1 - 10 of 54 results for "minimum wages"

  1. 1. learning | 10 Apr 2012

    Will SMEs avoid new minimum wages?

    About business

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Small businesses not inspected by government (informal sector) may simply not pay the new 40% higher minimum wages. Official SME employment may drop from 81% to 70%.

  2. 2. learning | 03 Apr 2013

    Soaring wages equals rising prices

    About business & economics

    By Jon Fernquest

    » As minimum wages rise for companies in Asia making cheap exports more difficult (toys, clothes, furniture). Inflation results as higher costs passed onto consumers.

  3. 3. learning | 12 Jul 2011

    Poor foreign workers: No minimum wage

    About jobs

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Employers get around minimum wages with workers from poorer countries which they pay less.

  4. 4. news | 12 May 2013

    Bangladesh to raise garment workers' minimum wages

    By AFP

    » Bangladesh has set up a panel to raise the minimum wage for millions of garment workers, a minister said Sunday, as tens of thousands protested over poor conditions highlighted by a series of disasters.

  5. 5. learning | 26 Jul 2011

    UN seal of approval

    About economics

    By Jon Fernquest

    » Foreign direct investment may improve with higher minimum wages, a natural part of moving from industries with unskilled labour to skilled labour.

  6. 6. learning | 25 Jul 2012

    Where is Thailand's economy going?

    About the economy

    By Jon Fernquest

    » From rice purchases to minimum wages to government handouts, clear long-term plans for the future being replaced by short-term election promises.

  7. 7. learning | 30 Aug 2011

    Wages catching up, labour shortage

    About labour

    By Jon Fernquest

    » 7.8% earn less than 1,687 a month, wages behind inflation and productivity, labour shortage as wages catch up.

  8. 8. learning | 23 Jan 2013

    Strong baht hurting SME exporters

    About business & economics

    By Jon Fernquest

    » With baht rising in value recently & minimum wages rising, what can the Bank of Thailand do about it?

  9. 9. learning | 14 Nov 2012

    Housemaids: Right to day off & holidays

    About labour & the law

    By Jon Fernquest

    » New law gives maids one day off per week & time off when sick. Still not covered by law: minimum wages & work hour limits.

  10. 10. news | 29 Apr 2013

    End in sight for 'cheap' Asia labour

    By dpa

    » China's affluent cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen will raise their minimum wages by 19% in the manufacturing heartland of Guangdong province on Wednesday, to coincide with international Labour Day.

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