They demanded an end to poverty pay, we have delivered the National Minimum Wage.
Currently, independent health bodies are judged against national minimum standards and each provider has to be inspected.
In all, 23 states have already adopted wage floors above the national minimum, which last went up in 1997.
She said anyone with queries about the national minimum wage could call a free pay and work rights helpline.
Many employers seem to think that by calling a job an internship they may ignore the national minimum wage.
In the midst of such big flows, the effects of the national minimum wage will be hard to discern.
The national minimum wage is more worrying, though just how much more depends on the level at which it is set.
Labour will point to issues like the social chapter and the national minimum wage to show the huge differences between the two parties.
Already, its plans for a national minimum wage and its promise to sign Europe's social chapter threaten to reduce, not increase, labour-market flexibility.
The MPs criticised standards among companies supplying school buses and called for the government to set a national minimum standard for bus contractors serving schools.
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New Zealand and Australia were the first countries to enact a national minimum wage, followed in the early 20th century by Britain and the United States.
The long-term unemployed would be offered 25 hours of work a week in the private or voluntary sectors at the national minimum wage for six months.
Until recently, there was no national minimum wage in China, and local minimum wages were typically below the prevailing market wage so as not to destroy jobs and growth.
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Mr Jones said it was too early to consider raising the rate of the National Minimum Wage, despite union anger at reports that it is to be frozen until next year.
Even the government seems confused - just three weeks before the introduction of the national minimum wage the Department of Trade and Industry issued its Detailed Guide to the National Minimum Wage.
"To have seen the fall of the Thatcher era and to have worked with a Labour government that has introduced a human rights act, a national minimum wage and genuine devolved power to Wales, " he said.
The statistics do not reflect the impact of more recent policies such as the national minimum wage and the working families tax credit, however and the reseachers say it is too early to judge Labour's overall strategy.
Labour has already won backing from some large firms for its plan to sign the European Union's social chapter and set a national minimum wage, policies which are likely to be far more damaging to small firms than big ones.
It is national rules on minimum wages, hiring and firing and the like that now gum up the jobs market.
But in the three years since the last national increase, the minimum wage has quite obviously not kept pace with prices.
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In practice, it could mean someone who has made little or no National Insurance Contributions can get the same minimum income, as a woman who has made 39 years of National Insurance Contributions.
First, national bureaucrats set a statutory minimum price that processors must pay farmers for sugar-cane.
In fact, over the last year, the Democratic majority in Congress has begun to move us in the right direction - with bipartisan action to strengthen our national security, raise the minimum wage and reduce the costs of college loans.
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Pro-business groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business have opposed raising the minimum wage, arguing that it hurts businesses and dampens job creation.
National central-bank governors will have, at minimum, five-year contracts.
However, what we do know is that the minimum wage has been around as a national imperative since 1938 and it does not appear to have done much damage while arguably doing a considerable amount of good.
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The National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders said the minimum sentences were "crude and unjust".
Although several states already have higher minimum-wage pay levels in place, the national rate sets the base for many low-wage workers.
Instead, the minimum benefit should be tied to a single, national standard that sets a floor based on what a basic, consumer-directed plan now offers.
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On December 2nd, the government announced the creation of a new National Care Standards Commission whose job will include inspecting and enforcing minimum requirements in private hospitals and clinics.
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