Sentences with phrase «acceptable standard of living»

Regarding the size of the fee, the Supreme Court held that «where households on low to middle incomes can only afford fees by sacrificing the ordinary and reasonable expenditure required to maintain what would generally be regarded as an acceptable standard of living, the fees can not be regarded as affordable» (para [93]-RRB-.

This is especially true for individuals with surplus income, a threshold set by the government for the amount of income necessary for each household to maintain an acceptable standard of living.

It was shown that the typical annual income for a professional author in 2013 was # 11,000 - thousands below the socially acceptable standard of living.

The typical income for a professional author in 2013 was just # 11,000, more than # 5,000 below the income level considered to be a socially acceptable standard of living, according to research commissioned by The Authors» Licensing & Collection Society (ALCS).

The average author is only making # 11,000 per year more than # 5,000 below the income level considered to be a socially acceptable standard of living.

Not exact matches

While, of course, to some extent this has to be true, especially in life - threatening situations - your employee can lead an evacuation down a fire escape but can't necessarily design standards for what is an acceptable or unacceptable level of smoke inhalation - it's important to simultaneously push against it, to let your employees know what they need to get done but not necessarily how they should go about designing their day and carrying out their duties.

What we have had in British political life under British common law is a procrustean class system, one of the most fixed in the world, confirming aristocratic and plutocratic class rule, rigidly preventing the overwhelming numbers of the lower class from gaining equality, representation in government, decent working conditions, the right to union organization, suffrage, and acceptable living standards until the end of the nineteenth century.

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Will Self's lament for the death of the novel earlier this summer has been cast into stark relief by «shocking» new statistics which show that the number of authors able to make a living from their writing has plummeted dramatically over the last eight years, and that the average professional author is now making well below the salary required to achieve the minimum acceptable living standard in the UK.

Once you begin tapping your nest egg for retirement income, you have two goals: withdraw enough income to cover your expenses and maintain an acceptable lifestyle but not so much that you deplete your savings too soon or find yourself forced to downsize your standard of living late in life.

What constitutes an acceptable quality of life for the domestic cat and whether different standards should exist for cats in homes, in shelters, or in community cat colonies is a topic of much debate among animal welfare professionals and veterinarians.

The Commission reviewed other pension plans and rejected ATCO's contention a cost of living adjustment of 100 % of CPI was an acceptable standard practice and it was necessarily a reasonable expense for inclusion in the revenue requirement for regulated utilities.