Comparative Study On Minimum Wage System Between China And Foreign Countries

The minimum wage system is a powerful tool to adjust labor supply and demand government intervention and constraint labor market, but also the government guarantee social justice and narrow the gap between rich and poor, one of the basic means, and also guarantee a smooth and harmonious economic and social development of an important prerequisite.From 1993 began implementing the "Minimum Wage Regulations", China’s minimum wage system was proposed more than 20 years of history, although some achievements in the protection of workers’ basic rights, but the result was unsatisfactory implementation. Since the reform and opening up of China’s economy has made great progress, economic output is listed second in the world, people’s living standards have greatly improved general.But at the same time our country so far, there are still more than 10 million people into poverty and a large number of low-income groups, labor market regulations are not perfect, there are still many problems in the protection of the basic rights of workers. This article is in this context a comparative study on the minimum wage system and foreign, aims to identify the gap between us, learn from the advanced experience of foreign countries, in order to further improve the country’s minimum wage system, to play a better role, put forward a viable path and recommendations. The main contents of this paper are as follows:1. Overview and formed a theoretical framework for the study minimum wage systemThrough the connotation and characteristics define the minimum wage, and the theory of classical economics anchored wage, the minimum wage Marxist theory, public choice theory as the theoretical basis of this paper, the study of the minimum wage system, and according to the minimum living standard security system and the relevance of minimum wage system, combining harmonious society theory, be explained the necessity of the implementation of the minimum wage system. Minimum wage system analysis form the background, principles and its influencing factors, and build the theoretical framework of the minimum wage system research.2. Overview and summary evaluation of the development process of the minimum wage systemTime series paper reviews the evolution of the context of the minimum wage system, and analyzes the target minimum wage system, explains the factors that affect the minimum wage and the calculation method, illustrates the use of minimum wage determination process and the minimum wage system the scope of its role in a brief comment.3. Describes the history and current situation of the US-British daily minimum wage systemPaper chose the United States, Britain, Japan three countries the minimum wage system were introduced and analyzed, analyzes the United States and Britain and Japan minimum wage system was originally designed, the development process and characteristics, introduced its previous adjustment of scope and standard of changes.4. Comparative analysis from the United States and Britain and Japan to find a minimum wage system in China’s major problemBy applying comparative analysis, focusing on analysis and comparison of the United States, Britain, Japan and three national minimum wage system, comparative analysis of the minimum wage system in the development of their ideas and the ultimate expression of the law, and the combination of law, we analyze the minimum wage regulatory mechanism system; simultaneous determination of the three countries and the basis of comparative analysis, etc., in order to get useful experience for reference, and then find out the main problems of the existing minimum wage system.5. Proposes a sound recommendation of a minimum wage systemIn law, the existence of a minimum wage system for the management of the program and the determination of standard problems, propose specific solutions: our country’s minimum wage system should be adopted to promote collective wage consultation system, to improve the level of minimum wage legislation; by increasing the transparency of decision making and improve the trade union organizations to further strengthen supervision; through advocacy and trade unions to promote and improve the implementation of environmental minimum wage system; unified minimum wage connotation; by explicitly adjust the time and frequency, improve the minimum wage adjustment mechanism; through the full consideration labor survival and development of multiple factors, reference to international standards, improve the minimum wage calculation method; focus on strengthening government departments to implement the minimum wage system to monitor the situation and ensure that there are laws must be prosecuted, and increase the minimum violation disciplinary efforts wage system, and constantly improve the regulatory system of the minimum wage system.Innovation thesis is first formulated from the perspective of the legal minimum wage and the determination of standards of view, the United States, Britain, Japan(Americas, Europe, Asia-represented countries) were analyzed; the same time, from the legislative height measurement standards, regulatory instruments three-pronged approach, by improving the minimum wage system of specific ideas.