Many poor southern states have no minimum-wage law at all.
许多贫穷的南方各州还根本没有最低工资法律。
To put this in perspective, he could spend in 13 minutes what a minimum-wage earner brings home after an entire year of the daily grind.
换个角度说，他13分钟花的钱相当于最低收入者日复一日的辛勤工作的全年所得。
"If they are working minimum-wage jobs and see their wages decline or stagnate, they may now see themselves below the poverty line," Kneebone said.
尼伯恩说，“如果他们干着工资最低的工作，收入下降或者停滞不前，他们就会发现自己已经处于贫困线以下了。”
Leisure and hospitality, where minimum-wage positions are most common, added 28,900 positions-about 10% of the total.
最低薪岗位最常见的休闲招待行业新增28,900个岗位，约占新增职位的10%。
I counter with another reasonable argument: that a higher minimum wage will force businesses to employ fewer people for less time.
我用另一个合理的论点进行反驳：提高最低工资将迫使企业在更短的时间内雇佣更少的人。
In two months, the legal minimum wage in the country of Kirlandia will increase from 5 Kirlandic dollars per hour to 5.50 per hour.
两个月后，Kirlandia的法定最低工资将从每小时5基兰蒂亚美元提高到5.50。
更高的最低工资！
This ruling cancels all state minimum wage laws.
这次判决取消了所有州的最低工资法。
The struggle over the minimum wage reflects a gradual shift, not a sudden one.
围绕最低工资的斗争反映了一种渐进而非突然的转变。
Where most economists agree is that the higher minimum wage does not do much to relieve poverty.
大多数经济学家都认同提高最低工资对减少贫困并没有多大的作用。
We have ensured that the national minimum wage has risen always above the rate of inflation.
我们确保了全国最低工资的增长一直快于通胀率。
The modest starting point for the minimum wage meant that it affected relatively few workers.
replyview最低工资的起点设定适度，就意味着它影响的工人相对较少。
That is the main cause of low productivity and wages, and means that the legal minimum wage has less social impact.
这也意味着，合法最低工资所产生的社会影响微乎其微。
China is aiming to promote domestic consumption through a variety of measures, such as boosting the minimum wage for its workers and building an improved social safety net.
中国正在努力通过各种措施——如增加工人的最低工资和建立更好的社会保障体系——来促进国内消费。
Now, wages in Guangdong have started growing again. This month the province raised minimum wage levels by more than 20%.
如今，广东省工资终于见长，本月起最低工资上调两成。
The new emphasis reflects a recognition that one parent earning the minimum wage will not usually bring home enough money to keep his or her children out of poverty.
新重点认识到父母一方挣得的最低工资往往不足以带回家足够的钱，以供子女脱离贫困。
ON FRIDAY July 24th the federal minimum wage in America rises by 70 cents to $7.25 an hour, the third rise since 2007.
7月2 4号星期五，美国联邦最低工资上涨70美分，达到7.25美元，这是自2007年来的第三次上调。
The COINS and the safe were previously used in an advertising campaign for minimum wage in Switzerland.
硬币和保险箱之前在瑞士一个关于最低工资的广告活动中使用过。
Before we finish with the topic I should perhaps mention another argument sometimes put forward for fixing a minimum wage rate by statute.
在结束这一论题之前，也许我应当提一下主张以法规形式确定某一最低工资率的另一种论调。
提高最低工资？
He pushed for increases in the federal minimum wage.
他推动了联邦最低工资上调。
Many employers seem to think that by calling a job an internship they may ignore the national minimum wage.
许多老板似乎认为把一些工作称为实习他们就可以忽视国家的最低工资标准。
The law requires that all employees have a written contract that complies with minimum wage and safety requirements.
新法要求企业必须与所有员工签订劳动合同，合同必须符合最低工资标准和安全要求。
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) provides 100 days of unskilled labour at the minimum wage to at least one member of a rural household.
《国家农村就业保障法》给农村家庭中至少一个成员按最低工资标准提供100天的非技术性工作。
Thanks to the roll-out of the NREGA and a hike in the minimum wage, “People here are feeling a sense of security for the first time, ” says Shankar Singh of the MKSS.
幸亏有该法案的出台及最低工资水平的提高，“这里的人们第一次有了一种安全感，”MKSS的成员香卡.辛格说。
I had recently seen a television interview with a minimum wage worker in a factory in southwest Virginia.
我最近看了一个电视访谈，采访的是在弗吉尼亚州西南部一个工厂里拿最低工资的工人。
I had recently seen a television interview with a minimum wage worker in a factory in southwest Virginia.
我最近看了一个电视访谈，采访的是在弗吉尼亚州西南部一个工厂里拿最低工资的工人。
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