fair wage
Equitable pay rate
A fair wage is compensation considered adequate and just for the work performed.
The term implies enough to live on with dignity, though what counts as fair varies by context—economists, employers, and workers rarely agree.
The union negotiated for a fair wage.
Is minimum wage a fair wage?
- cost of livingPrice of basic necessities
- unionizationForming a labor collective
- pay scalesStructured compensation levels
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- collective bargainingJoint worker-employer talks
earnings · sweat equity · economic justice · poverty alleviation · dignity · worker empowerment · remuneration · salary · income inequality · labor laws · income · overtime pay · paycheck · bread and butter · compensation · workplace equity · raise · hourly
- fairnessjustice, impartiality, equity, equal opportunity, equal treatment
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- wagessalary, pay, paycheck, income, earnings
- laborlabor, labor union, work, labor force, laborers
- labor disputesstrikes, strike, labor strike, walkout, walkouts
- labor strikeswalkouts, walkout, picket lines, strike action, coal strike
fair wagestarvation wage
Pay insufficient for living
slave wage · subsistence wage · pittance · underpayment · wage theft
fair wagewage slavery
Compulsory labor for survival
labor exploitation · exploitation · indentured servitude · bonded labor · worker exploitation