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Welcome to the latest WageIndicator Foundation newsletter. In this issue we tell you about our Wages in Context analysis in over 50 countries, and our latest WI app for calculating Cost of Living. We also fill you in on you on our unique study of the garment industry in nine Asian countries, which focuses on living wages. Our global check on minimum wages includes updates in several countries, and we keep you informed about new additions to our Collective Bargaining Agreement database. Last but not least, we show how we have covered the Gender Pay Gap in Europe. Enjoy the read.
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Is the average salary enough to cover the basic monthly expenses for food, housing and transport of a family? WageIndicator Wages in Context analysis reveals some surprising facts and figures regarding wages of the world in over 50 countries.
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WageIndicator has introduced a new app for calculating Cost of Living which complements the existing online Cost of Living survey and Wages in Context calculations. This means that everybody with a smartphone, tablet or laptop can collect prices offline. Prices for oranges, rice, water, housing, transport (over 100 essential items from a standard list that is already in use), are all registered. This Cost of Living data, when collected together, is used to calculate ranges of living wages for individuals as well as families.
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The WageIndicator Collective Agreement database now contains 549 collective agreements from 29 different countries. The latest additions come from countries including Senegal, Colombia and Kenya.
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How big is the Gender Pay Gap in Belgium? How does this compare with Spain? Which occupations are better for women in terms of equal salaries? And how high up the ladder are these differences reflected? WageIndicator has released a comprehensive study of the Gender Pay Gap in over 30 European countries, which compares make and female salaries at the level of occupational groups.
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The WageIndicator Foundation has just completed an intensive study of the garment industry in nine Asian countries - Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam. The research was done at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands, on behalf of the Asian Living Wage Conference (ALWC) in Pakistan in 2016. The ALWC aims to engage Asian textile-producing countries to implement living wages. The topics include a look at minimum wages, cost of living, and country-specific hurdles for realising living wages.
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WageIndicator Foundation collects, compares and shares labour market information through online and offline surveys and research. Itsnational websites serve as online libraries featuring (living wage) wage information, labour law and career advice, both for employees and employers.
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