elance.com is a company that puts employers with work requirements together with freelance workers around the world.
The end result is that these employers can get their work done cheaply, or cheaper than local workers, and people in the lower … Read the rest
A press release in April 2013 shows that the Unemployment Rate in Spain has hit a record level of over 27%, for the first quarter of 2013. The highest since at least 1976.
The employment of illegal workers in many countries carry penalties for the Employer, as well as the employee.
An illegal worker is normally defined as someone in the country without a valid working visa.
Example penalties are:
Australia:
People … Read the rest
The New Zealand National Minimum Wage rates are reviewed every year, with effect from the 1st April each year.
As at 1 April 2013 the adult minimum wage rates (before tax) are:
Age Over 16
Each Canadian state determines its own Minimum wage rate, and the 2012 rates for each province are:
2012 Canadian Minimum pay rates per Hour
The Australian national minimum wage rates for the 2012/2013 financial year are:
Adults Full Time
Adults Casual rate
Minimum wage levels in selected developed economies as a share of median full-time wages in 2010
From the ILO chart 28 in the Global Wage Report:
Unemployment Rates in the Philippines, sourced from IMF
| Year | Unemployment rate |
| 2001 | 11.13% |
| 2002 | 11.40% |
| 2003 | 11.40% |
| 2004 | 11.83% |
| 2005 | 11.35% |
| 2006 | 7.95% |
| 2007 | 7.33% |
| 2008 | 7.40% |
| 2009 | 7.48% |
| 2010 | 7.33% |
| 2011 | 7.03% |
Calculated as a Percent of total labor … Read the rest
The International Labour Organization released figures of Average Earnings worldwide in 2012, and the BBC has a webpage where you can enter your own Pre Tax Income to see how it compares to the worlds averages. Although released in 2012, … Read the rest
For Individuals Earning Purely Compensation Income and Individuals Engaged in Business and Practice of Profession.
Taxable Income Php Tax Rate
———0 – –10,000: 5% of ALL Income
–10,000 – –30,000: Php 500 … Read the rest