The Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) will convene a meeting on minimum wage adjustment on Tuesday to allow representatives of both employers and employees to exchange views on the possibility of a wage hike, a council official said yesterday.
CLA Deputy Minister Pan Shih-wei (潘世偉) said the meeting would fulfill a pledge made last year to review the minimum wage again.
The meeting will be attended by 22 committee members, including four representatives for employers, four for employees and 14 government officials, including CLA Minister Wang Ju-hsuan (王如玄), Pan said.
The minimum wage was increased last July by 9.09 percent to NT$17,280 (US$551) per month or NT$95 per hour.
At a meeting yesterday in preparation for the formal meeting next week, representatives of both the employers and employees disagreed on the issue.
Jen Mu-shan (任睦杉), president of the National Trade Union Confederation and a representative of the employees, said last year’s increase was not enough.
Huang Cheng-yu (黃呈玉), a member of the Manufacturers’ United General Association of Industrial Parks and a representative of the employers, said another wage hike would create a heavier burden for employers, especially when the country’s economy is not performing well.
Because of the opposing viewpoints, the meeting between the two sides failed to reach a consensus and the discussion will continue next week.
Pan said the CLA would respect any conclusions made by the committee.
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