Kevin Heffernan Quotes

There are some people who have had no pay rises for a very long time, and, working in highly skilled and highly responsible roles and in the health services and education, they deserve to be properly remunerated.

What we have is a pay structure that, on basic wages, is higher than market rate, as a general statement. When you look at other forms of retail, whether they be food or non-food, we pay more. If you look at our health care benefits, we pay a lot more.

A fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work is ever my partner’s motto.

We say, pay talent well and genius generously, but pay well also the arm that toils; pay the needle, the saw, the spade, the hoe, the mop.

The thing about the max is, you're worth whatever somebody is willing to pay you, in my mind.

If you're getting $80 a show, then you're not getting paid.

What someone is paid has little or no relationship to what their work is worth to society.

The value of the minimum wage shouldn't be eroded, and it has been.

My salary swings an unbelievable amount. When I had Holly, I took seven months off, so my salary was very low. It fluctuates wildly. No one pays you for the period you spend writing. I am certainly not rich.

Basically, I think that most people either make too much money or not enough money. The jobs that are essential and important pay too little, and those that are essentially managerial pay far too much.

People who work 44 hours per week make 50 percent more than people who work 34 hours a week.

Workers in decent jobs view the economy as unjust if they or their children have virtually no chance of climbing to a higher rung in the socioeconomic ladder.

I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.

The Bethlehem profit-sharing system is based on my belief that every man should get exactly what he makes himself worth. This is the only plan I know of which is equally fair to the employers and every class of employee. Someday, I hope, all labor troubles will be solved by such a system.

Home Depot has never hired one human being for minimum wage, not one. We have always paid a premium over minimum wage.

People who go to work every day and perform the services essential to keeping our economy functioning deserve to live above the poverty level.

In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn't pay my employees well.

My salary situation at 'Morning Joe' wasn't right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I'd made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking.

I would love to see McDonald's pay more money.

I think the idea that giant profitable corporations should pay their workers enough so that they don't need food stamps - since when is that left-wing? How did that become 'leftie?' That doesn't seem leftie to me. That seems common sense.

Union members not only earn higher median wages; they are more likely to have paid sick leave, short-term disability, and employer-provided child care. Giving people a voice at work - the ability to organize and negotiate for their fair share of the value they helped create - is absolutely essential to a growing, vibrant middle class.

I reject the idea that any job is too hard or too dirty for American workers to do. American workers just expect and demand to be paid a decent wage.

I'm a big believer that when we put so much into our jobs - and everyone does - you deserve to be get paid for it instead of doing a gig and then having to work in a bar for eight hours.

Too many security officers live day to day. They just want to be treated with dignity.

They only ask for a fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work.