Sentence examples similar to meager paying from inspiring English sources

More Americans than ever are forgoing their (already meager) paid vacation days -- despite the fact that we know that people who take time off are more likely to be healthy, happy and productive workers.

Even that meager pay is often late.

Even better-paid workers had to make do with meager pay raises.

Most workers have received meager pay increases in the current decade.

The "50 cents" in the name stands for their meager pay rates.

Many of these families were receiving meager pay increases at the same time.

When he slipped and broke a rib, his already meager pay was docked for the days that he had missed.

For meager pay, he said, some felt, "I'm not going to lose my life over this".

For many years as a young man in Topeka, Kan., Mr. Gibson labored over various writing projects for meager pay.

Similarly, workers who make their living providing care for children and the elderly endure meager pay and lack the basic labor protections afforded other workers.

Undergirding the sale prices is an army of workers earning the minimum wage or a fraction above it, living check to check on their meager pay and benefits.