A national minimum wage could benefit young people who have jobs and stimulate those who have given up trying to find work. But those without work need additional help.
found a negative – but small – impact on youth employment in agriculture; with some increases in the retail and taxi sectors, and no negative effects in the other remaining sectors. They also found significant levels of noncompliance with the law, with between 40% and 50% of young people earning less than the applicable minimum wages.a national minimum wage across the board in 2019 with the aim of reducing poverty and unemployment.
The findings suggest that a national minimum wage could benefit young people who have jobs and that it could stimulate those who have given up trying to find work to do so. Many participants felt powerless to bargain for higher wages which they believe makes it unlikely they would be able to claim their rights.
For me it’s an opportunity to advance myself. Maybe at home I’ve got no shoes, no toiletries. Sitting at home doing nothing, being hungry the whole day and no food… for me the minimum wage is a way out of that
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