Carrefour inks 8% pay rise for staff
By Jia Feishang |
March 24, 2011, Thursday
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FRENCH retailer Carrefour yesterday reached an agreement with its workers in Shanghai to raise wages by 8 percent after two months of negotiations.
According to the agreement, about 4,700 workers, or 70 percent of Carrefour's workforce in Shanghai, will be paid 5 percent higher than the city's minimum wage standard. The current minimum wage is 1,120 yuan (US$171) and is expected to rise to 1,280 yuan in April.
Besides the salary increase, Carrefour workers will also be rewarded with one-month salary if they worked for the company for a year. Other benefits include physical checkups for women workers.
Li Jing, an official at Carrefour, said the retailer has set up a collective wage bargaining system in Shanghai to enable employees to negotiate wages and welfare with their bosses through labor unions. But he refused to comment on the average 8 percent salary increase.
Carrefour came under fire in January when local media reported that it had been paying its workers the mandatory minimum wage for about 12 years.
Carrefour's non-management workers in Shanghai earned 1,075.77 yuan a month in 1998 and 1,124.80 yuan in 2010 as the city's consumer prices rose more than two times over the same period.
According to the agreement, about 4,700 workers, or 70 percent of Carrefour's workforce in Shanghai, will be paid 5 percent higher than the city's minimum wage standard. The current minimum wage is 1,120 yuan (US$171) and is expected to rise to 1,280 yuan in April.
Besides the salary increase, Carrefour workers will also be rewarded with one-month salary if they worked for the company for a year. Other benefits include physical checkups for women workers.
Li Jing, an official at Carrefour, said the retailer has set up a collective wage bargaining system in Shanghai to enable employees to negotiate wages and welfare with their bosses through labor unions. But he refused to comment on the average 8 percent salary increase.
Carrefour came under fire in January when local media reported that it had been paying its workers the mandatory minimum wage for about 12 years.
Carrefour's non-management workers in Shanghai earned 1,075.77 yuan a month in 1998 and 1,124.80 yuan in 2010 as the city's consumer prices rose more than two times over the same period.
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