1 Editorial: Minimum wage should go up
When the business community sides with the B.C. Federation of Labour on the need for a higher minimum wage, we know an increase is overdue. Source: Victoria Times Colonist
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2 DOLE: Minimum wage hike known in October
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- Minimum wage hike in Central Luzon is expected to be determined in early October, although how much will be granted and when the increase will take effect still have to be resolved. Source: Punto Central Luzon
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3 Honduras rallies for minimum wage rise
Honduran workers and students marched from two university campuses to central Tegucigalpa on Tuesday to press their demand for a 15 per cent rise in the minimum wage, the return of ousted former president Manuel Zelaya and a constitutional convention. Source: Morning Star
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4 Don Cayo: B.C. minimum wage long overdue for an increase
A couple of recent economic good news stories on jobs and wages, combined with the annual Labour Day call for a better break for low-income workers, combine to underline just how strong the case has become for a long-overdue increase in B.C.'s minimum wage. Source: Vancouver Sun
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5 Minimum wage factory shutdowns head for talks
Efforts to resolve the stand-off over the payment of the minimum wage between the National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry and factory owners will begin on Monday when all the parties meet with national government representatives. Source: Independent Online
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6 Time for Singapore to consider minimum wage, says LKY School Prof
An Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy has publicly called for a rethink in Singapore’s current economic policies which do not have any provisions for a minimum wage law or system. In an article published in the Straits Times Review on 2 September, Prof Hui Weng Tai wrote that it may be time for [...] Source: The Temasek Review
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7 Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Bill May Fall Short of Expectations
The highly debated minimum wage bill in Hong Kong is a step closer to becoming law. Source: The Epoch Times
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8 China Hongxing +5.0%; Wage hikes bode well: DMG
China Hongxing Sports (BR9.SG) most active stock in market, +5.0% at $0.21, as RMB1 billion ($198 million) worth of orders secured at August trade fair in Xiamen fuels optimism over sportswear retailer's prospects, says Dow Jones. Order value 12.6% higher vs August 2009. "Recent minimum wage hikes and improving distributors' sentiments (in China) have helped China Hongxing's order books to ... Source: The Edge Singapore
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9 GANSU PROVINCE TO INCREASE MINIMUM WAGE
Northwest China's Gansu Province will raise its minimum wage from Oct. 1, provincial authorities said Saturday. The wage adjustment is divided into four categories according to local economic development in different regions. Source: People's Daily
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10 DOLE 7 Sorely Lacks Inspection Teams
CEBU CITY (PNA) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) 7 said because they lack inspectors, it can only inspect 4,000 of the 54,000 business establishments in Central Visayas to see if these firms are paying their workers the minimum wage. DoLE 7 Director Elias Cayanong said while the new daily minimum wage of P285 took effect last September 1, they will start their evaluation and hold ... Source: Manila Bulletin
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