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The wages committee will not raise the minimum wage just because the Ministry of Commerce had reported last month’s inflation rate at 3.7 per cent, the chairman and labour permanent secretary Somchai Chumrat said on Wednesday. Related posts:Minim
Minimum wage essentially outlaws employment below a certain rate. Supporters of a minimum wage would seemingly rather have masses of people sitting at home, unemployed, than having nearly everyone employed, with some people making less than
Beijing will raise its minimum wage by 10% from the current level of 800 yuan per month on April 1, 2010 (See Article from Global Times). Such a move is welcome by workers and low income wage earners. China's economy has been one of the fastest growi
Working in Saudi Arabia is a challenge. More so when you realize that you are offered a pay which is far less than what was promised / anticipated. Whenever a fleeting thought comes to my mind why some people with far less qualifications and experien
Connecticut's minimum wage law went up again on January 1, 2010 -- this time to $8.25 per hour. It is the second of a two-part increase that was put into effect by the legislature in 2008. I've covered the state's minimum wage law extensively o
Seventeen cents in 1906 is equivalent to $4.02 in 2009. Aside from the intrinsic desire I have to present you with superfluous information, why I am telling you this? Answer: seventeen cents is the amount Jurgis Rudkus—the focal character of The
Just like in Guyana, Colorado state has announced the reduction in minimum wage rate. In Guyana the minimum wage rate is always LOWER than inflation. Thus the real raise paid to workers has been of negative value. Cash wise, the GoG is very rich. The
BERLIN, Feb 20 – Germany’s DGB trade union umbrella federation said on Saturday it plans to raise its demand for a national minimum wage in Europe’s largest economy, which has yet to introduce such a measure. In May, the DGB’s
All this is not to argue that there is no way of raising wages. It is merely to point out that the apparently easy method of raising them by government fiat is the wrong way and the worst way.This is perhaps as good a place as any to point out that w
Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) wants lower minimum wage for workers under 21 By Angela Hall, Leader-Post December 3, 2009REGINA — A union's proposal that Saskatchewan workers under 21 get paid a lower minimum wage than older workers
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