Sentences with phrase «higher minimum wage means»

«Everyone likes the sound of higher wages, but a higher minimum wage means -LSB-...]

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Because many companies employing low - wage workers face too much competition to pass the increased labor cost on to customers, a higher minimum wage would mean lower small business profits or costly investment in labor saving equipment.

But they also point out it could inflict further headaches on Employment Minister Jason Kenney if the set salary level is higher than the minimum wage, meaning temporary foreign workers would stand to make better money than Canadians.

«And for those working on salaries a bit higher than the current minimum wage, you'll also be better off because there will be a ripple effect as wages rise... that will mean six million people with higher pay.»

Everything else is secondary — except, to pull off even such a modest birthday getaway, these two high school dropouts turned minimum - wage diner waitresses are gonna need a bit more cash than they have on hand, which means hustling any and every way they know how.

I think part of why the government is so eager to crank minimum wage isn't only socialist ideology and desire to buy votes, it also pushes more Canadian wages into a taxable range, or even higher tax brackets, and low - income earners are unlikely to use tax - avoidance strategies (which means guaranteed additional income for the government.)

«Head office has the means to ensure that these reprisals against workers are reversed, and we are calling on them to do so immediately,» said Pam Frache, Ontario co-ordinator of a campaign for higher minimum wage dubbed Fight for $ 15 and Fairness.