Wage Increases in a sentence

A one-time 3% economic recovery adjustment on top of the 3% increase in minimums in the first year of the contract, and 4% wage increases in the second and third years, although some groups will see wage increases of up to 20%.

While it is true that minimum wage increases lead to more money for minimum wage workers, the increases aren't as significant as they appear.

Maybe it means nominal wages, because when you look at wage increases and inflation together, wage inflation is not our issue.

While the readout didn't capture the large wage increases that went into effect July 1, it still undercut the notion inflation was causing inflation-driven, price-wage spiral.

She stated: "The biggest inflation cost right now is the increase in the National Living Wage and making sure our employees get the wage increases that are appropriate.

Supporters of minimum wage increases draw a direct line between wage per hour and total wages and ignore the “per hour” part.

Members of the Illinois House voted yesterday to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 dollars an hour over the next six years, phasing-in the wage increases until it reaches that $15 dollar mark by 2025.

That strategy distinguishes their research from other studies, which have tended to focus on state- or citywide data; altogether, they studied 51 minimum wage increases of varying extents in what they classified as low-wage counties, located in 45 states.

As the union-backed “Fight for $15” movement has sought to enact mandatory minimum-wage increases in states and localities across the country, tax reform seems to have spurred wage growth using a different approach.

One such textbook says: If a higher minimum wage increases the wage rates of unskilled workers above the level that would be established by market forces, the quantity of unskilled workers employed will fall.

Smith's allowance for wage increases in the short and intermediate term from capital accumulation and invention contrasted with Malthus, Ricardo, and Karl Marx in their propounding a rigid subsistence–wage theory of labour supply.

Councilman Jerry Fluty said the town couldn’t promise any wage increases until after the budget was finalized.

Dr Martin Dixon, president of the Cornwall NEU, urged people not to fall for the "lies" that wage increases increased inflation.

He said the potential for wage increases to drive inflation higher is a real economic risk.

However, BRC chief executive warned that business rate rises and National Living Wage increases would “likely” stall or even reverse falling inflation.

However, wage increases have followed the price hikes, energy prices have fallen, and exporters have partially passed on their higher costs, meaning that purchasing power is returning, economists said.

In negotiating with the companies, the union is pointing to the carmakers’ huge recent profits and high CEO pay as it seeks wage increases of about 36% over four years.

In recent years the labor union has requested wage increases across 12 categories based on type and rank, as opposed to an average increase of base pay in the form of a percentage.

Kathryn Wylde, who runs the Partnership for New York City, a business advocacy group, said that she believed the mayor’s decision to allow remote work enabled the city to save money on wage increases.

Last month, Gov. Maura Healey was when asked about her support for continued minimum wage increases.