Among the millions with hourly earnings at or below the minimum wage level, the overwhelming majority are from multiple-earner, relatively affluent families.
在每小时工资处于或低于最低工资水平的数百万人中，绝大多数来自有多收入者、相对富裕的家庭。
Natt contends companies just can't afford to pay interns the minimum wage.
奈特认为，企业没有能力向实习生们支付最低工资。
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。
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。
It clung to its 35-hour working week and saw the minimum wage creep up by 17% between 2002 and 2005.
坚持实行每周35小时工作时间，最低工资从2002年到2005年增长17%。
Raising the minimum wage won't close the gap, but it could certainly ease it.
上调最低工资不能弥合这一差距，但肯定会在一定程度上缓解这个问题。
We will establish a sound mechanism of regular pay raises for workers and strictly enforce the minimum wage system.
建立健全职工工资正常增长机制，严格执行最低工资制度。
That's why, since the last time this Congress raised the minimum wage, 19 states have chosen to bump theirs even higher.
这就是为什么上次国会提高最低工资标准后，有19个州又在此基础上额外提高了标准。
He also raised the minimum wage by two-and-a-half times since 2003, taking its purchasing power to its highest level since 1979.
他也自2003年起调涨最低工资两倍半，将民众购买力提升至1979年以来最高水准。
PT campaigned on a pledge to raise the minimum wage to the equivalent of $10 a day and to double salaries for new civil servants.
为泰党宣传承诺将最低工资提高到相当于每天10美元的水平，并把新公务员的工资增加一倍。
Since 1999 the minimum wage has risen by 49%, outstripping average earnings which increased by 32% in the past seven years (see chart).
1999年以来，最低工资标准已经提高了49%，超过了平均工资水平的增长幅度，后者在过去7年里增长了32%。
Yingluck was asked about the inflationary impact of her campaign promises, including an average 40 percent increase in the minimum wage from January.
英禄还被问及她的竞选承诺中通货膨胀的影响，包括一月份开始，最低工资平均增长40%。
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。
This week she won an important battle on the minimum wage: she wants to restrict its rise, because it has expensive knock-on effects on pensions (see article).
本周她赢得了有关最低工资的重要一战；她要限制最低工资过度增长，因为过度增长会对养老金造成一系列后续影响。
Under current rules, Brazil's minimum wage will rise by 7.5% in real terms next year—at huge fiscal cost, since pension payments are linked to the minimum wage.
在现在的制度下，巴西最低工资将在明年上升7.5%，因为退休金支出和最低工资是相联系的，所以这会导致巨大财政花费。
Under current rules, Brazil’s minimum wage will rise by 7.5% in real terms next year—at huge fiscal cost, since pension payments are linked to the minimum wage.
在现行规则下，巴西明年的实际最低工资将上涨7.5%。 这是以巨大的财政代价换来的，因为养老金与最低工资相关联。
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。
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。
But Thai manufacturers have already warned that the plan to double the minimum wage could raise inflation, driving up costs for both domestic consumers and exporters.
但是，泰国工业界已经警告，最低工资加倍的计划，可能提高通货膨胀，增加消费者和出口业者的负担。
But, as a result of increased public spending and measures such as the minimum wage, there has been no increase in the inequality opened up by the Thatcher decade.
但是，由于增加了公共开支，实施了最低薪金等措施，撒切尔(Thatcher)时代遗留的不平等状况并没有加剧。
Elementary economics would suggest that if you raise the cost of employing the lowest-skilled workers by increasing the minimum wage, employers will demand fewer of them.
初级经济学表明，如果你因最低工资提高而增加雇佣低技能工人的成本，雇主将降低对他们的需求。
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。
Efforts will be made to improve the wage-setting mechanism, the normal wage increase mechanism and payment guarantee mechanism, and the minimum wage adjustment mechanism.
健全工资水平决定机制、正常增长机制和支付保障机制，健全最低工资标准调整机制。
Efforts will be made to improve the wage-setting mechanism, the normal wage increase mechanism and payment guarantee mechanism, and the minimum wage adjustment mechanism.
健全工资水平决定机制、正常增长机制和支付保障机制，健全最低工资标准调整机制。
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