Minimum Wage
18 entries
Minimum Wage in France
The salaire minimum interprofessionnel de croissance is indexed by law, rising automatically with inflation and also by government...
Minimum Wage in Germany
Germany legislated its first general minimum wage only in 2015, a landmark after years of belief that collective bargaining alone ...
Minimum Wage in the United Kingdom
The Low Pay Commission recommends rates each year for uprating in April, and the 21-and-over rate reached 11.44 pounds in 2024, a ...
Minimum Wage in the Netherlands
Dutch law sets the floor monthly but has moved to hourly application to end part-time loopholes, with upratings now twice yearly, ...
Minimum Wage in Spain
The salario minimo interprofesional is negotiated between government and social partners and has risen by more than half in real p...
Nordic Minimum Wage Model
Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland legislate no general minimum, instead relying on sectoral bargaining between strong unions an...
Minimum Wage in Japan
Minimums are set prefecture by prefecture through councils, revised each October, and the weighted national average crossed the sy...
Minimum Wage in South Korea
The minimum wage commission, with worker, employer and public members, sets the rate yearly after famously loud negotiations. The ...
Minimum Wage in China
Provinces and major cities set their own monthly and hourly minimums under national guidance, adjusted periodically. Enforcement c...
Minimum Wage in India
The 2019 Code on Wages aims to consolidate multiple laws and set a national floor, but implementation has moved slowly. In practic...
Minimum Wage in Vietnam
Vietnam sets minimums by region, with region one covering Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City urban cores paying around 4.96 million dong a...
Federal Minimum Wage (United States)
The longest freeze in the federal rate's history has let inflation erode its purchasing power by roughly a third since 2009. Rough...
Minimum Wage in Canada
Labor law is provincial, so floors differ: British Columbia and Ontario set rates in the 16 to 17 dollar range, prairie and Atlant...
Minimum Wage in Brazil
The adjusted floor covers formal workers and anchors pension calculations, a fiscal linkage that makes each increase expensive for...
Minimum Wage in Mexico
Mexico quotes the minimum as a daily rate, and the zone system gives border manufacturing areas a premium recognizing US-side labo...
Minimum Wage in Australia
The rate is set each year by the Fair Work Commission in its annual wage review, which also adjusts the minimum rates in more than...
Minimum Wage in New Zealand
The minister responsible for workplace relations sets the rate annually after advice from officials, with changes usually taking e...
Tipped Minimum Wage (United States)
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, employers may take a tip credit, paying a lower cash wage as long as tips lift the worker to t...