minimum wage

Example Sentences

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Raising four children on her own and working as a refuse collector on a minimum wage, Diva did not have it easy and arrived empty-handed.

From BBC

The number of states that increased their minimum wages starting this month, providing a pay bump to an estimated 8.3 million U.S. workers.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Nebraska and Missouri, voter-passed ballot initiatives brought those states’ minimum wages up to $15 an hour, more than twice as much as some neighbors that have maintained the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal

He says every time the minimum wage goes up it adds £100,000 to his wage bill.

From BBC

Some counties and cities, including Los Angeles, already have higher local minimum wage requirements.

From Los Angeles Times