Oyster Bay now becomes the first town in the state to impose the wage standard.

And now, they say, the White House, by imposing the minimum wage standards, is making it more costly to do that.

Federal Express, a giant of the services industry, sets the wage standard here.

Under the bill, the city comptroller would develop wage standards for overseas apparel manufacturers.

A committee appointed by the administration in 1999 studied the matter, and then rejected the idea of a wage standard for the university.

The committee, on May 2012, came up with a lot of reform recommendations including fair wage standards and an eight hour shift.

The organization created a label for products that met certain wage standards.

Instead, minimum wage standards in different sectors are set by collective bargaining.

Qatar does not maintain wage standards for its immigrant labor.

Governments now fight to keep their wage standards low out of fear of losing jobs to countries with even lower standards.