By Paulien Osse Director WageIndicator Foundation - August 23 - 2013 - Bonn

TodayIntroduction – share and compareHow our dream fits the World Bank’s missionA unique global data serviceTarget audienceWho benefits from our work?From Snail Mail to InteractionMake Paper Digital - Towards online librariesEmerging markets: a different approach

Share and compare…More labour market transparency for the benefit of all. Employers, employees and workers worldwide. Sharing and comparing information on Wages, Labour Law and Career.

By Paulien Osse Director WageIndicator Foundation - August 23 - 2013 - Bonn

… with everyone70 plus countries, millions of users and contributors, truly global. 6 offices, 100 team members of different age, color, educational background. A balance between global analysis and local perfection.

USERS AND PARTICIPANTSHow our dream fits the World Bank’s mission

World Bank’s mission:‘End extreme poverty within a generation and boost prosperity’

WageIndicator’s dream:‘Ensure that everybody on the globe gets a fair pay, through sharing and comparing wage and labour law data with all local and global stakeholders’

Make Paper Digital

National WageIndicator websites function as online, up to date labour market libraries for all. Clear structure:

Salaries, Labour law, Career.

There is a lack of coherent labour market information, easy to access, easy to understand, independent, free of politics, in many countries.

Offline Library Online Library

International Comparable Data Bases• Minimum Wages• Public Sector Wages• Living Wages• Wages by Occupation• Wages in Collective Agreements (CBA)• Decent Work Check per Country on

Commuting, Domestic Work, Contracts, Parttime Work, Fair Treatment, Family Responsibilities, Health and Safety, Leave and Holiday, Labour Unions, Maternity, Social Security, Sick Leave, Working Hours and Overtime

• Mapping and Collecting Labour Data Offline and Online

WageIndicator offers a unique global data service

Target audiencesEmployeesInsight in salaries of peers, easy and transparent access to labour rights. Assistance to get better pay.

Employers & BusinessesUnderstanding wage levels. Understanding the law. Be able to compare with other countries in the region. To share and use Collective Agreements. All cost effective.

Social Partners Insight in the labour market, wages and work conditions of a region, country or groups of countries.

ResearchersRich micro data, international comparable

MediaEach day news and numbers from around the corner and from around the globe.

Online - Assist both individual workers and employers with real wage data during negotiations and job search. (Salary Checks in more than 50 Countries)

Who benefits

Offline - Trade Unions, Employers, Workers, Labour Inspectors ... with comprehensive insight in national Labour Law, and how to comply with it. (Offline debates in 30 countries)

… all use our legal helpdesk.Assist individual workers and employers with problems of daily working life. (Legal help desk in more than 50 countries)

USERS AN PARTICIPANTS

From Snail Mail to Interaction

WageIndicator makes people interactMillions of visitors shared, and continue to share their wage and working conditions, thereby informing colleagues and peers around the world about their working life. These people are the real participants in WageIndicator.

In some Countries WageIndicator is already a Brand. Here millions come to check their salaries.In Countries that recently joined Minimum Wage and access Legal Info are the issues. Therefore WageIndicator sets up:

• Compliance forms / Mediation • Round table debates on Law & Compliance• Legal helpdesk and Mobile judge • 2000 face to face interviews per country• Compatible offline and online surveys

Emerging markets – our approach

Paulien OsseDirector

Wage Indicator FoundationPlantage Muidergracht 121018TV AmsterdamThe Netherlands+31 6 539 77 695paulien@wageindicator.orgskype: paulienossewww.wageindicator.org