When a private research institute conducted a questionnaire survey of labor unions and companies regarding the outlook for the wage increase in this spring battle, it was found that the wage increase rate was forecast to be lower than 2% for the first time since 2013.
This survey was conducted by a private research institute, the Labor Administration Research Institute, targeting corporate labor managers, labor unions, and experts from December last year to last month, and received responses from 425 people.
According to this, when asked about the outlook for wage increases in this spring battle, the average was 5524 yen including regular salary increases, a decrease of 971 yen from last year's survey.
The wage increase rate is projected to be 1.73%, which is lower than 2% since 2013.
In addition, when we asked 105 people in charge of the company, they answered that 84.8% would implement regular salary increases.
On the other hand, regarding the wage increase equivalent to the “base increase” that raises the basic salary, “planned to be implemented” was 4.8%, “not planned to be implemented” was 61.9%, and “under consideration” was 27.6%.
In last year's survey, 16.9% of respondents said they plan to raise wages equivalent to a base increase, a significant decrease this time.
The Labor Administration Research Institute said, "There were many predictions that the wage increase rate would be low because many companies emphasized the maintenance of employment due to the deterioration of business performance due to the influence of the new coronavirus. I'm talking.