minimum wage
Lowest legal compensation
Minimum wage is the lowest hourly pay an employer can legally offer workers, set by government regulation.
The term often appears in debates about labor policy and living costs: They're pushing to raise the minimum wage to fifteen dollars.
A minimum-wage job typically means low-paying work, often in retail or food service.
Compensation for labor
- hourlyOnce each sixty minutes
- take-homeEarnings after taxes
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- compensationPayment for services rendered
remuneration · stipend · underpaid · subsistence · low-income · earnings · payroll
Till operator
- baristaProfessional café drink maker
- waitstaffRestaurant service employees
- fast-foodRapidly prepared meals
- retailSales to end users
janitorial · dishwasher · farmworker · warehouse · seasonal · intern · apprentice · entry-level
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- governmentAuthority over a state
- federalDivided governmental authority
- stateCondition or mode
local · indexing · exemptions · subminimum · enforcement · compliance · FLSA · union
Just and equal treatment
- dignityInnate personal worth
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- affordabilityState of being purchasable
- exemptionsReleases from obligation
Sustained price level increase
- cost-of-livingPrice of basic needs
- automationSelf-operating system design
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- stimulusWhat prompts a reaction
paycheck
Compensation for labor
compensation · remuneration · stipend · underpaid · subsistence · low-income · earnings · payroll
cashier
Till operator
- baristaProfessional café drink maker
- waitstaffRestaurant service employees
- fast-foodRapidly prepared meals
retail · janitorial · dishwasher · farmworker · warehouse · seasonal · intern · apprentice · entry-level · unskilled
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- governmentAuthority over a state
- federalDivided governmental authority
state · local · indexing · exemptions · subminimum · enforcement · compliance · FLSA · union · advocacy
fairness
Just and equal treatment
- dignityInnate personal worth
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- affordabilityState of being purchasable
inflation
Sustained price level increase
- cost-of-livingPrice of basic needs
- automationSelf-operating system design
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- wagessalary, pay, paycheck, income, earnings
- Youth Jobsteen workers, summer jobs, part-time jobs, first job, babysitters
- Economic Fairnessequal pay, fair pay, pay equity, pay gap, income gap
- labor lawsemployment standards, OSHA, employee rights, FMLA, fair pay
- labor policylabor laws, worker rights, labor contracts, worker protections, job protection
minimum wagemaximum wage
Legal limit on earnings
top salary · executive compensation · pay cap · six-figure salary · high income
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