Sentences with phrase «cost of living wage»

Chances are, they've received a cost of living wage adjustment and understand that your expenses have gone up as well.

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We then use that to build out two additional scenarios: one assuming a doubling of the current minimum wage plus factoring in the cost of fire and building safety improvements based on data from the Worker Rights Consortium; and another using a «living wage» figure from the East Asia labour organization Asia Floor Wage, which is considered at the high end of labour reform demawage plus factoring in the cost of fire and building safety improvements based on data from the Worker Rights Consortium; and another using a «living wage» figure from the East Asia labour organization Asia Floor Wage, which is considered at the high end of labour reform demawage» figure from the East Asia labour organization Asia Floor Wage, which is considered at the high end of labour reform demaWage, which is considered at the high end of labour reform demands.

«We're not still seeing real wage growth, but we are seeing some of the cost of living move up when you get into what does it cost to own a home and operate your life in general,» he said.

On May 18, Swiss voters will decide if they want to introduce the world's highest minimum wage to their country where the cost of living is extremely high and the unemployment and poverty rates very l...

A Treasury spokesman told the BBC: «We are taking action to support families with the costs of living by cutting taxes for millions of working people, doubling free childcare for nearly 400,000 working parents and introducing the National Living Wage - a significant pay rise for the lowest earners.&living by cutting taxes for millions of working people, doubling free childcare for nearly 400,000 working parents and introducing the National Living Wage - a significant pay rise for the lowest earners.&Living Wage - a significant pay rise for the lowest earners.»

Some people said the screed, directed at CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, drew attention to prevalent wage issues in the area; others accused the employee of acting entitled and failing to find better or more work or a place to live that costs less than her current $ 1,245 rent.

«We agree with her remarks about the high costs of living in San Francisco, which is why we announced in December that we are expanding our Eat24 customer support team into our Phoenix office where we will pay the same wage,» read a company statement, echoing CEO Stoppelman's comments on Twitter over the weekend that the cost of living in San Francisco was excessively high.

It compelled me to justify myself, to explain to my interrogators how I planned to live in New York City on so little — less than minimum wage after accounting for the cost of my uniform and unpaid training time.

An income profile for the typical U.S. wage earner shows the degree to which the cost of living now reflects FIRE sector costs more than prices for commodities produced by labor.

To determine its cost - of - living adjustment, the SSA uses an inflation measure called the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or the CPI - W.

The study found the living wage for Metro Vancouver increased $ 0.33 over last year to $ 19.14 — a jump mediated by the introduction of the U-Pass, which has helped cut bus transportation costs for some families struggling to make ends meet.

The Social Security Administration bases the automatic cost of living adjustments (COLA) increases for social security recipient on CPI - W, which is the Consumer Price Index For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers.

This will include an investment of approximately $ 120 million in wage increases that will be allocated on regional cost of living and entry wage laws that vary from state to state.

Settlements, as they occur, are covered in complete detail with pertinent information on wage adjustments, paid holidays, vacations with pay, shift premiums, medical benefits, dental plans, weekly indemnity, life insurance, pension plans, cost - of - living allowances and rates of pay.

In social policy, the Party is committed to fighting poverty by gradually raising the minimum wage to $ 10 per hour, and indexing it to the cost of living thereafter; implementing rent guidelines and close loopholes around condo conversions to protect rental tenants; ensuring that provincial contracts and grants enable organizations to provide a living wage to employees.

And when creditors turned their economic gains from this process into political power to shift the tax burden onto wage earners and industry, this raised the cost of living and doing business — by more than technology was able to lower prices.

«They are struggling to support children in a school system Christy Clark tore down, struggling to support their parents at a time when Liberals have left 9 in 10 residential care facilities understaffed, and struggling to make ends meet when we have the slowest wage growth in the country and the highest cost of living.

We believe the living wage reflects those costs,» said a speaker from Vancity Investment Management Ltd., which submitted the shareholder proposal at Loblaw's annual general meeting of shareholders Thursday.

The proposal called for Loblaw to review the feasibility, cost and benefits of implementing a living wage policy for its employees, suppliers and contractors.

Their tag line is «Sustainable Supply Co.» because they believe that when we buy a product, the cost of the item should be able to sustain every person connected to it with a living wage.

Mintz concludes that the psychological cost to children has steadily grown more apparent, and he makes the familiar array of policy recommendations: more widely available health care, education reform, subsidized high - quality child care, family - friendly employment policies, a living wage, a limited work week and economic support to the impoverished.

On top of that, the same right - wing cons who praise capitalism as the reason that millions of people have, truthfully, found a way out of poverty, support politicians who keep wages stagnated, attack the very CONCEPT of a minimum wage despite the skyrocketing inflation and general cost of living, and support one war after another that makes a handful of people VERY rich while millions suffer, and thousands of troops come home with no legs (and thus, lose their jobs and often never recover).

(Miller follows the advice of sympathetic economists and his own businessman's instincts to argue that raising the statutory minimum wage to an actual living wage would cost too many jobs.)

If they truly want to be a witness, they should be taking care of their employees by [1] paying them a living wage and [2] supporting them with health care, not trying to run their lives by denying it because they personally don't believe in birth control *** AHEM HOBBY LOBBY, all you had to do was voice your objection and step aside, and the provider would absorb the cost, but NOOOOOOOOOO, you thought you knew better & said I FORBID YOU TO HAVE IT so your employees lost out on ALL health care, nice work in the name of the Great Physician *** or firing them because they get pregnant BECAUSE you didn't let them have birth control...

Here is footballer earning at the very least 10,000 Pounds a week, and he has lived in a house for six months but hasn't picked up the phone to get someone to repair his dishwasher, or even get a brand new one delivered and fitted, which would cost at the most 5 % of his weekly wage...

The cause that prompted him to speak at the Cambridge Union and at other universities, for example, was the campaign for the Living Wage, a wage meant to cover the costs of life that the current minimum wage does not and one which the Cambridge newspaper «Varsity» recently revealed was not being extended to large numbers of low - earning workers within our multi-billion pound UniversWage, a wage meant to cover the costs of life that the current minimum wage does not and one which the Cambridge newspaper «Varsity» recently revealed was not being extended to large numbers of low - earning workers within our multi-billion pound Universwage meant to cover the costs of life that the current minimum wage does not and one which the Cambridge newspaper «Varsity» recently revealed was not being extended to large numbers of low - earning workers within our multi-billion pound Universwage does not and one which the Cambridge newspaper «Varsity» recently revealed was not being extended to large numbers of low - earning workers within our multi-billion pound University.

Spitzer took issue with Cuomo's strategy of putting health care players with a vested interest in the Medicaid debate — namely GNYHA and SEIU 1199 — onto the redesign team that hashed out a reform and cost - cutting strategy that included sweeteners for the industry (the indemnity fund, living wage) in exchange for accepting spending cuts.

«The government's rebranding of the minimum wage to the national living wage hasn't dealt with the real problems of low pay and rising cost of living,» said Corbyn.

Based on cost of living, Clinton has backed a smaller wage hike to $ 12 an hour nationally, and supports states moving to $ 15 on their own.

As Labour can not win with business, it has moved to the safer ground of defending the NHS and addressing the cost of living crisis with promises to put an end to zero - hours contracts, raise the minimum wage and invest in housing.

[67] In January 2014 Miliband extended the concept of reform to include the «big five» banks, in addition to the «big six» utility companies, and discussed the impact of the cost - of - living on the «squeezed middle» saying «the current cost - of - living crisis is not just about people on tax credits, zero - hour contracts and the minimum wage.

The opposition cited the example of Islington council's grounds maintenance contractor Enterprise, which fully absorbed the # 150,000 cost of introducing the living wage to all its workers to keep its # 20 million contract.

«As the lone Upstate member of the state's Fast Food Wage Board, we know that you have an acute understanding of the differences between the economies and cost of living between Upstate and downstate New York.

Cuomo this year unsuccessfully pushed a minimum wage increase that would provide for geographical cost - of - living concerns: $ 11.50 for New York City and $ 10.50 elsewhere in the state.

In 2013, Kennedy co-sponsored legislation to increase the state minimum wage to $ 9 an hour, and automatically adjust the minimum wage to account for cost - of - living increases.

«The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs of living and peoples» expenses.

He will hail the move as another signal of his determination to focus on the «cost of living crisis» despite expectations that wage growth might at last outstrip inflation this year.

The settlement included a wage increase on par with the rising cost of living, but in exchange, there was reform to the employees» active health insurance, retiree health insurance, paid time - off benefit package and employee work hours.

The average white legislator lived in a household income that was 10.7 times their county's living wage, based on cost of living estimates created by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor.

I am heartened by his rousing endorsement to raise the wage and tie it to the cost of living.

In exchange for a cost - of - living wage increase, I would expect the contract to include concessions from the unions, for example, less paid vacation days, and increased employee contribution for current and retiree health care costs.

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They want this up to # 10 for all by 2020, the end of the next parliament, with the minimum wage then linked to living costs.

«As a first step, making sure that all council staff in London are paid at least the living wage wouldn't cost very much but would be an important symbol of political leadership.

At 11 a.m., advocates for people with developmental disabilities will hold a rally in front of the #bFair2DirectCare electronic billboard in Times Square to highlight the need to for the state to cover the cost of paying direct service providers a living wage, Manhattan.

It is just not possible to live on the current minimum wage — especially not in high cost areas of the state.

«Councils in other parts of the country, like Glasgow and Newcastle, have shown that the living wage can be affordable even though the costs are higher.»

The record number of workers paid less than the living wage, now more than 5 million, is costing an estimated # 2.2 bn a year in extra spending and lost revenue according to analysis published by the IPPR with the Resolution Foundation.

Also at noon, advocates for people with developmental disabilities, including Assembly members Angelo Santabarbara, Patricia Fahy and James Tedisco, state Sens. George Amedore and Neil Breslin, and former Assemblymen Harvey Weisenberg and Tom Reynolds, highlight the need to for the state to cover the cost of paying direct service providers a living wage, Senate lobby, state Capitol, Albany.

«What we're saying, [in] the video last night I said we have to recognize the difference in the cost of living in different markets and I would allow localities within a state - prescribed formula to adjust a local wage,» he said.