Spring Fight "Base Up Study" Stays at Six Companies 100 Companies Questionnaire January 28 6:22

NHK conducted a questionnaire survey of 100 major companies before the spring fight, and as a result, six companies answered that they would consider "base-up" to raise the basic salary uniformly. With just half of last year's survey, labor negotiations over raising wages are likely to be tough.

NHK conducted a questionnaire survey on 100 major Japanese companies, including manufacturers and retailers, from September 9th to 23rd about spring fighting and received responses from all companies.

As a result, when asked in multiple answers about the way of thinking about wages in the spring fight,
ベ ア Six companies answered that they would raise the basic salary of employees uniformly,
ベ ア There are two companies that raise the basic salary only for specific layers such as the child-raising generation,
▽ One company raised bonuses and lump sums.

Both have decreased compared to last year's survey, and bears that raise the basic salary uniformly have remained only half of last year.

Behind the scene is uncertainty about the outlook for the economy.

When asked about the outlook for the domestic economy after the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics,
一方 While “expansion” and “gradual expansion” totaled 30 companies,
▽ “Same as” 43 companies,
18 There were 18 companies with “gradual deterioration”.

When we asked companies that responded that the economy was "flat" or "gradually worsening" in multiple answers,
"Slow growth in personal consumption" is the most common,
Concerns were also raised over concerns over the ending of the economic effects of the Olympics and the prolonged trade friction between the United States and China.

At the same time, there is growing concern that the spread of the new coronavirus will adversely affect the economy, suggesting that companies are becoming cautious about raising wages amid growing uncertainty over the outlook for the economy.

"Senior wage" needs to be revised. 45 companies responded.

In a questionnaire conducted by NHK to 100 major companies, we also heard about Japanese-style employment, such as collective recruitment of new graduates and seniority-based wages, which Keidanren reconsidered in the spring fight.

When asked about the "Japanese-style employment system", "Senior-age wages" in which wages increase according to age and length of service,
９ "9 need to be drastically reviewed"
36 There are 36 companies that need "partial review"
A total of 45 companies replied that they needed to be reviewed.
▽ "No need to review" was one company.

We asked companies that needed a review in multiple answers how to review them.
36 "Change to a wage system that reflects the role and work content" is the most common among 36 companies,
▽ Next, 11 companies were raising young age groups.

On the other hand, "lifetime employment," in which companies hire employees until retirement,
27 27 companies that should be reviewed
19 There were 19 companies that should be maintained.

In addition, regarding the “batch recruitment of new graduates,”
68 "Continue in the future" is the most 68 companies,
10 10 companies have already reviewed
９Nine companies are considering reviewing.

Compared to seniority-based wages, there is a tendency for companies to carefully review and reconsider life employment and new graduate recruitment.

Expert "Impression of wage increase is weakening"

Regarding the prospects for a wage increase in the spring fight, Kobayashi Yamada, a senior researcher at the Japan Research Institute, which is familiar with employment issues, said, With uncertainty about the outlook and the company's performance flattening out, companies are increasingly cautious about raising wages, and it seems that wage increases are weakening. "

Regarding Japanese-style employment, such as seniority hiring and collective recruitment of new graduates, "The employees of Japanese companies have been hiring for a long time to produce competitive, high-quality products. It is expected that the performance-based employment system will also increase while the good points of the project are evaluated again, and the two systems may coexist. "