Raising the Minimum Wage to a Living Wage Collaborative Research Lesson with the Committee of Labor

Abstract

The idea of a minimum wage is considered based on human rights guarantees that individuals and families have an adequate income. The background of the research is for labor networks in various industries to submit a letter to the chairperson of the Committee on Labor because the government has not raised the minimum wage rate in at least two years and people are having problems keeping up with the rising cost of living. The study's purpose is to examine the current state of living costs and construct an argument for recommending a path to achieving a decent standard of living. Following that, the Labor Committee decided to organize a working group to study wage and cost of living issues. The working group's participation in all stages, such as brainstorming, designing a questionnaire, reflecting on viewpoints, collecting data, and analyzing survey data, is covered by the research method. The findings and recommendations in this article suggest that the minimum wage definition should be changed to include a living wage, and the wage rate should be altered to match living costs. If the government is unable to adjust the level of the living wage, public sector agencies involved in the problem must implement social protection policies and provide assistance to low-paid workers earning less than the living wage. Furthermore, minimum wage legislation is a matter of collective bargaining, not universal mathematics. The fundamental issue is the tripartite structure, which is exacerbated by the failure to ratify ILO Conventions No. 87 and 98, resulting in a lack of legal protection for workers' associations.