Sentence examples for minimum wages from from inspiring English sources
Seattle implemented the first phase of its minimum wage law on April 1, 2015, raising minimum wages from the statewide $9.47 to $10 or $11, depending upon business size, presence of tipped workers and employer provision of health insurance.
An individual whose earning or productive capacity is impaired to the extent that the individual is unable to earn at least the applicable minimum wage may be paid a commensurate wage, but only after the employer has obtained a certificate authorizing payment of special minimum wages from the appropriate office of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor.
Source: World Bank, Doing Business (various issues) Hiring regulations and minimum wages (from 2010 onwards).
In contrast, Dalian and Anshan cities increased their minimum wages from 600 to 700 RMB on December 20th, on which day Jinzhou and Liaoyang cities increased their minimum wages from 480 to 580 RMB and Chaoyang city increased its minimum wage from 350 to 530 RMB.
This variation made it possible to compare changes in youth employment between states that did and did not raise their minimum wage the latter serving as "controls"—helping to untangle the effects of minimum wages from other aggregate influences on youth employment.
Source: Price Waterhouse, Individual Taxes: A Worldwide Summary (various issues) Variables' definitions and sources, changes over time Minimum wages (from 2002 to 2005): survey question: "The minimum wage set by law in your country is… 1=never enforced; 7=strongly enforced".
The raising of the minimum wage from $1 to $1.25.
In February, the Alabama legislature blocked Birmingham's approval to raise the minimum wage from $7.75 to $10.10.
Anyone aged 24 or under will receive only the national minimum wage from next April.
Workers are demanding a significant rise in the minimum wage from the current £62 a month.
Meanwhile, San Francisco is raising its minimum wage from $11.05 this year to $15 by mid 2018.
