minimum wage
The lowest hourly, daily, or monthly wage that employers are legally allowed to pay their workers.
speakingWork and economy
IELTS-Verwendung
Essential for discussing labour laws, income inequality, and economic policy in IELTS speaking.
Beispiele
- Raising the minimum wage can help reduce poverty but may also lead to job losses.
- There is an ongoing debate about whether the minimum wage should be adjusted for inflation.
- Many workers in the informal sector do not benefit from the minimum wage laws.
Kollokationen
- minimum wage increase
- The minimum wage increase was welcomed by labour unions.
- minimum wage law
- Minimum wage laws vary significantly across different countries.
- raise the minimum wage
- The government decided to raise the minimum wage by 10%.
- minimum wage worker
- Minimum wage workers often struggle to cover basic living expenses.
Wortfamilie
- Nomen
- wage
- Adjektiv
- wage-related
Paraphrasen
- lowest legal wage: A descriptive paraphrase emphasizing the legal aspect.
- base wage: Shortened form, sometimes used in business contexts.
- statutory minimum pay: More formal, often used in legal or policy discussions.
Häufige Fehler
- The minimum wage is a important issue. to The minimum wage is an important issue.. Use 'an' before vowel sounds ('important' starts with a vowel sound).
- Government should increase minimum wage to help poor people. to The government should increase the minimum wage to help low-income people.. Add 'the' before 'government' and 'minimum wage'; 'poor people' can be replaced with 'low-income people' for precision.
- Minimum wage workers earn low salary. to Minimum wage workers earn a low salary.. Include the article 'a' before 'low salary'.