Should We Raise the Minimum Wage to the Average Pay Rate? April Alston Melisa Fennern Sharon Grady Nicole Huffman Terika White University of Phoenix BCOM/275 September 30‚ 2013 Michelle Maldonado “Should We Raise Minimum Wage to the Federal Average Pay Rate?” On the United States Department of Labor website it states that in 1938 it was decided that a federal minimum wage should be set. When it was set‚ it was set for the amount of $0.25 an hour. Now as of 2013 it is $7.25
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Analysis on Minimum Wage in Indonesia “Comprehensive Negative Impacts Analysis of Minimum Wage for DKI Jakarta” [pic] Andhika Putra Sudarman 1106055822 Fakultas Hukum Universitas Indonesia Depok “If the Minimum Wage of DKI Jakarta is set to Rp10.000.000‚00‚ will everybody prosper?” Laborers in DKI Jakarta demonstrating for an increase of minimum wage[[1]][[2]] is not a rare thing to see. The reason is because they can no longer meet their needs with their current wage. However‚ minimum wage has been
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History of the Minimum Wage · 1938 -- The minimum wage was first enacted into law as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. The original minimum wage applied to workers engaged in interstate commerce and the production of goods for interstate commerce. In 1938‚ this applied to roughly 11.0 million workers out of a total of 54.9 million workers. The minimum wage was set at $0.25 per hour. · 1961 -- Amendments to the minimum wage law extend coverage primarily to employees in large
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The Economics of Minimum Wage One might ask‚ what is minimum wage? Minimum wage is the lowest hourly amount an employer can pay an employee. There may be some exceptions based on the type of worker. There are two kinds of minimum wage rates‚ state and federal. Right now‚ the current minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. In some states‚ minimum wages are higher than the federal rate. Workers are paid the higher amount in those locations. Minimum wage has been a hot subject among the policy makers and
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Tyler Spence Carriveau English 1301 November 5‚ 2013 Argument Rough Draft Do minimum wage workers deserve a better paying wage? Perhaps a wage that they are believed to be able to live off of? Will raising the minimum wage help those it really intends to? With unemployment pushing 8% nationwide and costs rising‚ nationwide people are pushing for minimum wage to be increased. The minimum wage was established by Franklin Roosevelt as part of the New Deal in the 1930’s. The Fair Labor Standards
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The Minimum-Wage Controversy The minimum wage sets a minimum on what employers are allowed to pay workers. In the United States‚ the federal minimum wage began in 1938 when the government required that covered workers in covered industries be paid at least 25 cents an hour. At that time‚ the minimum wage was about 40 percent of the average manufacturing wage. The minimum wage was raised occasionally‚ and by 1996 it had reached $4.25 per hour‚ which was only 33 percent of the average manufacturing
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M. Burke Composition II 15‚ April‚ 2013 The True Affects of Minimum Wage With voters seeking a bulwark against the Great Depression‚ wage-hour legislation was an issue in the 1936 Presidential race. On the campaign trail‚ a young girl handed a note to one of Franklin Roosevelt’s aides asking for help: "I wish you could do something to help us girls‚" it read. "Up to a few months ago we were getting our minimum pay of $11 a week...Today the 200 of us girls have been cut down to $4 and $5 and $6
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/us/politics/obama-pushes-for-increase-in-federal-minimum-wage.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 American workers will have a 1.75$ increase in their hourly wage by the end of 2015‚ as President Barack Obama recently called to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour $9.00 an hour. This increase in the minimum wage of American citizen aims to help people with a low annual wage: cooks‚ employees of the janitorial industry and many others working these necessary
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Minimum Wage Fireworks were lit once the announcement surfaced the internet that President Obama stated‚ “Tonight‚ let’s declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth‚ no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty.” (Obama) He was looking to raise minimum wage during his State of the Union address. The average middle class person would be elated that minimum wage was going to rise. The amount of increase would depend on your location. I was one of those people would were excited
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I believe that minimum wage should be raised. One reason is it would not only be better for the worker‚ but it would also affect the worker’s families in a positive way. If a worker is bringing home more money they will be able to better support their family. They would be able to buy more groceries and necessities that the family would need. Another reason we should raise minimum wage is it would be good for the economy. If a worker were to bring home more money they would be able to spend more
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