Improving earnings of workers

Increasing salaries of employees
Raising low wages
Improving wages
Enhancing existing salary scales
Increasing real wages
Increasing minimum wages

Description

Improving earnings of workers involves implementing measures to raise wage levels, ensure fair compensation, and enhance income security. This strategy addresses issues such as low pay, wage stagnation, and income inequality by promoting living wages, collective bargaining, skills development, and equitable employment practices. Practical actions include enforcing minimum wage laws, supporting worker representation, and incentivizing employers to provide fair remuneration, thereby increasing workers’ purchasing power and reducing poverty.

Implementation

ILO assists governments to adopt pay policies and practices that improve the earnings of workers, especially of the lowest paid, while taking into account objective such as the need for appropriate income differentials, increased productivity, balanced economic development and macro-economic stability.