Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/07/01
By: Pan Chi-i and Frances Huang
Taipei, July 1 (CNA) Formosa Plastics Group (FPG, 台塑集團), one of Taiwan’s leading
The hike includes a 3.5 percent raise in monthly salaries and NT$6,000 (US$193) in allowances for the entire year, which represents a 4.52 percent increase in monthly pay for employees.
Before the decision, the union had demanded a 4 percent raise in wages and a NT$10,000 increase in allowances. FPG President Wang Wen-yuan (王文淵) finalized the increase.
The 4.52 percent hike was higher than a 3.55 percent rise seen a year earlier, and also the highest since 2011, when the group boosted wages by 5.26 percent. [FULL STORY]