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View article: Arts and Culture preparations for 1999 WTO protests - Independent Media Center World Trade Organization Footage
Arts and Culture preparations for 1999 WTO protests - Independent Media Center World Trade Organization Footage Open
00:10 Downtown billboard says WTO What Are We Trading Away? 00:33 Airplane banner: People Over Profits Stop WTO. 01:02 Interview with Dan Spalding from New York in front of 420 Denny. Dan is doing security for Direct Action Network. Dan …
View article: The Effects of Minimum Wage Policies on Employment and Inflation
The Effects of Minimum Wage Policies on Employment and Inflation Open
Minimum wage policies are fundamental tools in labor market regulation, designed to establish a wage floor and mitigate income inequality. However, their economic consequences, particularly concerning employment levels and inflationary pre…
View article: Current issues of ensuring gender equality in labor relations: foreign experience and domestic prospects
Current issues of ensuring gender equality in labor relations: foreign experience and domestic prospects Open
The article provides a comprehensive study of foreign experience in ensuring gender equality in the sphere of labor relations and reveals the specifics of legal regulation aimed at preventing gender-based discrimination in leading democrat…
View article: Assessing Lost Wages and Loss of Wage Earning Capacity For
Assessing Lost Wages and Loss of Wage Earning Capacity For Open
While attorneys, alongside insurance adjusters, most often make referrals themselves, on an occasional basis Rehabilitation Counselors may be required to evaluate lost wages and loss of wage earning capacity for attorneys that have been in…
View article: The Politics of Social Care in Japan: How Central–Local Interactions Shaped Child Allowances and Elderly Medical Care
The Politics of Social Care in Japan: How Central–Local Interactions Shaped Child Allowances and Elderly Medical Care Open
This study examines why Japan's social care reforms of the early 1970s led to a generous elderly care system but only modest and narrowly targeted support for children. Although child allowances and free medical care for the elderly were i…
View article: Minimum Wage Legislation as a Safeguard of Workers Living Standards Amid Inflation
Minimum Wage Legislation as a Safeguard of Workers Living Standards Amid Inflation Open
The study examines the interplay between minimum wage policies and inflation focusing on their cumulative effects on the quality of life of minimum wage earners in Bangladesh to explore workers' experiences with financial instability, copi…
View article: The experiences on how living funerals impact the psychological well-being and sense of closure for terminally ill patients –Case report
The experiences on how living funerals impact the psychological well-being and sense of closure for terminally ill patients –Case report Open
Terminally ill individuals often grapple with various psychological challenges as they face their mortality. While traditional funerals provide solace to the bereaved, living funerals have emerged as a distinct opportunity for both the pat…
View article: The Effect of the Consumer Price Index, GDP and Human Development Index Against Minimum Wage in Kediri City
The Effect of the Consumer Price Index, GDP and Human Development Index Against Minimum Wage in Kediri City Open
This study aims to analyze the effect of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and Human Development Index (HDI) on the minimum wage in Kediri City. Using a quantitative approach with secondary time series data from…
View article: A Psychometric Approach to Living Wage Evaluation
A Psychometric Approach to Living Wage Evaluation Open
Living wage values are normally calculated using the cost-of-living for a shopping basket, but they can also be seen as a test score threshold for meeting the cost-of-living. Extant research already demonstrates a critical but indeterminat…
View article: The Tradition of Bancaan on Friday Night Wage A Study of Living Hadith in the Village of Cangkring B Karanganyar Demak
The Tradition of Bancaan on Friday Night Wage A Study of Living Hadith in the Village of Cangkring B Karanganyar Demak Open
The Friday Wage bancaan tradition is a tradition that is alive and believed by the community until now, the tradition is passed down from generation to generation. This tradition is used to show gratitude and thanks to God for giving healt…
View article: Revisiting Nike's 2001 Wage Structure and the Feasibility of Living Wages
Revisiting Nike's 2001 Wage Structure and the Feasibility of Living Wages Open
View article: A methodology to estimate the needs of workers and their families for the purpose of wage setting, including living wages
A methodology to estimate the needs of workers and their families for the purpose of wage setting, including living wages Open
View article: Regional and sectoral wage disparities as a reflection of inequality: The case of Kazakhstan
Regional and sectoral wage disparities as a reflection of inequality: The case of Kazakhstan Open
In today’s world, many countries, including Kazakhstan, are facing growing income inequality, poverty, and an increasing polarization of society. These challenges threaten social stability and make it difficult to achieve the Sustainable D…
View article: Experiences with COVID-19 economic relief measures among low-wage worker families: a qualitative study
Experiences with COVID-19 economic relief measures among low-wage worker families: a qualitative study Open
View article: Minimum or Living Wage? Framing Effects on Preferences and Expectations
Minimum or Living Wage? Framing Effects on Preferences and Expectations Open
Living wage campaigns are widely studied, yet less is known about how the frame differs from the minimum wage regarding public opinion and preferences. Such framing effects hold policy implications, as in 2016, UK Government changed the na…
View article: Analysis of Community Welfare in the Implementation of the City Minimum Wage: Johns Rawls Justice Approach
Analysis of Community Welfare in the Implementation of the City Minimum Wage: Johns Rawls Justice Approach Open
This study is a research to study and analyze the welfare of the people in Tanjung Pinang City in the implementation of the city's minimum wage by using a Critical Study approach, namely Johns Rawls' Justice Theory. Data collection conduct…
View article: Patterns of Exploitation: Understanding Migrant Worker Rights in Advanced Democracies
Patterns of Exploitation: Understanding Migrant Worker Rights in Advanced Democracies Open
Are there similarities in the way that migrant workers are (mis)treated in self-styled advanced democracies?This is the question that Anna Boucher, a political scientist based at the University of Sydney, sets out to answer in Patterns of …
View article: Legal Protection for Workers Receiving Wages below the Minimum Wage Provisions at the District/City Level Post the Job Creation Law
Legal Protection for Workers Receiving Wages below the Minimum Wage Provisions at the District/City Level Post the Job Creation Law Open
This research aims to analyze the legal protection for workers receiving wages below the minimum wage after the enactment of the Omnibus Law on Job Creation. With the regulatory changes, there is a potential decrease in the wage levels for…
View article: AS THE IMPOVERISHED GET EVEN POORER: AN ANALYSIS ON THE IMPACT OF PHILIPPINE TRAIN LAW TO THE MINIMUM WAGE EARNER
AS THE IMPOVERISHED GET EVEN POORER: AN ANALYSIS ON THE IMPACT OF PHILIPPINE TRAIN LAW TO THE MINIMUM WAGE EARNER Open
In the Philippines, the TRAIN Law or tax reform for acceleration and inclusion legislation was put into effect in 2018. This law sought to significantly alter the nation's tax structure in order to increase money for poverty alleviation, h…
View article: Economic freedom, the minimum wage, and food insecurity
Economic freedom, the minimum wage, and food insecurity Open
Economic freedom, a measure of the degree of freedom from government intervention in the economy, has been found to be associated with many positive economic outcomes, such as lower unemployment rates, and higher growth of income, employme…
View article: The impact of education costs on income inequality
The impact of education costs on income inequality Open
Reducing education costs is a crucial policy element with broad support in the U.S. However, is lowering the cost of learning a panacea for eliminating income inequality? In this paper, I theoretically examine the relationship between inco…
View article: Moral Economy and the Ethics of the Real Living Wage in UK Football Clubs
Moral Economy and the Ethics of the Real Living Wage in UK Football Clubs Open
Real living wages (RLWs) are an important ethical and moral policy to ensure that employees earn enough to live on. In providing ‘a fair day's pay for a fair day's work’, they set an ethical foundation for liveability. This article explore…
View article: Employer-focused interventions targeting disability employment: A systematic review
Employer-focused interventions targeting disability employment: A systematic review Open
There are a wide range of interventions that are designed to influence employer behaviour with respect to the employment of people with disabilities. This study presents the results of a systematic review looking at employer-focused interv…
View article: What Does It Take To Make a Living Wage?
What Does It Take To Make a Living Wage? Open
View article: Dispositions Towards the Living Wage Proposition: Baseline Report of the Rainforest Alliance Living Wage Strategy Evaluation
Dispositions Towards the Living Wage Proposition: Baseline Report of the Rainforest Alliance Living Wage Strategy Evaluation Open
This paper reflects on the changes induced by modifications in the Rainforest Alliance certification system that require wage transparency from plantation owners, a comparison with the local living wage benchmark, and a wage improvement pl…
View article: Revisiting Sample Bias in the UK's Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, with Implications for Estimates of Low Pay and the Bite of the National Living Wage
Revisiting Sample Bias in the UK's Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, with Implications for Estimates of Low Pay and the Bite of the National Living Wage Open
View article: Abolition and a Guaranteed Living Wage
Abolition and a Guaranteed Living Wage Open
View article: AN URBAN HOUSEHOLD LIVING WAGE: AN EMPIRICAL OVERVIEW
AN URBAN HOUSEHOLD LIVING WAGE: AN EMPIRICAL OVERVIEW Open
As Malaysia is rapidly progressing towards the status of a high-income nation, it is imperative that all of its residents strive for at least a minimally decent standard of living. Keeping a comfortable standard of living is becoming incre…
View article: Should We Abolish The Minimum Wage?
Should We Abolish The Minimum Wage? Open
The discussion on minimum wage is a long-standing debate in economics. The fundamental objective of a NMW is to assist individuals who are remunerated at a low wage that yields below average living standards. To mitigate poverty, the gover…
View article: The Extent to which the Minimum Wage and Conditions of Employment Act Cap 276 of the laws of Zambia is being Implemented and its Impact on the Living Conditions of the Domestic Workers in Kitwe.
The Extent to which the Minimum Wage and Conditions of Employment Act Cap 276 of the laws of Zambia is being Implemented and its Impact on the Living Conditions of the Domestic Workers in Kitwe. Open
The paper examines the importance of the Minimum Wage and Conditions of Employment Act Cap 276 of the laws of Zambia and how it improves the standard of living conditions of domestic workers in (Kitwe) Zambia.The objectives of the study ar…