minimum wage
noun
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: the lowest wage paid or permitted to be paid
specifically
: a wage fixed by legal authority or by contract as the least that may be paid either to employed persons generally or to a particular category of employed persons
Examples of minimum wage in a Sentence
Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.
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Hart also alleged in her suit that her employer also failed at times to pay her the minimum wage and overtime pay and that she was required to use her own mobile phone at work without reimbursement.
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Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
What's next: If passed, inmates would not necessarily be paid the state's minimum wage.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
The film is set in a debate chamber where affluent high school students argue a bill on minimum wage in an effort to impress two working-class adult judges, played by Lonergan and Smith-Cameron.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Democrats, unions and liberal groups criticized him for his remarks against workplace protections such as the minimum wage and overtime rules, and conservative publications seized on Mr. Puzder’s employment of an undocumented immigrant as his housekeeper.
—Chris Cameron, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
What's next: If passed, inmates would not necessarily be paid the state's minimum wage.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
The film is set in a debate chamber where affluent high school students argue a bill on minimum wage in an effort to impress two working-class adult judges, played by Lonergan and Smith-Cameron.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Democrats, unions and liberal groups criticized him for his remarks against workplace protections such as the minimum wage and overtime rules, and conservative publications seized on Mr. Puzder’s employment of an undocumented immigrant as his housekeeper.
—Chris Cameron, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Minimum wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minimum%20wage. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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