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LOCATION:Braamfontein Campus West 91¿´Æ¬Íø Club
DESCRIPTION:The National Minimum Wage Research Initiative (NMW-RI) at 91¿´Æ¬Íø presents its two-day National Symposium on 2 and 3 February 2016.The Symposium will profile the research of the NMW-RI, as well as draw together important international and local experts. Policy makers; civil society, union and business leaders; academics; and the press are expected to attend.
<br />International experts include:
<br />
<br />Alan Manning, Professor, London School of Economics (LSE), United Kingdom
<br />Uma Rani, International Labour Organisation
<br />Roxana Maurizio, UNGS, Argentina
<br />Shanmugam Thiagarajan, National Wage Council, Malaysia
<br />Asghar Adelzadeh, Applied Development Research Solutions
<br />
<br />Panels will discuss:
<br />
<br />Minimum wages and employment
<br />The impact of a national minimum wage on poverty and inequality
<br />The South African labour market
<br />International case studies
<br />The consequences of a national minimum wage in South Africa – outcomes from modelling exercises
<br />
<br />Policy sessions will consider:
<br />
<br />Designing national minimum wage to transform the wage structure
<br />A national minimum wage that business can implement: exclusions, exemptions and incentives 
<br />Institutional design: who sets, monitors and enforces a NMW?
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong>The National Minimum Wage Research Initiative (NMW-RI) at 91¿´Æ¬Íø presents its two-day National Symposium on 2 and 3 February 2016.</strong><p>The &nbsp;will profile the research of the NMW-RI, as well as draw together important international and local experts. Policy makers; civil society, union and business leaders; academics; and the press are expected to attend.</p>
<br /><p>International experts include:</p>
<br /><ul>
<br /><li>Alan Manning, Professor, London School of Economics (LSE), United Kingdom</li>
<br /><li>Uma Rani, International Labour Organisation</li>
<br /><li>Roxana Maurizio, UNGS, Argentina</li>
<br /><li>Shanmugam Thiagarajan, National Wage Council, Malaysia</li>
<br /><li>Asghar Adelzadeh, Applied Development Research Solutions</li>
<br /></ul>
<br /><p>Panels will discuss:</p>
<br /><ul>
<br /><li><em>Minimum wages and employment</em></li>
<br /><li><em>The impact of a national minimum wage on poverty and inequality</em></li>
<br /><li><em>The South African labour market</em></li>
<br /><li><em>International case studies</em></li>
<br /><li><em>The consequences of a national minimum wage in South Africa – outcomes from modelling exercises</em></li>
<br /></ul>
<br /><p>Policy sessions will consider:</p>
<br /><ul>
<br /><li><em>Designing national minimum wage to transform the wage structure</em></li>
<br /><li><em>A national minimum wage that business can implement: exclusions, exemptions and incentives </em></li>
<br /><li><em>Institutional design: who sets, monitors and enforces a NMW?</em></li>
<br /></ul>
SUMMARY:National Minimum Wage Symposium
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