Converse of object

• pay: Renfrewshire MP Douglas Alexander is urging local people not to stand for the poor excuses given by employers to avoid paying the minimum wage.

• introduce: Before Labor introduced the minimum wage I knew of 2 local businessmen who paid very low wages.

• increase: Four months ago the government increased the minimum wage for garden workers by one thousand percent and this elderly man lost his job.

• oppose: They originally opposed the minimum wage when it was introduced, and have opposed increases in it.

• receive: Tipped employees receive a special minimum wage of $ 2.13 per hour in direct wages.

• set: While a minimum wage set just above the unconstrained optimum leads firms to increase employment it also causes firm exit as profits fall.

Converse of subject

• affect: In reality some businesses tend to be affected by the minimum wage more than others.

Adjective modifier

• national: They were paid significantly less than the national minimum wage.

• decent: Labor has the ability to set a decent minimum wage, to restore union rights, and to stop hospital closures and selective education.

• monthly: In Zimbabwe the monthly minimum wage is the equivalent of 500,000 meticais and in Malawi 498,000 meticais, claims the provincial government.

• high: It was Blair, for example, who won the argument for a higher minimum wage in 1999.

• full: Most 21 year olds are already earning at or above the level of the full minimum wage.

Possessives

• country: Aristide also withstood objections from the American aid agency USAid and Haiti's domestic business class to raise the country's measly minimum wage.

Preposition: in

• industry: Mr Hay explained: âWe do about 10 visits to regions a year to assess the impact of the minimum wage in various industries.

Preposition: for

• worker: Four months ago the government increased the minimum wage for garden workers by one thousand percent and this elderly man lost his job.