22 regions raised the minimum wage standard, and these five places were ≥ 2,000 yuan (table)
BEIJING, Beijing, December 6 (Reporter Li Jinlei) With the recent announcement of raising the minimum wage in Liaoning Province, at least 22 regions have announced raising the minimum wage since the beginning of this year, according to the incomplete statistics of the reporters of Zhongxin. com. Among them, the monthly minimum wage in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Zhejiang, Tianjin and Beijing ≥ 2000 yuan
22 regions raise the minimum wage.
In December, the minimum monthly wage in Zhejiang Province has been adjusted to 2010 yuan, 1800 yuan, 1660 yuan and 1500 yuan since December 1. Liaoning Province recently announced that it will raise the minimum wage from January 1, 2018.
So far, according to incomplete statistics, at least 22 regions such as Shanghai, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Beijing, Jiangsu, Shandong, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Hubei, Henan, Fujian, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Jiangxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Liaoning, Hunan, Qinghai and Shenzhen have announced an increase in the minimum wage this year.
The reporter from Zhongxin.com found that the number of regions that raised the minimum wage in 2017 increased significantly compared with 2016. The data shows that only nine regions raised the minimum wage in 2016.
Why will the number of areas that raise the minimum wage this year increase significantly? Su Hainan, vice president of china association for labour studies, told Zhongxin.com that according to the Minimum Wage Regulations, the minimum wage can be adjusted every two years. Last year, the downward pressure on China’s economy was great, but this year, China’s economy remained stable and the business conditions improved. In addition, most areas did not adjust last year, so the number of areas that raised the minimum wage increased this year.
The monthly minimum wage standard in five places ≥ 2000 yuan
According to the Minimum Wage Regulations, the minimum wage generally takes the form of monthly minimum wage and hourly minimum wage. The monthly minimum wage is applicable to full-time employees, and the hourly minimum wage is applicable to part-time employees.
After the minimum wage has been raised, the monthly minimum wage in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Zhejiang, Tianjin and Beijing has reached 2000 yuan.
Among them, the monthly minimum wage in Shanghai is 2300 yuan, the highest in the country; Shenzhen is second, with 2130 yuan; The third and first monthly minimum wage in Zhejiang is 2010 yuan; Tianjin’s monthly minimum wage exceeded the 2000 mark for the first time this year, reaching 2050 yuan; The monthly minimum wage in Beijing is just 2000 yuan.
Why are there different grades of minimum wages?
Careful people can find that there are different levels of minimum wages in the same province, autonomous region and municipality. Why?
Originally, according to the Minimum Wage Regulations, different administrative regions within provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government can have different minimum wage standards.
However, the reporter noted that some provinces began to merge several grade standards into one standard. For example, the monthly minimum wage in Qinghai Province has been adjusted from 1250 yuan in Xining City and Haidong City, 1260 yuan in Haibei Prefecture, Hainan Prefecture and Huangnan Prefecture, and 1270 yuan in Haixi Prefecture, Guoluo Prefecture and Yushu Prefecture, and the whole province has been uniformly adjusted to 1500 yuan.
Does the minimum wage include "five insurances and one gold"?
The reporter found that every time the minimum wage standard is raised, many netizens will ask: Does the minimum wage include "five insurances and one gold"?
In this regard, local regulations are not consistent, some places explicitly do not include, while others are included. For example, in Beijing and Shanghai, it is clear that the social insurance premiums and housing accumulation funds that individual workers should pay are not part of the minimum wage standard, and employers should pay them separately according to regulations.
In Guizhou and other places, it is clear that the monthly minimum wage standard includes the basic old-age insurance premium, medical insurance premium, unemployment insurance premium and housing provident fund that individual workers should pay.
Su Hainan believes that the minimum wage does not include "five insurances and one gold", and its "gold content" is higher. Because the employer needs to pay separately, for the workers, the wages they get will be more.
What is the impact of raising the minimum wage?
What impact will it have if the minimum wage standard is gradually raised? In Su Hainan’s view, raising the minimum wage is very important to protect and improve the basic livelihood of low-income wage earners and their dependents, and it will also drive the wage level of other posts and the calculation base of overtime pay to increase.
At the same time, some treatment standards linked to the minimum wage will also rise accordingly. According to the Guiding Opinions on Adjusting the Unemployment Insurance Standard issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Finance this year, the unemployment insurance standard will be gradually raised to 90% of the minimum wage standard. According to the standard of 90%, with the increase of the minimum wage, the local unemployment benefit standard will also rise.
Su Hainan said that on the whole, the adjustment of the minimum wage standard should follow the principle of moderation and appropriateness. On the one hand, it is necessary to ensure that the living standards of low-income wage earners and their dependents will not decline due to factors such as rising prices, and strive to make it and the average social wage. Form an appropriate proportional relationship; On the other hand, we must also consider the affordability of enterprises, ensure that the increase in the minimum wage standard will not affect the normal operation of enterprises, and coordinate and balance the interests of both employers and employees. (End)