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81wage drift — wage drift, Economics. an upward movement of wages resulting in an increase in average earnings over the official average wage rates of a country. * * * n. Finance the tendency for the average level of wages actually paid to rise above wage rates …
82Wage Rudolf Supratman — ( Wage Roedolf Soepratman in the old orthography, 1903 ndash; 1938) was an Indonesian songwriter. He wrote and composed the national anthem of Indonesia Indonesia Raya (adopted in 1949) …
83Wage Board Award — it is the salary package, given time to time, for the workers of Pakistan s newspapers industry. According to the constitution of Pakistan the wage of the newspapers industry is fixed by the state and the newspapers owners are refusing to pay… …
84wage slave — wage slavery. a person who works for a wage, esp. with total and immediate dependency on the income derived from such labor. [1885 90] * * * …
85wage, minimum — n. The lowest hourly wage an employer is allowed to pay workers in most jobs, set by statute. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
86wage payment — ➔ payment …
87wage differential — UK US noun [C, usually singular] HR, WORKPLACE ► PAY GAP(Cf. ↑pay gap): »The study examines the wage differential between the public and private sector …
88wage slave — UK US noun [C] INFORMAL WORKPLACE ► someone who must work so they can earn enough money to live on and pay for the things they need: »High mortgage rates have turned the middle classes into wage slaves …
89wage-and-hour laws — UK US noun [plural] LAW, WORKPLACE ► in the US, the laws that deal with working conditions, hours, etc.: »The firm violated the state s wage and hour laws when it failed to provide breaks for its workers …
90wage-earner — wage .earner n 1.) someone in a family who earns money for the rest of the family 2.) someone who works for wages ▪ Both wage earners and salaried officials were protected by the new regulations …
