Henan mulls fining bosses who don't give pay raises  

河南拟出台新政：老板长年不加薪将被罚款

昨日召开的省十二届人大常委会第五次会议，再次对《河南省企业工资集体协商条例(草案)(审议修改稿)》(以下简称《条例(草案)》)进行审议。今后，老板再百般推托不开工资集体协商会，或无正当理由却始终不给员工加薪，就可能被处以一千元至一万元的罚款。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) – Central China's Henan province is mulling a regulation that will fine bosses 1,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan for balking at giving their employees pay raises without any justified reason or salary negotiations, according to the local Dahe Daily.

A draft rule for collective bargaining on wages was discussed by the provincial People's Congress Standing Committee on Tuesday, which guarantees workers and their companies will hold collective bargaining on equal footing to negotiate wages.

According to the draft, companies should adopt ways to ensure salary raises. If a company refuses employees' reasonable requests for a raise, the local labor administration department shall fine the company and its corporate representative.

Sang Jinke, chief of the provincial Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs, said collective bargaining can also be used by the companies. "When a company runs into trouble, it can hold a negotiation to ask employees to share the difficulty by cutting their wages."