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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Panel proposes 20pc pay hike (kp 05/07/2008)

Transport workers seek salary hike (ht 30/06/2008)

No salary for tea workers for 14 months (kp 09/06/2008)

Hefty hike in judges' salary, perks (kp 15/01/2008)

Low pay forcing workers to turn illegal, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 06/01/2008)

Better wages demanded for agricultural workers (kp 17/11/2007)

60 years on, just Rs 112 pay per month, by Baburam Kharel (kp 21/07/2007)

Taskforce suggests doubling employees' salaries (nn 21/06/2007), Govt agrees to hike salary of employees (nn 24/06/2007), Govt-employees reach five point pact; agitation withdrawn (nn 24/06/2007), Govt agrees to hike employees’ salary (kp 25/06/2007), Govt agrees to hike employees’ pay (samn 25/06/2007)

Rise in salary of civil servants recommended (nn 30/04/2007)

Wage system discriminates women workers (samn 04/12/2006)

Govt fixes minimum wages (kp 25/08/2006)

Maoists ‘fix’ minimum wages, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 21/07/2006)

Women protest ‘unjust’ wage system (kp 18/06/2006)

Salary, wage rate rises by 4.3 pc (kp 15/03/2006)

Regional meet on wages (kp 24/01/2006)

Civil servants spend more than they earn (ht 07/12/2004)

Govt violates LA provision (kp 28/10/2004)

Security spending snag to raise of salary (rn 04/10/2004)

New pay scale to address standard of living, by Bishnu Prasad Aryal (rn 15/09/2004)

Employees demand rise in pay, perks (ht 06/08/2004)

Government salaries to be raised: Finance minister (ht 28/07/2004), DPM assures employees of salary raise (rn 28/07/2004)

Porters demand bandh allowance (ht 19/05/2004)

Setting minimum wage for labourers: How beneficial is it? (ht 02/05/2004)

Factory-owners delay in implementing salary increment, by Shekhar Regmi (Himalayan Times, 13/11/2003)

Wages in Nepal, by Shanker Man Singh (Space Time Today, 20/03/2003)

Pay your employees adequately: Minister (Kathmandu Post, 23/12/2002)

Govt employed labourers not receiving wages (Kathmandu Post, 26/06/2002)

Professional guarantee of labourers stressed (Rising Nepal, 26/01/2002)

Matters of money, by Dikshya Thakuri (Sunday Post, 15/07/2001)

Strikes in Corporations: Sounds Of Discord (Spotlight, 11/08/2000)

Minimum wages (The Rising Nepal, 16 January 2000)

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