Eighty-one percent (81%) of the child workers said that they were working because their parents could not provide the basic needs of the family.
Try to understand the basic needs of the community.
The time has come for a minimum wage that meets the basic needs of workers in the 21st century.
Ruth Vermeulen advises Fair Wear Foundation FWFF) member companies on the implementation of the Fair Wear Foundation Code of Labour Practices (CoLP) for the garment industry Ideally, minimum wages would cover the basic needs of garment workers – but in major garment-producing countries, this is almost never the case.
23 In Uganda there is evidence to suggest that decentralization has led to a lack of faith in the health system to provide adequately for the basic needs of workers leading to the adoption of alternative "survival strategies" or money generating enterprises.
Ideally, minimum wages would cover the basic needs of garment workers – but in major garment-producing countries, this is almost never the case.
Although it recognises the wages it provides are often not enough to meet the basic needs of its workers, VF Corporation is trying to engage in more systemic approaches to creating "sustainable living environments" – something that the report does not believe is within the company's remit.
Funding was cut by the umbrella organization supporting these drop-in centers for fear they might be seen as violating U.S. law against "promoting prositution" because they served the basic needs of sex workers, among society's most vulnerable groups.
Financial incentives have been shown to be an important motivating factor for health workers, especially in countries where government salaries and wages are insufficient to meet the basic needs of health workers and their families.
Trillions of pounds in savings were failing to meet even the basic needs of workers as they neared retirement, the IMF said, following a series of forecasts that the Brexit vote would lead to low global growth and rock-bottom interest rates for years to come.
Monetary incentives are an important motivator for worker retention, especially in countries where government salaries are insufficient to meet basic needs of health workers and their families [ 24– 27].
