Sentence examples for mandated increase from inspiring English sources

The National Retail Foundation (NRF) said the move showed a mandated increase in the minimum wage was unnecessary.

In low-cost areas, employees are more likely to be earning the minimum than elsewhere, meaning that a mandated increase has greater impact.

If that were to happen, officials said, the mandated increase would go only to the district that started the lawsuit in the first place: New York City.

A pivotal House panel voted tonight to require carmakers to raise the fuel economy of sport-utility vehicles and minivans, setting the stage for the first congressionally mandated increase in auto efficiency standards in a generation.

The industry has relied on powerful Capitol Hill allies to head off any mandated increase in so-called Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, which have not been altered legislatively since 1975.

But even without a federally mandated increase in the hourly minimum wage, these women would still be benefiting from the strong economy, which is especially robust here in Charlotte, where the unemployment is less than 3percentt.

State lawmakers mandated increasing veterans' access to mental health professionals.

More than half the proposed increase, or $324.6 million, would pay for teacher raises and other mandated increases.

LHT Inc., an infrastructure company, said it never would have spent tens of millions of dollars developing delivery pipes for ethanol without the mandated increases.

But giving states this flexibility makes sense because some states are better able than others to absorb federally mandated increases in employment costs.

In 1996, Congress passed the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act, which mandated increased domestic preparedness against terrorist attacks, especially those involving chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.