Sentence examples for tough pay from inspiring English sources

It appointed a tough pay czar, but it only gave him the power to forbid excessive pay at banks that had not yet reimbursed the Treasury for their bailout.

But many economists believed that the agreement's tough "pay as you go" rules and a resulting infusion of revenue eased the recession of the early 1990s, and paved the way for the later budget surpluses and economic boom.

His rightwing Forward Portugal Alliance (PAF), which over the past four years has pushed through a raft of tough pay, pension and public spending cuts as well as swingeing tax hikes as part of Portugal's €78bn bailout agreement, won the most votes and has the largest bloc of seats in parliament, but lost its overall majority.

Paying key money once is pretty tough, paying twice is a financial disaster.

Yet even before they were unveiled, the prospect of tougher pay rules has had an impact.

Financial firms that have $50 billion or more in assets - like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase - would face even tougher pay restrictions.

Meanwhile, our academics face ever tougher pay and working conditions, driving some out of the sector altogether.

The momentum unleashed by Arquette boasts one clear-cut victory: it helped spur California's Fair Pay Act, one of the toughest pay equity laws in the US.

However, a number of them have already warned over the patient safety implications of a new contract which it is feared could lead to longer hours and tougher pay settlement for many doctors.

The rules would have given Switzerland the world's toughest pay rules and some of the lowest executive salaries.

California took a major step Tuesday toward closing the lingering wage gap between men and women, as Gov. Jerry Brown signed one of the toughest pay equity laws in the nation.