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Reason February 2004 Tim Cavanaugh	Sins of Wages: Living wages, killing restaurants San Francisco recently upped its minimum wage to $8.50 an hour, a hike that includes waitresses' and waiters' pay. Restaurateurs, who have until February to comply with the new law, are already discussing plans to cut back benefits and freeze hiring to offset the new expense.
Fast Company David Lumb	Seattle Takes Its First Step To A $15 Minimum Wage The city will continue to raise the minimum wage until all workers in the city earn $15 per hour on January 1, 2017 -- which will be more than twice the current federal U.S. minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.
BusinessWeek February 19, 2007 Max B. Sawicky	Minimum Wage, Maximum Pork Tax breaks could just as easily benefit business owners not affected by the minimum wage increase.
BusinessWeek November 29, 2004 Aaron Bernstein	Minimum Wage: The States Get It Since Congress won't raise hourly pay, local lawmakers are taking the lead.
Inc. October 2004 Jess McCuan	Minimum Wage Hikes Eyed Nationwide New York may soon become the 13th state to raise its minimum wage above the federal level of $5.15 an hour.
BusinessWeek February 12, 2007 Maria Bartiromo	The Good News Economy Al Hubbard, director of the National Economic Council and one of the President's top advisers talks about the U.S. economy.
HBS Working Knowledge March 4, 2015 James Heskett	Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality? Walmart's recent action to raise wages and offer new career advancement opportunities cheer advocates who believe market forces, not government intervention, offer the best ways to address unhealthy levels of wage disparity.
BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Michelle Conlin	How to Lift the Working Poor The Russell Sage Foundation says boosting tax credits and the minimum wage combined with education will help the working poor in the U.S.
U.S. Banker February 2005 Susanne Trimbath	Mobility of Jobs are an Urban Planner's Nightmare The labor pool was what used to be flexible, but now jobs are moving more frequently than people. This means cities must plan to prevent what paralyzes booming communities: congestion and inner-city slums.
ifeminists September 22, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Wage Gap Reflects Women's Priorities The disparity in wages has nothing to do with discrimination against women. It reflects the preferences of women themselves.
The Motley Fool November 28, 2006 Mike Norman	The Cost of Doing Business It could be going up, but the quest for productivity will drive another cycle of technology investment. What does this mean for investors?
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Reason February 2006 Ronald Bailey	Good Migrations A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research questions the American conventional wisdom that competition from immigrants invariably hurts native workers.
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BusinessWeek May 31, 2004 Michelle Conlin	At Costco, "Good Jobs and Good Wages" Costco CEO disputes Wal-Mart's low-pay model and says in the long run, "it doesn't pay the right dividends."
Job Journal January 16, 2005 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: No Hike Likely in Pay Raises If you were expecting a big pay raise in 2005, brace yourself for some news you've heard before: You're probably not going to get one. If you do, surveys say it won't exceed 4 percent.
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Global Services July 30, 2007 Vashistha & Khan	Hire and Fire: Regional Labor Laws In these times when businesses thrive on global labor, companies must know and understand the employment laws of the countries they operate in.
InternetNews August 17, 2005 Jim Wagner	Tech Paychecks Dip Wages for high-tech workers remain steady in 2005, but they're lower today than last year at this time.
Entrepreneur September 2005 Jane Easter Bahls	It's Not Personal Personnel files often provide fodder for lawsuits, so if you wouldn't want a jury to see it, don't file it.
BusinessWeek January 13, 2011 Mehul Srivastava	Why India Is Rethinking Its Labor Laws India's labor laws deter businesses from hiring more than 100 workers and are holding back the country's industrial growth.
Global Services November 29, 2007	The Future of Offshore Wages Globally, offshore wages are changing dramatically as supply and demand reconcile differences. By 2010, the most noticeable change will be the redistribution of arbitrage from a few global hotspots to a broader base of tier-2 cities and newly emerged countries around the world.
Entrepreneur August 2007 Carol Tice	Gimme a Tax Break Tax breaks ease the burden of the minimum-wage hike for business owners.
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Finance & Development September 1, 2006 Anthony Annett	Reform in Europe: What Went Right? Successful economic and social reformers can offer valuable lessons for the rest of the EU.
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InternetNews January 5, 2007 Paul Shread	Motorola, Jobs Report Hit Stocks A warning from Motorola and stronger than expected employment and wage growth had stocks on the defensive Friday... The broader market got hit on much stronger than expected job and wage growth... Nvidia shed on a downgrade... etc.
Job Journal February 4, 2007 Bob Rosner	Working Wounded: 2007 -- a Turnaround Year Predictions of an improving climate for workers and job-seekers.
BusinessWeek October 1, 2007 Michael Orey	Labor Law Time Warp America's New Deal-era overtime laws need updating, but the political will is lacking.
Reason February 2004 Ronald Bailey	Sweatshops Forever: Oppression rasies wages Want to improve the lives of poor workers in developing countries? Then rush out and buy a pair of Nikes or Levi Strauss jeans, says a new report by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
The Motley Fool March 11, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Is Wal-Mart Costing Us Billions? Low wages may be costing the U.S. dearly in welfare and health care for Wal-Mart workers.
IDB America February 2003 Daniel Drosdoff	A fresh approach to social assistance Colombia finds cost-effective ways to tackle the symptoms, and not just the causes, of poverty.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Cooper & Madigan	U.S. Labor Markets: The Truth About Worker Pay Just how big is the squeeze on the pay of American workers? The answer is not as clear-cut as the polarized views of each political camp would lead you to believe.
Finance & Development September 2010 Ceyda Oner	Back to Basics: What Constitutes Unemployment? Earlier this year, the International Labor Office announced that global unemployment last year reached the highest level on record. More than 200 million people, 7 percent of the global workforce, were looking for jobs in 2009.
Finance & Development March 1, 2000 Nora Lustig & Omar Arias	Poverty Reduction Although Latin America and the Caribbean reduced the incidence of poverty during the 1990s, population increases and the greater income inequalities that had developed during the 1980s stymied the region's efforts to reduce the number of poor people. How can its policymakers fight poverty most effectively and better protect the poor during economic crises?
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 William A. Jacobson	Deferred Compensation. Whose Money Is It? Deferred compensation plans offer incentives or income tax deferral while motivating the employee to remain at the company. However, the Citigroup Capital Accumulation Plan is facing legal challenges from class action suits in several states.
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BusinessWeek December 6, 2004 Laura D'Andrea Tyson	Offshoring: The Pros And Cons For Europe Faced with stiff American competition, more European companies, especially British ones, are starting to offshore services. Wage insurance for workers displaced by offshoring can help ease the transition.
BusinessWeek October 27, 2003 Aaron Bernstein	Pitting Markets vs. Poverty Harvard's Michael Porter talks about some surprising strengths in inner cities and how capitalist forces can help improve their lot
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Job Journal December 5, 2004 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Supreme Court Weighs Age-Old Issue With about 70 million American workers over 40 -- roughly half of the labor force -- it's difficult to think that they need protected status as a class. Yet that's just what federal and state laws do. And for very good reasons.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 John Churchill	Everybody Wants Their Overtime UBS said it has agreed to pay $89 million to settle class-action wage and hours claims of reps filed this past summer in several federal courts.