Indonesia to raise minimum wages next year
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has announced that minimum wages will increase by an average of 6.5% in 2025 to ensure labourers’ living conditions.
Thailand raises minimum wages for skilled workers
Thailand has approved new minimum wages for skilled workers in 17 occupations in three sectors as proposed by the Labour Ministry.
Proposed minimum wage insufficient to make ends meet: insiders
As the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has been gathering comments on a draft on the minimum wage, insiders said the proposed wages are insufficient to make ends meet.
VGCL proposes 11 percent increase in minimum wage
The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has asked the National Salary Council to increase regional minimum wages in 2017 by 10-11 percent from the current rates.
Consumer prices to jump more this year
The consumer price index (CPI) this year would rise more than in 2015 due to a number of factors, statistics official have forecast.
Insurance, wage policies take effect
New policies on compulsory social insurance, region-based minimum wages and multidimensional poverty standards are among those that take effect in January 2016.