A final discussion will be held on the 25th at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's council on raising the minimum wage this year.


As the impact of rising prices spreads, the focus is on whether the trend of significant increases in recent years will continue this time as well.

The minimum wage is the minimum wage that a company must pay to workers, and the national average is currently 930 yen per hour.



Discussions on this year's increase have been underway since last month at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's council, which is attended by representatives of labor and management, and from the afternoon of the 25th, a final discussion will be held to compile a guideline for the amount of increase.



So far, there is no big disagreement between labor and management about the need for a raise.



However, while workers insist on the level of increase in light of rising prices, companies are in a stance that the business situation is severe and it is difficult to raise significantly due to soaring raw material costs.



Regarding the minimum wage, the amount of increase last year reached a record high of 28 yen on a national average, and recently there have been many years of significant increases, and the government will reach an hourly wage of 1000 yen on an early stage. I have a goal.



It is expected that the debate will be finalized and the guideline for raising the price will be shown after the night of the 25th, and the focus will be on whether the flow of significant raising will continue this time as the impact of rising prices spreads.