The United States is the only industrialized country in the world that does not mandate paid maternity leave. The International Labour Organization (ILO) Maternity Protection Convention explains that paid maternity leave is crucial for protecting the health and economic security of both women and children and therefore recommends a minimum standard of 14 weeks. Paid maternity leave is currently mandated throughout the world to advocate maternal and child health and make a positive impact on employees
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A Call for College Athletes to Be Paid The NCAA makes an estimate of nine hundred and eighty nine million dollars annually. The NCAA is able to make this gigantic profit while paying its employees absolutely nothing. If this situation would happen with a large employer paying its employees nothing‚ the company would get into serious legal trouble. However‚ since they are college athletes‚ society thinks it is okay. While many people say that receiving an education is enough of a privilege and paying
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Imagine a job where you can play and get paid millions of dollars! Does this job really exist? To the few privileged athletes in the world of professional sports it does. Everybody knows that the salaries in professional sports are outrageous. Does every good athlete think they’re really worth that much money? I know this is professional sports‚ but let’s face it‚ it is still just a game. For some athletes‚ these salaries go right to their heads‚ and they become conceited. The athletes forget
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Should college athletes get paid? It is a question that as been asked for decades. Although it is a violation of NCAA rules to pay college athletes‚ many colleges have still done so. In the past‚ colleges have bribed athletes during the recruiting process‚ offering them cash to come play for their school. Jersey’s‚ cards‚ collectibles‚ bobbleheads and a variety of other items are sold in merchandise stories around the nation. Professional athletes get paid millions of dollars to wear certain brands
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that we can get a well-paid job. While this is a good goal to have‚ some students become stressed to the point where they suffer bad health and sleepless nights by going to university. Those who graduate without failure are lucky‚ but many students have to re-write exams and this leads to longer studying and higher costs for education. Moreover‚ some students cannot afford to pay all the costs so they drop out to get income by taking full-time employment. Getting a well-paid job can be the fulfillment
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Millennial women also have higher poverty rates and lower earnings than Millennial men.” That means that even though more women are educated‚ fewer earn the same amount as men. Women who work hard and yet aren’t paid the same amount as men could possibly be forced into poverty. If more women are paid less and have little money to provide for themselves and/or their families‚ countries will only get poorer. However‚ isn’t the goal to be a richer country‚ not a poorer one? Back when women didn’t even have
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Getting Paid for Living Life How would you like to be a stay at home parent and get paid for it? Being paid for doing everyday house work‚ sounds ridiculous doesn’t it‚ because it is. Having a stay at home parent is something families choose to do; while one stays home the other maintains a job. Raising children and keeping up on chores is something that comes along with those responsibilities. As the government isn’t already in enough debt‚ who would pay a parent while they do their housework.
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questioning the fact if college athletes should get paid. Every year the NCAA and colleges bring in millions and millions of dollars from ticket sales and jersey sellings that come from the hard work of the athletes. The athletes risk career ending injuries and do not get anything in return. College athletes should get a cut from all of the money they bring into the school. Tyson Hartnett from the Huffington Post says that even though athletes get their school paid for the athletes still will need money for
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To Pay or Not to Pay To pay or not to pay‚ that is the question that colleges are facing. College athletes are at college for an education‚ which is being lost fully paid for‚ therefore they should not be paid a salary on top of it. Problems arise when colleges discuss paying athletes. First they don’t have enough money‚ the athletes are first and foremost students‚ and it would lead to unfair circumstances. Even though tuition and various college prices are high‚ colleges are in debt. Colleges
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College athletics is a billion-dollar industry with revenue generated from hard-working‚ unpaid athletes. A college sport competition‚ such as football‚ basketball‚ and baseball‚ can be found on the television‚ radio‚ and Internet‚ almost every day. Intercollegiate athletics generate amazing ratings and revenue for both the media and universities due to their immense popularity in the United States. College athletics are big business and big money. In spite of this‚ the topic of paying college athletes
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