The Sino-Singapore Jingwei client released on April 26 the website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on the 26th (as of March 31, 2020). The data shows that the minimum monthly wage in Shanghai is the highest at 2,480 yuan.
Data map. Photo by Xiong Siyi
Monthly minimum wage in 6 provinces exceeds 2,000 yuan
The data shows that as of March 31, 2020, the first monthly minimum wage in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangdong, Tianjin, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang provinces exceeded 2,000 yuan. Among them, the highest in Shanghai is 2480 yuan.
The hourly minimum wage standard data shows that the first grade standard of four provinces of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Guangdong exceeds 20 yuan. Among them, Beijing leads the country with a minimum hourly wage of 24 yuan. The minimum hourly wage in Hunan Province is 12.5 yuan, which is nearly double the gap between Beijing and the highest standard area.
The minimum wage standard refers to the minimum labor remuneration that an employer should pay according to law under the premise that the laborer provides normal labor within the legal working hours or within the working hours stipulated in the labor contract signed in accordance with the law. Different administrative regions within the scope of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities may have different minimum wage standards.
According to the "Minimum Wage Regulations", the minimum wage standards generally take the form of monthly minimum wage standards and hourly minimum wage standards. The monthly minimum wage standard applies to full-time employed laborers, and the hourly minimum wage standard applies to part-time employed laborers.
Dong Ke, a professor at the School of Public Administration of Renmin University of China, told the Sino-Singapore Jingwei client earlier that the minimum wage is calculated according to a strict set of formulas. If the standard is too low, the basic life of some low-income labor groups cannot be guaranteed; if the standard is too high, it will cause increased pressure on the labor cost of the enterprise. If the enterprise loses or even closes, it is the laborers who ultimately lose money, so only the local The situation is the key and it is sustainable.
It is worth mentioning that, with the increase of the minimum wage standard, the unemployment insurance premium standard, related employment subsidy standard, and work injury insurance related treatment standard will be adjusted accordingly.
At the beginning of the year, the new coronary pneumonia epidemic caused many enterprises to stop working and stop production. For the issue of salary payment during the epidemic, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued the "Notice on Properly Handling Labor Relations during the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia Epidemic Infected by New Coronavirus" on January 24th If an enterprise suspends production and suspends production within a salary payment cycle, the enterprise shall pay the employee's salary in accordance with the standards stipulated in the labor contract. If the employee provides normal labor for more than one wage payment period, the wage paid by the enterprise to the employee shall not be lower than the local minimum wage standard. If the employees do not provide normal labor, the enterprise shall pay living expenses, and the living expenses standards shall be implemented in accordance with the regulations stipulated by the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
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