11. The minimum pay the employee will earn in the talk booth is the new hire rate of pay. 12. We always keep ourselves above the minimum pay . . . to keep up with the standard and expectations, 13. He estimates that a 5 percent increase in the state minimum pay would cost $ 700 million over two years. 14. He said mandating the minimum pay would only create more problems since " it is not equitable ." 15. The increase, approved by presidential decree on Monday, equals the minimum pay approved for state workers in May. 16. At the time domestic workers were excluded form such protections as human rights, worker's compensation and minimum pay . 17. Everyone in the cast signed a one-year contract and the minimum pay rate is $ 1, 040 a week. 18. In December, the government agreed to fix a minimum pay increase of 18.5 percent for all non-state workers. 19. Reitman was also able to persuade Eckhart, Holmes, Macy, and Lowe to sign on to the film with minimum pay . 20. The minimum pay for enlisted soldiers was $ 0.80 a day, roughly equivalent to the pay of an American private.