Sentence examples for wage was increased from inspiring English sources

The minimum wage was increased from £6.31 an hour for an adult to £6.50 last October.

Last year, Australia's minimum wage was increased by 2.6% to $16.37 per hour.

In Mexico, the minimum wage was increased three times in 1986—in January, June, and October.

Trying to insulate themselves, Republicans last year agreed to accept no more pay raises until the minimum wage was increased.

To believe the reaction from some corners of the business world, you'd think economic ruin was certain if the minimum wage was increased to £8 an hour by 2020, as Labour leader Ed Miliband proposes.

"When the minimum wage was increased last October, four of our members, one of whom has worked for the hotel for over 20 years, did not receive the new rate until I raised the matter in January 2006.

Senators also approved a measure urging the minimum wage be increased by $1 to $6.15 an hour over two years.

A government-appointed board last week recommended to the Labor Ministry that the minimum wage be increased to about $68 a month.

Owens pointed to research he said showed servers make less money when the tipped wage is increased, a claim contested by liberal groups.

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.

One in five workers would get a pay raise if the minimum wage were increased.