Sentence examples for wages gained from inspiring English sources

In real terms, wages gained only 1.3%.The Netherlands saw a sharp rise in joblessness, thanks to an economy performing even worse than many of its EU neighbours.

The industry could be ready for another jolt as a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour nears in the District and as other campaigns to boost wages gain traction around the country.

In the USA, the fight for a 15$ minimum wage gained some ground and some cities have passed legislation to bring this to effect.

"Lots of employment and wages gains, particularly in the lowest-paying end of the jobs spectrum, combined with minimum-wage increases that started to hit some very large population areas".

Layoffs, job insecurity, weakening wages and salary gains will dampen consumer demand.

But an unshackled service industry would eventually generate wage gains.

"We do expect takeoff to generate pretty substantial wage gains".

During the recession itself, by contrast, wage gains outpaced inflation.

Is this a preview of more wage gains in 2015?

Wage pressures are building up slightly, but this is after months of very modest wage gains.

But poor productivity means weak wage gains are not as disinflationary as they appear.