Sentence examples for by increasing the minimum from inspiring English sources

Both Bryant and Kirk believe that by increasing the minimum tipped wage and reducing restaurants workers' dependence on tips, government can help address this issue of sexual harassment.

Ewen MacAskill Key policies Cap overall welfare spending and tackle spiralling bills for housing benefit and tax credits by increasing the minimum wage and building more houses.

Across the board, Greeks have welcomed his pledge to tackle the country's "silent humanitarian crisis" by increasing the minimum wage, reducing taxes and hiring in the public sector.

Reeves said Labour aimed to cut welfare spending by increasing the minimum wage to £8 an hour, and increasing youth employment.

Therefore, the way to reduce relative poverty is to reduce income inequality — perhaps by increasing the minimum wage and raising taxes on the rich.

Elementary economics would suggest that if you raise the cost of employing the lowest-skilled workers by increasing the minimum wage, employers will demand fewer of them.

Gov. George E. Pataki vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have given a pay raise to thousands of New York's lowest-paid workers by gradually increasing the minimum wage to $7.15 from $5.15 an hour by January 2007.

In the workplace, by increasing the apprentice minimum wage; in housing, by winning council tax exemptions for students; and in the classroom, advocating a review of the Prevent duty.

Parenting is hard work, but by increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour, Congress would immediately improve the lives of 15 million women, including 4.8 million working mothers.

It strives to end systemic racism and condemns institutionalization of discriminatory laws; to respect our workers by increasing the federal minimum wage and promoting a living wage; to put a stop to mass incarceration and to start investing in communities over prisons; to halt bad trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, to name a few.

In a critique similar to those used by opponents of increasing the minimum wage, they had argued that the legislation could backfire on farmworkers, as it saddles farmers and growers with higher costs and could force them to limit work hours and hire more employees.