Sentence examples for minimum pay rate from inspiring English sources
That would mean a raise of about 65% for Americans earning the minimum pay rate.
The minimum pay rate of £7.20 an hour for over-25s was introduced by Osborne in April after he said: "Britain deserves a pay rise".
The Liverpool-based football club is being accredited by the Living Wage Foundation as the body prepares to announce this year's minimum pay rate - which is based on a calculation of the amount employees and their families need to live.
LOS ANGELES — California's top lawmakers on Wednesday pledged their support for a plan to raise the minimum wage in the state to $10 an hour, which could soon give California workers the highest minimum pay rate in the country.
The chancellor used his summer budget to unveil a "national living wage" – a 50p increase in the statutory minimum pay rate for over-25s from April, to £7.20 an hour, followed by a series of stepped increases expected to take the rate above £9 an hour by 2020.
They are being squeezed by a fall in the fees that cash-strapped local authorities pay towards residents' care and a rise in staff costs caused by the introduction this month of the national living wage – a higher minimum pay rate for the over 25s.
The ombudsman Natalie James issued a warning to employers, saying minimum pay rates in Australia were non-negotiable.
The prime minister on Sunday announced he would abolish the road safety remuneration tribunal, which sets minimum pay rates for truck drivers, if the Coalition wins re-election.
Only Motoring Enthusiast senator Ricky Muir opposed the abolition of minimum pay rates intended to reduce road deaths by removing financial incentives to skip breaks or speed.
The scale of the crackdown was revealed as two more care companies were named as part of the campaign to bring employers into line on minimum pay rates.
Manpower said its survey of 2,100 employers suggested many were scaling back recruitment plans for the rest of the year, with some blaming the new minimum pay rates.
