Sentence examples for premium wages from inspiring English sources

The SNP fears that the change could reduce the "premium" wages earned by Scottish people who work on Sundays.

The city issued about 3,000 permits annually to build new homes, and it paid police premium wages and health benefits.

And such casual providers may not consider it a hardship to work nights and weekends, when established companies ordinarily need to pay premium wages.

If certain skills are in short supply, show us the workers possessing these skills who are being offered premium wages; show us the employers laying out real dollars to train the workers they need.

Similarly, their less productive co-workers may find it onerous to be at the bottom of the ladder, but they are compensated for that fact by their premium wages.

Professor Becker said that Professor Rosen also did groundbreaking work in the late 1960's by using statistics to show that physically risky occupations rewarded workers with premium wages.

"The Place Premium: Wage Differences for Identical Workers Across the US Border". HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP09-004, January 2009.

Even when they find qualified workers, many builders say they have no choice but to pay a premium wage.

"I'd like to offer a premium wage to try to attract some of the top people on the market, but if that doesn't work out, I'd like to pay a normal wage".

With overtime, additional work assignments and certain premium payments, wages can end up being quite a bit higher.

Instead of loosening the link between premiums and wages, it has put up the premiums, increasing non-wage costs that are already among the world's highest.