賃上げ、実情に応じ検討を　横並び意識、脱却求める―経団連指針

　経団連は２１日、２０２０年春闘の経営側指針となる「経営労働政策特別委員会報告」（経労委報告）を発表した。賃金引き上げに関する基本姿勢について、世界経済の減速を背景に企業業績にばらつきがあると指摘した上で、「自社の実情に応じた前向きな検討が基本だ」と強調。産別の集団交渉にも否定的見解を示し、賃金決定での横並び意識脱却を求めた。
　報告は、業界の垣根が崩れ、同業でも業績の差が拡大する中、賃金や雇用体系での個別対応を企業が求められている実態を反映した。記者会見した経労委の大橋徹二委員長（コマツ会長）は「経営陣は賃上げのモメンタム（勢い）を維持してほしい」と述べる一方、一律的な目標設定は難しくなっているとの見方を示した。（2020/01/21-18:07）

The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, on Tuesday urged member companies to consider wage hikes positively, but depending on their own circumstances, pointing to the need for them to depart from the practice of moving in lockstep with others.
   Corporate earnings have been patchy, reflecting slowing growth of the global economy, the biggest Japanese group of employers said in a report compiled by its special committee on management and labor policy. The report will serve as Keidanren's guidelines for this year's "shunto" labor-management negotiations.
   Pay scale hikes, which have been sought by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, as a key measure to reward employees, "could be an option," the report said. But the report added that it is also realistic to carry out such increases based on age, duties and the results of performance assessments, sounding negative about uniform base wage hikes for all employees.
   Industry-by-industry unified wage negotiations are increasingly unsuited to reality, it also said.
   "I hope the management side will maintain the momentum for wage hikes," the committee's chairman, Tetsuji Ohashi, chairman of major construction machinery maker Komatsu Ltd. , told a news conference. But he added that it is becoming difficult to set uniform wage hike targets.