October 2019

by SaharaReporters, New York Oct 29, 2019 The state governors have, through the forum, said they would not pay beyond their individual capacity. The labour unions in Nigeria have disagreed with the Nigeria Governors’ Forum on the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage across the state. The state governors have, through the forum, said they […]

Bernama, October 28, 2019 A minimum wage of RM1,200 per month for a single adult living in the Klang Valley, is still below the estimated living wage, says economist Yeah Kim Leng. The academic at Sunway University’s Business School told Bernama, it was likely that such individuals would need to have a supplementary income source

By Sang Wook Cho,Soojung Lee, October 29 2019 On 15 August 2019, the Ministry of Employment and Labor (‘MOEL’) announced the minimum wage for 2020 as KRW 8,590 (approximately USD 7) per hour, which represents a 2.9% increase from this year’s KRW 8,350. Consequently, in 2020, for an employee who works 40 hours per week,

IANS October 28, 2019 -Kejriwal also announced that the employees will also get dearness allowance for the months of April to September and a Diwali bonus of one month’s salary -National minimum wage is ₹4,628 per month while in Delhi, it is ₹14,842 per month NEW DELHI : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday,

By Emily Young, October 29, 2019 Despite an increase in the median household income in Seattle from 2017 to 2018, poverty rates have remained stable with no significant change. According to the United States Census Bureau, the poverty rate of Seattle currently sits at about 12%. In certain neighborhoods, the poverty rate is much higher.