a wage sufficient for a worker and family to subsist comfortably
In public policy, a living wage or subsistence wage is the minimum income necessary for a worker to meet basic needs (for an extended period of time or for a lifetime). These needs include shelter (housing) and other incidentals such as clothing and nutrition.
例句与用法
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Cost of living wage 生活费工资制
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The department of state considers prevailing wage statistics to reflect a fair living wage for domestics and personal employees 美国国务院依照各行业平均工资额来考虑家庭佣工和私人助理是否有合理的生活工资。
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The pay should also be sufficient to cover the worker ' s needs , as well as those of his dependents , in what has usually been called a “ living wage ” 通常存在一种“活工资”的说法,薪酬还应当足以弥补工人对“活工资”的需要,并且弥补需要这名工人予以扶养的那些人们对“活工资”的需要。