Sentence examples for minimum pay rates from inspiring English sources

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.

Cash said that, if elected, Labor would restore the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, which sets minimum pay rates for truck owner-drivers to improve safety outcomes.

Labor set up the tribunal when in government, saying setting minimum pay rates would stop truck drivers from engaging in risky practices in order to expedite delivery times.

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.

One striking finding from the report is that the gap between legal minimum wages (the legal minimum a person can be paid) and minimum estimates for living wages (the minimum pay rate needed for a person to lead a decent life) tended to be "even larger in Europe's cheap labour countries than in Asia".