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    manager). There are many standards that are put to ensure that my role is carried out well. These include these codes of practice: Internal policies and procedures Legislation- Health and safety at work act 1974 National Minimum Standards - for example National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Older People. National Occupational Standards - regarding quality of care‚ qualification of carers.I have to follow safety procedures to keep my workplace clean‚ tidy and safe for all staff and

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    experiment was a total failure. • Establish a minimum wage and let the labor market establish the value of work based upon a person’s abilities and skill set. • Make the state an employer of last resort to ensure that anyone who wants a job receives one. These jobs will serve community needs and be paid from a national‚ progressive income tax. The wage rate will be one half of the established poverty level. Jobs of last resort will require a minimum of forty hours per week of attendance on the

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    off of living wage go through? Does it positively affect our society today? How many of us even know about living wage. I feel living wage does not positively affect our society today because there are a lot of us out there that do not even know living wage exists. I feel if we knew more about it and if it was more common it would affect our society more. First off many people think that living wage is like minimum wage but it is not. They are two entirely different things. “Living wage is the amount

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    2013 State of the Union address‚ Obama advocated for increasing the federal minimum wage to $9 per hour. The timing of Obama’s speech comes at a time when income inequality has become the biggest economic issue in the United States of America. During the Great Depression‚ The United States of America designed a minimum wage as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Since its inception‚ the government required minimum wage has grown from 25 cents to $7.25 per hour. Unfortunately‚ the erosion of consumer

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    weeks earn enough to ensure they have an adequate standard of living? Of course‚ people shouldn’t be working for poverty wages‚ but the reality is that raising the federal minimum wage to a “living wage” is a more complex fix to the issue than many politicians have suggested. In a nation as geographically diverse and expansive as the United States‚ the living wage‚ or the wage necessary to maintain an adequate standard of living within a community‚ varies widely from state to state‚ county to county

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    Introducing the national living wage will have many economic implications on the employers. Moving from the minimum wage of £7.20 hourly to £8.45 for workers outside London and £9.75 for workers within London will definitely requires some actions from the firms. This essay will illustrate the impact of the national living wage that will have towards the employers. Most of them will have higher costs especially small firms where their business will be in high risk of bankruptcy. Higher costs mean

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    nation’s poor work full-time‚ sometimes over fifty hours a week‚ yet still do not earn enough to escape the depths of poverty. Minimum wage is what these individuals earn‚ as deemed appropriate from the low skill level of the jobs they work. Often the level of incomes received are not made to be living wages and are found to be product of unreasonable systems. Making a living wage in America is unlike the textbook definitions since there are various standards of living within each state that dictate the

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    statement if “the unintended consequences of minimum prices often far outweigh the benefits of imposing them”. After having read many articles about these it becomes clear to me that minimum wages have both positives and negatives to all the parties concerned in this issue. For the employers (“A legal entity that controls and directs a servant or worker under an express or implied contract of employment and pays (or is obligated to pay) him or her salary or wages in compensation.”1) these might include

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    before it is put to the test. High schools preach it‚ parent’s stress it‚ and everybody in between seems to have something to say about it. The wage differential is one of the important and seemingly growing reasons to get a college education‚ but where does this differential arise from? McCall (2000) offers an explanation to possible causes for this wage gap. In the article McCall (2000) states‚ “rising earnings inequality is largely due to skill-biased technological change in which the demand for

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    economy on low wage workers‚ the discovery of how the families struggle on a daily basis to juggle work‚ child care‚ transportation and family well-being was astounding. While some families are two parent homes‚ only one is able to work due to the cost of child care. Other families consist of one parent‚ who works two jobs to take care of the children’s needs‚ while the child’s greatest need‚ a stable home environment‚ is neglected. While the cost of living continues to rise‚ the cost of wages does not

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