賃上げ率、１．８１％　「官製春闘」後で最低―連合集計

　連合は１９日、２０２１年春闘で傘下の労働組合が経営側から受けた回答の第１回集計結果を発表した。基本給を底上げするベースアップ（ベア）と定期昇給を合わせた平均賃上げ率（１９日時点）は１．８１％（５５６３円）。政府の賃上げ要請に産業界が応える「官製春闘」が始まった１４年以降で最低となった。
　新型コロナウイルス感染拡大を受け、賃上げに慎重な企業が多かったとみられる。２０年の第１回集計時の１．９１％（５８４１円）に比べ０．１ポイントのマイナスだった。（2021/03/19-19:28）

Wage increases offered by Japanese companies to labor unions so far in "shunto" spring negotiations averaged 1.81 pct, or 5,563 yen, per employee, according to the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo.
   The combined average increase in base wages and regular pay as of Friday, shown in Rengo's first tally of wage hike offers for the 2021 shunto, was the slowest since the Japanese government began urging companies to raise wages in 2014, apparently reflecting a cautious stance adopted by many companies toward raising wages amid the coronavirus pandemic.
   The average increase was down 0.1 percentage point from the 1.91 pct rise logged when Rengo put together its first wage hike offer tally for the 2020 shunto.
   "While the (latest wage increase) figure reflected impacts of the pandemic to no small extent, it was also a result of negotiation efforts toward not stemming the tide of pay hikes," Rengo President Rikio Kozu said at a press conference on Friday, showing expectations that many labor unions of small companies will win pay hikes in their negotiations with the employers' side, which will come into full swing later this spring.