legal minimum

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In the interim, the state and local governments must act decisively to enforce the existing wage floor, ensuring employers cannot use expanded housing deductions to push workers’ pay below the legal minimum.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The Living Wage Foundation said wage was worth £2,262 more per year in the UK than the legal minimum pay, and £4,700 more in London.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025

He cited a rise to the legal minimum wage, announced at October's Budget, as an example of how ministers were boosting living standards.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

While many employers have more generous sick pay schemes, around one in four workers have to rely on the legal minimum.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024

For example in Holland collective bargaining results into industry minimum wages that are on average at least 10% higher than the legal minimum wage.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas