These people earn a living wage for their professional knowledge and skills.

That's because he plans to ban tipping in favor of paying his servers an actual living wage.

Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates' job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs.

I've had the idea for some time that Jack Green's been busy stirring things up in connection with the latest wage claim.

Meanwhile, growing income inequality has coincided with the increasing importance of a college degree for earning a middle-class wage.

With a tax imposed on expensive health insurance plans, most employers will likely transfer money from health expenses into wages.

Medical spending, which typically rises faster than wages and the overall economy, is propelled by two things: the high prices charged for medical services in this country and the volume of unnecessary care delivered by doctors and hospitals, which often perform a lot more tests and treatments than a patient really needs.

Economists project that most employers would shift money from expensive health benefits into wages.

The report warnsthe picture on wages is likely to get worse this year despite indications of an economic rebound.

Patrick Belser, an International Labour Organization specialist says declining wage rates are linked to the levels of unemployment.

Now Fred, you went to university in Canada?( ' , 9 ) A recent International Labour Organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extent of an economic recovery, especially if government rescue packages are phased out too early.

As we've seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but their aging parents.

According to a study by George Borjas, a Harvard economist, immigration reduced the wages of American high-school dropouts by 9% between 1980-2000.

Apparently the bus company will be laying off its employees if they can't reach an agreement on wages by midnight.

A low wage for elementary school teachers, however, doesn't mean elementary education isn't important.

And the value of what the student can produce is reflected in the wage employers are willing to pay the student to produce it.

For this scheme to work, the government must provide wage subsidies to compensate for lost pay due to the shorter hours.

So, we expect that the second part of the year will not be very good in terms of wage growth.

This means they are paid the lowest legal wage and receive no health care or other benefits provided to full-time employee.

In many rich countries average wages in the state sector are higher than in the private one.

Taxes on low-wage labor need to be cut, and wage subsidies such as the earned income tax credit should be expanded: This would boost incomes, encourage work, reward companies for job creation, and reduce inequality.

Imagine that you favor increasing the minimum wage in our state, and I do not.

Mr.Roth has three community-college students enrolled in a work-placement program, with a starting wage of $13 an hour that rises to $17 after two years.

Then I counter with another reasonable argument: that a higher minimum wage will force businesses to employ fewer people for less time.