With soaring inflation and increased competition in the labor market, Apple Inc has had to raise its employees' salaries.

On Wednesday, according to the Wall Street Journal, Apple Inc told employeesStarting wages for hourly workers in the US will rise to $22 an hour or more, up 45 per cent from 2018.Salaries and starting salaries for employees outside the United States are also part of the pay increase plan.

Apple Inc will also advance some annual salary increases to early July instead of autumn. In addition,The company's increased compensation budget will be in addition to the salary increases and special awards that have been received over the past year.A spokesman for Apple Inc said in a statement:

Support and retain the best team members in the world, so that we can provide our customers with the best and most innovative products and services.

This year, we will increase our overall compensation budget as part of our annual performance review process.

In recent months, Apple Inc Company has been facing labor disputes.From front-line retail workers who encourage the formation of employee unions to engineers who are dissatisfied with plans to return to the office, there is dissatisfaction with the company.

Labor shortages, coupled with the impact of the epidemic and the trend towards working from home, have increased the strength of American workers. Apple Inc employees have become increasingly outspoken in their criticism of working conditions in many US stores and have begun to form trade unions.

The workers set up a website called the Fruit stand Workers Union, which collects employee signatures and demands "better wages, benefits and working conditions from Apple Inc." They also mentioned the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic and inflation. In April, US CPI reached a 40-year high of 8.3 per cent.

Us companies and government employers spent 4.5 per cent more on labour costs in the first three months of this year, the fastest increase since 2001 and exceeding the 4 per cent growth rate in the fourth quarter of last year, the labour department said last month. However,After adjusting for inflation, wages and salaries in the private sector actually showed a downward trend during this period.

Greg Selker, managing director of law firm Stanton Chase, said the epidemic had "accelerated" a number of trends, prompting employees and companies to re-examine the use of pay, benefits and office space, according to the Financial Times.

All these factors have led to a change in the balance between hiring and finding a new job, and power is now more in the hands of employees in a dominant position.

Last year, Apple Inc employees earned a median annual salary of $68254, while Apple Inc CEO Cook received nearly $100m, according to a regulatory filing.

Prior to this, Microsoft Corp also took measures to raise his salary. Microsoft Corp plans to nearly double his global performance pay budget for performance pay increases. For employees at the company's level 67 and below, Microsoft Corp raised his annual stock compensation by at least 25 per cent.

Amazon.Com Inc is facing similar pressure. In December, the National Labor Relations Board asked the e-commerce giant to issue a notice telling employees that they had the right to organize union activities with colleagues without interference.