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Three new wage levels are introduced for different age groups as part of the government's programme of minimum pay  rates.
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House leaders have added legislation raising the federal minimum wage to an emergency spending bill for the Iraq war. They hope to break a logjam with the Senate over the wage bill, a top Democratic priority that was once seen on Capitol Hill as a relatively easy compromise.
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Increases to the minimum wage are beginning to be cause for concern for businesses, the CBI says.
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LAKE PLACID, NY The minimum wage may be on its way up in New York, but one new study says the amount wouldn&#39;t be enough to pay rent in the state.
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When Democrats blasted Republicans last fall for taking annual congressional pay raises while blocking numerous attempts to raise the minimum wage, it was an effective campaign tactic. Democrats vowed not to accept the annual cost-of-living hike until Congress increases the minimum wage.
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The House of Representatives on  Saturday voted to gradually increase the federal minimum wage  to $7.25 an hour and also to cut estate taxes paid mostly by  the wealthy.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a compromise measure to increase the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade -- and provide billions of dollars in tax breaks to help businesses pay for it.
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Minister of Welfare Dagnija Stake will propose the government set minimum wage at LVL 100 as of 2006.
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Paychecks all over the country could be going up or shrinking as a result of new changes to the nation&#39;s overtime pay rules. The new laws took effect August 23.
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Business: 19 September 2004, Sunday. Bulgarian employers prefer to pay their workers on a minimum hourly rate instead on the grounds of a minimum monthly wage, according to the Chief of Bulgarian Trade, ...
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"The minimum wage is on its way, for everybody. I am sure of this"  German Labour Minister Olaf Scholz has pledged that the country will implement a minimum wage in all sectors, an issue that has been dividing the ruling coalition, a newspaper reported on Sunday. via Raw Story
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The Republican-controlled Senate smothered a proposed election-year increase in the minimum wage Wednesday, rejecting Democratic claims that it was past time to boost the &#36;5.15 hourly pay floor that has been in effect for nearly a decade.
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A Democratic campaign promise to boost the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade moved closer to completion on Tuesday when U.S. Senate Republicans lifted a roadblock against it.
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Johannesburg - Public sector unions will on Monday start consulting with their members on whether to accept or reject the latest 6.2% wage increase offer by government.
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Republican leaders are willing to allow the first minimum wage increase in a decade but only if it's coupled with a cut in inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates, lawmakers said Friday.
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The incoming Democratic-led U.S. Congress intends to give a hand to dishwashers, fast-food cooks and America's other poorest-paid workers by raising the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to increase the federal minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade, but added small-business tax breaks that are unacceptable to House leaders, preventing Democrats from claiming a quick victory on one of their top legislative priorities.