Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/05/31
By: Pan Tzu-yu and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, May 31 (CNA) A record 32.4 percent of companies in the industrial and hospitality sectors have either raised salaries or pledged to do so for employees this year, the largest percentage of firms with a pay hike plan since the turn of the century, according to data released by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) on Thursday.

As of the end of March this year, 22.5 percent of companies in these sectors had already given employees a raise, 18.1 percent of which ranged from 3 percent to under 6 percent, the DGBAS noted.    [FULL  STORY]