ON DIFFERENTIATION OF THE MINIMUM WAGE

The article considers certain aspects of the constitutional and legal nature of the minimum wage. The author focuses on the existing constitutional and legal prerequisites and criteria for determining the minimum wage. During the analysis of the current state of legislation, as well as the main trends in the development of social-economic and labour relations, which are due to the current approach of the legislator to the establishment of the minimum wage, the author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to differentiate the minimum wage. It is noted that such differentiation should depend on the factors that, in accordance with labour legislation, determine the amount of remuneration: the level of qualification of the employee, the complexity of the work, the quantity and quality of the labour spent. The author believes that there are necessary constitutional and legal prerequisites for such differentiation of the minimum wage, including the constitutional prohibition of discrimination in remuneration.