Premier Lai recommended the sum only for listed and multinational companies
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/11/11
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Premier William Lai (賴清德) expressed reluctance Saturday
Premier William Lai speaking at a medical convention Saturday. (By Central News Agency)
about raising the minimum monthly wage to NT$30,000 (US$993) after he said the previous day that certain companies should pay at least that sum to new employees.
Taiwan’s official minimum wage was last raised to NT$22,000 (US$728) after a decision by a relevant committee reached last August.
On Friday, addressing Taiwan’s problem in attracting talent and workers, Lai said that at least for listed companies and multinational corporations, paying a starting wage of less than NT$30,000 per month was too low.
When reporters expanded his suggestion to ask whether NT$30,000 should be generalized to become the official minimum wage for workers, Lai urged caution Saturday, saying this kind of measure was not up to the government to suddenly make.
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