Recently, the People's Government of Qinghai Province issued a notice, deciding to adjust the provincial minimum wage standard from February 1, 2023. The provincial monthly minimum wage standard was adjusted from 1700 yuan to 1880 yuan; The minimum hourly wage was adjusted from 15.2 yuan to 18 yuan. The monthly minimum wage standard is applicable to full-time workers, and the hourly minimum wage standard is applicable to part-time workers. In addition, Hebei Province, Guizhou Province and Anhui Province have also recently raised the minimum wage standards. What changes will the increase of the minimum wage bring to the income and treatment of workers? How to adjust the minimum wage standard? According to the Minimum Wage Regulation, the minimum wage standard generally takes the form of monthly minimum wage standard and hourly minimum wage standard. The monthly minimum wage standard is applicable to full-time workers, and the hourly minimum wage standard is applicable to part-time workers. Shen Jianfeng, dean of the Law School of the China Institute of Labor Relations, said that in accordance with the provisions of Article 49 of the Labor Law and Article 6 of the Minimum Wage Regulation, the determination and adjustment of the monthly minimum wage standard should take into account the minimum living expenses of the local employees and their supporting population, the consumption price index of urban residents, the social insurance premiums paid by employees and the housing accumulation fund. On the whole, on the one hand, we should consider the living needs of workers and their families, so that their lives will not be affected after the rise of prices, and on the other hand, we should consider the macroeconomic and employment situation. In 2015, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued a notice stipulating that the minimum wage standard should be adjusted at least once every two years to at least once every two to three years in the future. Take Hebei as an example. The last time the minimum wage standard was adjusted was in 2019. At that time, the minimum wage standard was set at four levels. This adjustment not only reached a maximum increase of 300 yuan, but also changed from four levels to three levels. The reporter learned that since 2021, most provinces have completed a round of minimum wage adjustment. According to the data of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Shanghai has the highest monthly minimum wage, reaching 2590 yuan; Shenzhen and Beijing are also above 2300 yuan, 2360 yuan and 2320 yuan respectively. From the perspective of the hourly minimum wage standard, Beijing's hourly minimum wage standard is 25.3 yuan, the highest in the country, followed by Shanghai, at 23 yuan. What changes will be brought about after the adjustment? "It is said that the minimum wage standard is linked to a number of treatment guarantees. No matter how much it increases, it is a hope," takeaway rider Xiao Zhang told reporters. Xie Yanping, founding partner and chief lawyer of Beijing Shuipou Law Firm, said that for workers, raising the minimum wage standard will play a direct role in promoting the wage level of low-income people. After the factors such as overtime pay and allowances under special working conditions are eliminated, the wages received by some workers are the base salary, and the actual implementation is the minimum wage standard. The minimum wage is the minimum standard of workers' wages, which seems to have little relationship with workers' income. "But in practice, the adjustment of the minimum wage standard has a substantial impact on the interests of workers." Shen Jianfeng said that some benefits linked to the minimum wage standard will increase with the rise of the minimum wage standard, including unemployment insurance