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61Interfaith Worker Justice — (IWJ) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan religious organization that educates and mobilizes the religious people of all faiths in the United States on issues important to working people.IWJ is governed by a 40 member board of directors. The president of …
62Living Wage — A theoretical wage level that allows the earner to afford adequate shelter, food and the other necessities of life. The living wage should be substantial enough to ensure that no more than 30% of it needs to be spent on housing. The goal of the… …
63United Kingdom agency worker law — refers to the law which regulates people s work through employment agencies in the United Kingdom. Though statistics are disputed, there are currently between half a million and one and a half million agency workers in the UK, and probably over… …
64Social Security Wage Base — For the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) tax or Social Security tax, the Social Security Wage Base (SSWB) is the maximum earned gross income or upper threshold on which a wage earner s Social Security tax may be imposed. The… …
65Young worker safety and health — Around the world, nearly 250 million children, about one in every six children aged 5 to 17, are involved in child labor. cite web|url= http://www.who.int/occupational health/topics/childlabour/en/ |title= Hazardous child labour |accessdate=2007… …
66Million Worker March — The Million Worker March on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The …
67living wage — noun a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably • Hypernyms: ↑wage, ↑pay, ↑earnings, ↑remuneration, ↑salary * * * noun [singular] : an amount of money you are paid for a job that is large enough to provide you with the basic …
68Green-collar worker — A green collar worker is a worker who is employed in the environmental sectors of the economy, or in the agricultural sector. Environmental green collar workers satisfy the demand for green development. Generally, they implement environmentally… …
69basic wage — /beɪsɪk ˈweɪdʒ / (say baysik wayj) noun 1. the minimum wage payable to an adult employee under an award or agreement. 2. the specific amount of this wage. 3. (formerly) the wage payable to an unskilled adult male worker regardless of what work he …
70living wage — liv ing wage A wage or salary that permits a worker to live at least with minimal customary amenities, and above conditions of poverty. [PJC] …
