The gender pay gap is a major problem in the U.S. Across almost all different types of occupations‚ women are being paid significantly less than their male counterparts. Throughout the years‚ many women have spoken up about the wage difference‚ demanding equality‚ and progress is slowly being made to close this gap. Women are only paid on average 78% of what men are paid (United States of America). The wage gap is caused by many factors‚ including how men and women select different occupations‚ gender
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MALAYSIAN CASE: e-PAY Question 1: What are the functions of "product families" in the cases of Toshiba and Sony Walkman? In the above mentioned cases‚ "product families" were considered as vital and important to be combined and associated with appropriate strategies in achieving business sustainability. Purposeful strategizing based upon families of products has been empirically proven to increase a company’s performance over time. In large corporations such as Toshiba
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In order to apply the Equal Pay Act there are four criteria that need to be met. They are; Equal Skill‚ Equal Effort‚ Equal Responsibility‚ and Similar Working Conditions. According to the article titled An Analysis of the Equal Pay Act‚ “Equal Skill constitutes the performance requirement of the jobs under consideration‚ not the skills which are unnecessary for the job but which an employee might possess.” Examples of the skills that are under consideration are experience‚ training‚ education‚ and
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Say ‘Yes’ To No Pay Internship: Rhetorical Strategies in Halperin’s “ No Pay? Many interns say‚ ‘No problem’ ” Internship gives a chance to experience a real life-working environment‚ which will prepare students for their future career path‚ these experiences are worth much more even though without the pay. According to‚ the author Jennifer Halperin‚ wrote “ No Pay? Many interns say‚ ‘No problem’‚ ” published in 2010 in the Aol News‚ and she mentioned that unpaid internship did not discourage students
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workplace‚ many employees have felt the impact of unfair treatment. The female population‚ has been subject to countless injustices in the
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The general argument made by Carl Richards in his work‚ “Fighting the Gender Pay Gap” is that some factors that affects gender pay gaps are the fact that there is bias‚ not enough awareness‚ and no real consequences for those companies not willing to change. More specifically‚ Richards argues that many companies aren’t willing to change and help decrease the gender pay gap. He states‚ “There’s no real consequence if they don’t” (Paragraph 4).Richards is suggesting that companies are unwilling to
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Who should pay for worker training? The word training in and of itself can have a wide meaning. However‚ in the context of workforce training it is defined as the training undergone by workers that allows the worker to carry out a job or increase work efficiency (Carliner and William‚ 2015). The cost incurred when training that is usually considered is the money it costs. There are however other costs that are not considered. It can be suggested that the time taken to undergo training and the potential
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Toyota cuts working hours and pay SUMMARY Carmaker Toyota says that staff at its UK factories will have their pay and working hours cut by 10%. The cuts will take effect on 1 April and will last for one year. They affect 4‚500 staff at plants in Burnaston‚ Derby‚ and Deeside‚ Flintshire. Toyota said the measures would allow the company to "maintain employment in this difficult period". The cuts come as motor industry representatives meet in London to discuss a £2.3bn support package Carmakers
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Relationship of training with Employees’ Performance in Hoteling Industry Case of Pearl Continental hotels in Pakistan Fakhar Ul Afaq1‚ Anwar Khan2 Abstract One of the most important aspects in the contemporary hoteling industry is employees’ acquaintance with new methods and techniques of Hotel management through training. In fact training is formal as well as an informal process‚ which is carried out for improving the performance of employees. Therefore the implementation of an effective training
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One of the movies I chose to write about was called "Pay It Forward". The movie was based on the concept of "The Simplest Idea Can Make the Biggest Difference". This is achieved by doing good things for other people with three steps. The first is‚ it has to be something that really helps people. The second is it has to be something they can not do by themselves. Third is if "I" do it for them‚ they do it for three other people. This is supposed help others by paying a good deed forward‚ without expecting
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