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Author: Zheng Qiuling
2021-02-03 10:56
The last update date: 2021-02-03 10:56
The government announced that it would maintain a minimum wage of 37.5 yuan per hour, the first time in ten years.
Lin Zhensheng, chairman of the AFL, expressed disappointment on the TV program "Millenniums" on Radio Hong Kong this morning (3rd). The current cost of living is rising. For example, public housing also has rent increases and the minimum wage level is frozen. He is worried that the quality of life of the most basic workers will decline. , Believes that when the economy improves at the end of the year, the authorities should review it immediately.
Yan Ruixian, the convenor of the joint meeting of Hong Kong Chambers of Commerce, believes that the economy does not know when it will recover and freezing the minimum wage level is acceptable, otherwise the industry will pass on the cost to the public.
Lin Zhensheng said that the current cost of food, clothing, housing and transportation is rising, including rent increases in public housing, and the freezing of the minimum wage level, making it difficult for the grassroots to maintain the minimum purchasing power. About 20,000 workers receive the minimum wage and engage in outsourced non-skilled jobs, such as For work types such as security and cleaning, related industries are not affected much by the epidemic, and the employment situation is stable. Even if the minimum wage is raised, it will not affect most employers.
He pointed out that none of the three labor representatives on the Low Wage Committee agreed with the proposal, and that it cannot be described as having a "consensus."
He is concerned that since the minimum wage is reviewed every two years, this time there is no adjustment in disguise and will remain for four years. Even if the economy recovers later, it will be difficult for workers to adjust their wages. He hopes that when the economy improves by the end of the year, the authorities should review it immediately.
Yan Ruixian, one of the conveners of the joint meeting of Hong Kong Chambers of Commerce, said on the same program that if the minimum wage rises, the industry will also pass on the cost to the public, believing that the current economic environment is poor, and many people are now "stopping talking" and raising the minimum wage The level is unrealistic.
He himself runs the cleaning industry, and pointed out that the number of people earning the minimum wage in this industry is so small that the government outsources cleaning workers with an hourly salary of more than 50 yuan.
Some listeners said they were reprimanded by the government for not being able to fight the epidemic
A 70-year-old listener called the show and said that "it’s so hot." A family of three can only rely on a monthly income of 6,000 yuan and a CSSA of 1,400 yuan. Not raising the minimum wage is "begging for clothes and food". He said that he originally had part-time jobs. School workers, but there is no way to start work under the epidemic, and his son is also unemployed. Now he has to rely on his savings to live.
The audience, Ms. Zeng, reprimanded that the current distress is due to the government’s ineffective anti-epidemic and loopholes, saying that mainland officials must be held accountable for their poor anti-epidemic performance. However, Hong Kong government officials have repeatedly pushed the anti-epidemic problem on the public, "You did a mistake. As long as we did not do well, and there is no compensation, the district closed the district to scare the relatives, and we paid tight food.
The audience, Ms. Liu, expressed that she has always opposed the setting of a minimum wage, believing that the minimum wage has become the income level of grassroots workers in disguise, and it will cause employers to pass on the cost to the public, creating inflation.
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