The shopkeepers at cien huerling are looking for a change. Xinhua news agency reporter liu xinhua
Two cleaners work in public-interest positions at the municipal people's hospital, developed by the copper hills human resources and social security bureau of anhui province. Sing ning
Towards the end of the year, a number of provinces continued to raise the minimum wage to a wide range of concerns. In november, the new minimum wage was introduced in hebei and liaoning. Recently, the fujian province social welfare department also issued a circular to adjust the minimum wage rates for all parts of the province as of 1 january 2020. As of november 2019, the monthly minimum wage in shanghai, beijing, guangdong, tianjin, jiangsu and zhejiang provinces exceeded 2000 yuan. Experts noted that the “stable rise” in the minimum wage would effectively raise the real incomes of low- and middle-income people and contribute to the overall employment market, thus stifling the bottom line。
It's been going up steadily for years
The minimum wage is considered to be a “backward” indicator. According to the relevant chinese law, the minimum wage is the minimum wage payable by the employer in accordance with the law, provided that the worker provides regular work during the legal working hours or the working hours stipulated in the labour contract concluded in accordance with the law. In practice, the minimum wage does not include overtime payments, allowances for special working conditions such as middle-school, night work, high temperature and low temperature, insurance, welfare benefits and non-monetary income paid to workers by enterprises through supplementary food, housing, etc。
It was explained that, according to the minimum wage regulations, which had been in force since 1 march 2004 by the former ministry of labour and social security, the minimum wage rates for all parts of the country were arrived at on the basis of a combination of the annual cost of living, the average wage of employees, the level of economic development, the level of workers ' contributions to social security and housing pension, and unemployment rates. In practice, the minimum wage has risen steadily throughout the country for many years. In beijing, for example, the minimum wage was 210 yuan/month in 1995 and had risen to 580 yuan/month by the end of 2005 and to 1,720 yuan/month by mid-2015, and is now 2020 yuan/month。
On a horizontal basis, the minimum monthly wage in shanghai is currently the highest in the country at 2480 yuan/month, and in beijing at 24 yuan/hour. In provinces with large internal development gaps, such as hebei, shandong, fujian, jilin and shaanxi, the minimum wage is usually divided into three to four stages. Suhainan, a member of the chinese labour society, pointed out that there are significant differences in the level of economic development, price levels and income levels across china, so that there will naturally be differences in the minimum wage。
The old chen, who lives in the town of tienjin, is due to retire for another year. Since 7 years ago, he has been providing public service jobs in a local state enterprise, and the minimum wage is an important reference for his wage earnings. “as in our group of laid-off workers, years before retirement have been difficult. It is difficult to perform intensive work and requires annual pension insurance. It is a good policy for the minimum wage to be higher, to increase our income directly, and to facilitate the smooth payment of urban workers' pensions.”
It's an important reference
Wang mingya, who worked in beijing on design work, earned more than $10,000 a month, and his real income was not affected by the high minimum wage. However, the basic wage component of its real income is 2,200 yuan, using the beijing municipal minimum wage. “my side is essentially about pay. Even if the minimum wage is not high, a satisfactory income can be obtained if performance is substantial.” despite this, wang mingya has supported the state's efforts to raise the minimum wage from year to year, which, after all, has important reference and symbolic significance and represents a basic guarantee for workers。
Wu rain has been working on human resources in a large internet enterprise for many years and is familiar with payroll operations. According to her, internet enterprise employees were mainly recruited from campuses, whose pay levels were mainly based on the average wage rates of the students who had been born in the industry, and from social recruitment, which was mainly based on the salary levels given by the applicant at the previous establishment or by other internet competitors, which did not normally refer directly to the minimum wage rates. However, the determination of the national minimum wage and the establishment of the enterprise's remuneration are consistent。
“in the social context, the state adjusts the minimum wage with the aim of increasing the level of pay benefits for low-income workers and guaranteeing and improving the livelihood of the population; for enterprises, the key to adjusting the level of remuneration is to recruit and retain talent. In practice, business departments will present their needs for talent based on their own business development needs, which will be followed by in-depth research conducted by our human resources department, taking into account the overall level of pay in society, the level of remuneration of particular categories of personnel at a given time, and the ability of enterprises to pay, among others, which will eventually lead to an overall programme.” wu said to the press。
Li ling, a researcher in the centre for the study of think tanks of the shanghai academy of social sciences, stated that although some young people in the workplace received wages well above the minimum wage, changes in the minimum wage did not seem to be relevant to them, it could not be considered irrelevant. “on the one hand, the legal force of the minimum wage increases the minimum wage to better guarantee the basic livelihood of low-income workers and members of their families, to the benefit of the motivation and creativity of workers, and to be an important expression of the fair and equitable distribution of society; on the other hand, the adjustment of the minimum wage would have a direct impact on the cost of the enterprise and thus on the structure of the employees.” li ling said。
Caring for people's lives with enterprise development
The minimum wage is directly related to the livelihood of the population, particularly low-income groups. Liu xian is a nurse at a hospital in the city of ping, jilin province, whose income depends largely on the local minimum wage. Liu told reporters that, as an only child, he is in a state of “old age and smallness” and living under stress, so that raising the minimum wage is directly related to his quality of life. “my basic wage is more than 1,500 monthly, the local minimum wage line. This standard rises, and our basic wages rise. So i am usually very concerned about the changes in the minimum wage.” liu xian said。
So is the minimum wage the “higher the better”
According to the expert, the minimum wage is a social policy of a “backside” nature and an important expression of the rights and interests of workers. “according to our previous studies, an increase in the minimum wage has a positive effect on the wage levels of low-income groups. At the same time, however, we should also note that excessive increases in the minimum wage may have a crowding-out effect on the employment of low-income groups, particularly the young low-income labour force, thereby reducing the employment rate of low-income groups. In terms of development experience, the minimum wage is appropriate about 40 per cent of the average wage in the region's society, and should be adjusted at regular intervals in the light of changes in indicators such as the level of local economic development, price levels, unemployment rates, etc.” li ling said in an interview with the newspaper。
Li ling further stated that, in the case of wage growth in enterprises, the overall principle is that wage growth presupposes simultaneous increases in labour productivity. Only then will wage growth not become a burden for enterprises. In practice, local governments issue corporate wage growth guidelines, including on-line, off-line and average guidance on wage growth, in the context of changes in demand and supply on the local labour market, and minimum wage adjustments are an important basis for the establishment of corporate wage growth guidelines. Thus, minimum wages need to be set with the broad consultation of employers and employees in sectors such as catering, logistics, wholesale, etc., and should be linked to the regional level of economic development, price levels, social security wage, minimum subsistence allowance, unemployment insurance, etc., so that the minimum wage is scientifically and rationally set and the relationship between the promotion of enterprise development and the guarantee of workers ' right to remuneration is properly addressed。
