RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With the slow upturn in employment, which is primarily the result of low-paid jobs, and the still significant number of unemployed, the minimum wage has virtually become a ceiling for many workers.
Between the third quarter of 2014, the onset of the recession, and the same period last year, half a million workers started to earn at least the minimum wage. When comparing last year to 2015, at the peak of the crisis, this difference amounts to 1.8 million people.
In the quarter ended last September, there were 27.3 million people earning up. . .
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