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Living wage

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Jacukowicz Z.
Polityka Społeczna
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2007
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vol. 34
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issue 8(401)
22-25
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This paper addresses the question what is a living wage and how it differs from the general definition of remuneration, described as just and fair remuneration for work. The appropriate level of living wage for Poland is discussed. The idea of treating the remuneration as a show of solidarity, preventing poverty, as well as enabling families to develop and raise children, is presented. Treating remuneration as a living wage requires the guarantee of sufficient pay for the family father. The discrepancy between the remuneration in Poland and sufficient living wage is shown. An alternative point of view about remuneration, stating that the amount of remuneration should reflect the value of the work performed, regardless of who performed the work, is presented.
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The Total Cost of Individual Remuneration and the Level of Underreported Salaries

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Jacukowicz Z.
Polityka Społeczna
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2006
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vol. 33
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issue 8(389)
1-5
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The paper addresses the total cost of individual remuneration and the likelihood that the high insurance premiums and payroll taxes paid by the employer could increase the amount of underreported remuneration. The analysis of add-ons to the nominal salary with respect to the remuneration paid and the different portions paid by the employee and the employer is presented. Taking into account that the salaries in Poland are low by comparison with the social minimum, the issue of underreported remuneration is considered. Does the underreporting of salaries arise from the abuse by dishonest employers or is it simply an unavoidable consequence of the inability of a family to satisfy its basic needs on the reported earned income of a single family member (in the case of a several person family even the income of two family members may prove insufficient) is addressed.
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The minimum wage: business' opinion

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Jacukowicz Z.
Polityka Społeczna
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2007
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vol. 34
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issue 1(394)
1-5
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The results of our study on how the minimum wage functions are presented. The level of the minimum wage and its role in the remuneration system at the individual firm level, and its value from the perspectives of employees and employers are discussed. The research is presented in the form of interviews. One hundred eighty businesses, employing over 26 thousand people in total, were interviewed. Many of the questions concerned the issue of raising the minimum wage and the resulting consequences to the employers. The results of the research showed that a large variety of employers with many different salary structures, contrary to the common belief, are ready to raise the minimum wage.
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Forum: Paid work – between coercion and chances for promotion

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Gilejko L., Jacukowicz Z., Krynska E., Blaszczyk B., Ksiazkiewicz I., Rajkiewicz A.
Problemy Polityki Społecznej. Studia i Dyskusje
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2004
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issue 7
151-189
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The last census confirms that the wide understood problems of work are still important in the Polish society. It is still workers' society, and work took a new meaning despite smaller number of persons who 'make a living from work'. On one hand work became more desirable and difficult to access. On the other it has now new and more attractive glitters. First of all it is a result of high level of unemployment for a longer time and what is particularly essential it concerns more and more often persons with adequate qualifications and graduates of higher levels of education. At the same time, new jobs with high wages, career prospects and other bonuses emerged. Thus workaholism, known in richer countries, develops rapidly in Poland. Under the pressure of economic situation and employers the process of labor market deregulation proceeds as well as the new forms of employment develop. Under influence of deregulation labor market becomes more flexible and its new diversification follows. The level of safety of work and certainty of employment drops quickly. These, among others, processes caused new segmentation of work in many dimensions. Private sector, internally very diversified, is the predominant segment. It is a universal phenomenon. Important and interesting questions and dilemmas arise. The first one concerns work prospects under globalization and technological shocks, simultaneously with cheap labor force supply. The second one concerns choices in postindustrial or postmodern societies between unemployment civilization and work sharing. The third one is a dilemma of leveling opportunities and attractiveness between traditional employment status and flexible labor market. The next question concerns professionals with high qualifications. What should and can be the work offer for them. Maybe they need new version of participation with higher chances for self-actualization. The last and especially important question concerns the possibilities of limiting the impact of two types of enslavement or subordination: pressures caused by unemployment and by overwhelming consumptionism.
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