Minimum Wage or Living Income?

The main factor influencing the amount of the minimum monthly wage is the possibilities of the national budget that determine the increase in the minimum monthly wage of employees working at institutions financed from the national budget.

It was not enough to raise the national minimum wage periodically a reformulation of the wage structures in female dominated professions was needed.

For calculating the annual wage, the lowest general minimum wage was used.

2 Refers to the national consumer price index for families with incomes not exceeding one minimum wage.

In the said case the monthly wage shall not be less than the minimum wage.

It should also be pointed out that the National Minimum Wage Commission has adopted measures for reducing wage disparities in the country in order to increase workers' available income.

Unfortunately, harmonization would probably apply to wage replacement payments, implying uniform minimum wage constraints for EU countries.

In the given case the monthly wage of the employee shall not be below the minimum wage .

Determination of the minimum wage is not connected to the value of the consumer's shopping basket, which, to our knowledge, is much higher than the minimum wage.

On 2 May, Cairo was set to witness a nationwide workers strike to demand an increase in the national minimum wage.

But Bangladesh s government is considering an increase in the minimum wage.

The minimum monthly wage has been raised periodically (see the table).

The minimum wage shall be exempt from attachment, compensation, or deduction.

During 2002 the minimum wage increased by an average of 0.7 .

Minimum wage in Kazakhstan increased by 32 on 1 January 2004.

It was below the minimum wage. And this is well documented.

Counsellor, I don't believe you've heard of the Minimum Wage Act.

It was below the minimum wage, OK? And this is well documented.

Beijing s municipal authorities have preemptively boosted the city s minimum wage by 20 .

China s government introduced tough labor laws and a minimum wage in 2008.

Collective agreements might contain minimum wage provisions for certain categories of worker.

The first option is to defend the wages of the low skilled through minimum wage laws or paying social replacement incomes which imply minimum wage demands against the private economy.

The national minimum wage is determined at the negotiating table by the Labor Consultative Commission, where Government, Employers and Trade Unions are represented.

Since June 2011, the minimum wage in Croatia is 2,814 kuna ( 380 euro).

In view of constraints of the national budget in funding the budgetary area that should be financed from the national budget, for years the CM has been establishing the minimum monthly wage below the subsistence minimum (see the table below).

Shenzhen, to head off trouble, has announced a 16 increase in the minimum wage.

It is estimated that in 2005, about 21,900 Nova Scotians work for minimum wage.

The minimum occupational wage also takes into account conditions in the various economic activities.

That's his little depot behind him, and he earns twice the Nigerian minimum wage.

Its measures, which include a decrease of the hourly minimum wage to US 4.24 (about 3 less than the US federal minimum wage), have galvanized people to organize daily civil disobedience events and camps.

The Committee is particularly concerned that the minimum wage is not sufficient to provide a decent living for workers and their families and that in practice such a minimum wage is not always paid.

At the same time, there have been efforts to raise the level of earned income by setting minimum wage legislation. But the minimum wage has never reached the floor set for a living income and has not, therefore, appreciably reduced the bill for wage subsidies.

For the less qualified in Western Europe, a decrease in employment will be inevitable, because the scope for wage fluctuation is limited by collective agreements and by the minimum wage levels that the welfare state sets through wage replacement benefits and legal minimum wages.

Prior to raising the minimum monthly wage (the basic salary) the issue is coordinated at the National Trilateral Cooperation Council (employers, the state and trade unions).

In June 2004, the minimum wage in Nova Scotia was increased to 6.50 per hour.

The minimum wage in the Northwest Territories increased, in December 2003, from  6.50 to 8.25.

In 2004 half of the minimum monthly wage established by the Government was 1240 EEK.

This includes changing the informal nature of the work and ensuring a minimum wage payment.

The Committee notes with concern the absence of a minimum wage in the private sector.

While the previous minimum wage differed for youth under 16 years of age and workers in off road communities, the new minimum wage is the same for everyone regardless of their age or location of work.

Remuneration, minimum monthly salary and the subsistence minimum (1993 2001) On 1 August 2000 the CM passed the decision on increasing the minimum monthly wage as of 1 July 2001.

But the minimum wage is normally much lower than the effective wage, and thus has not changed the fundamental relationship between wages and labor productivity.

To hire and retain skilled workers, many foreign invested enterprises routinely pay above the minimum wage.

Indeed, apprentices should be compensated at least at the minimum wage rate in a given occupation.