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Higher wage bills The government also announced that the national living wage would increase by 6.7% from April 2025 to £12.21 per hour.
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Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
To put that figure in some perspective, the report estimates Florida's minimum living wage to be in the region of $58,970.
—Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Our schools need better funding, and our direct support staff deserve living wages.
—Emily Harvey, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
Add to this a clearer-than-ever bifurcation between first jobs that pay a living wage and appear to have career pathways and jobs that have one or the other or neither.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
To put that figure in some perspective, the report estimates Florida's minimum living wage to be in the region of $58,970.
—Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Our schools need better funding, and our direct support staff deserve living wages.
—Emily Harvey, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
Add to this a clearer-than-ever bifurcation between first jobs that pay a living wage and appear to have career pathways and jobs that have one or the other or neither.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for living wage
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“Living wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/living%20wage. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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