Myanmar conducting survey to set minimum wage

Research groups in cooperation with the International Labour Organization are conducting a survey to set a minimum wage for workers, according to a national committee.

The groups comprising officials from Myanmar Development Resource Institute and Myanmar Marketing and Research Development are working in Yangon, Mandalay and Bago regions. A similar survey will also be made in other states and regions, including the capital Nay Pyi Taw.

Researchers are collecting data about the present salaries and wages of the workers as well as their daily expenses. The survey will also include the flow of migrant workers to neighbouring countries and the impact on domestic workers.

According to the researchers, setting a minimum wage includes many things such as commodity prices, services, workers' production capacity, national economic status, consumer demand, inflation rate and how employers can afford to pay salaries.

The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Welfare will submit a proposal on a minimum wage to parliament before the end of 2014.

source: Eleven Myanmar

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