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Toyota's labour union is set to demand its biggest annual bonus on record worth 7.6 months of pay, exceeding the previous high of 7.2 months, in the ongoing 2024 annual wage talks, the Nikkei business daily reported, without citing sources.
With Toyota saying it expects to post record consolidated operating profits worth 4.5-trillion yen (R571.99bn) for the financial year to March 2024, the trade union is also likely to demand high levels of monthly pay hikes, the Nikkei reported.
Some other major firms have already announced plans to raise wages more than last year when Japanese firms offered the highest pay hikes in 30 years in an effort to address labour shortages and cost-of-living pressures.
The bonus payments demanded by Toyota's union for this year compared with last year's bonus worth 6.7 months of pay.
The union is likely to reach a formal decision by the end of February.
Japan's spring wage talks, which conclude in mid-March, are seen by the Bank of Japan as crucial for achieving sustainable wage growth and inflation.
The bank has also emphasised that both conditions must be met to exit its decade-long monetary stimulus programme and end years of negative interest rates.