| 词汇 | example_english_living-wage |
| 释义 | Examples of living wageThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Four managers making $20,000-35,000 approach what might have been considered a livingwage at that time. Both women were in work, but neither was able to make a livingwage. The reason the duty to provide a livingwage should fall onto employers and consumers is because otherwise they would be exploiting the workers. Even small-scale and maverick companies survive by public subsidies or by paying less than a livingwage. Almost two centuries ago, he was forced to leave the town in search of a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They ought to get at least a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everybody is entitled to do useful work at a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This was not a strike of miners for a decent livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will they not justify the miners striking for a decent livingwage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is patently clear that £5 is not a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would like to know what is the actual position, whether the industry can or cannot pay a reasonable livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a disgrace that a rich country like ours should employ men and not give them a reasonable livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are fighting for a system under which the largest majority will get a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The miner works as hard as anyone, and he is entitled to a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They must surely rate this figure as a livingwage; or are they suggesting that their members should receive less than a livingwage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he aware that railwaymen are sick to death of working 60 and more hours a week to get a livingwage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must come nearer to the situation where men, whether working by hand or brain, are able to get a livingwage, the minimum wage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The wage that the miner is getting to-day is not a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Quite clearly the livingwage, if it comes, is going to be a family wage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What would be the immediate effect on the economic situation if we were able to supplement a livingwage by family allowances? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He suggests that three housewives, the co-operative societies, and three trade unions should settle what the livingwage should be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In their suggestions about a livingwage they merely contemplate an extension of the system of trade boards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For whom are we asking a livingwage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no use expecting a prosperous transport undertaking unless you give it a reasonable livingwage and enable it to raise capital. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think he added the condition that the wage must be a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We lost 290,000,000 tons of coal in those between-war years owing to industrial disputes when the men were struggling for a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Come what may, the man with a thousand a year as a livingwage is secure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have a million men in this country who are prepared to go to work to-morrow if they only get a reasonable livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The men will not stay; it is not a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Among those fundamental rights was the right to a livingwage and the right to work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us clear our minds, at all events, of one thing: this has nothing to do with what is often called a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be the protection that the minimum wage shall not be fixed at lower than a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The demand for a reasonable livingwage is the cause of this strike. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have not suggested that they will fix a wage which is not a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that the wage those men receive is not a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I said that an author should be able to "earn" a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That can be made into a livingwage only by excessive overtime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people work long hours not because they enjoy doing so but because they have to do so to bring home a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When a seasonal worker applies for supplementary benefit, why is he unable to receive adequate financial resources to give him a livingwage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The minimum wage before the strike was not a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They also have to work many hours of overtime, which is essential if they want a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Today, in order to earn a livingwage a man has to work overtime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Evidently they regard it as not providing a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who do not now pay a livingwage will have in future to pay a minimum wage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A very high proportion of them at the outside have the occasional walk-on part, with no possibility of making a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot get full-time work, and part-time work does not provide a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People on low wages have to work longer for a livingwage because hourly rates have dropped since the abolition of the wages councils. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it would now broadly be accepted that a wage of £25 a week is a minimum livingwage in our society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is not parity of bargaining, they have no chance of getting a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those involved in the family-run smaller units try to pay themselves a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he saying that it is not reasonable to expect an employer to pay a livingwage to someone with children? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has taken long thought and negotiation to bring about conditions which give households a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For this self-sacrificing work she ought to be guaranteed a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 And yet we are told that this industry cannot provide a livingwage for the people employed in it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But why should the rest of us subsidise employers who will not pay a livingwage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We say that the workers are entitled to a livingwage, to as big a wage as the industry can pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One either pays people a wage which is a livingwage or one gives them a living income. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is supposed to be a burden on business to insist that workers get at least a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All those who imply in any way that these pensions have ever represented a subsistence wage, a livingwage, render a great disservice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The sum of £15 is not a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet while all these people are competing and quarrelling the miners are unable to get a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The case for a livingwage for the miners is unanswerable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all want to see a decent livingwage—and, indeed, better than what is ordinarily called a livingwage—paid to the agricultural labourer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there any probability of this wage being brought up to a decent livingwage? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The miners were not getting a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the minimum wage will give many workers a real livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Wages should be revised so that the lorry driver can earn a reasonable livingwage without having to work overtime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The prices now offered to the fishermen will not give a livingwage to the deck-hands during the forthcoming season. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As the standard of living rises and the demand for a better livingwage continues, the price of imported food will continue to go up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If certain collieries cannot provide a livingwage, let them be closed down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are going to get a livingwage—by reason, if possible; by force, if necessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By a livingwagewedo not mean a wage which is something better than sweating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a sum as that divided among four persons hardly provides a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the railwaymen have to work overtime to get a livingwage, why should we pamper the others? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is parity of bargaining, people stand a chance of getting a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But they would rather criticise others as to what is a livingwage figure than come out in the open and suggest it themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He must have retired on a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This livingwage is apparently to be a flat rate throughout industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But this proposal for a livingwage is a pivotal proposal round which all the others are arranged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the present moment the amounts paid are not, enough to provide a livingwage for a man with four or five of a family. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not urging that we should have cheap fuel at the expense of the livingwage to the miner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If teachers were paid a proper livingwage, we could recruit them all over our own country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want something more than a livingwage, and so does the working man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I come now to the question itself of the livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the question of wages, there is the right to a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The question is not whether it is to be a livingwage, an average wage, or anything else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are entitled to decent conditions and a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are profoundly unlikely to achieve it if they deny farm workers a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the majority of farms it is not the minimum wage which is paid but a reasonable and proper livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is one of subsidising employers who are not paying their workers a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least we were able to take home a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he recognise that, through the family income supplement, the taxpayer is subsidising employers who are not paying a livingwage to many workers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There can be no freedom without the right to work and the right to a livingwage and economic security. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everybody should be able to rely on his pay packet to give him a decent livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a myth that in the past poets did not get a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree with the very obvious conclusion of the report that earnings from part-time work do not provide a livingwage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is almost impossible now to gain a livingwage by working a small or medium-sized farm, without dipping into capital. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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