SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- A trilateral council of government, labor and management representatives agreed Friday to raise the country's minimum wage for next year by 7.2 percent to 5,210 won (US$4.57) per hour.
The Minimum Wage Council reached the deal in a 15-0 vote with nine abstentions at the end of overnight negotiations, the council said.
Under the agreement, the monthly salary of those who work 40 hours a week will rise to 1.08 million won, the council said, adding that the increase is expected to benefit roughly 2.56 million workers in the country struggling with low income.
Initially, the labor circle demanded a 21.6 percent increase from this year's hourly wage of 4,860 won, while the management proposed a freeze.
"The 7.2 percent increase takes into account diverse factors such as the real-term economic growth rate and inflation," said the council chief Park Jun-seong.
大略翻譯:
首爾，7月5日（韓聯社） - 週五由政府，勞方與資方代表組成的基本工資委員會同意提高該國的基本工資7.2％，明年為5210韓元（每小時4.57美元/136.44台幣）。
基本工資委員會在15-0票數，9票棄權通宵談判結束時達成了這一項協議。
根據該協議，每週40小時工作的那些人的每月工資將上升到1,080,000韓元 (28,330.56台幣)，委員會補充說，預計全國有大約256萬工人受益。
一開始，勞方要求每小時工資從今年的4860億韓元，增加21.6％，而資方則提出了凍結。
委員會主席Park Jun-seong說:"增長7.2％是考慮到各種因素，如經濟增長率和通貨膨脹“。
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