Nach der Aufhebung des ursprünglichen Dekrets durch den Staatsrat erließ die kolumbianische Regierung Dekret 0159 am 19. Februar 2026, das den Mindestlohn für 2026 vorläufig auf $1.750.905 festlegt —23 % höher als 2025— zuzüglich einer Transportsubvention von $249.095, insgesamt fast 2 Millionen $. Die Maßnahme betrifft 2,4 Millionen Arbeiter (beeinflusst ~10 Millionen Menschen) und wartet auf endgültiges Urteil des Rates.
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Colombia's February unemployment rate drops to 9.2%
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Dane reported Colombia's February 2026 unemployment rate at 9.2%, the lowest for any February since 2001, with 2.45 million unemployed people. Occupied population rose to 24.09 million, up 624,000 from February 2025. President Gustavo Petro and Labor Minister Antonio Sanguino hailed the figures and defended the minimum wage increase.
In an update to its February provisional suspension of Colombia's 23.7% minimum wage increase for 2026, the Council of State dismissed government appeals, keeping the original decree suspended but maintaining the transitory increase via Decree 159 of 2026. Labor Minister Antonio Sanguino affirmed the measure's continuity pending a final merits ruling.
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Colombia's national government issued Decree 0303 of 2026, setting a 7% salary increase for Senate and House of Representatives employees, retroactive to January 1. Monthly basic salaries range from $4,781,327 to $18,601,803 by grade. This is part of 23 decrees benefiting various public servants.