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Once upon a time employers used to pay workers only for the time they had worked. During the twentieth century workers have, through negotiation and legislation, achieved several additions to the original form of pay. These additions have different forms.

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  • Hempstead, K. (1983) Bulletin of Labour Statistics.

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  • OECD (annual) Tax/Benefit Position of Production Workers.

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  • US Department of Labor (annual) Statistics on Labor Costs for Manufacturing Workers, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Edling, J. (2000). The anatomy of labour cost. In: The Dynamics of Wage Relations in the New Europe. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4445-6_6

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