Sentence examples for wage working from inspiring English sources

Michael earned minimum wage working for a locksmith in Queens, and Elisabeth cooked and cleaned houses.

Right now my wife earns minimum wage working as a hallway monitor for my son's elementary school.

Farron said Blair's legacy was also the minimum wage, working tax credits, NHS investment and school-building.

No offence to Tesco, but you'd probably get a better wage working in its stores than some prisons".

Students on work-study programs, which are federally financed, earn roughly the minimum wage working on campus, often as laboratory assistants or clerks.

This is designed to deliver a rate of £12,500, at which point a worker on the minimum wage working 30 hours a week would pay no tax.

It said many of those earning less than the living wage worked in the retail, catering and care sectors.

While federalizing security workers might assist in screening for unsuitable candidates and raise employment standards, it does not solve the problem of minimum-wage working conditions.

"The changes will stop benefits for people on welfare who are playing by the rules, and cut programs that help low-wage working families.

"I think this is going to be a very tough year for low-income and low-wage working families who depend on Medicaid as a lifeline," said Ronald F. Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a consumer advocacy group.

Jones, the president of the Community Service Society of New York, will be answering questions about how New York City and its residents can fight poverty, and how to help low-wage, working Americans who are increasingly marginalized by the global economy.