Each is paid a base wage of 61-cents an hour.

他们每人获得的基本工资是每小时61美分。

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The basic compensation that an employee receives, usually as a wage or salary, is called base pay.

雇员获得的最基本报酬是工资或者薪水，这就是基本工资。

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Wage costs remain well below those in southern China and productivity is growing faster, albeit from a lower base.

工资远低于中国南方的水平，生产率尽管基础较差但在快速上升。

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If base wage levels for workers cannot go up, says Yoji Tatsui, a director in the labour-policy co-ordination division at the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, then companies should at least try to bring pay for part-timers who do similar jobs closer to that of their full-time counterparts.

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