Wages for most workers have been falling, in real terms, for several years.
Whereas real wages have been falling or flat for most workers, they have increased for those who have advanced degrees.
So the state is providing less for most workers and the private sector is failing to pick up the slack.
The best argument for a small disincentive impact is that the present minimum is below the prevailing market wage for most workers.
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Now clearly, two stock market crashes in 13 years, a housing bust, a deep recession and stagnant wages for most workers have not helped matters.
Both sides in the debate cite the experience of America, which banned age discrimination in 1967 and abolished compulsory retirement for most workers in 1986.
For most workers at Nomura wages are kept within a narrow band varying only by 30% to 40%, a practice common at most Japanese firms.
This set a limit of an average of 48 hours a week for most workers and gave workers the right to four weeks' paid annual holiday.
Almost eight out of 10 of those surveyed drank tea, coffee or cola either first thing or mid morning - periods of the day in which stress levels also peak for most workers.
For most Portuguese workers, the annual tax rises are equivalent to more than a month's wages.
For most Portuguese workers the tax rises are equivalent to more than a month's wages.
Although many people might not spend their 8-t0-5 in the office, the 40-hour workweek is still a myth for most knowledge workers.
For most Portuguese workers the tax rises that came into effect on January 1 are equivalent to more than a month's wages.
The tax rises are equivalent to more than a month's wages for most Portuguese workers, and aim to increase government revenues by 30%.
The average employer contribution rate rose this year to almost 21 percent of salary for most public workers and nearly 29 percent for police and firefighters.
That is why studies show that for most young workers today, even if Social Security does somehow pay all its promised benefits, those benefits would represent a real rate of return of around 1% to 1.5% or less.
One final point to make about European wages, and it's one of the most aggravating for workers: Western European incomes are the most heavily taxed in the world, with the state, on average, taking 27.6% of people's salaries (although this is not far off the 26.2% tax burden on North American incomes).
And for most of these workers, it is definitely not.
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If so, the opportunity for the most able workers to earn more than before has increased the size of Britain's national income, which should make it easier to help the poor.
Institutionalised welfare provision was reserved not for the neediest cases, but for workers in the most productive industries.
Lazar says this 21-day period has become routine in most companies for workers of all ages.
Cost is clearly a major issue for most laid-off workers, says Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund.
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For American workers the most worrying thing about all this is the flight of brain-intensive jobs to India.
It is now one of the most popular countries for migrant workers to settle.
This is a good sign for the type of workers most likely to be looking to form new households.
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Employers today are looking for the most skilled, educated workers.
The agriculture heavy economies of Wyoming, Alaska, North Dakota and Montana all averaged at least 4.8 deaths per 100, 000 last year, making them the four most dangerous states for workers.
The general is already making changes and in March the government announced that it would, next year, start rewarding most farm workers for a good day's work with what they really want: more money.
And in an economy where employers are looking for the most skilled, educated workers, few people are going to have a bigger impact on that than the men and women who are in our classrooms.
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