In 1901, the Football League introduced a maximum wage of £4 per week.
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In May, the conductors' maximum wage was increased from 5 d. to 6d.
A maximum wage, also often called a wage ceiling, is a legal limit on how much income an individual can earn.
A maximum wage has been imposed by some social democratic governments such as Sweden in the 1960s.
Most players at the time earned less than £4 a week and were not have been affected by the implementation of a maximum wage.
In Pennsylvania the maximum annual taxable wage is $8,000.
In 1921 the Football League lowered the maximum wage from £9 to £8.
Miliband says he is not proposing a maximum wage.
The maximum wage remained for more than another half century.