Sentences with phrase «than minimum wage after»

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.

Not exact matches

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.

(After I abandoned freelancing, I had a small home - based business that probably earned me less than minimum wage but at least I was being creative, and that mattered much more than money at the time.)

One year after launching a task force to look into abusive work conditions in nail salons throughout the state, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered the payment of $ 2 million to hundreds of workers who have been denied overtime and paid less than minimum wage.

Environment Secretary Owen Paterson caused a furore after it was revealed that he had proposed a plan to make pensioners pick crops for less than the minimum wage as a way of cutting eastern European immigration.

After a decidedly right of center first term (with the exception of marriage equality — which was all politics, and he still lost the gay vote to Teachout in the primary), Cuomo is now trying to lurch left by championing a minimum wage bill that is still weaker than what advocates wanted and what he refused to force through in his first term.

After years of incrementally raising the minimum wage, the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice successfully enacted a statewide minimum wage increase to $ 15, raising the take - home pay of more than 2.3 million New Yorkers.

Cuomo's spokeswoman sent out a statement shortly after the speech saying that the higher minimum wage was a «non-starter» in Albany and that there were no short - term plans to use Sunnyside Yards for anything other than trains.

But after her stronger - than - expected showing in the Democratic primary, he tacked left after 2014 and has pushed through many WFP priorities the union leaders mentioned, including the minimum wage hike and a new scholarship program aimed at middle - class students.

Cuomo delayed announcing the formation of a minimum wage board for more than a year after being directed to do so by the state legislature.

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.

1Cosigner Release allowed if an account is in current standing, after 36 months of consecutive and on — time payments with a borrower FICO greater than 699 and minimum income requirement of $ 30,000 for loan balances up to $ 100,000, and income requirement of $ 50,000 for loan balances over $ 100,000 with no foreclosures, repossessions, wage garnishments, unpaid judgments or other public records having an open balance exceeding $ 100 during the last 7 years.

If your after - tax wages are less than 30 times the federal minimum wage, your paycheck can't usually be garnished.

The federal government can not legally garnish more than the lesser of the following: 15 % of your disposable earnings (what is left over after tax withholdings) OR the difference between your disposable earnings and 30 times the federal minimum wage.

It is a world where jobs pay less than the minimum wage, and sometimes nothing at all; where employers do not pay overtime for 60 - hour weeks, and deny meal breaks that are required by law; where vital health and safety regulations are routinely ignored, even after injuries occur; and where workers are subject to blatant discrimination, and retaliated against for speaking up or trying to organize.

After 18 weeks, they would be required to further expand their job search to include any work that they are qualified (able) to perform (with on - the - job if required (with necessary trainings), at wages starting at 70 % of their previous earnings, but not lower than the prevailing minimum wage.

Fairly easy work, but after a few days of a very abusive boss I decided that I was getting more than my fair share of abuse for my measly minimum wage and decided to move on.