Shadow raises, in the form of benefits, discounts and freebies, are being pitched as option for cash-strapped Japanese companies seeking to retain cash-strapped employees. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/27/companies/benefits-freebies-salary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #wages #inflation #jobs #shunto #japaneseeconomy
Shadow raises pitched as option for cash-strapped Japanese companies

Benefits, discounts and freebies can increase compensation without triggering a big tax hit for employees and employers.

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Many major Japanese companies agree to pay hike demands in full

Close attention is being paid to whether the wage hike momentum will spread to small companies, which employ about 70% of all workers in Japan.

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Nissan fully accepted the labor union's pay increase demand during this year's spring wage negotiations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/11/nissan-wage-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #nissan #wages #shunto #carmakers
Nissan accepts union's wage hike demand in full

The struggling Japanese automaker agreed to raise monthly salaries by ¥10,000, including pay scale increases, and to provide bonuses equivalent to five months' salary this year.

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Unions seeking wage increases this year of almost 6%

The spring offensive results are likely to be in line with last year’s.

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