The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's council continued to discuss the increase in the minimum wage, which has a national average of 902 yen, from the 13th, but the gap between labor and management's claims was not widespread.
The council will resume discussions at 10 am on the 14th.
The minimum wage is the minimum wage that a company must pay to workers, and the national average is currently 902 yen per hour.
A final discussion was held from the afternoon of the 13th at the council of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, in which representatives of labor and management participated, regarding the increase this year.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, there is a big gap between the labor union side, which demands a significant increase, and the company side, which demands that it be maintained at the current level. It was interrupted.
The council will resume discussions at 10 am on the 14th and aim to organize the discussion.
Regarding the minimum wage, the national average for the four years up to FY2019 was 25 to 27 yen, a significant increase of about 3% every year.
However, last year, the top priority was to protect employment due to the effects of the new coronavirus, and the council could not give a guideline, raising the national average by only 1 yen.
The government has set a goal of raising the national average to 1,000 yen per hour sooner, and the focus is on whether it will be a significant increase this year.