minimum wage
11minimum wage — noun the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay; determined by contract or by law • Hypernyms: ↑wage, ↑pay, ↑earnings, ↑remuneration, ↑salary * * * noun [singular] : an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that… …
12minimum-wage — /min euh meuhm wayj /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a minimum wage: minimum wage demands. 2. paid or earning a minimum wage: a minimum wage worker. 3. paying a minimum wage: a minimum wage job. * * * …
13minimum-wage — /min euh meuhm wayj /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a minimum wage: minimum wage demands. 2. paid or earning a minimum wage: a minimum wage worker. 3. paying a minimum wage: a minimum wage job …
14minimum wage — The minimum wage that an employer may pay an employee. In some countries there are statutory national minimum wages and in other countries there may be agreed minimum wages within certain industries. The UK introduced its first statutory minimum… …
15minimum wage — N SING The minimum wage is the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay an employee, according to a law or agreement …
16minimum wage — noun Minimum wage is used before these nouns: ↑worker …
17Minimum 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… …
18Minimum wage in the United States — History of the federal minimum wage in real and nominal dollars. As of July 24, 2009 (2009 07 24) …
19Minimum wage in Hong Kong — The Legislative Council voted to introduce a minimum wage in Hong Kong in July 2010.[1] The executive branch proposed a minimum wage of HK$28 ( US$3.60) per hour in November 2010, which the Legislative Council voted to accept after much debate in …
20Minimum wage history — The history of minimum wage is about the attempts and measures governments have made to introduce a standard amount of periodic pay below which employers could not let their workers fall.In 1824 in Victoria, Australia, an amendment to the… …
