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CNA Explains: What Singapore's national wage guidelines are for
16 Nov 2025 22:31 GMT
SINGAPORE: Every year, the National Wages Council (NWC) releases salary recommendations … a more stable approach towards wage-setting.
The tripartite body – comprising … , inflation, productivity growth and the global economic outlook.
Aside from wages, its …
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Panama Unions Want More Than $900 Minimum Wage While Business Leaders Warn About the Economy
16 Nov 2025 20:48 GMT
… installation of the Minimum Wage Commission made it clear, … presented during the last wage negotiation in 2023: the … about productivity, skills, and economic growth without reviewing wages is … by debt rather than productivity, a structure that worsened …
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6 regions yet to order wage hikes
16 Nov 2025 19:34 GMT
… workers’ purchasing power. Our regional wage boards must move decisively,” Libanan … Nov. 3, the National Wages and Productivity Commission said.
But the Cordillera … recovery.
“The country urgently needs wage adjustments to revive household consumption …
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Japan labor productivity up 0.2% in FY 2024
16 Nov 2025 04:17 GMT
… to data from the Japan Productivity Center think tank.
However, … labor productivity "needs to increase more … quot; to ensure that real wages keep rising by 1% as … the think tank said.
Labor productivity — the amount of added value …
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Red Deer’s living wage up 9%
14 Nov 2025 23:03 GMT
… surveyed by the Alberta Living Wage Network (ALWN).
Jasper … than 16,000 minimum wage earners were supporting children … between the minimum wage and a living wage reflects structural … spend, businesses through lower productivity and higher turnover, and …
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Canada’s productivity grew three times slower than the U.S. in last two decades: Report
14 Nov 2025 17:24 GMT
… input that’s driving [American] productivity…is Information and Communication Technology … opportunities for major changes in productivity relate to exploiting the … the country’s productivity problem.
“Productivity remains weak, limiting wage gains for workers …
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Nelson can be pricier than Vancouver, and other realities of B.C.’s living wage
14 Nov 2025 16:30 GMT
… in community activities
Living wage is a weighted average … .
The highest average living wage in B.C. is … reducing staff turnover, and increasing productivity and spending in local communities … www.livingwagebc.ca/living_wage_rates.
— with files from …
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Minimum wage not a living wage in city
14 Nov 2025 15:46 GMT
… collaborated with the Alberta Living Wage Network (ALWN) to calculate … a living wage for Lethbridge and several other … communities calculated for a living wage.
“Every community has a … see an increase in productivity and reduced absenteeism and …
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Labor reform will exacerbate the wage gap between men and women, says CGTP.
14 Nov 2025 14:58 GMT
… , constrain collective bargaining, limit wage increases, deregulate work schedules, … commission suggests that addressing wage inequalities requires increasing salaries to … and regulating bonuses (for attendance, productivity, etc.) to ensure maternity, …
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AI may lift wages — then crush them, professors say
14 Nov 2025 12:32 GMT
… and then decreases wages."
After the initial productivity surge, … early rise in wages as AI boosts productivity, followed by a … to caregiving — which drives wages down.
The result is a … Even as automation first increases wages, it can eventually lead …