Wage increase for small and medium-sized enterprises The lowest level in the last five years The impact of the spread of infection was 4:05 on April 21.
Only 70% of small and medium-sized enterprises planned or decided to raise wages such as regular raises and base increases during this spring's spring fighting, which was the lowest level in five years, according to a private survey. It is pointed out that the spread of new coronavirus infection is affecting.
Tokyo Shoko Research, a private credit research company, surveyed about 13,000 SMEs nationwide about the spring battle for this year.
According to this, 70.1% answered that they decided or plan to implement some kind of wage increase such as base increase and bonus increase including regular raise.
This year, the survey period is earlier than usual to reduce the impact of the spread of the new coronavirus, but compared to last year's results, this year is about 10 points lower, which is the lowest level in five years.
In particular, only 30% of the companies said they would implement a base increase to raise the basic salary, well below 42% last year.
The companies surveyed pointed out that the decline in consumption due to the spread of infections and the suspension of factories are likely to have a major impact on the management of small and medium-sized enterprises, and that they are cautious about raising wages.
Although wage increases for small and medium-sized enterprises, which account for about 70% of domestic employment, have spread since 2014 in the form of following large enterprises, the spread of infection is likely to affect the wages and employment that have supported the economy.