- UK pay growth lags behind inflation as cost of living squeeze bites https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2022/feb/15/uk-pay-growth-lagging-inflation-vacancies-unemployment-stock-markets-oil-ukraine-business-live 9 comments economics
- Eastern German solidarity tax to be abolished for almost all taxpayers - Under the scheme, people pay a subsidy to support the former East, which still lags behind the West economically. The solidarity tax will be mostly abolished from 2021. https://www.dw.com/en/eastern-german-solidarity-tax-to-be-abolished-for-almost-all-taxpayers/a-51235971 106 comments europe
- Eastern German solidarity tax to be abolished for almost all taxpayers - Under the scheme, people pay a subsidy to support the former East, which still lags behind the West economically. The solidarity tax will be mostly abolished from 2021. https://www.dw.com/en/eastern-german-solidarity-tax-to-be-abolished-for-almost-all-taxpayers/a-51235971 24 comments worldnews
- Jobs Are Booming in Trump Country, But Pay Lags https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jobs-booming-trump-country-pay-080000444.html 35 comments politics
- Americans Paying More for Slower Internet | When it comes to Internet speeds, the U.S. lags behind much of the developed world. Meanwhile, South Koreans benefit from the world's most cost-effective high-speed Internet. http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/31/technology/internet-speeds/index.html?iid=tl_popular 37 comments technology
- Why Is Pay Lagging? Maybe Too Many Mergers in the Heartland https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/business/economy/mergers-worker-pay.html 13 comments politics
- The Lag In Wages Vs. Productivity: The ongoing pattern of stagnant pay as worker productivity increases, having raged unabated since the 1970s, now costs an average United States household $18,000 per year in lost income. http://zcomm.org/sendpress/eyjpzci6nzc4mzy4lcj2awv3ijoizw1hawwifq/ 10 comments economy
- MPs could be in line for £10,000 pay rise - Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has reportedly decided that MPs' salaries are lagging behind civil service pay http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/may/19/mps-in-line-pay-rise 3 comments worldnews
- [tariq panja] Great point in Martyn’s story about unvaccinated players having to self-isolate if they come into contact with a + case, while vaccinated don’t have to. Man United one of the dressing rooms said to be lagging on vaccinations. Why should other teams/fans pay for this? https://twitter.com/tariqpanja/status/1471534465604366344?s=21 17 comments soccer
- UK wages have risen at a record annual pace fuelling fears that inflation will stay high for longer. Regular pay grew by 7.3% in the March to May period from a year earlier, official figures showed. However, despite the record increase, pay rises still lag behind inflation https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66156713 3 comments europe
- Low U.S. Rail Spending Leads to Poor Safety, Experts Say - "By a global standard, the United States has not been paying much. For the size of its economy, it lags far behind many of the world’s most developed countries in spending on rail networks." http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/world/europe/railroads-around-the-globe-find-no-cheap-route-to-safety.html 121 comments politics
- Women’s participation is still low across many of Japan's 47 prefectures, particularly in politics and management, while pay equality also continues lagging, according to a new study https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14567064 2 comments worldnews
- European Immigrants to US Assimilated Successfully - Late 19th early 20th centuries, "open borders" US absorbed millions in 1 of the largest mass migrations ever. New research challenges perception immigrants lagged behind native-born Americans in pay & job growth. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/august/immigration-myth-debunked-080714.html 41 comments history