“If this trend is confirmed, it will be the largest gain in more than 15 years… however, this positive trend is not shared equally across regions,” said ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo. Speaking in Geneva at the launch of ILO’s Global Wage Report, Mr. Houngbo noted that today’s global wage gains...
Global monthly wages fell in real terms to -0.9 per cent in the first half of the year, the study found, marking the first instance of negative growth this century. As a result, the purchasing power of middle-class families has been reduced, while low-income households have been hit particularly hard....