The homeless are mostly working poor who need jobs that pay a living wage.
So, does paying an employee a living wage make a difference when it comes to profits?
In other parts of the world, service employees are often paid a living wage.
However, I just as much love having given my employees a living wage and great benefits.
It also ensures the continued arrival of newly illegal immigrants similarly eager to earn a living wage.
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Downing Street backed firms paying a living wage, but said restricting contracts in this way could be illegal.
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So, I asked the PR person for this campaigner what they thought a living wage in China was.
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If today's study is correct, far more - around 20% - earn somewhere between the minimum and a living wage.
It's employing an awful lot of people at a living wage, a wage they can live a middle-class life on.
And the public housing is actually a subsidy(ph) to these local capitalist owners because they don't pay people a living wage.
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Last week I was even offered a management position, but had to decline since a living wage could not be negotiated.
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Push for a federal safety net for the jobless that offers public service at a living wage for a couple of years.
He understood that if he paid his workers a living wage, they would be able to afford to purchase his Model T.
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The payment of a living wage across the economy of Scotland can be an effective way of tackling child poverty, Mr Park said.
The balls, hand-stitched by unionized Pakistani workers who earn a living wage, are certified by a watchdog group called the Fair Trade Labeling Organization.
David Warr, Chairman of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce said that in some cases it was a good idea to pay a living wage.
He said he thinks a living wage would damage some industries.
"Profitable companies like Amazon, dodging fair taxes while failing to pay their staff a living wage and treat them properly, deserve a corporate Asbo, " he said.
But for many of us, the problem is not that we don't want to have gleaming, fully up-to-date factories or to pay our workers a living wage.
Labour councils he insisted could still make a difference by paying people a living wage, protecting services and putting pressure on energy companies to reduce their bills.
It offers the possibility of reducing poverty, increasing access to employment that provides a living wage, preventing conflict between social groups, and building tolerance, acceptance and peace.
Speaking in George Square, Mr Smith said the priority should be fair taxation and a living wage, investment in quality jobs, strong trade unions and employment rights.
In an interview with the Independent on Sunday, Labour leader Ed Miliband said a living wage was part of his "One Nation" vision to share prosperity.
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Responsible hiring and employment means that employees can earn a living wage and, as a result, can provide for their families and send their children to school.
Rachel supports herself, and therefore must earn a living wage.
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For the freelance writer who wants to be making a living wage by the end of his second year of business, one milestone could be the first paid contract.
Shaving overtime, paying less than a living wage and leaving the night staff locked in regardless of their health and well-being hardly makes for a progressive, dynamic business model.
The government said it backed companies paying a living wage and would encourage more businesses to do so, but said restricting government contracts in this way could be illegal.
But ministers also know that at least some of the 4.89 million earning less than a living wage are people who have recently "priced themselves into work" to avoid unemployment.
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