Tag: minimum wage

• Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 14:46 UTC

  Falklands: Consultation on National Minimum Wage accommodation regulation

  

  Following approval at Executive Council on Tuesday 27 August, the Falkland Islands Government is holding a public consultation from this week to Tuesday 22 October 2024, on the Minimum Wage Accommodation offset rate.

• Friday, April 5th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

  UK National Living Wage up from £10.42 to £11.44 an hour; will apply to workers over 21

  

  The minimum wage set by the British government, known as the National Living Wage in UK is rising from £10.42 to £11.44 an hour and will apply to workers over 21 rather than over 23, benefiting some 2,7 million low paid workers. Younger workers will also see a rise in the rates that apply to them.

• Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 14:02 UTC

  Uruguay has the second highest minimum wage in Latin America: See how much is earned in each country

  

  The German media Statista, specialized in the disclosure of market data, shared in recent days a new report on minimum wages in Latin America for 2023.

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 22:39 UTC

  Boric enacts minimum-wage increase bill for Chileans

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Monday signed into law a minimum wage hike so that “no one is left behind.”

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 05:47 UTC

  Falklands' budget: 1,5% pay increase for government employees, and Minimum wage of £7.13 per hour

  

  Some key changes within the Falkland Islands' Budget for 2020/21 from July 1, 2020, unless stated otherwise a 1.5% pay increase for Government employees.

• Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Maduro publicly thanks God for the all mighty dollar as an escape valve for Venezuela's economy

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro embraced the currency of his bitter rival the United States on Sunday, calling it an “escape valve” that can help the country weather its economic crisis amid U.S. sanctions aimed at forcing him from power.

• Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  The salary is tripled in Venezuela: Increases to 6 dollars

  

  Nicolás Maduro ordered an increase of 300% of the minimum wage on Monday, the 26th time he makes an announcement of this kind during his term. Also, an increase in the petro cryptocurrency was decreed and the president highlighted the economic management of his government, which he said in his annual report helped to turn Venezuela into the country with “greater socioeconomic equality”.