In recent decades the institutions shaping wages have been transformed. Employers today enjoy far greater bargaining power.
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Dental assistants, community services workers, pharmacists and psychologists are in line for biggger increases down the track.
The study provides reason for optimism about the effects of minimum wage policies on poverty.
Increasing the minimum wage is a temporary fix. Upgrading the skills of Nigerian workers is the surest way of boosting their wages.
Since being introduced in 2016, the UK national living wage has risen to become one of the highest in the world.
Voters, city council and even local business leaders have tried to raise the city’s minimum wage, but face pushback from the state legislature in Harrisburg.
Nigeria’s sudden and total removal of fuel subsidies was not the best strategy to use.
The autumn statement failed to deliver for the early years sector, which will struggle to deliver an expansion in childcare promised in the 2023 spring budget.
Beyond higher wages and improved benefits, the terms of the Kaiser settlement would ensure better staffing, which the unions have argued is critical for providing quality patient care.
There’s a need to support production and efficiencies in supply and distribution of essential goods and services in Kenya.
Ontario almost joined Manitoba and Québec in eliminating the under-18 minimum wage 30 years ago. Then Bob Rae reneged on an election promise.
Reality TV workers may not need their own union but they could benefit from joining existing unions serving the creative industries.
Tipping seems to be more coercive and less tied to service quality these days.
Fuel subsidy removal can benefit workers and poor Nigerians, if the process is carefully managed and implemented.
Research shows older workers, and those without qualifications, struggle to move out of low-wage work. The evidence challenges claims that the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher pay.
The Alberta government’s report on the supposed ills of the minimum wage should be viewed within the vast, diverse spectrum of economic literature, not just standard economics.
Employing children as waste pickers lowers costs but exposes them to hazards.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Director of the Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis, Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics.
The Fair Work Commission has announced a rise in the minimum wage of 5.2% or $40 a week, taking it to $812.60 a week or $21.38 an hour
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Burke advocates on wages and arts
Michelle Grattan speaks with Tony Burke the minister for employment and workplace relations and minister for the arts, as well as the leader of the House of Representatives.
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Professor in Working Life, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, The University of Texas at Austin
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University