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Employers should take the minimum wage requirements seriously, said the Prime Minister as he expressed his disappointment over the salary range offered to local employees.

Vietnam has approved a new decree raising the regional minimum wage for labourers.
 The decree was approved on Sunday by Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh and comes into effect on July 1.

President Vladimir Putin ordered a 10% rise on Wednesday in pensions and the minimum wage to cushion Russians from inflation but denied the country's economic problems were all linked to the conflict in Ukraine.

The government is indeed thinking about increasing the minimum daily wage to 492 baht, Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin told the Anti-Fake News Centre on Monday.

HÀ NỘI —The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour has proposed a 7 per cent increase in minimum wages from July 1, but many insiders gave a thumbs down to the proposal.

The government is set to approve a sharp rise in the minimum wage from Bt336 to a flat rate of Bt492, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden presented opposing views on raising the minimum wage at the final presidential debate on Thursday.

Next year’s basic minimum wage has been increased by 4.4 per cent to $190 a month from $170 per month last year after the final round of negotiations ended in a vote last week, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced.

The government will announce its economic stimulus packages for the second half of this year once its policies have been declared, Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said on Friday.

Securities brokers expect the new government to raise the minimum daily wage to Bt400 from Bt325, shortly after formation of the new Cabinet.

The new coalition government’s policies have been drafted and will be confirmed after a joint meeting next week, Phalang Pracharat secretary-general Sontirat Sontijirawong said on Tuesday. 

WORKERS ARE expected to reap some gains from political campaigns in the run-up to the upcoming general election, but most of them are still struggling to make ends meet due to both the economic slowdown and disruptions caused by technology, experts said.