{"id":12308,"date":"2024-04-25T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/?p=12308"},"modified":"2024-04-26T03:07:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T21:37:02","slug":"what-is-a-living-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/2024\/04\/25\/what-is-a-living-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a &#8216;living wage&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A living wage is essentially the income level that is deemed necessary for an individual or a family to meet basic needs, such as food, housing, healthcare, and other essential expenses, without having to rely on government assistance or other forms of aid. It&#8217;s meant to ensure that workers can afford a decent standard of living in the area where they reside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-25.png 510w, https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image-25-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The concept of a living wage varies depending on factors like location, family size, and local cost of living. It&#8217;s often calculated based on the cost of basic necessities in a specific geographic area, rather than using a national or global average. Advocates argue that paying a living wage not only supports workers and their families but also benefits businesses and communities by reducing turnover, increasing productivity, and stimulating local economies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A living wage is essentially the income level that is deemed necessary for an individual or a family to meet basic needs, such as food, housing, healthcare, and other essential expenses, without having to rely on government assistance or other forms of aid. It&#8217;s meant to ensure that workers can afford a decent standard of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15591],"tags":[15864],"class_list":["post-12308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-living-wage"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12310,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12308\/revisions\/12310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zaanews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}