After two sessions, the National Payroll Council has not yet finalized the 2019 minimum wage increase.

 

The minimum wage increase in 2019 has not yet been negotiated.

The second meeting of the National Wage Council took place on the morning of July 26 under the chairmanship of Doan Mau Diep, chairman of the National Wage Council - Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

At this meeting, a representative of workers and a representative of employers has not yet negotiated the minimum wage increase in 2019.

Specifically, Mai Duc Chinh, vice president of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, said the CPI was below 4%. In addition, GDP growth of over 7%, labor productivity also increased. One can see the brightest economic situation ever. If we count these 3 indicators, the increase could be up to 9%. However, employees also want to share with the user so this unit only recommends an increase of 8%.

In addition, the Government has recently decided to increase the basic salary for non-business units and pensioners by nearly 7%, without any reason the wages of the workers are lower than those of the administrative units. .

"If the employers still maintain the view of not raising the minimum wage in the area, they do not know how to talk to workers." With the CPI increase today, if the salary increase of workers has been devalued, negative 4%, this is not suitable for the market economy, "Chinh said.

Meanwhile, Hoang Quang Phong, deputy chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) - representing the owners, said instead of proposing not to increase as the first session, The owner has proposed a 2 per cent increase over the minimum wage in 2018. The reason is that before that, the business had to pay for the minimum wage increase in 2018. The adjustment of the 2% proposal was partly due to the To balance between ensuring the competitiveness of enterprises and improving the quality of jobs and creating new sources of employment.

At the end of the meeting, Ms. Tong Thi Minh, Director General of the Labor Relations and Wage Department, Member of the National Council of Salary said that this meeting, although not to raise the minimum wage increase 2019 But the parties have been very open and have been "closer together".

The good news for employers is that VCCI has agreed to increase rather than increase the proposed one. The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor will continue to discuss the proposed increase.

Thus, after two sessions, the National Payroll Council has not yet been able to close the 2019 minimum wage increase. The results will continue to be awaited at the third meeting, scheduled to take place in August.

According to vinatex.com