Living wages: a reasonable goal or a surrender of minimum wages? An Austrian perspective

Hofmann, Julia; Zuckerstätter, Sepp

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“…The Austrian trade union federation Ö GB, however, has a long tradition of determining a national minimum wage target for collective bargaining. After €1500 has been reached as the lowest wage grade in almost all collective agreements, the new target is €1700, which is 13 per cent above the current level (Hofmann and Zuckerstätter, 2019). The Austrian case is also a good example of how a European minimum wage policy can be implemented in countries without a statutory national minimum wage.…”

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What’s in a name? From minimum wages to living wages in Europe

Schulten¹,

Müller

2019

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

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The development of a European minimum wage policy is back on the political agenda. While in the past the debate about a European minimum wage policy was largely detached from developments at national level, more recently the debate has been based on various national-level initiatives to ensure a living wage that enables workers and their families to enjoy a decent standard of living. Based on an introduction to the living wage concept, this article analyses how recent living wage initiatives in several EU Member States and the development of a European minimum wage policy could mutually reinforce each other and eventually result in a European living wage policy. In view of the significant heterogeneity of minimum wage regimes and welfare state traditions across Europe, the article calls for a pragmatic approach that adopts a common European target of 60 per cent of the national median wage as the benchmark for an adequate minimum wage.

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What’s in a name? From minimum wages to living wages in Europe

Schulten¹,

Müller

2019

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“…More recent research extended beyond the USA to other Anglophone countries, such as Canada (Cohen, 2009), the U.K. (e.g., Linneker & Wills, 2016), and New Zealand (e.g., , and has tended to centre on higher income countries, including Austria (Hofmann & Zuckerstätter, 2019), Spain (Laín & Torrens, 2019), Slovenia (Poje, 2019), and the Nordic countries (Alsos et al, 2019). However, a handful of studies have occurred in lower income countries, including a series of comparative studies from the Dominican Republic examining health and well-being outcomes matching living wage and non-living wage apparel factories (Burmaster et al, 2015;Landefeld et al, 2014;Rehkopf et al, 2018).…”

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“Money’s too tight (to mention)”: a review and psychological synthesis of living wage research

Searle

McWha‐Hermann²

2020

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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Traditional living wage research has been the purview of economists, but recently contributions from the field of work psychology have challenged existing perspectives, providing a different lens through which to consider this issue. By means of a narrative interdisciplinary review of 115 peer-reviewed journal articles published between 2000 and 2020, we chart the transitions in the field with attention shifting from macroeconomic and econometric lens largely concerned with the costs of living wage policies, to a more person-centric lens focusing on the employee and their family. Synthesizing prior study, we outline five key themes: consequences for individuals, organizations, and societies; changes in operationalization; exploration of different contexts; study of social movements; and the history of the topic. We outline the importance of work psychology in developing the living wage debate through more inclusive definitions, and novel operationalization and measurement, thereby providing fresh insights into how and why living wages can have a positive impact. Critically, we outline the redundancy of simple study of wage rates without understanding the elements that make work decent. We raise key areas for further study, and this topic presents a significant opportunity for psychology to shift focus to impact upstream policy by providing new empirical evidence, and challenges to structural inequalities.

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“…Currently, all collective agreements (with very few exceptions) provide for a minimum wage above this mark. The goal of a new minimum wage of €1,700 was included in the ÖGB's working programme in 2018 (Hofmann and Zuckerstätter 2019). Works councils are entitled to negotiate works agreements on issues such as working time, telework/ home office or surveillance procedures, at company level.…”

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Trade Unions in the European Union

2023

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Trade unions have repeatedly been challenged by neoliberal programmes implemented within Member States of the European Union (EU) and at the European level. The twenty-seven country chapters at the core of this book chart the features of the neoliberal challenge in the EU Member States and the measures implemented by unions in their attempts to adapt to changed circumstances since 2000. It is clear that union activity, either independently or in conjunction with allies, will be at the centre of revitalization campaigns if the pieces left from the neoliberal challenges are to be picked up and wielded into a coherent response. This book offers a comprehensive comparative overview of the development, structure, and policies of national trade union movements in the EU. It presents an in-depth analysis of the challenges facing these organizations and their strategic and policy responses from 2000 to 2020.

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Living wages: a reasonable goal or a surrender of minimum wages? An Austrian perspective

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What’s in a name? From minimum wages to living wages in Europe

What’s in a name? From minimum wages to living wages in Europe

“Money’s too tight (to mention)”: a review and psychological synthesis of living wage research

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