Sentence examples for derisory pay from inspiring English sources

Remploy's "derisory" pay offer is outlined in a list of FAQs sent to experts this month and seen by The Independent.

The workers who have created China's economic miracle are tiring of being treated like cogs in a machine, working long hours in dangerous conditions for derisory pay.

Some more equal than others Feeling the pinch Reprints Related items Qualifications: Some more equal than othersOct 9th 2008Union officials say that robust action will follow any derisory pay offer now.

Here's another way of looking at things as the government pats itself for creating jobs: Your derisory pay packet and bullying boss are the result of coalition policies.

If supermarkets and other low-paying employers know they can secure work even at derisory wages, since pay will be topped up by the state, they have no incentive to offer higher wages.

Not only do these accounts usually pay derisory rates of interest, but it is taxed, too.

BBC journalists are to ballot for strike action after rejecting an offer of a "derisory" 1% pay rise.

The corporation has offered a "derisory" 1% pay rise to staff, tied to a minimum of just £390, for those earning under £50,000.

Membership of this most secret of clubs offered certain benefits – benefits that compensated for the relatively derisory level of pay.

The industrial action, which was to run from midday to midnight next Wednesday 23 July, was planned in protest against a "derisory" 1% pay rise offer to staff.

And therein lies the hope.There are reports of threatened rebellions in the army, the police and the civil service over derisory and irregular pay.