minimum wage
noun
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: the lowest wage paid or permitted to be paid
specifically
: a wage fixed by legal authority or by contract as the least that may be paid either to employed persons generally or to a particular category of employed persons
Examples of minimum wage in a Sentence
Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.
Recent Examples on the Web
The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted on Tuesday to ban noncompete agreements in a move that could affect up to 30 million Americans -- one out of every five workers -- in jobs ranging from executives to minimum wage earners.
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Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024
Unions, worker safety laws, and even minimum wage laws will all be on the chopping block (not to mention Social Security and Medicare).
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
And, this month, Business Insider reported that Starbucks raised prices in California due to the state’s fast-food minimum wage hike, where certain national chains were required to pay workers at least $20 an hour.
—Savanna Smith, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
Prior to the minimum wage hike, Ghai said 25% of his locations already had self-service kiosks systems.
—Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Others see a model ripe for abuse: The remote workers are paid $3 an hour, according to their management company, while the minimum wage in the city is $16.
—Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Many of them are paid hourly and will receive a 15% increase with the raising of the minimum wage rate.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024
The people of Minneapolis may soon be without the services of Uber and Lyft due to a dispute with the city’s government over if the ride-hailing companies will pay their drivers an effective $15.57 minimum wage.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
The salary agreements would lift the minimum wage of the city’s full- and part-time workers, setting it at $20 per hour this year and $25 by June 2026.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024
Unions, worker safety laws, and even minimum wage laws will all be on the chopping block (not to mention Social Security and Medicare).
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
And, this month, Business Insider reported that Starbucks raised prices in California due to the state’s fast-food minimum wage hike, where certain national chains were required to pay workers at least $20 an hour.
—Savanna Smith, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024
Prior to the minimum wage hike, Ghai said 25% of his locations already had self-service kiosks systems.
—Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Others see a model ripe for abuse: The remote workers are paid $3 an hour, according to their management company, while the minimum wage in the city is $16.
—Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Many of them are paid hourly and will receive a 15% increase with the raising of the minimum wage rate.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024
The people of Minneapolis may soon be without the services of Uber and Lyft due to a dispute with the city’s government over if the ride-hailing companies will pay their drivers an effective $15.57 minimum wage.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
The salary agreements would lift the minimum wage of the city’s full- and part-time workers, setting it at $20 per hour this year and $25 by June 2026.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
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“Minimum wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minimum%20wage. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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