wage floor

1. The government has not raised the wage floor since 2009, and many full-time minimum wage workers find themselves living below the poverty threshold.
   自2009年起，政府就再也没有提高过工资下限，而许多拿着最低工资的员工发现自己已经生活在了贫困线以下。
2. This flat wage structure forces unproductive companies out of business by raising the wage floor, favouring more productive and capital-intensive methods.
   通过提高工资最低标准、支持生产率和资本密集程度更高的方法，这种平均化的薪资结构会迫使生产率低下的公司破产。
3. To save money, many wage earners are not willing to spend money on high-end floor tiles.
   为了节约开支，许多工薪阶层不舍得花钱买高档地板砖。
4. A minimum wage rate is a price floor.
   最低工资是价格下限。
5. The government has fixed a wage floor.
   政府已规定了工资的底限。
6. But opinion is divided on whether setting a wage floor will help or harm workers as well as the overall economy.
   制定最低工资标准究竟会对工人及整体经济产生何种影响，各界人士对此意见不一。

noun

1. floor below which wages are not allowed to fall