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'Minimum wage is destroying jobs and must be cut', Liz Truss's economy group claims

A group of economists brought together by former prime minister Liz Truss says the minimum wage should be frozen and then cut.

The National (Scotland)

Truss-backed economists say minimum wage is ‘destroying jobs’ and call for cut

Plans to increase the minimum wage will be a ‘significant drag on the economy’, according to The Growth Commission.

The Independent UK

Protests and clashes continue in Bangladesh over garment workers' wage demands

Bangladesh's garment worker unions have rejected a 56 percent minimum wage increase made by a government-appointed board on Tuesday, saying it doesn't cover basic living expenses. On Wednesday, clashes with police erupted in a garment industry hub on the outskirts of Dhaka, leading to the death of one worker. In…

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Bangladesh raises monthly minimum wage for garment workers to $113 following weeks of protests

Authorities in Bangladesh have announced a new minimum wage for garment factory workers after weeks of violent protests

The Independent UK

Workers for fast fashion brands fear starvation as they fight for higher wages

Garment workers in Bangladesh making clothes for UK brands say plans to increase their pay to £92 a month is not enough to survive

The Guardian - UK

Minimum wage to rise next month

The minimum daily wage will be raised by the end of next month, but the new rate won’t reach the 400 baht promised by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin previously, Labour Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Only three e-commerce platforms have minimum wage policy: study

Grim working conditions for India's gig workers revealed by Fairwork India's fifth annual study across 12 e-commerce platforms. Only three platforms had minimum wage policy, two had external audits to check for biases, and none provided living wage. Five Fairwork principles examined, with two platforms not receiving any points. No…

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Real living wage rises to £12 an hour as cost of living crisis continues

The half a million workers whose employers pay the voluntary real living wage will earn £3,000 a year above the minimum wage

The Guardian - UK

Chevron meets ESG

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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Steakhouse chain Miller & Carter criticised as waiting staff lose out on tips to up pay for chefs

Payments intended as way to share tips but some waiting staff losing ‘hundreds of pounds a month’

The Guardian - UK

Kenya's cost of living crisis: expert unpacks what's driving it and what should be done

Kenyans are grappling with the high cost of living. Policy analyst Adan Shibia led a technical team that prepared a recent report on the state of Kenya’s economy. We asked him to unpack what’s driving costs, who’s affected and what can be done about it.

The Conversation

‘I don’t think it’s too much’: Waffle House workers push for $25 an hour

Workers in US south call for higher minimum wage and end to automatic meal deduction charges from paychecks in petition

The Guardian - US

California Gov. Newsom signs law to slowly raise health care workers’ minimum wage to $25 per hour

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to raise the minimum wage for health care workers

The Independent UK

Eric Trump says his father sent him to work on construction sites earning minimum wage when he was 11 or 12

‘He put us on those sites because he cared about work ethic.’ ex-president’s middle son remembers

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California's $20 Minimum Wage Will Hurt the Fast Food Workers It's Meant to Help

Boosting minimum wages often increases unemployment and raises prices.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: Subminimum wage is officially going away in Chicago

Plus: The Bears’ Claypool era ends, 6 things to do this weekend and more.

Chicago Sun-Times

Big win for Brandon Johnson, tipped restaurant workers as City Council approves phased elimination of subminimum wage

Council members backed the new law, which supporters say levels the economic playing field for waitstaff in Chicago’s world-class culinary scene.

AAP

V/Line security guards claim they're being underpaid

Security guards contracted to work for V/Line allege they have been paid eight per cent below the award rate, which places them below minimum wage.

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The Guardian - UK

Labour figures from 1997 victory warn Starmer against cautious approach

Exclusive: People involved in Tony Blair’s victory believe party needs to set out much clearer policy platform to win voters’ trust

The Conversation

Ontario's 2-tier minimum wage: As discriminatory now as it was in the 1990s

The province of Ontario has increased its minimum wage to $16.55 per hour — unless workers are students under the age of 18, in which case their labour is only worth $15.60.

Chicago Sun-Times

Small steps, slight delay for key parts of Johnson’s progressive agenda

Eliminating the subminimum wage for tipped workers has been teed up for a final vote on Friday. The City Council also created a working group to study reopening shuttered mental health clinics and held a hearing on a plan to create a dedicated fund to combat homelessness.

Ballotpedia

Gov. Newsom signs legislative compromise on fast food restaurant minimum wage and working conditions; campaign announces it will withdraw referendum

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed Assembly Bill 1228 (AB 1228) on Sept. 28. AB 1228 is a legislative compromise reached with proponents of a veto referendum on a different bill (Assembly Bill 257) that qualified for the 2024 ballot. AB 1228 will repeal AB 257, which was passed during…

The Independent UK

UK Treasury chief says he'll hike the minimum wage but rules out tax cuts while inflation stays high

Britain’s Treasury chief is announcing a hike in the national minimum wage

Chicago Sun-Times

Why eliminating the subminimum wage for tipped workers matters so much to women

Women make up 70% of the wait staff in Chicago, and of 746 occupations analyzed recently, wait staff had the lowest median annual earnings, just $21,000.

Salon

California raises minimum wage to $20

The change, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, will go into effect in 2024.

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