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Pressure grows for 'living wage'

A protest in Germany about a living wage

13 February 2019, Bavaria, Wrzburg: Source: Getty

Momentum is growing for the minimum wage to be replaced by a so-called “living wage” to ensure no workers are living in poverty, but opinion is split about how to deliver the increase.


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By Rosemary Bolger

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Momentum is growing for the minimum wage to be replaced by a so-called “living wage” to ensure no workers are living in poverty, but opinion is split about how to deliver the increase.


It could mean  a windfall for Australia's lowest paid workers, but the idea has alarmed employers, who are warning of job losses.


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