1. The minimum wage was set at ￡3.20 an hour.

2. Raising the minimum wage would ratchet up real incomes in general.

3. The president has proposed a hike in the minimum wage.

4. Congress has legislated a new minimum wage for workers.

5. Their calculations were based on a notional minimum wage.

6. Politically, raising the minimum wage is good for the Democrats.

7. The minimum wage is designed to help people in low-pay service industries.

8. The union scored a triumph in negotiating a minimum wage within the industry.

9. These people deserve to make more than the minimum wage.

10. This may end efforts to set a minimum wage well above the poverty line.

11. Dole opposes a raise in the minimum wage.

12. What is the minimum wage these days?

13. He will call for a higher minimum wage.

14. State minimum wage increase opponents contend that it unfairly disadvantages small businesses and has an adverse competitive impact on many labor-intensive industries.

15. Nowhere in the world has a minimum wage not caused higher unemployment.

16. The local shop paid Mino the legal minimum wage, but worked him twice the legal number of hours.

17. Employers and business groups contend that a higher minimum wage would saddle them with higher labor costs.

18. Raising the minimum wage would ratchet up real incomes where disparities are at their worst and need is most clustered.

19. And they neglect an equally dire risk: A minimum wage that is too low leaves people to languish on welfare.

20. The average weaver today makes less than minimum wage,[http:///minimum wage.html] with beginners earning as little as $ 1 an hour.

21. Democrats have made gains by promoting a 90-cent-an-hour minimum wage increase.

22. The government supported the unions in their demand for a minimum wage.

23. Most of the junior office staff are on the minimum wage .

24. The senator introduced a bill that would increase the minimum wage.

25. That followed much larger gains in November and December when the legislated increase in the federal minimum wage was a factor.

26. Both sides are arming themselves for the coming debate on the minimum wage, which could be nasty.

27. Perhaps the most conspicuous example of this well-intentioned foolishness is the minimum wage.

28. Very few workers - less than 5 percent - receive the statutory minimum wage, however.

29. The White House sidestepped questions about linking the gas tax repeal with the minimum wage.

30. About 40 percent. of Britain's adult women part-time workers would benefit from Labour's proposal for a minimum wage.

1. The minimum wage was set at ￡3.20 an hour.

2. Raising the minimum wage would ratchet up real incomes in general.

3. The government supported the unions in their demand for a minimum wage.

4. The president has proposed a hike in the minimum wage.

5. Congress has legislated a new minimum wage for workers.

31. For example, although they raised prices as the IMF wished, they insisted on minimum wage requirements.

32. Day believes it will provide greater predictability in economic development efforts if all communities in Arizona have the same minimum wage.

33. A typical minimum wage job is as a clerk or short-order cook in a fast-food restaurant.

34. Large companies welcomed the minimum wage because it stopped cowboys undercutting them with cheap, bad services paid for in starvation wages.

35. But recent studies suggest this category makes up less than 12 percent of minimum wage workers.

36. As a result of this foolish ambivalence the Government is in danger of wasting the credit it deserves for the minimum wage.

37. The typical minimum wage worker is a teenager from a middle-income family earning extra money for personal expenses.

38. Theoretically, the commission could increase the minimum wage before the election.

39. They were mixed in age and race, but all favored raising the minimum wage in Tucson.

40. Countless Labour candidates spent the election defending their passionate commitment to a statutory minimum wage and workers' rights.

41. Another is a proposal to raise the minimum wage, which could motivate blue-collar Democrats in key areas.

42. With a minimum wage this nursery would no longer have been financially viable.

43. So one perennial idea getting a second wind is the campaign to raise the pitifully low current minimum wage.

44. Does he also agree that a minimum wage and higher taxation would lead to even greater unemployment?

45. He defends prevailing wage laws for skilled construction workers and supports increasing the minimum wage.

46. Many economists argue raising the minimum wage simply means higher unemployment among the very people such a measure is trying to help.

47. Most garment workers make minimum wage, and some shops try to circumvent that.

48. Mr. MacGregor I am also aware that the Opposition's proposal for a national minimum wage would destroy many part-time jobs.

49. Other economists say raising the minimum wage would have negligible effects on employment.

50. The departments which employed men were paid above the minimum wage and men's jobs were invariably classified as more skilled activities.

51. A renewed effort to raise the minimum wage, for instance,[http:///minimum wage.html] may come from Sen.

52. And Feinstein had voted for an earlier version when it was coupled with a minimum wage increase.

53. Just over 81 percent of all minimum wage workers are white in a population that is 84 percent white overall.

54. But in 1989, when the minimum wage was last raised, Dole joined the strong bipartisan support for the action.

55. Fifth, it offered targets, such as the minimum wage, that were impossible to defend in the current climate.

56. As a practical matter, the minimum wage is irrelevant to people at the bottom of the wage scale.

57. She saw low pay as the root of the problem and from 1896 began to campaign for the legal minimum wage.

58. Trade Unions are proposing a hike in the minimum wage.

59. Unions have asked that the minimum wage of 145 pesos a day be raised as much as 35 pesos.

60. The Senate vote marked the end of a long and contentious battle over the minimum wage that began last year when Sen.

61. The present federal minimum wage is $ 4. 25 an hour.

62. She wrote a newspaper article supporting the idea of a minimum wage for workers.

63. However in 1912, after a series of strikes, a rather reluctant government granted the miners a statutory minimum wage.

64. Labour has imposed the utility windfall tax, introduced the minimum wage and ramped up petrol duty.

65. The reservation wage is the minimum wage the individual is prepared to accept.

66. Labor Secretary Robert Reich said the report proved that raising the minimum wage does not cost jobs.

67. There was no concept of industrial safety, no minimum wage, no law against child labour.

68. On Wednesday, they threatened to withdraw support for a minimum wage boost if the so-called poison pill amendment passed.

69. Birmingham, once a labor lawyer, is expected to be a strong advocate on such issues as the minimum wage.

70. While economic theories disagree over the impacts of raising the minimum wage, so do some Tucson business people.

71. Another day he calls for a higher minimum wage, or praises a bill that would extend the reach of health insurance.

72. The sociologists at Williamsburg compare cash benefits with the minimum wage and cite incentives for work and marriage.

73. As a welfare program, the minimum wage misses the mark because it worsens the status of the most disadvantaged youths.

74. The minimum wage is not, and was never intended to be, a basis for supporting families.

75. This business involved turning my grandfather in to the authorities: for paying him less than the minimum wage.

76. Raising the minimum wage has a negligible impact on unemployment.

77. But there is evidence to suggest a minimum wage would contribute to greater productivity and industrial recovery.

78. The right hon. Gentleman's minimum wage would increase unemployment by putting 2 million people out of work.

78. try its best to gather and create good sentences.

79. The charter covers not only salaries, a minimum wage and maternity benefit but deals with many issues.

80. The overall effect of a higher minimum wage on employment and work hours therefore involves two offsetting forces.

81. In the whole panoply of anti-poverty policies the minimum wage stands as the vital back marker.

82. The two trade union confederations undertook to refrain from general strikes in return for minimum wage and unemployment benefit guarantees.

83. From 1981 to 1989, the minimum wage was stuck at $ 3. 35 an hour.

84. But opposition from the business community to increasing the minimum wage is already in place.

85. I shall not turn to the vexed question of the national minimum wage.

86. Mr. Bowis A minimum wage involves the Government dictating to private employers what they should pay their workers.

87. When a minimum wage was introduced in the United States, it caused only large increases in black unemployment.

88. Regional organiser, Selina Vilakazi estimates that 50% of employers pay less than half the minimum wage recommended by the Union.

89. The Government is planning to raise the national minimum wage from ￡3.70 to ￡4 an hour.

90. We hear scaremongering that a minimum wage will destroy jobs.

91. The guests were discussing the treaty's social chapter, low pay and a national minimum wage.

92. Quinn argued that an increase in the minimum wage would help the most disadvantaged Americans.

93. In any event, the Labour party's suggestion of a minimum wage is in itself rather obscure and bizarre.

94. There is a need to introduce a statutory minimum wage.

95. Since most antipoverty programs are partnerships between the federal and state governments, the impact of a higher minimum wage can vary.

96. We might deplore that, but it shows that the national minimum wage has harmed the most vulnerable people in that society.

97. In the process, they even shaped the agenda, putting a minimum wage hike high on the national table.

98. Minimum wage earners, Kerry said, make about $ 8, 500 in a year.

99. They will block further tax cuts, except modest breaks for small businesses to ease the burden of a minimum wage increase.

100. The Republicans believe in the minimum wage - the more the minimum, the better. Harry S. Truman 

101. He has a five-plank campaign that includes raising the minimum wage and opposition to school vouchers.

102. Most of the new jobs in the area only pay the minimum wage.

103. Furthermore, race is not a significant factor in the minimum wage calculation.

104. In each case the violation alleged by those attacking minimum wage regulation for women is deprivation of freedom of contract.

105. He hoped that he would have such a success on the minimum wage.

106. A further edict of Aug. 18 raised the monthly minimum wage from 4,000,000 intis to 16,000,000 intis.

107. And we reject Labour's job-destroying notion of a national minimum wage.

108. I used to work at McDonald's making minimum wage. You know what that means when someone pays you minimum wage? You know what your boss was trying to say? "Hey if I could pay you less, I would, but it's against the law.". Chris Rock 

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109. And the Democrats in Congress have bedeviled Dole with a push for a raise in the minimum wage.

110. Democrats hope to use the minimum wage increase to contrast their positions with those of Republicans.

111. As he moved through internet access, the minimum wage and family tax credits, the heckling began.

112. Politically, raising the minimum wage is good for the Democrats, but is it good for low-income workers?

113. If he for ever growled songs about factories, family values and running wild on a minimum wage they would be happy.

114. The initiative will be on a statewide ballot that already includes an anti-affirmative action measure and one to raise the minimum wage.

115. Sam Nunn said Thursday that he will support a minimum wage increase and oppose a repeal of the gas tax.

116. In practice, 70 percent of employers pay their workers less than the legal minimum wage, according to Mr Masduki.

117. Instead of economic insecurity, they argued over raising the federal minimum wage.

118. The Democrats have used the minimum wage dispute to highlight differences with Republicans on helping the working poor.

119. Only. 8 percent of all workers over forty work full-time at the minimum wage.

120. The minimum wage has been raised, but its purchasing power has fallen by 40 % since the late 60s.

121. Economists say raising the minimum wage would have a negligible effect on employment rates.

122. Raising the minimum wage might make it more difficult for people on welfare to get a job.

123. As the national minimum wage was edged up, so the position altered.

124. Have you heard of the proposed statutory minimum wage?

125. The minimum wage level is a big controversy.

126. There is a minimum wage policy in many countries.

127. Minimum wage, Overtime pay, Holiday pay, Vacation pay.

128. When we enact minimum wage and rent controls, persistent surpluses and shortages can occur.

129. Before we finish with the topic I should perhaps mention another argument sometimes put forward for fixing a minimum wage rate by statute.

130. China has established the minimum wage system by legal form in 1994.

131. Our investigation confirmed that all workers earn at least the local minimum wage, and our sample audit of payroll records showed that more than half were earning above minimum wage.

132. We will establish a sound mechanism of regular pay raises for workers and strictly enforce the minimum wage system.

133. As an international vulgate institution of labor and social security, minimum wage is disputed after its birth.

134. Offer not the basic extra allowance for living expanses under standard of local minimum wage.

135. How enthusiastic are you in implementing a statutory minimum wage system in Hong Kong?

136. The introduction of a national minimum wage would not lead to job losses.

137. However, Whether the minimum wage system can play an effective utility, Is that if the minimum wage is reasonable.

138. One of these, the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, guaranteed workers a minimum wage, reasonable hours, collective bargaining and the right to join unions.

139. According to Mincer′s two sector model, the economy can be divided into the minimum wage covered sector and the non-covered sector.

140. The bag eats encase, is salary OK under minimum wage standard?

141. All local governments should conduct a general survey of compliance with the minimum wage system and minimum wage standards for part-time workers.

142. Should there be a statutory minimum wage in Hong Kong?

143. His monthly salary is 450 Yuan, is inferior to Zhaoqing's minimum wage standard.

144. Since Democrats took charge of Congress one year ago, Congresswoman Gillibrand says, they have increased automobile fuel economy standards and raised the minimum wage.

145. Whether unemployment will go up when the minimum wage law comes into effect depends on whether jobs will then disappear in large numbers. The level of the initial statutory rate would be crucial.

146. Shanghai since 1993 to establish a minimum wage system, the minimum wage is adjusted annually.

147. We have distributed wealth to more than 40m who lived below the poverty line. We have ensured that the national minimum wage has risen always above the rate of inflation.

148. What reasons do you think led to the government's decision set up a statutory minimum wage?

149. How do you think you will be affected with the implementation of a statutory minimum wage?

150. Based on the analysis of Minimum Wage Standards, the author provide a new angle of view on the WTO trade negotiations, by taking the minimum wage system in China into consideration.

151. China's low minimum wage is lower, and the implementation level is poor, so our minimum wage coverage in fact is partial coverage.

152. The Fair Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938, establishing a national minimum wage, forbidding "oppressive" child labor, and providing for overtime pay in designated occupations.

153. CNN's Mallika Kapur looks at minimum wage policies in India, and this is a country struggling to rein in a double-digit inflation.

154. All complaints about underpayment of the National Minimum Wage are treated in the strictest confidence and callers may remain anonymous if they wish to do so .

155. Mr. Berg is calling for an $8 million increase in state funding, a minimum wage hike in New York and the expansion of federal food programs.

156. On what planet is a senior partner worth more than 100 times the minimum wage?

157. We apply this material to policy debates including minimum wage regulations, food stamp provision, trade protection, educational credentials, health insurance markets, and Internet shopping.

158. The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a hike in minimum wage.

159. Nigerian labor leaders are calling for a three-day general strike next week to protest failures to pay a new, national minimum wage.

160. Are you interested in setting up statutory minimum wage in Hong Kong? Why or why not?

161. Japan does not have a national minimum wage, but rather a local system which tends to set minima at very low levels.

162. The establishment of minimum wage system makes an important breakthrough in the field of salary reform of our country.

163. These results are in sharp contrast with those in previous studies employing full-employment models or minimum wage models.

164. Annual premiums for family coverage eclipsed the gross earnings for a full time, minimum wage worker ($10, 712) per year.

165. MHRSS suspending minimum wage increases, lowering compulsory insurance premium, to help struggling manufacturing sector.

166. XiaMen officially promulgated and implemented a minimum wage system in 1994.

167. And the minimum wage system has a positive meaning on the social structure's construction, labor markets and different industries.

168. Except probation, the salary between novitiate also cannot under minimum wage standard.

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169. Average wages of employees in some companies is still much lower. The government will continue to impose a minimum wage system at the local level and quicken measures to plug the problem.

170. In the South African town of Newcastle, Chinese-run textile factories pay salaries of about $200 per month, much more than they would pay in China but less than the local minimum wage.

171. A voluntary plan for a minimum wage was proposed in 2006.

172. Who should set the initial rate of statutory minimum wage?

173. The ruling Christian Democrats in Germany looked set to back a national minimum wage, having previously been strongly against it.

174. Having a minimum wage simply means there is a transfer of income from people at the bottom of the wage scale to people who are slightly above them.

175. Democrats are pushing statewide ballot initiatives to raise the minimum wage.

176. The minimum wage system is a necessary method for the government to intervene the labor relations, which plays an important role in protecting the workers to gain the reasonable payments.

177. It also includes a raft of domestic spending measures , including a federal minimum wage hike.

178. However, the key that the effectiveness of the minimum wage system can effectively play is that whether the standard around the minimum wage is appropriate?

179. So we must establish the minimum wage system for peasant laborers to increase their income, and bring their demand for employment service, compulsory education, housing into the urban public service.

180. Accordingly, even if the bag eats encase, salary also cannot under minimum wage standard.

181. As part of the new law, the government will review the minimum wage level at least once every two years.