article_snippet.sent: None of the 59 companies could prove the workers at the workers raw material suppliers were paid a living wage.
article_snippet.sent: Unlike a country's legally set minimum wage, a living wage ensures that an employee has enough money to cover the necessities - like food, water, electricity and shelter - and still has a little left over for themselves and themselves dependants.
article_snippet.sent: In some countries like Bangladesh, where the minimum wage is as little as US$68 a month and a living wage is US$104, the difference can be made by paying each worker just an additional 30c per t-shirt.
article_snippet.sent: A mere 12 per cent of companies could demonstrate any action towards paying wages above the legal minimum, and even then, only for part of their supply chain,' the report states. '