Minimum wage has helped shape our economy and nation as it is today. In the United States‚ we have two different types of minimum wage‚ federal and state. But what is minimum wage? “Minimum wage is the lowest hourly rate at which most employers may legally pay their workers” (“Federal Minimum Wage”). The federal minimum wage is the government’s minimum wage‚ but each state also has their own minimum wage. “The first federal minimum wage was legislated to boost wages to ease the hardship of workers
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No city in the world is as ironic and contradictory as Hong Kong. This city has not only the 6th highest per capita GDP‚ but also the highest Gini coefficient in the world (World Bank‚ 2011). Fortunately‚ the Hong Kong government isn’t turning a blind eye towards this dilemma but are instead actively looking for a trade-off between economic performance and social welfare. One notable example is the re-establishment of the Commission on Poverty‚ it is hoped that a clearly-defined poverty line will
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taxes‚ she brings home $1‚030 a month – enough‚ if she’s careful‚ to meet her expenses‚ with little wiggle room. “What I feel‚" she says‚ "is anxiety. I felt it just this morning. It’s constantly in the back of my mind: ’Am I going to have enough to pay the bills?’” She grows what food she can and buys items that can be stretched out to multiple meals. To live with the concern of whether or not she will be able to keep her home and feed herself shouldn’t be an issue for anyone. They are programs to
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Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is the main airport in Hong Kong; it is an important regional trans-shipment centre‚ passenger hub and gateway between the Mainland China and the rest of Asia. And HKIA is the primary hub for several domestic airlines‚ such as Cathay Pacific Airways‚ Dragonair‚ Hong Kong Express Airways‚ etc. Review the history‚ HKIA has won seven Skytrax World Airport Awards for customer satisfaction in just ten years (Skytrax‚ 2010)‚ the second busiest airport in the world
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would be wages in the workforce. Minimum wage was first introduced as a part of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 1938‚ starting at 25¢ an hour. In today’s society‚ 25¢ would equate to $4. Since the first establishment by Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ the minimum wage has been raised 22 times. Wages have been rising at a constant rate since it was first established in the U.S. In addition to the federal minimum wage‚ there are
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It’s better to live in a big city than a small city All most people like live in a small city‚ but I love places where there are good transportation systems‚ where you have better chances getting jobs and where you can easily enjoy cultural life. So I would like to live in a big city. There are good transportation systems in a big city .It will be very comfortable because you can go to any places really quickly‚ and you save money riding on buses and subways because these are days’ oil prices
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realize that it’s just the minimum pay. This is just one of many working class citizen’s stories right now living in the United States‚ with job cuts people citizens are willing to take whatever jobs are available‚ to sustain a suitable life style for them. Today I am going to talk to your briefly about the history of minimum wage‚ why it should be increased‚ how it can help the economy ‚ the benefits of increasing minimum wage‚ what states have recently increased minimum wage‚ how the government is
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employees cannot be abused or treated unfairly due to their race‚ age‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ or any other protected characteristic. Employment law covers other mechanisms which exist to protect the rights of employees‚ including rights to a minimum wage and reasonable working hours‚ and health and safety regulations to ensure that employees do not come to any harm. The law also entitles some employees to redundancy payments when they are made redundant‚ and allows them to take their employer to
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expensive competition should drive prices down. Then why have prices continued to rise over the years? The continuing demand of more money for less work has forced Uncle Sam to raise the minimum wage innumerable times in the last half century‚ which results in higher prices for the rest of us. Another raise in the minimum wage would‚ as all the others before it‚
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should raise the minimum wage so that no one who works full time has to live in poverty.” For those who do not know what minimum wage is‚ it is the lowest wage sanctioned by law or by a special arrangement. In the United States‚ the minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. According to BLS Reports‚ in 2014 77.2 million people at the ages of 16 and older were paid at hourly rates. Out of those 77.2 million‚ 1.3 million received the minimum wage‚ while 1.7 of them had wages below the minimum. Through years of
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