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...health-reform legislation that could cost upwards of $1 trillion over the next decade, there is probably no funding method more unpopular with the American public than taxing health benefits. Employers have been providing tax-free insurance to workers since World War II, when federally mandated wage freezes led to a bonanza in this form of nonsalary compensation...
...Municipal unions, which in recent years have had more success winning premium health benefits than wage increases, are incensed at the notion that their members could get hit by a new health-insurance tax, even an indirect one. "In our judgment, we think it's inequitable to tax individuals because of who they work for, what they do or where they work," says Chuck Loveless, legislative director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Of the Kerry excise tax proposal, Loveless says, "We're looking at it very closely and we're trying to calculate the cost...
...public outcry over Hajar's case, in late June Indonesia temporarily blocked its domestic workers from going to Malaysia to work until the two countries hammer out additional protections to a 2006 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on migrant workers. Indonesia's proposed amendments - including acknowledging workers' rights to wage increases and a day off each week - aim to protect domestic workers better by providing opportunities to build support amongst friends and ensure proper payment. This is not the first time where tensions have boiled between the two neighboring states over migrant abuse, but this time, they hope to reach...
...Human-rights and local migrant groups sharply criticized Indonesia's 2006 MOU with Malaysia for failing to include widespread human-rights protections, including a clear minimum wage, a weekly holiday or stringent monitoring mechanisms for labor agencies - often the source of abuse and fraud. Labor and migrant-rights groups hope this summer's revisions will beef up mechanisms to better protect migrant workers. Next summer, domestic workers will also feature high on the agenda at the annual International Labor Conference in Geneva where participants will try to develop international labor rights for domestic workers...
...Plus, during 2007 and through the first eight months of 2008, Booker signed some 160 executive orders either giving an employee a pay raise or starting a new hire at a salary above the minimum set by civil-service guidelines. Some orders gave low-level workers a more livable wage. Others were a bit gratuitous. For example, one aide went from making $107,225 to $118,607. Isn't 107 grand enough to live on? The fiscal impact of these orders totaled about $1.5 million...