It is believed Ferguson has struck a pay-as-you-play deal which will involve a basic weekly wage enhanced by bonuses.

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Dennis Phillips, the academy's welfare manager, said all prisoners eligible for paid work received the minimum wage, with bonuses, while others received the weekly prison wage.

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For David and many others in Wolverhampton, the real impact is not just the change of lifestyle, but the loss of earnings, from a regular wage to a weekly dole cheque.

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Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers are up 0.3 percent from 2011-Q2 to 2012-Q2.

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To find out, Forbes analyzed the median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in 2012, detailed by occupation and gender and tracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

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They are kept that way by the constitution, which separates police officers from other public servants, meaning they do not qualify for the standard minimum wage and the 40-hour weekly work limit.

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Thailand, and Singapore approved measures to give domestic workers a weekly day off, while Venezuela and the Philippines adopted broad laws for domestic workers ensuring a minimum wage, paid holidays, and limits to their working hours.

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