Effect of Minimum Wage on Employee Welfare: A Case Study of Some Selected Ministries in Lagos State, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorKADIRI, I.B.
dc.contributor.authorJIMOH, A.L
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-19T14:02:18Z
dc.date.available2018-06-19T14:02:18Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-02
dc.description.abstractEmployee welfare refers to the state of well-being was described as the state of wholesomeness determine by the adequate levels of earnings which enhance the quality of life of workers and their work productivity. And minimum wage is a government Act/Law to help protect the most poverty-stricken workers in developed countries, but it is the other way round in the developing nations like Nigeria thus the purpose of the study. The study was a descriptive research survey. The study population was all the staff of ministry of Labour and Women affair in Lagos State. 50 employees of those ministries were the respondents and data was collected using questionnaires. 66% of the respondents were males and 34% female. The formulated hypothesis was tested with t-test statistical tool. Data was analyzed with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software. The findings revealed that there is a significant effect of increase in minimum wage on employee well-being (t (48) = 2.84, p<.05). Also the findings shows that employee in senior cadre level significantly high on life satisfaction than employee in junior cadre level (t (48) = -.654, p<.05). The study conclude that an increase in minimum wage has an effect on employee well-being and that employee in senior cadre level are more satisfied receiving increase minimum wage than employee in junior cadre level. The study therefore, recommends that in the future adjustment of National Minimum Wage Act for an effective policy formulation, policy maker should put into consideration the prices of basic economic and physiological needs of people before setting the new increase percentage for the minimum wageen_US
dc.identifier.issn2579-0442
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/562
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherdepartment of industrial relations and personnel management, university of ilorinen_US
dc.subjectMinimum Wage,en_US
dc.subjectWell-Being,en_US
dc.subjectWelfare,en_US
dc.subjectNational Minimum Wage Acten_US
dc.titleEffect of Minimum Wage on Employee Welfare: A Case Study of Some Selected Ministries in Lagos State, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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