Sentence examples for a compulsory minimum from inspiring English sources

For many years economists took it for granted that a compulsory minimum wage, set much above the floor that emerges in an unregulated labour market, would reduce employment.

He could hardly control his emotion when Chancellor George Osborne announced plans to introduce a compulsory minimum wage of £9 an hour, a measure that distracts from Mr Duncan Smith's severe £12bn cuts to the welfare budget that will hit some of the lowest paid workers in the UK.

Although it falls short of Labour's promise to abolish zero-hour contracts, or institute a compulsory minimum wage, it's expected to recommend giving precarious workers, like Uber drivers or Deliveroo riders the right to fixed-hours contracts and request more money if bosses refuse to give guaranteed hours and sick pay.

"Even worse is that this benefit cut means she can no longer sponsor Brandon for his spouse visa and he is likely to be deported back to the USA," says Pete. Setting a compulsory minimum income for people wanting to bring their partner to the UK is based on the government's preoccupation with reducing immigration figures.

This could sensibly be made a compulsory minimum rest requirement.

In the early 1960's, he was on the Moreland Act Commission, which recommended sweeping changes to New York's liquor laws, including an end to compulsory minimum prices.

The think tank proposes a compulsory 12 per cent minimum contribution, with workers allowed to opt out only if they already have enough funds to provide a pension of at least £20,000 a year.

British political attitudes to compulsory minimum wages have undergone an astounding transformation.

A realistic hope is that most people would invest far more in their pensions than the compulsory minimum.

In contrast, each year the low pay commission has to make fine judgments about what the other end of the market can bear as it sets the compulsory minimum wage.

It is the first compulsory minimum wage that it is valid to all employees with only minor exemptions.1 The minimum wage was introduced in response to a period of two decades of a substantial decrease in collective bargaining coverage and an increase in wage inequality.