The 5 countries with the weakest work-life balance are:

Nigeria
United States
Egypt
Bangladesh
Ethiopia

Note that the US isn't at the bottom of the list of wealthy countries. It's at the bottom of the list of ALL countries.

Scores are based on minimum wage, public safety, LGBTQ inclusivity, maternity and family leave, sick pay, paid vacation time, length of work week

https://fortune.com/2025/08/25/new-zealand-best-work-life-balance-in-the-world-ranking-index/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#workingclass #wages #qualityoflife #familyleave #minimumwage #sickleave

New Zealand has the best work-life balance in the world—here’s what works

Searching for better work-life balance in the U.S.? You likely won’t find it.

Fortune

@mlanger assuming it's 5 days @ 8hrs/day only, that's $16,75/hr ( = € 14,37/hr as of writing)...

#Germany's #MinimumWage is €13,90 as of writing...

Pretty shure

Mindestlohn in Deutschland: Alles, was du wissen musst

2025 steigt der gesetzliche Mindestlohn in Deutschland auf 12,81 Euro pro Stunde. Wer bekommt den Mindestlohn, welche Ausnahmen gibt es, was passiert bei Verstößen? Der DGB beantwortet die wichtigsten Fragen.

“Workers Over Billionaires” Labor Day Events Climb to Nearly 600 Events Across All 50 States

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Portside
The Low-Wage 100

The gap between CEO compensation and median worker pay at Starbucks hit 6,666 to 1 last year. In other words, to make as much money as their CEO made last

CounterPunch.org
Immigrant Subway Cleaners in New York Win Millions

The victory surrounds back wages and the dangerous work cleaners undertook during the Covid-19 pandemic.

In These Times

Millionaire Legislator Leaves $3 Tip in Celebration of Trump’s “No Tax on Tips”

Trump’s “no tax on tips” provision is “political snake oil,” one living wage advocate said.

https://murica.website/2025/08/millionaire-legislator-leaves-3-tip-in-celebration-of-trumps-no-tax-on-tips/

Millionaire Legislator Leaves $3 Tip in Celebration of Trump’s “No Tax on Tips” – The USA Potato

Hate to say it, but this stat is more than 10 years old. The corporate leach who runs that company is making a lot more than that today. Plus, he no doubt gets far more than that in non-wage compensation.

The federal minimum wage is still only $7.25/hour, same as it was in 2008. Only difference is that today that $7.25/hr is even further from a living wage than it was then. And if you are a new worker, under the age of 20, they can pay you a "training" wage of only $4.25/hr.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/dunkin-donuts-ceo-who-earns-10-million-claims-to-be-outraged-by-15-minimum

https://www.minimum-wage.org/federal

#workingclass #minimumwage #livingwage #classwar #poverty

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Attacking the “Idle” Poor, But the Real Freeloaders Are the Rich
The GOP is defending its cruel budget bill with ancient tropes about the industrious rich and “undeserving” poor.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/big-beautiful-bill-gop-medicaid-snap-labor

If the unemployed are dole bludgers, what the fuck are the idle rich? (1979)
Redback Graphix (1979 – 1994)
Artist: Michael Callaghan (04 Nov 1952 – 19 May 2012)

#Art #Capitalism #minimumwage #posters #unemployed #unwagedworkers #workingpoor