The Living Wage is calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK. Employers choose to pay it on a voluntary basis.
You can hire a motorcycle taxi for 50 baht per hour or, if you can bear cycling in the heat, a basic bicycle will cost 40 baht per day.
That means the military will receive a 1.45% increase in basic pay in May, which is still below the rising cost of living.
Developed in the 1960s, the poverty threshold represents the basic cost of food for a household, multiplied by three.
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In contrast we, in established economies, are currently investing in technologies (like clean tech) that increase the cost of basic amenities like fuel, as well as making a point of honor of protecting industries that need to be cannibalised.
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The first stage in the cycle is that of factor-driven economies which focus on low-cost basic factor conditions, such as low-skilled labour, natural resources and geographic location.
And developing basic low-cost pollution technology for coal-fired power generation in the third world would probably get more bang for the pollution buck than just about anything else.
Notwithstanding this stated position, in FY 2009 the LDP allowed tax revenue to cover up to 50 percent of the cost of basic pensions.
When doing the sums, Mr Worstall might want to factor in the cost to taxpayers of those free-riding companies that are failing to discharge their basic responsibilities.
It has also begun to obtain some of its basic garments from low-cost countries, although the bulk of its production remains in Europe.
The most basic economic cost of any regulation is that scarce resources like labor must be used in compliance efforts.
The only requirement here is basic cost recovery, and the simplest way to do it would be annual odometer readings in connection with license-plate renewal.
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