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Wages
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Employment Law Worldview
Calculating Overtime – First Circuit Determines the Fluctuating Workweek Method Applies to Employees with Varying Weekly Pay
The First Circuit flexed its muscles last week, dismissing an overtime claim brought against General Nutrition Centers, Inc. (GNC) by one of its former store managers. In doing so, the…
California Employment Law Report
Five things to know about the salary basis test
To qualify as an exempt employee, an employee must be “primarily engaged in the duties that meet the test of the exemption” and “earns a monthly salary equivalent to no…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Procedure Scholars Mostly Support Employees in Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo
Four amicus briefs by law professors have been filed in the Supreme Court in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, No. 14-1146 (to be argued November 10, 2015). Three of the law…
Labor Law Prof Blog
“Wage Peak System” Legislation Pending in South Korea
I'm in Hanoi today for the annual LawAsia Employment Conference, and was intrigued by Ujin Ahn's description of the "wage peak system" legislation currently pending in South Korea. Whereas wages…
Employment Discrimination Report
How Much Money Do You Make?
This will soon be a question Connecticut employees may ask each other without repercussions. Connecticut legislators have passed H.B. 6850 which makes it illegal for employees to prohibit their employees…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
OECD tax burdens on wages rising without tax rate increases
Taxes on wages have risen by about 1 percentage point for the average worker in OECD countries between 2010 and 2014 even though the majority of governments did not increase…
Labor Law Prof Blog
More on Wages and Jobs
Perhaps because the issue is becoming highly politicized, there seems to be an uptick in the media on the amount of coverage of employee job growth and pay. The recent…
Labor Law Prof Blog
More Good News for Employee Wages
There is more good news on the workplace pay front. The New Year saw increasing minimum wage levels across the country. With the beginning of the new year, twenty states raised…
Labor Law Prof Blog
High Hopes for Wages in the New Year
A new report over at marketplace.org suggests that workers expect higher wages in 2015. While the unemployment rate has dipped in recent months, wages have remained stagnant, resulting in frustration…
China Law Insight
我要涨薪！不要这么任性吧？
By King & Wood
作者：姜俊禄 张晶晶 金杜律师事务所劳动部 修订后的《广东省企业集体合同条例》（“《条例》”）将自2015年1月1日起实施。《条例》亮点多多，如职工可通过集体协商要求增长工资、半数以上职工或职工代表即可启动集体协商程序、协商应平和理性并维护企业正常的生产经营秩序等。本文将重点解读《条例》的工资集体协商条款，并就企业该如何应对提出建议。 工资集体协商制度 《条例》第九、十和十一条规定了工资集体协商制度，内容包括工资集体协商的原则、内容、参考因素等。 根据《条例》，工资集体协商应当遵循按劳分配、同工同酬的原则；企业和职工可以就工资标准、分配形式、支付办法、工资调整幅度和办法、试用期及病事假期间的工资待遇等事项进行协商；可参考因素包括本企业劳动生产率和经济效益、本企业上年度职工工资总额和职工平均工资水平、当地企业工资指导线、劳动力市场工资指导价位、城镇居民消费价格指数、最低工资标准、地区及行业职工工资平均增长率等；职工方与企业均可提出工资集体协商要求，既可以是工资增长要求，也可以是工资不增长或者负增长要求。 趋势预测 一般而言，劳动报酬是职工最关切的事项，也是最经常发生争议之处。根据我们的观察，近几年，广东省职工的维权意识持续高涨，但是维权路径却非常有限。很多职工不是通过法律途径维权，而是直接通过“闹大事情”、制造集体性事件等手段维权，结果经常是两败俱伤，更是给当地政府部门带来很大的维稳压力。 《条例》有望给职工维权提供一个通畅的渠道，尤其引人关注的是，《条例》赋予了职工单方启动集体协商程序的权利。可以预见的是，职工将在工资集体协商方面有很大的主动权，很可能积极启动协商程序，将企业被动拖入协商程序。 应对措施 为应对《条例》带来的新挑战，广东省企业应逐步建立完善的工资集体协商制度，组织有能力和经验的人员，以从容应对职工的涨工资请求。除此之外，企业亦可在亏损的情况下，主动提出降薪的协商请求。这为经营状况不佳的企业提供了一个缓解困难的途径，有利于企业的生存和发展。 从职工的角度而言，工资集体协商并不意味可以任性地漫天要价，是否涨薪、涨薪幅度自有客观标准可评判。重要的是，职工和企业应当合理有序展开协商。集体协商本应是一场双赢：企业赢得凝聚力，提高了生产效率；职工获得加薪，增强归属感。 广东可否再次为天下先，2015年起，我们拭目以待。