The Latest Breaking News from Minimum Wage

TUC picks opportune moment to call for rise in minimum wage

Analysis: £15 an hour is ‘logical next step’ amid cost of living crisis but neither Labour or Tories likely to back campaign

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2022

The Guardian view on raising the minimum wage: winning the fight for £15 an hour

Editorial: Britain may be as close now to a general strike as it has ever been. To resolve industrial tensions means thinking big

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2022

Labour sets out plan to change minimum wage so it reflects cost of living

Angela Rayner says workers should not receive a ‘fake living wage they can’t live on’

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2022

Making more than ends meet

A move to expedite the enforcement of the new daily minimum wage as early as October has added to the debate over what the most acceptable wage rise should be.

Bangkok Post · Aug 15, 2022

Wage hike caution

Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin is right to vow an increase in the daily minimum wage from Oct 1, instead of next year.

Bangkok Post · Aug 14, 2022

Liz Truss’s plans to help lowest earners pay energy bills ‘insulting’, says Labour

Analysis of tax proposals shows a full-time employee on national minimum wage would gain £1 a week

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2022

FTI frets over looming minimum wage hike

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) does not agree with the Labour Ministry's plan to enforce a new minimum wage hike on Oct 1, which is earlier than originally anticipated, as businesses will be flooded with too many financial burdens, notably a rise in the Bank of Thailand's policy rate…

Bangkok Post · Aug 10, 2022

EconThai calls for wage hike to be based on inflation rate

The Employers' Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai) is urging the government to base the daily minimum wage calculation on inflation, not politically-motivated factors, as the Labour Ministry plans to enforce the new wage hike in October, which is sooner than originally anticipated.

Bangkok Post · Aug 9, 2022

Eduardo Porter: Minimum wages are going up. Jobs may disappear.

The minimum wage is roaring back.

Tribune News Service · Aug 9, 2022

Labour minister pushing for wage rise in October

Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said on Tuesday he wanted an increase in the daily minimum wage of 5-8% from Oct 1 instead of early next year as intended, and denied bringing the pay rise forward was politically motivated.

Bangkok Post · Aug 9, 2022