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昨日，我国人力部长杨莉明声称，为解决社会不平等而推行最低工资，最终将导致就业率低、员工转向非法工作的问题。 社会不平等现象的其中一个忧虑是，大多数弱势群体会集中在较贫困的家庭。为此，有人建议推行最低工资制度，帮助这些员工走出贫困。 不过，杨莉明认为，这个制度可能迫使雇主支付一些劳工超出市场价格的工资，导致低薪员工必须缴付更高的税务。 她说：“不是所有的雇主愿意花这些钱雇用员工，这可能降低就业率。为保住工作，一些工友可能选择低于最低薪金的非法工作，而这可能使他们更加脆弱。” 杨莉明说，政府选择推行就业入息补助等计划，效果类似最低工资，不过这笔费用由政府承担，因此降低了失业和非法就业的风险。 职总秘书长黄志明则强调最低薪资制有利弊，可能无法达到雇主的生产需求，员工也可能无法获得加薪。 他不忘为现有渐进式薪金制（progressive wage）背书，认为这有助员工在提升技能和生产力后，逐渐获得升迁和加薪的模式，比制定最低工资来得好。 梁实轩：约15万雇员薪资少过千元 金融服务专业协会前主席暨时评人梁实轩，则针对《海峡时报》一篇比较最低薪资和渐进式薪资制度的文章作出回应，指出大家在比较两个制度的论述中，似乎忽略掉了重要的数据。 他在博文中指出，根据2017年人力资源统计，国内有15万7500雇员（包括公积金会员）的薪资少过1千元。 如果扣除了存入公积金的20巴仙工资，这些雇员可以使用的收入，不就只剩下不到800元了吗？ 再者，有58万7200雇员的工资少过2千元，在扣除了公积金后，每月可使用的所得仅剩1600元。 截至2017年6月，有88万6300人，或39巴仙投入劳动市场的居民，或者意味着10位居民中，有四人月入薪资少过2500元。 试想想在扣除了公积金后，他们每月能够使用的收入，再应付每月固定开销后，实际所剩无几，甚至无法储蓄。
