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Living wage   /lˈɪvɪŋ weɪdʒ/   Listen
Living wage

noun
1.
A wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably.





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"Living wage" Quotes from Famous Books



... states that the chief duty of the Trade Boards, on the other hand, is to fix minimum rates of wages which can be imposed by law. They are needed primarily to insure that in trades where the workers have no official organisation to guard their interest a living wage shall be secured for all. They are statutory bodies set up under an Act of Parliament just passed, and will be connected with the Ministry of Labour, by which their members are largely nominated. The work of such Boards is ...
— Rebuilding Britain - A Survey Of Problems Of Reconstruction After The World War • Alfred Hopkinson
... overfed commercial or industrial magnate and the underfed, overworked denizen of the slums? ... The Church is put on trial in the minds of men. They ask, 'What did the Church do when we sought a living wage, shorter hours of work, safer working conditions, abolition of Sunday work, abolition of child labor?' The answer is an almost entirely negative one. The few instances when church officials have helped ...
— The Necessity of Atheism • Dr. D.M. Brooks
... going at their appointed tasks. And instead of it being forbidden to draw near to a sacred spot, needy men from foreign countries flock thither in eager crowds, not to worship in beauty, but to earn a living wage. ...
— The Spell of Egypt • Robert Hichens


Words linked to "Living wage" :   wage, remuneration, pay, earnings, salary


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