The minimum wage standards in various regions of the country are released, and the wage rights and interests of workers continue to improve——
Steady increase in the minimum wage
Entering the New Year, some areas have ushered in an increase in the minimum wage.
Hebei raised the monthly minimum wage to three levels of 2,200 yuan, 2,000 yuan, and 1,800 yuan, which will be implemented from January 1 this year; Guizhou raised the monthly minimum wage to 1,890 yuan, 1,760 yuan, and 1,660 yuan. Implemented from 1st.
Compared with the previously implemented standards, the various standards in the two places have been raised by 90-300 yuan, which means that the wage rights and interests of some workers will also increase accordingly.
What is the current minimum wage standard?
How to adjust?
How will it affect businesses and workers?
Combining the minimum wage standards in various regions of the country as of January 1 this year recently released by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, our reporter sorted out and interviewed.
What are the levels across the country?
——The first-tier monthly minimum wage standard in 13 provinces is more than 2,000 yuan, and the first-tier hourly minimum wage standard in nearly half of the provinces is 20 yuan or more
With the adjustment of minimum wage standards in various places, some low-income workers will usher in salary adjustments.
According to the "Minimum Wage Regulations", the minimum wage standard refers to the minimum labor remuneration that the employer should pay according to law under the premise that the laborer provides normal labor within the legal working hours or the working hours stipulated in the labor contract signed by law.
What is the minimum wage standard in various places?
According to data from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the monthly minimum wage in Shanghai is the highest, reaching 2,590 yuan; Shenzhen and Beijing are also above 2,300 yuan, 2,360 yuan and 2,320 yuan respectively.
In addition, in 11 provinces including Tianjin, Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Guangdong, Chongqing and Sichuan, the first-tier monthly minimum wage standard has reached or exceeded 2,000 yuan.
These provinces include four municipalities directly under the Central Government, most eastern provinces and a few central and western provinces.
Looking at the third or fourth monthly minimum wage standard, most of the wages across the country are above 1,500 yuan.
It is worth noting that the minimum wage standards include both monthly minimum wage standards and hourly minimum wage standards. The former applies to full-time employed workers, while the latter applies to part-time employed workers.
Guangdong Province previously stated in the relevant interpretations of the adjustment of the minimum wage standard that the determination and adjustment of the hourly minimum wage standard mainly considers that on the basis of the monthly minimum wage standard, individuals need to bear the basic pension insurance premiums and basic medical insurance premiums paid by the unit. At the same time, due consideration should be given to the differences between part-time workers and full-time workers in terms of job stability, working conditions, labor intensity, benefits, etc.
From the perspective of the hourly minimum wage standard, the hourly minimum wage standard in Beijing is 25.3 yuan, the highest in the country, followed by Shanghai at 23 yuan.
Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, Chongqing, Sichuan and other places also reached or exceeded 20 yuan per hour.
"Wages are the main source of livelihood for most workers. The establishment and adjustment of minimum wage standards are mainly used to ensure that the minimum labor remuneration that employers should pay workers can meet the basic needs of workers and their families." China Labor and Social Security Science Researcher Zhang Libin said.
How are the standards adjusted?
——From 2021 to the present, most provinces have completed a round of adjustments; in principle, adjustments are made every 2-3 years, taking into account factors such as economic development level and employment status
"The minimum wage standard adjusted this time will be implemented on January 1, 2023. The three levels of the monthly minimum wage standard are 2,200 yuan, 2,000 yuan, and 1,800 yuan, and the three hourly minimum wage standards are 22 yuan, 20 yuan, and 18 yuan. At the end of November last year, Hebei Province issued a notice to adjust the minimum wage standard.
The reporter learned that the last time Hebei adjusted the minimum wage standard was in 2019. The four minimum wage standards established at that time were 1900 yuan, 1790 yuan, 1680 yuan, and 1580 yuan, and the corresponding hourly minimum wage standards were 19 yuan and 18 yuan respectively. Yuan, 17 Yuan, 16 Yuan.
It can be found that the minimum wage adjustment this time not only has a maximum increase of 300 yuan, but also changes from the fourth gear to the third gear.
How is the minimum wage adjusted? What is the basis?
According to the "Minimum Wage Regulations", to determine and adjust the monthly minimum wage standard, reference should be made to the minimum living expenses of local employees and their dependents, the consumer price index of urban residents, social insurance premiums and housing provident funds paid by employees, average wages of employees, Economic development level, employment status and other factors.
In 2015, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued a notice requiring that the minimum wage standard be adjusted at least once every two to three years in the future.
Public information from various places shows that since 2021, most provinces have completed a round of minimum wage adjustments.
In 2021, more than two-thirds of provinces such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Hubei, Ningxia, Gansu, Shanxi, and Liaoning will be adjusted; last year, Fujian, Henan, Hunan, Chongqing, Sichuan, and Yunnan and other provinces to make adjustments; so far this year, Hebei, Guizhou and other places have made clear adjustment plans.
In specific operations, localities adjust minimum wages according to the actual situation of economic and social development.
For example, on April 1 last year, Sichuan Province implemented a new minimum wage standard, and the first monthly minimum wage exceeded 2,000 yuan for the first time.
This is the 17th time that Sichuan has adjusted the minimum wage since the establishment of the minimum wage system in 1995.
Since the establishment and implementation of the minimum wage system in Anhui Province, the minimum wage standard has been released and adjusted 14 times.
Due to differences in the level of economic and social development, the adjustment pace and absolute level of minimum wage standards vary from place to place, but steady increases are still a trend.
Many experts said that adjusting the minimum wage is a practical need to increase the wages of low-income workers, and is of great significance to alleviating the income gap and promoting fair distribution.
What impact?
——It will play a direct role in stimulating the wage level of low-income groups; it will benefit workers generally
Who does the minimum wage apply to?
According to public information, a province’s minimum wage standard is generally applicable to various types of enterprises, individual economic organizations, private non-enterprise units, state agencies, public institutions, social organizations and laborers who have established labor relations with them within the administrative region.
This means that the adjustment of the minimum wage standard will have a direct impact on employers and some workers.
Looking at the employer, it is a rigid requirement that the remuneration paid to workers should not be lower than the local minimum wage standard.
Moreover, the minimum wage standard does not include wages for extended working hours, allowances for special working environments and conditions, and labor welfare treatments stipulated by laws, regulations and the state.
Looking at the workers, raising the minimum wage will directly boost the wages of low-income groups.
It is understood that after excluding factors such as overtime wages and allowances under special working environment conditions, the wages received by some workers are the basic wages, and the actual implementation is the minimum wage standard.
But how to find a balance between the labor cost of enterprises and the income of laborers?
How does the minimum wage affect the job market?
Many provinces will carry out minimum wage assessment work.
From June to July last year, Liaoning Province carried out this evaluation work through sampling survey and statistical analysis.
The impact of the minimum wage standard on the labor cost of enterprises, the labor market, industrial transfer and industrial transformation and upgrading, the effect on the living security of workers, the impact on the wage income of front-line workers, and the relationship with local economic development and prices are all under evaluation. scope.
"Combining economic and social development and labor employment situation", "stable and moderate" and "dynamic improvement" are the key terms of minimum wage adjustment mentioned by many localities and relevant experts.
In addition, after the minimum wage is adjusted, some treatment levels linked to it will also change accordingly.
For example, many regions stipulate that the standard of unemployment insurance benefits shall be 90% of the minimum wage standard, and the sick leave wages paid by employers shall not be lower than 80% of the minimum wage standard.
The wages of workers during the probationary period shall not be lower than the minimum wage standard in the place where the employer is located, and the social security payment base will also change accordingly with the adjustment of the minimum wage standard.
"Some social security benefits and rights are based on the minimum wage standard. When the minimum wage standard goes up, the social security level will also increase accordingly, which will benefit workers generally." Zhang Libin said.
(People's Daily Overseas Edition reporter Li Jie)