Guangdong Province Pushes Two New Measures To Make Hongkong Enterprises Complain Hard

Li Xiuheng, President of Hongkong economic and Trade Association, wrote that the factory environment in the PRD is different from today's P.

Since the Guangdong provincial government launched the policy of "changing cage and changing birds" for economic pformation, Hongkong enterprises have to withstand many pressures, including RMB appreciation, rent increase, labor shortage and wage rise, and the mainland's policy changes from time to time, which also makes Hongkong enterprises vulnerable.

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< p > recently, two new measures have been implemented in Guangdong Province, including: < /p >

< p > one is that the Guangzhou municipal government stipulates that the minimum wage of enterprises in Guangzhou should be implemented in the same pay for the same city; < /p >

< p > two is a new method for the implementation of trade union funds in all Guangdong province. Enterprises should hand over 2% of the total wages of their employees to the Local Taxation Bureau every month as a funding for trade union activities.

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< p > these two new measures are coming one after another, which makes many enterprises in Hongkong feel disenviable.

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< p > since the reform and opening up, the area of Guangzhou has been expanding. In the past, Huadu, Panyu, Nansha, Conghua, Zengcheng and other areas are not within the jurisdiction of Guangzhou, so the wage levels in these areas are generally lower than those in Guangzhou.

But now these areas have been listed in the territory of Guangzhou. As a result, the policy of "equal pay for the same city" announced at the end of February 2013 was launched in May.

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< p > because the minimum wage in Guangzhou is 1550 yuan per month (RMB, the same below), and the minimum wage in the five regions is originally only 1100 yuan, with a difference of 450 yuan.

In other words, under the policy of "equal pay for the same city", all enterprises in the five districts should raise the minimum wage by more than 40% at a time.

It is no wonder that many companies in Hongkong are having a headache.

Moreover, the increase of minimum wage will also increase the expenses of overtime and social security, which will make the burden of enterprises more serious.

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< p > according to the authorities concerned, the policy of "equal pay for the same city" is due to the narrowing of the gap between the minimum wage standard in Henan, Hunan and Hubei and the minimum wage standard in Guangzhou, which is conducive to alleviating the problem of "recruitment difficulty".

In the previous survey, 73.39% of the enterprises had the phenomenon of "lack of jobs" and "recruitment difficulties", and 56.4% of the enterprises indicated that 10% of them were short of manpower.

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< p > however, how many enterprises have the ability to raise more than 40% of salary for employees? < /p >

< p > Guangdong province began to implement new trade union funds in July, which affected not only Guangzhou, but also all enterprises in Guangdong province.

The trade union law of the mainland of China stipulates that enterprises must establish trade union organizations. Therefore, this expenditure is unavoidable for every enterprise.

The trade union funds are collected by the tax bureau, and are responsible for the examination and approval of expenses. 60% of the union funds will be left to the union of the enterprises themselves to apply for the activities, and the remaining 40% will be allocated to the higher level trade union.

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< p > this new payment method, besides increasing the operating cost of enterprises, is also the most concern of the enterprises.

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< p > taking Dongguan as an example, Dongguan is a heavy manufacturing industry in Guangdong, with a permanent population of about eight million people and a workforce of millions.

What will the local tax bureau do to collect the money? < /p >

< p > for example, how to deal with the application of funds for trade unions? Do Hongkong workers in Dongguan also have to join trade unions? How should they be regulated? These should set up a mechanism to explain clearly, so as to dispel doubts.

Many companies in Hongkong worry that the new rules of trade union funds will encourage the unions to sit up.

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< p > according to the trade union regulations of the Chinese mainland, trade unions have the right to participate in the coordination of wages, benefits, social insurance and other rights and interests. If the enterprises are laid off, they should also notify the trade unions of their reasons.

In the future, how to deal with trade union relations is also a new thing.

The harmonious development of labor relations is very important for enterprises to develop, but if they are changed by trade unions, the consequences will be terrible.

In this regard, the Guangdong provincial government must deal with it carefully. Because the policy is too tilted to the labour force, in case of imbalances, the cost may be that more enterprises will not be able to operate, and ultimately the economy will not go backward.

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