Sentences with phrase «less than the living wage»

The minimum wage is considerably less than a living wage.

And society blames too often the victimized workers rather than the businesses paying less than a living wage.

We have 5.2 million people currently earning less than the living wage.

Five million people, mostly women were in low paid, dead end jobs earning less than the living wage

Despite campaigning for the living wage to be paid in the public sector and for zero - hours contracts to be scrapped, Freedom of Information requests have shown that all three of the councils controlled or led by Plaid Cymru — Ceredigion, Conwy, and Gwynedd - pay people less than the living wage and use zero - hours contracts.

The Labour leader has previously said he is «angry and fed up» with six million people earning less than the living wage and he has been accused of losing his temper with media on more than one occasion.

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.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

At 10 a.m., the NYC he Department of Consumer Affairs will hold a public hearing on a change to the «Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act,» which would mandate «certain companies that receive at least one million dollars of financial assistance from the City of New York to pay their employees no less than a living wage,» 42 Broadway, 5th Floor, Manhattan.

«The threat to workers» rights is there every day — six million earning less than the living wage; many people, nearly a million, on zero - hours contracts with no protection being offered by this government,» he said.

This complex was home to factory workers working in extremely dangerous and unsafe conditions for less than a living wage making the clothes so many of us wear.

Many education support professionals across our state earn less than a living wage, and NSEA remains committed to ensuring a living wage for all our members.

5 million people earn less than the living wage of # 7.65 per hour.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

One - half of U.S. households would feel the impact of the loss of a primary wage earner within six months, and one - third would feel it in less than one month, according to a study by LIMRA and Life Happens, a nonprofit that promotes the benefits of life insuraLife Happens, a nonprofit that promotes the benefits of life insuralife insurance.

If we had given the industrial Barron's more tax breaks and less regulation and removed OSHA or removed minimum wage laws we would be living in far worse financial internment camps always owing far more to the Company than we can ever repay just to survive which is what the end result of unbridled capitalism leads.

Jesus Lives He sure does, cuts my lawn, pulls the weeds and cleans the pool for less than minimum wage, YEE HAW.

Those governments have kept the minimum wage below a living wage, allowed private social care companies to pay less than even the inadequate minimum wage, done almost nothing to enforce the quality of private rental accommodation and nothing to prevent gouging rents.

Ms. Woodley, a Calverton resident who says she earns an hourly wage that's less than the $ 15 minimum Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed, said that between them, she and her husband are able to make a living.

WHEREAS, women make up 50 % of the population in Santa Clara County but face significant economic disparities, with an average pay difference that is larger than the national wage gap of $.72 for a man's dollar, with women holding advanced degrees earning roughly $ 40,000 less than their male counterparts, and 11 % of the County's female population living in poverty and approximately 33 % of the homeless population being women and girls, and

«Workers in all parts of our state need a living wage and that is why we can't accept anything less than $ 15,» building workers union 32BJ president Hector Figueroa said last week.

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has been questioned over whether it is paying teachers less than minimum and living wage for marking.

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Less than 1 % of published authors actually make a living wage from their royalties — and for every Dan Brown (not an extremely gifted writer by the way!)

«Half of all women in part - time work earn less than # 7.20 an hour, below the living wage standard.

That's hard to do when the only jobs available are poverty wage jobs paying less than $ 15K gross - less than $ 10K take - home - and you still have to pay your own living expenses.

For now I'm putting in my dues at what works out to much less than minimum wage as I can not see doing anything else in life.