Sentences with phrase «living wage indexed»

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Still, many economists and public policy advocates argue that in states where minimum wage is higher than the federal mandate, the economies fare better than in states where businesses stick to the federal minimum wage, which is currently not indexed to inflation and hence forces some workers to live below poverty level.

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.

We then take your income and we adjust it by the Average Wage Index (AWI), to account for the rise in the standard of living during your working years

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.

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.

«I support a minimum wage of President Obama's $ 10.10 indexed so you don't have to continually update it, with an adjustment factor for up to 30 percent for the cost of living across different markets in this state,» Cuomo said in the video.

Hawkins wants the state minimum wage raised to at least $ 15 an hour, index it to inflation, and give local governments home rule power to raise it higher to reflect local living costs if they so choose.

Scharff says a hike in the minimum wage should also be indexed to inflation, so that it would rise as the cost of living increases.

But Farrell says he might object to a provision that would hold future minimum wage increases to the cost of living index.

Salaries are adjusted for cost of living to the national average using the comparable wage index published by the Bush School of Government & Public Service here.

Districts and charter schools should get the same base cost for each regular education student, and the comparable wage index should be used to account for cost of living differences.

The study recommends using a Comparable Wage Index (CWI) for Cost of Living (COL) differences due to geographical location.

He then assigned himself tasks like detailing our Four Seasons test cars as if it was his life's work, filling birdfeeders, updating issue indices, and assisting on photo shoots, all with humility, grace, and a beatific smile not often seen at the minimum - wage level.

The report didn't examine the minimum wage, which is currently indexed to inflation and had been set to rise from $ 11.40 to $ 11.60 in October, but Wynne said raising it will make a difference in millions of people's lives.

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.

Social Security bases its Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) increases on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI - W).

Implementation of an indexed living (minimum) wage would also assist in this endeavor and would alleviate government expenditure.

Further reasons why the UN's Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights should be amended and an indexed and defined living wage included.

A wage not indexed to cost of living results in increased household debt and eventually stagnant spending as consumers prioritize to decrease their debt.

I've suggested in the past here on Slaw and elsewhere that the ICESC could be amended to include an indexed living wage that could work to reduce some of the hardships that plague nations such such as Cambodia and as global conditions would have it — even the western nations economic and social conditions given what they currently are.