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民生物資漲的兇，但受薪階級的薪水就是不漲，以副主席身分出席國民黨中常會的台北市長郝龍斌呼籲調整基本工資計算方式、經濟部長張家祝也多次喊出"希望企業加薪"。不過國內中小企業，似乎仍是不為所動。今天有超市通路業者大舉徵才，門市員工起薪23K。現在傳出勞動部考慮依照物價水準，分區制定基本工資。

首度以副主席身分出席國民黨中常會，台北市長郝龍斌要談的是基本工資調漲基準，應該有所變動。

[[國民黨副主席 郝龍斌]]
“CPI 3%以下，就不開基本工資調漲委員會，過去十年只有1次超過3，基本工資已經不能反映，現在物價的調漲”

根據主計處昨天公佈的四月份物價指數，較去年同月漲1.65％，但其中與民生息息相關的食物類較去年同月漲了5.04％。

一樣是要改善低薪結構，經濟部長也再度出面呼籲企業主幫員工加薪。

[[經濟部長 張家祝]]
“從去年到現在，我們跟產業，尤其中大型的產業，他們的反應都相當的正面，但是中小企業，可能有一部分，在加薪部分比較保守”

今天為達成展店目標，大舉徵才1220人的全聯，門市人員起薪只有23K，還略低於同業「美廉社」的25K。全聯用"升遷暢通"緩頰。

[[超市管理部協理 林子文]]
“因為我們快速在展店，所以我們在晉升(加薪)的速度，需求會更大，也就是說我一年，需要晉升八十到九十個店經理”

面對勞工的困境，勞動部長潘世偉表示，近期將邀集各界學者專家討論「區域性基本工資」制定的可能性。

Just over NT$19,000 is the monthly amount paid to minimum wage workers in Taiwan. Today Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin said this amount does not reflect recent price rises on necessities such as foodstuffs. He urged reform to a system that makes it difficult for the economically disadvantaged to survive. 

For the first time as KMT vice chairman, Hau Lung-bin attended the party’s Central Standing Committee meeting. Hau urged new standards for how the minimum wage is calculated.

Hau Lung-bin
KMT Vice Chairman
When the consumer price index rise remains under 3 percent, the committee which handles rises in the minimum wage doesn’t meet. In the past 10 years, just once has CPI exceeded 3 percent. The minimum wage is no longer able to reflect rises in the cost of consumer goods.

According to the latest data from the government’s statistics bureau, consumer prices in April rose 1.65 percent compared to a year earlier. More troubling is that foodstuffs prices were up more than 5 percent.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs says it is urging enterprises to provide better pay to workers.

Chang Chia-juch
Economics Minister
From last year to now, the response from enterprises, especially mid-to-large-sized ones, has been positive. But some mid-to-small-sized enterprises are more conservative when it comes to the topic of raises.

One company being watched is Pxmart, which today announced plans to hire 1,220 new staff. It starts floor staff out at NT$23,000 a month, lower than competitor Simple Mart.

Lin Tse-wen
Pxmart 
We are quickly expanding our number of stores, so promotions will also be accelerated. In the next year, we will need to promote 80 to 90 store managers. 

In response to Hau’s request, Labor Minister Pan Shih-wei said his agency will soon gather experts to research the possibility of a regional-based minimum wage system.