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    Statutory minimum wage regulation was first introduced in New Zealand in 1894. Some attempt to control wages had been present since policymakers started believe that the market wages of labour was unfair to the workers. Minimum wage laws dictate a lowest hourly or monthly wage rate that employers may legally pay to workers. For instance‚ the Minionion government had set a new minimum wages rate of MS900 which intend to ensure that the basic needs of the workers and their families are met. Since that

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    Minimum Wage Good or Bad

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    Minimum Wage Good or Bad Rachel L. Hathaway Professor Myung Han Economic Problems and Issues – ECO 40500816 March 15‚ 2009 Whether minimum wage is good or bad‚ has been an ongoing debate since before 1938 when the government set the first federal minimum wage at $0.25/hr thanks to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The federal minimum wage is currently at $6.55/hr with yet another increase to come July 24‚ 2009 to begin the federal minimum wage up to $7.25/hr. Minimum wage was ideally set

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    The minimum wage has long been argued has whether it should be increased or whether it should remain the same. Many who are unskilled or below the poverty line rely on minimum wage to provide for. themselves and their families. The minimum wage was set at a certain amount to ensure that the poverty rate remains low. By increasing the minimum wage‚ a positive or negative effect may arise such as the increase of poverty or the decrease of poverty. Many argue if the minimum wage is increased it will

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    Why Have a Minimum Wage

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    Why  have  a  minimum  wage?         The  minimum  wage  is  again  the  focus  of  debate.  As  unemployment  rises  and  young  workers  in   particular  end  up  on  an  unemployment  benefit‚  some  commentators  have  argued  that  the  minimum   wage  is  to  blame.     If  only  the  minimum  wage  were  lower‚  so  the  argument  goes

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    The Receding Minimum Wage The minimum wage has‚ since it was instituted in 1938 been a point contested by many. I believe that the minimum wage needs to be increased (Burgess ‚574). There are many arguments in favor of this position. The fact that the current minimum wage barely keeps many families fed‚ clothed‚ and with a roof over their heads is very concerning. In addition‚ it forces many college students to take out extremely heavy school loans with no hope of paying said loans back for years

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    Minimum Wage Rates and Their Affects on Youth Stakeholder: Fair Work Comission The national minimum wage is the minimum amount an employee can make that is not covered by an award or an agreement. Different countries set their minimum wage rates to be the minimum amount a person can make in order to survive in however that country’s economy allows. This paper will analyse the ways in which the minimum wage rates in Australia do not benefit today’s youth. It will show how the minimum wage rates

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    questions in our society is whether or not the government should raise the minimum wage. While raising the minimum wage would not only lift individuals out of poverty‚ but it would also put our economy in danger. Raising minimum wage in the United States will destroy the economy because it will increase inflation‚ raise the unemployment rate and decrease corporations’ fundings due to labor cost. Raising minimum wage in the United States will affect our economy because of the high rates caused by

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    Should minimum wage be raised or should it stay the same? This has been a long debated question throughout decades. Janice Steele‚ writer of “Keeping the Minimum Wage Where It Is” claims raising minimum wage would be bad for consumers‚ the economy‚ and small businesses. However‚ Ira Knight‚ writer of “Let’s Make Minimum Wage a Living Wage”‚ defends why raising the minimum wage would help improve our economy and workers. With that being said‚ both arguments are strong‚ but Ira Knight’s argument had

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    controversial topics that surround money is if the government should increase the minimum wage to help boost our frail economy and lower class. The lower class has suffered the past few years with the recession and high unemployment rates and making any kind of change to the minimum wage would affect them directly. Changes to the minimum wage would also affect the value of the dollar as well. An increase to the minimum wage would significantly help the lower class get off the ground and it would surge the

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    and families who are trying to live on minimum wage jobs. In today’s society‚ this is almost impossible. An increase in the federal minimum wage is in the interest of the nation as a whole‚ although it will impose some costs. This nation has finally realized that the time to raise the minimum wage is long past due. Federal minimum wage has not been raised in over 8 years‚ since September of 1997. This is only the second time that the minimum wage has remained unchanged for such a long period

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