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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Unpaid wages

Unpaid wages

  • Failure to make payroll payments
  • Uncompensated labour

Claim

The failure to make payroll payments may be due to poor business practices, accidents or crimes. In any case both the employer and the employees are hurt.

Broader

Underpayment for work
Presentable
Unpaid debts
Unpresentable

Narrower

Unpaid labour
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Wage discontent
Unpresentable
Unfed military forces
Unpresentable
Restricted flow of local economy
Yet to rate
Interruption risk
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Shortage of banknotes
Unpresentable
Sweatshop labour
Yet to rate

Strategy

Compensating victims of human rights violations
Presentable

Value

Unpaid
Yet to rate
Overpayment
Yet to rate
Failure
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Currency
  • Social activity » Employment conditions » Employment conditions
  • Social activity » Voluntary
  • Social activity » Work
  • Societal problems » Failure
  • Societal problems » Maltreatment
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D5335
    DOCID
    11453350
    D7NID
    133454
    Last update
    Sep 10, 2021