The current legislation and judicial practice are investigated. Proposals have been developed to improve the legal regulation of the minimum wage: in the methodology for calculating the minimum wage, taking into account the median wage, it is proposed to take into account informal and hidden employment and the rate of inflation; it is justified to introduce a provision in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation that the minimum wage does not include compensatory, incentive and social payments; the minimum wage should be differentiated taking into account it applies to skilled or unskilled labor, and also, the dependent burden of the employee and focus not only on the living wage of the employee.