A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their employees—the price floor below which employees may not sell their labor...
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the United States, the minimum wage is set by U.S. labor law and a range of state and local laws. The first federal minimum wage was instituted in the...
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This is a list of the official minimum wage rates of the 193 United Nations member states and former members of the United Nations, also including the...
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responsibility for enacting and enforcing labour laws, including the minimum wage, rests primarily with the ten Provinces of Canada. The three Territories...
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Germany's minimum wage is €12.41 per hour, pre-tax since 1 January 2024. The legislation (German: Gesetz zur Regelung eines allgemeinen Mindestlohns) was...
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or monthly minimum wage. More than 90% of all countries have some kind of minimum wage legislation. Until recently, minimum wage laws were usually very...
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hours) and Monaco (39 hours). Most minimum wages are fixed at a monthly rate, but some countries set their minimum wage at an hourly rate or annual rate...
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minimum wage in Turkey represents the gross amount that an employee must legally receive over a period of 30 days. The determination of the minimum wage...
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standards of living, China does not set one minimum wage for the entire nation. Instead, the task of setting minimum wages is delegated to the local governments...
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Japan's minimum wage depends on the region and industry. Industrial minimum wages apply for certain industries and are usually set higher than the regional...
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This is a list of the official minimum wage rates of the 50 US states and the federal district of Washington, D.C. For comparisons to other countries see:...
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The minimum wage in Poland is the lowest monthly or hourly remuneration that employers are legally allowed to pay their workers in Poland. The sum is decided...
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The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39) creates a minimum wage across the United Kingdom. From 1 April 2024, the minimum wage is £11.44 for people...
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Minimum Wage Act on December 31, 1986. The Minimum Wage System began on January 1, 1988. At this time the economy was booming, and the minimum wage set...
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Minimum wage in Croatia is regulated by the Minimum Wage Act (Croatian: Zakon o minimalnoj plaći) and is defined as the lowest gross monthly wage for...
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hours). Most of EU countries minimum wages are fixed at a monthly rate, but there are some countries where minimum wage is fixed at an hourly rate or...
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examples of wage payments include compensatory payments such as minimum wage, prevailing wage, and yearly bonuses, and remunerative payments such as prizes...
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must earn at least the state's minimum wage when tips and wages are combined or the employer is required to increase the wage to fulfill that threshold. This...
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The Minimum Wage Ordinance Cap. 608 is an ordinance enacted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong to introduce a minimum wage in Hong Kong in July 2010...
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in minimum wage as it was lower than expected, and urged the government to review its decision.[citation needed] Prior to 2018, the minimum wage in Kuwait...
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A living wage is defined as the minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs. This is not the same as a subsistence wage, which refers...
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the official minimum wage rates of the Top 10 cities with the largest economies in ASEAN. Some cities may have a complicated minimum wage system. For example...
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The minimum wage in Romania is the lowest monthly or hourly remuneration that employers are legally allowed to pay their workers in Romania. The sum is...
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the Great (c. 590 to c. 529 B.C.), whose government used a regulated minimum wage, also provided special rations to families when a child was born. Cash...
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Monopsony (section Minimum wage)
the wage policy of firms. The most common kind of regulation is a binding minimum wage higher than the monopsonistic wage. A binding minimum wage can...
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Seattle's minimum wage to $15 per hour incrementally over the next few years. Seattle was the first big city in the United States to raise its minimum wage to...
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The history of minimum wage is about the attempts and measures governments have made to introduce a standard amount of periodic pay below which employers...
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The minimum wage in Taiwan is the lowest hourly or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers in Taiwan. It is also known as the basic...
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Council appointed a Tripartite Committee of Fair Wage. This committee came up with the concept of a minimum wage, which not only guarantees bare subsistence...
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capita income List of Asian countries by average wage List of ASEAN countries and subdivisions by minimum wage List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita...
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