「昨年以上の意気込みと決意を」　賃上げ継続へ極めて重要―２４年春闘の経団連指針

　経団連は１６日、２０２４年春闘の経営側指針「経営労働政策特別委員会報告（経労委報告）」を発表した。物価上昇が続く中、今春闘を「構造的賃金引き上げの実現に向けた勢いの維持・強化を継続できるか極めて重要な年」と位置付けた。会員企業に対しては、「（３１年ぶりの高水準となった）２３年以上の意気込みと決意を持って、賃金引き上げの積極的な検討と実施を求めたい」と明記した。
　経労委の大橋徹二委員長（コマツ会長）は記者会見し、「一過性で終わっては日本経済は成長しない。社会全体で（賃上げを）やることが大事だ」と訴えた。（2024/01/16-17:13）

The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, called for member companies' stronger commitment to wage increases in its guidelines released Tuesday for this year's "shunto" spring labor-management wage talks.
   In the guidelines, Keidanren, the country's largest business lobby, positioned the upcoming shunto talks as "extremely important in terms of whether the momentum toward realizing structural wage growth can be maintained and strengthened."
   The guidelines urge Keidanren member companies to "actively consider and implement wage increases with stronger determination and resolve than in 2023," when wage increases hit a 31-year high.
   "The Japanese economy won't grow if (wage hikes) are only temporary," Komatsu Ltd. Chairman Tetsuji Ohashi, who also chairs Keidanren's Committee on Management and Labor Policy, told a news conference. "It's important for society as a whole to work (on wage increases)."
   In the 2024 guidelines, companies are urged to pay particular attention to higher prices and consider raising monthly pay scales, as well as providing inflation-linked additional bonuses.