Sentences with phrase «more than the minimum wage»

Uber, which allows users to book and pay for a taxi by smartphone, says its more than 30,000 London drivers enjoy the flexibility of being able to work when they choose and receive on average more than the minimum wage.

While 58 percent of small business owners said they support raising the minimum wage, 71 percent said the states should set it, and 77 percent said they already pay their employees more than the minimum wage.

This is particularly challenging for low - income families who often do not make more than minimum wage.

She has started offering merit increases twice a year, and she pays all employees more than the minimum wage.

Avoiding the welfare cliff is expensive: to avoid a sharp decline in after - tax earnings, it is necessary to provide tax credits to people making slightly more than the minimum wage.

That also enables him to work successfully with his labor force, which he provides motel - quality housing for and pays $ 2.50 more than the minimum wage.

It is about supporting the dedicated direct care workers — who certainly deserve more than a minimum wage — so they can support their families while they continue to support the 130,000 New Yorkers with developmental disabilities,» the #bFair2DirectCare campaign said.

Opponents of the city - backed project want a guarantee that workers there will be paid more than minimum wage, a concession that some say may hamper the development.

The council also voted to override the mayor's veto of a controversial bill that would force developers who receive more than a $ 1 million in city subsidies to pay their workers at least $ 10 an hour, plus benefits, or $ 11.50 without — significantly more than the minimum wage.

Servers would be paid a dollar less if they make significantly more than the minimum wage when tips are factored in.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced new compromise legislation on Friday that would require only companies receiving direct subsidies from the city to pay employees the so - called living wage, which is a few dollars more than the minimum wage.

CITY HALL — After months of heated debate and demonstrations, City Council Speaker Christine announced a deal Friday afternoon on controversial legislation that would force developers who receive big city subsidies to pay their workers more than the minimum wage but would exempt their tenants from doing the same.

The announcement comes after months of heated debate over the potential adoption of a new «living wage» bill that would force developers who receive big city subsidies to pay their workers more than minimum wage.

But the project crashed to a halt in 2010 when the City Council mandated that workers be paid more than the minimum wage.

Miliband praises its campaign, despite the fact that in a recent meeting, campaigners surprised Miliband by presenting him with a Spanish woman, who works as a cleaner for the chancellor, but earns barely more than the minimum wage.

When he added it all together, he decided to complete his education and try to find a job that paid more than minimum wage.

It's possible you could find ways to make more than minimum wage if you learn some niche IT industry skill.

In the middle of executing my third ketubah (Jewish marriage contract) commission (which took 106 hours to create, and for I ended up earning not much more than minimum wage), I felt so resentful of the lovely and delightful young couple I was creating the piece for that I came a hair's breath away from never accepting another ketubah commission.

They pay more than minimum wage, overtime, and have fair hours, and they train seamstresses, which gives them skills for future employment opportunities.

Our members are not «fat cat» lawyers — many of them are working for free or for not much more than the minimum wage.

Employees can be (and most often are) entitled to more than the statutory severance pay, just like they are often entitled to more than minimum wage.

In fact, some parking meters actually earn more than the minimum wage!

«Man, I really thought I'd never make more than minimum wage,» says Clive Carter, a 35 - year old New Jersey native who worked at a fabric store until the family - owned business where he'd worked since high school shut its doors.

Underscoring the direness of the situation in Venezuela, a trip to the grocery store can now cost more than the minimum wage, according to a local AirTM zcash user who spoke with CoinDesk via an encrypted messaging platform.

The crew member, cashier, and servers may find themselves at the lower end of the pay scale, making little more than minimum wage.

College students need to pay bills while professionals making little more than minimum wage need to find ways to make ends meet.

These could be paid at more than the minimum wage for apprentices, up to around # 10,000 a year.

The average income for a sales associate in the beginning is a bit more than the minimum wage.

Recently, Peña helped a single, Hispanic mother earning little more than minimum wage purchase her first home.

Not exact matches

And frankly, I think far more people would benefit by reducing the regulatory burden on small businesses than would benefit by a higher minimum wage.

«Major tax increases or policy changes such as big hikes in the minimum wage will probably do more harm than good,» says Dahlby of the sort of programs necessary to satisfy vocal public - health boards.

Puzder named ethanol regulation, which has resulted in higher beef costs, a rising minimum wage and higher labor costs due to Obamacare as three obstacles that make doing business in the U.S. more difficult than in the past.

The Raiders are moving into a market where more than half of the locals work in tourism, making minimum wage or slightly above.

CAMBODIA: Riot police watched carefully as more than 1,000 garment workers defied a government ban on marching to deliver a petition to the National Assembly in Phnom Penh, demanding a higher minimum wage and more freedom of assembly.

And the company pays staffers more than rivals do: Experienced cashiers earn more than $ 40,000, while full - time clerks receive salaries that start above the minimum wage at $ 12 an hour, according to the Globe.

Sanders said he'd more than double the current federal minimum wage to $ 15 an hour.

That fits with findings that Generation Y are more likely to work part - time and at minimum wage than older generations, making sticking at a company and rising up the ranks more difficult.

In the 2013 investigations, managers used more than 25 stolen identities to employ at least 115 people in the country illegally, knowing they could pay below minimum wage, according to court documents.

In California, where Landry's operates more than 70 restaurants, the minimum wage will increase from $ 8 an hour to $ 9 on July 1.

Minimum wage is $ 7.25 — more than double.

While some startups, such as Taskrabbit, have attempted to address some of the inequity invovled in being a contract worker, for example by setting a wage floor of $ 11.20 an hour — higher than the proposed national minimum wage of $ 10.10 — and providing some discounts for health care and transportation, contractors clearly need a lot more.

And it follows a move by McDonald's to raise its average minimum wage to more than $ 10, and to give employees with a year's service 20 hours of paid time off.

Some are, as five states, including Mississippi and Louisiana, have no official minimum wage, and two more, Georgia and Wyoming, have a minimum wage of $ 5.15, or about $ 10 less an hour than full - time employees would need to make to be able to afford a two - bedroom.

The minimum wage today is less than 40 percent of the average wage, compared to more than 50 percent in 1968.

We employ 45 people in three locations and more than 80 percent of them are hourly — which puts me right smack in the middle of the current debate over the minimum wage.

It does note that there are «studies» that show «raising the federal minimum wage — which has not changed since 2009 — to just $ 10.10 per hour would pull more than half of the nation's working poor out of poverty.»

As employers do not deal with the day - to - day matters of hiring, firing or paying employees, for franchisors to decree a franchise - wide minimum wage may violate the franchise model, making franchisees nothing more than employees.

At this point, the idea of a higher minimum wage is certainly more than a proposal or an idea in a speech — it's something of a national movement.

Now workers in Shake Shack's New York City locations have a starting hourly wage of $ 12.50, which is 50 cents more than the city's fast food minimum wage of $ 12.

More than half of 13,592 voters asked (55 percent) about raising the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour say they support the idea.