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Despite performing the same job, one of BA’s three cabin crew fleets earns far less than their colleagues.
Job seekers wait for employers searching for casual labour on the streets of Cape Town.
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South Africa’s proposed national minimum wage must not be seen as a solution for all the country’s economic problems but as a floor to protect the most vulnerable workers.
The minimum wage in Mexico doesn’t cover a family’s basic needs.
Oscar Peñalva
Do Mexico’s lowest earners need a big raise?
NYC Fight for $15 rally.
Liz Cooke
A global movement of low-wage workers is improving conditions for fast food employees and others in the U.S. and around the world. A Dartmouth labor historian examines the movement’s origins.
A national minimum wage can address South Africa’s inequality.
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Establishing a national minimum wage in South Africa will benefit the country by addressing working poverty and high levels of inequality.
For low paid workers, such as those in hospitality, cutting personal income tax would be more helpful than changing the minimum wage.
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Reducing the minimum wage - and eliminating income tax for those workers - is a far better strategy to tackle poverty.
Denise Barlage and Venanzi Luna.
Liz Cooke
Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the world. The retailer’s size means it has huge influence on labor standards. A Dartmouth historian profiles the women who are pushing Walmart to improve.
Obama’s speech announcing his new overtime rules emphasized their impact on economic growth.
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Obama’s new overtime rules will be a big win for workers, but they could also give a boost to companies and the economy.
Time to punch in.
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The new regulation will allow millions more U.S. workers to qualify for overtime pay. Our experts assess the impact.
Stampede imminent?
Lukasz Stefanski
Boris Johnson says so. But the reality about EU minimum wages and the effect on migration is more subtle.
Maybe not, if you work on Wall Street.
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Falling homeownership rates, stagnant wages and diminishing retirement savings mean that for more and more Americans, the middle-class dream is slowly dying – if it’s not already gone.
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While it’s true that many big businesses are reliant on cheap labour, the new national living wage is unlikely to hurt their profits too badly.
The road ahead could be gloomy for some in the sharing economy.
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There are few markets that have easier entry and exit than those in the sharing economy.
Tough questions, but minimum wages may not offer solutions.
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The latest economic research suggests there are better ways to narrow the gap between the richest and the poorest.
South African President Jacob Zuma, who is also the president of the governing African National Congress, with his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The ANC will be judged by its ability to deliver on its promises to provide basic services and good governance, practise sound financial management and combat corruption this election year.
Will your share of the income pie get bigger or smaller in 2016?
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Three of our regular writers offer their thoughts on the key economic issues and themes in the new year.
Mine workers walking outside a hostel in Rustenburg. A national minimum wage could help narrow the income gap.
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International experiences indicate that South Africa could reduce income inequality by introducing a national minimun wage.
How can workers fight for higher wages in today’s economy?
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The chorus chanting ‘America needs a raise!’ will undoubtedly grow as Labor Day approaches. They’re not wrong, but America needs more than that.
The Howard-era WorkChoices redefined the terms around which the debate on workplace relations reform has been couched.
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Echoes of WorkChoices? The Coalition is keen to avoid any whiff of the failed policy, but some of the Productivity Commission’s recommendations have a strong flavour of it.
Cafe workers are among many that stand to lose Sunday penalty rates.
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Sunday penalty rates will go under Productivity Commission recommendations, but overall our workplace system was basically operating well, it found.