Resuming discussions on raising minimum wages Still separated from labor and management 18:30 on July 21
2 The MHLW's council, which discusses raising the minimum wage this year, resumed discussions suspended at midnight on the 20th at 6 pm. This time, there is a wide range of disputes between labor and management regarding how to evaluate the impact of the new coronavirus, and the focus is on continuing wage increases.
The minimum wage is the minimum wage that a company must pay to its employees. Every year, the council of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, in which labor and management participate, provides a guideline for the amount to be raised, and based on that, it is decided for each prefecture.
On the 20th, the 4th council was held and a debate was held aiming at gathering it, but with the labor union side who demands continued wage increase in order to reward workers who are worried about infection. , There was a large gap between the management and the management who called for the freeze as it said that the hike would drive SMEs, and the discussion was interrupted at about midnight seven and a half hours after the start.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, it was the first time in six years since 2014 that we could not put together in four times.
The council resumes discussions at 6 pm and aims to put together.
Regarding the minimum wage, the government has set a goal of achieving a national average of 1,000 yen per hour as early as possible, and until the previous year there was a significant increase of about 3% for the fourth consecutive year, but this is the new coronavirus. As the impact spreads across a wide range of industries, the focus is on continuing wage increases.
Labor union side prefectures with hourly wages of 800 yen or less
Labor and management's arguments about raising the minimum wage have a big gap in how to evaluate and reflect the impact of the new coronavirus.
Trade unions have complained that they need to continue raising wages to reward workers who are worried about infection. Specifically, we are seeking to eliminate prefectures with a minimum wage of 800 yen or less per hour and 1000 yen or more for prefectures with high standards.
There are 17 prefectures with a minimum wage of 800 yen or less per hour in total, and the lowest is Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Yamagata Tottori, Shimane, Ehime, Kochi Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa at 790 yen, The price is 793 yen for Tokushima and 798 yen for Fukushima.
In urban areas with high standards, Tokyo and Kanagawa exceeded 1,000 yen last year, but 926 yen in Saitama, 923 yen in Chiba, 926 yen in Aichi, and 964 yen in Osaka, which is less than 1000 yen. ..
On the other hand, the management said that this was an emergency situation in which it was uncertain when the second and third waves of the new coronavirus would come, and what kind of impact they would have, and the minimum wage He said it would push SMEs down, so he is urging that it should be frozen to maintain employment.