Employing Workers

The Employing Workers measures flexibility in the regulation of employment, specifically as it relates to the hiring and redundancy of workers and the rigidity of working hours. Several areas of employment regulation are measured by the Employing Workers' indicators set: hiring, working hours, redundancy rules and redundancy cost.

The indicators focus on those affecting the food retail industry, using a standardized case study of a cashier in a supermarket.

According to the case study assumptions, the company operates a supermarket or grocery store, in the economy’s largest business city. It has 60 employees and is subject to collective bargaining agreements in economies where such agreements cover more than 50% of the food retail sector and apply even to firms that are not party to them. The company abides by every law and regulation but does not grant workers more benefits than those mandated by law, regulation or (if applicable) collective bargaining agreements. 

According to the case study assumptions, the worker is a cashier in a supermarket or grocery store. The worker is a full-time employee with one year of work experience. The worker is not a member of a labor union, unless membership is mandatory.

The Employing Workers project records the minimum wage applicable to the worker described in the case study assumptions, a cashier, age 19 with one year of work experience.