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Businesses have mixed reactions to the new daily minimum wage hike finalised by the cabinet on Tuesday as they deal with a raft of economic challenges.

Bangkok Post

Minimum wage reportedly set to rise as Government to sign off on change for 2023

Officials raised the wage at the beginning of 2022 by 80c to its' current rate of €10.50 an hour for anyone aged 20 or over.

Irish Mirror

Farmers fined for failing to comply with workplace laws as new minimum wage takes effect

Compliance blitz by Fair Work Ombudsman has found many farmers continue to flout rules designed to protect workers from exploitation

The Guardian - AU

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Indonesia to review minimum wage rules after protests over fuel price hike

Indonesia will review minimum wage and other labour rules, the president's office said on Tuesday, after trade unions staged nation-wide protests against a recent hike in petrol prices that they say has come even as incomes stagnate.

Reuters

Fix minimum wage for domestic workers: MNM

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The Hindu

The past, present and future of tipping and tipped workers in Seattle

SEATTLE — Did you know it was once a misdemeanor to leave a tip in Washington state?

Tribune News Service

Greek PM says pensions to rise for first time in more than a decade

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday the minimum wage would rise again next year and pensions would be increased for the first time since the financial crisis erupted more than a decade ago.

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Flurry of factors combine to dent retail sentiment

Retail sentiment remains tepid as operators fret over rising inflation, an interest rate hike and an increase in the daily minimum wage bound to raise their production costs.

Bangkok Post

What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

The Independent UK

Taiwan’s Economic Slowdown (Part 1): Taiwan’s Wages Are Growing Too Slowly to Allow Profits Grow

Taiwan’s issue isn’t that consumer prices are growing too quickly. It’s that wages are growing too slowly.

The News Lens

Voter photo ID and minimum wage initiatives make the ballot in Nebraska

On Sept. 6, the Nebraska secretary of state announced that two ballot initiatives had qualified for the November ballot. Voters will decide on a constitutional amendment to require photo ID to vote and a new law that would incrementally increase the state’s minimum wage from $9 to $15 by 2026…

Ballotpedia

Kyrsten Sinema releases Labor Day statement without mentioning the minimum wage or unions

Last year, Sinema voted against including a minimum wage increase in Biden’s Covid-19 relief bill

The Independent UK

Inflation pushes minimum wages higher in some states

DENVER — Low-wage workers in more than a dozen states — and many more cities — could get unexpectedly large raises next year, thanks to minimum wage increases that will reflect soaring consumer prices.

Tribune News Service

DWP set to respond to petition calling for Carer's Allowance payment increase to match minimum wage

Currently people on Carer's Allowance get £69.70 per week

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Bangkok Post

Wage hikes make little impact: expert

Minimum wage rises have failed to keep up with GDP growth with workers on the lowest rung in society receiving only a 15-baht hike in the daily wage in the last 10 years, according to a Thammasat University economist.

The Guardian - UK

Cost of living crisis: what governments around the world are doing to help

From cancelling student loan debt to raising minimum wage, different strategies aim to reduce effects of soaring prices

Daily Record

New petition calls for Carer’s Allowance to increase to £239 per week to match National Minimum Wage

People providing at least 35 hours of unpaid care each week receive £69.70 from the DWP.

Reason

California Bureaucrats Want to Take Over Your Local Fast Food Joint

Where have we heard before about government councils dictating terms to nominally private enterprise?

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The Guardian - UK

Soaring costs could strip ‘basic dignity’ from millions in UK

Annual income survey finds national minimum wage will often fail to cover even a ‘no frills’ lifestyle

The Independent UK

What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

Chicago Tribune

2 immigrant temp workers file lawsuit against Illinois staffing agency, alleging wage cuts and denied work at height of pandemic

Since migrating to the United States nearly two decades ago, Patricia Martinez, now 55, and a mother of two adult children, found a livelihood working through staffing agencies. Though some days felt heavier than others, she was grateful to have a job even if it meant earning the minimum wage.

Axios

For job searchers, $20 per hour is the new $15

Inflation and a labor shortage pushed up wages faster than anyone could've imagined a decade ago, when Fight for $15 was founded.

The Independent UK

What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

The Independent UK

What is the national minimum wage and when will it increase?

TUC calls for rate raise ‘as soon as possible’

Wales Online

Where £15 per hour minimum wage would have most impact

Regional variations mean that a raise in minimum wage would impact more full-time workers in some regions of the UK than others

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