The Promises and Perils of US Local Labor Ordinances

Velut, Jean-Baptiste

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-0209-1_9

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“…LW campaigns have been notable in the US, UK, Canada and recently New Zealand (NZ), and are increasingly documented elsewhere (e.g. Lammam, 2014; Velut, 2019; Wills and Linneker, 2014; D’Arcy and Kelly, 2015). The Living Wage Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand (LWMANZ), a faith-based, union and community coalition, defines a LW as “the income necessary to provide workers and their families with the basic necessities of life, … [enabling] workers to live with dignity and to participate as active citizens in society” (LWMANZ, 2015).…”

Section: Introduction: New Zealand’s Wage Contextmentioning

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Perceptions of living wage impacts in Aotearoa New Zealand: towards a multi-level, contextualised conceptualisation

Parker

Arrowsmith

Young‐Hauser

et al. 2022

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PurposeThe study maps workplace stakeholders’ perceptions of living wage (LW) impacts in New Zealand. Empirical findings inform an inaugural model of LW impacts and contingent factors at individual, organisation, sector/industry and national levels.Design/methodology/approachData from a national employee survey, semi-structured interviews with business sector representatives, and staff in two LW organisation cases were subjected to thematic content analysis.FindingsInformants emphasised anticipated LW impacts amid complex workplace and regulatory dynamics. Employers/managers stressed its cost effects. However, employees, human resource (HR) advocates and other LW proponents highlighted employee “investment” impacts that improve worker productivity and societal circumstances.Research limitations/implicationsThis study highlights the need for further context-sensitive LW analysis. An initial model of LW impacts provides a framework for comparative and longitudinal work in other national contexts.Practical implicationsThe proposed model categorises perceived LW effects and can inform policy development. Findings also stress a need for cross-agency initiatives to address LW concerns, including a key role for HR.Social implicationsThe findings highlight perceptions of a LW impacting within and beyond the workplace. Whilst higher-quality management is seen to encourage better-informed decisions about “going living wage”, a LW's positive socio-economic impacts require multi-lateral initiatives, suggesting that those initiatives are is part of wider obligations for policy makers to encourage decent living standards.Originality/valueThis study provides a much-needed and inaugural focus on the intertwined workplace and wider impacts of a LW, extending extant econometric analyses. The paper also synthesizes different data sources to develop an inaugural, context-sensitive model of perceived LW effects.

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Section: Introduction: New Zealand’s Wage Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%