Sentence examples for increase moves from inspiring English sources

Here is some of what the Legislature did achieve: A minimum-wage increase moves lowest-paid workers in the right direction — albeit slowly.

The increase moves wages for the bank's lowest-paid workers from $10.15 an hour to a range of twelve dollars to $16.50, depending on the region of the country.

The anti-wage increase moves come as Walmart, a former corporate member of the Alec network and the largest private employer in the US, responded to a barrage of criticism over the company's low wages this week by agreeing to raise its base rate to at least $9 an hour for about 40% of its employees.

The slight increase moves the rate, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), above its recent five-year low.

"Our community institutions can suffer, and our businesses can get bought out if the rate of rent increase moves too fast," says Julia Ahumada Grob, co-creator and lead actor on East WillyB: An Original Web Series.

This considerable increase moves Latin America from sixth position to fourth in the ranking by this indicator.

He said that the cost was magnified when the increase moved up the payroll ladder as he sought to maintain differentials for workers with more skills or seniority.

Write speeds would also increase, moving up to 12X.

That also gets an 18-percent increase, moving from $5.49 to $6.49.

India: 8.7% increase (moving it ahead of Russia as the world's fourth largest emitter).

Birth registration rates among children under age five saw a dramatic increase, moving up to 55 per cent nationally by 2006.