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11wage — wages, salary, stipend, fee, pay, hire, emolument can all mean the price paid a person for his labor or services. Wage or Wages applies chiefly to an amount paid on a daily, hourly, or piecework basis and typically at weekly intervals for labor,… …
12hourly — adj. Hourly is used with these nouns: ↑earnings, ↑employee, ↑fee, ↑parking, ↑pay, ↑rate, ↑wage …
13Minimum wage law — is the body of law which prohibits employers from hiring employees or workers for less than a given hourly, daily or monthly minimum wage. More than 90% of all countries have some kind of minimum wage legislation.[1] Until recently, minimum wage… …
14Minimum wage in the United States — History of the federal minimum wage in real and nominal dollars. As of July 24, 2009 (2009 07 24) …
15minimum wage — n: a wage fixed by contract or esp. by law as the least that may be paid either to employees generally or to a particular category of employees compare scale Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
16Minimum wage — A minimum wage is the lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers. Equivalently, it is the lowest wage at which workers may sell their labour. Although minimum wage laws are in effect in a great many… …
17Overtime rate — Part of a series on Organized labour …
18Average Industrial Wage — The mean hourly rate of pay for workforce members of a given geographical area, such as a country or province, excluding farm employees. This measurement serves as a reasonable proxy for the wage rate of the average worker in a given country, and …
19piece rate — noun The monetary amount payed per unit of production in the reward scheme of piece work, contrasting to hourly wage and to salary …
20national minimum wage — (NMW) A minimum hourly rate of pay set by government, which applies to all workers. The rates set are based on the recommendations of the independent Low Pay Commission. There are three rates; an adult rate for workers aged 22 and over, a… …
