Sentence examples for wage congress from inspiring English sources

To help "resolve the many controversial issues that have surrounded the federal minimum wage," Congress established a Minimum Wage Study Commission.

Through the Fair Labor Standards Act, which created the federal minimum wage, Congress acted to correct that failure (the act's objective was summarized as the "elimination of labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standards of living necessary for health, efficiency and well-being of workers").

But, essentially, the offer still puts us two years behind the living wage," Hughes says.

On wage costs and the implementation of a "national living wage", McDonald's said it was working through the implications to see how it would impact the business.

In "The Business of the Minimum Wage" (Economic View, March 3), Christina D. Romer argued that if the minimum wage were increased, the amount of money redistributed to and spent by low-wage workers would be minuscule in comparison with the overall economy.

There would be proposals in the scheme to help businesses implement the living wage, McDonnell said, to make sure there was no negative effect on jobs or hours.

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The Conservative party is examining ways to raise the national minimum wage, BBC Newsnight has learned.

The Living Wage Foundation believes employees at the Leicestershire-based firm should be paid at least £7.65, which it says covers basic costs.

"People need to be paid a fair wage," Dairy Queen CEO John Gainor told CNN's Poppy Harlow.