Smaller Japanese companies struggling to keep up with demands for more money?from employees who?are themselves?struggling to make ends meet, might have a way to pay more without paying too much.
By using various types of non-salary compensation, they can give shadow raises while avoiding some of the costs that normally accompany simple salary increases.?
¡°An increasing number of companies come to us with a clear objective: that they want to use employee benefits to increase disposable income as an alternative to direct pay hikes,¡± said Shigeru Aizawa, head of employee benefits in the empowerment division at Tokyo-based Freee.??
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