{"id":188,"date":"2018-04-04T15:15:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T15:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globallivingwage.org\/?page_id=188"},"modified":"2018-06-19T16:38:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T20:38:43","slug":"what-is-a-living-wage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globallivingwage.org\/about\/what-is-a-living-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Living Wage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Living Wage Coalition has agreed to a succinct definition of living wage that incorporates the main ideas found in over 60 living wage descriptions and definitions from human rights declarations; national constitutions; NGO, multinational, and corporate codes of conduct; International Labour Organization (ILO) documents; and statements of major historical figures (Anker 2011).<\/p>\n<h2>A Living Wage is:<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>The remuneration received for a standard workweek by a worker in a particular place sufficient to afford a decent standard of living for the worker and her or his family. Elements of a decent standard of living include food, water, housing, education, health care, transportation, clothing, and other essential needs including provision for unexpected events.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/l5VW259OroQ?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>How are Living Wages Estimated?<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globallivingwage.org\/about\/anker-methodology\/\">Anker Methodology<\/a> is a widely accepted and published new methodology to estimate living wages that is both <strong>internationally comparable<\/strong> and <strong>locally specific<\/strong>. It was developed by living wage experts Richard Anker (formerly ILO) and Martha Anker (formerly WHO), who spent over 15 years testing and perfecting the various aspects of the methodology. 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