Archives: living wage

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Plain Language Podcast: Living wage effects on employees’ attitudes

This plain language podcast is based on an article titled A study of living wage effects on employees' performance-related attitudes and behaviour by Zhaocheng Zeng and Benson Honig. In this article, the authors discuss the different attitudes towards their jobs held by living wage employees versus minimum wage employees. Download a copy of... More

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Partners in Action: Pathway to Potential

  by Amy Richardson, CFICE Communications RA The Community First: Impacts of Community (CFICE) project works closely with it’s community partners to deliver a community first approach. One of those partners is Pathway to Potential, an organization committed to reducing and preventing poverty in the Windsor/Essex community of Ontario and a... More

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Who Pays a Living Wage?

by Julie Bourassa, CFICE Volunteer It’s hard to make a living. Especially when minimum wage does not guarantee a decent quality of life. It is for this reason that the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction – along with many poverty-focused community groups – are advocating for a living wage. “People have both physical needs,... More

Friday, August 22, 2014

Calculating the Living Wage: Webinar for local communities

Save the date! The Living Wage for Families Campaign has received more than three dozen requests from communities around BC (and across western Canada) asking how the local living wage can be calculated. To help the living wage movement grow, you are invited to join us for a free one-hour webinar on how the... More

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