The Labour Government has established a new remit to guide the National Minimum Wage - are we heading in the right direction for workers on low income to be paid fairly?
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Last year, the workplace cop fined employers just $4 million for underpaying workers. The Tax Office collected $3 billion in penalties from people who didn’t pay their tax.
Will the decision to grant a 5.75% increase in award rates add to inflation and increase interest rates, making many of us worse off? Well, no.
Migrants in Australia less than five years are twice as likely to be underpaid as other employees.
A national minimum wage increase won’t be enough to address rising living costs.
The Fair Work Commission has granted a pay increase to Australia’s lowest-paid workers for a good reason. Even with rising inflation, the economy is strong.
Low-wage earners are going backwards. Here’s why they deserve an increase in the minimum wage by $1 an hour from July 1.
Caring work hasn’t been properly valued for a century, in part because it is thought of as women’s work
Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is a campaign promise by Joe Biden. What do we know about the effectiveness and limitations of this measure?
Many key workers are among the UK’s lowest paid.
Promised increases from both sides are a striking new feature of UK politics and could be transformative for many.
A national minimum wage could benefit young people who have jobs and stimulate those who have given up trying to find work. But those without work need additional help.
Proposed changes to South Africa’s labour laws would make it almost impossible to strike and render the planned national minimum wage unenforceable.
Work placements are leaving many students with high debts.
As South Africa prepares to introduce a national minimum wage, a new study shows that it will have a varied impact. Some parts of the economy are likely to be negatively affected.
The wealth bonanza enjoyed by top flight football clubs does not trickle down to many of their employees.
Social welfare budgets have simply not been adequate to plug decades’ worth of under-resourcing, especially in black communities. It’s a good place for government to start giving life to its slogans
A change of attitude which comes with some deep introspection by South African business leaders can help address some of the country’s key socioeconomic challenges.
Simulations indicate that the introduction of a national minimum wage in South Africa could boost household consumption and economic growth as well as reduce inequality and poverty.
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Research associate, Grattan Institute
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Deputy Program Director, Migration and Labour Markets, Grattan Institute
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Senior lecturer, The University of Edinburgh
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PhD candidate, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Marketing, Solent University
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor Marketing, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Employment Relations & HR Management, University of Birmingham
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PhD Fellow based at the Wits City Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Economic and Social Policy, University of Bath
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Professor, School of Management, RMIT University
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Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University
