It could definitely set a trend for other countries to follow suit.
That is if the employee and employer find this kind of payment method convenient. Remember the local market is yet to be set and prepared for cryptocurrency payment. Employee would find it troublesome to convert ecowatt token to fiat currency to use for their daily needs.
It is indeed a good move for cryptocurrency but the environment like the local marketplace, the local store and even malls is yet to be fully prepared for this kind of system. At the end of the day these cryptocurrencies will be converted to fiat currency to be able for the employee to spend their salary.
Honestly, this kind of salary payment is somehow non-sense for a regular person who is a non-cryptocurrency enthusiast. It will be just another burden for them to claim their money and use it for their needed necessities.
Instead of approving cryptocurrency specifically ecowatt token for the salary payment, the government should have built an infrastructure around the cryptocurrency first so that people will have ways to directly spend their cryptocurrency. I wonder how much did the court receive to approve this decision.