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Check Your Salary: €14.71/hour is the Minimum

Earning less than €14.71 per hour? Your employer is paying you ILLEGALLY low. You have the right to all the money you are missing.

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What you need to know:

  • ✅ Minimum wage 2026: €14.71/hour (21+ years)
  • ✅ You have the right to ALL the money you are missing
  • ✅ This can be thousands of euros
  • ✅ A lawyer can recover this for FREE
  • ✅ Your employer CANNOT fire you for this

When are you entitled to more pay?

  • You earn less than €14.71/hour (and are 21+ years old)
  • Overtime is not paid out (must be 1.5× rate)
  • Your salary is paid late
  • Things are deducted from your salary without your permission
  • You do not receive a payslip or unclear calculation

What can a lawyer do for you?

  • Recover all back pay from your employer
  • Contact your employer or temp agency
  • Take legal action if your employer refuses to pay
  • Protect you against dismissal or other retaliation
  • Go to court if necessary

How does it work?

  • Step 1: Chat with us - tell us about your situation
  • Step 2: We calculate how much you are missing
  • Step 3: A lawyer contacts you
  • Step 4: The lawyer handles it with your employer
  • Step 5: You get the money you are entitled to

Common situations

  • Temp agency pays €11-12/hour → You are missing €2-3/hour
  • You work 40 hours/week for €12/hour → You are missing €108/week = €5,616/year
  • Employer promises "more later" but pays too little now → Illegal
  • You get cash without payslip → Often too little + illegal
  • Employer says "this is normal for foreigners" → Discrimination + illegal

I was earning €11.50 per hour at a temp agency for construction work. I thought this was normal. With help from a lawyer, I recovered €4,200 for 1 year of work. It cost me nothing.

— Piotr, Polish construction worker
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