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The benefits of an entry level job - much more than the wage?

Ben Cahill

31st October 2015

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The merits of increasing the minimum wage is one of my favourite topics to discuss with a class as it usually as a direct relevance to their pay packets at their part-time jobs as well as having a whole lot of theory that can be applied (if not agreed upon).

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