Proposals to Extend Coverage of Minimum Wage Protection


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Considers legislation to expand minimum wage provisions to include large retail and service businesses, small telephone exchanges, restaurants, and agricultural labor, and to revise minimum wage provisions affecting independent contractors and U.S. territories and protectorates.




Fair Labor Standards Act


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Fair Labor Standards Act


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Hearings


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Hearings


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Inequality


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Inequality and poverty have returned with a vengeance in recent decades. To reduce them, we need fresh ideas that move beyond taxes on the wealthy. Anthony B. Atkinson offers ambitious new policies in technology, employment, social security, sharing of capital, and taxation, and he defends them against the common arguments and excuses for inaction.




Services Labor Report


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The Fundamentals of Minimum Wage Fixing


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This manual draws on the ILO's comprehensive database containing the principal legal provisions and minimum wage fixing mechanisms in 100 countries. The minimum wage has had a long and turbulent history, and this study sheds light on its intricacies by providing a thorough overview of the institutions and practices in different countries. It outlines the main topics for debate concerning the effects of minimum wages on major social and economic variables such as employment, wage inequality, and poverty. The book considers the various procedures countries use for implementation, including the criteria employed to fix the minimum wage, and how they are linked to specific country objectives. It then measures the efficiency of the minimum wage, and focuses on its impact on employment as a major political issue. For the benefit of non-specialists, the validity of econometric models and their results are examined.