Sweatshops Global economics operate at an extremely expedient pace. Producing goods and services efficiently and quickly is the focus of thousands of corporations. These corporations are constantly competing to gain an advantage that will increase profits. Opportunities for capital investment and expansion are discovered daily. Unfortunately‚ many times these massive corporations can be linked to unjust labor practices occurring in developing countries. Companies such as Nike‚ Microsoft‚ and Apple
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A SUMMER TRAINING PROJECT REPORT On “A study on Wage and Salary Administration‚ Performance Linked Incentive Scheme and Quality of Work Life” At NTPC Ltd. FARAKKA‚ WEST BENGAL Submitted in the Partial Fulfillment of “Master of Business Administration” SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED TO Ms. Pragya Sonam
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Hong Kong had issued an increase of the Statutory Minimum Wage (SMW) from $28 to $30. Setting SMW at an appropriate level is vital to striking the balance between the objectives of forestalling excessively low wages and minimising the loss of low-paid jobs‚ while sustaining Hong Kong’s economic growth and competitiveness ("2012 report of the minimum wage commission‚" 2012). To fulfil this aim‚ the government have decided to increase the minimum wage rate in order for the people receiving the low-paid
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author argues that unskilled labour wages in his city have seen a significant decline due to the inflow of immigrant workers into his community‚ and conversely‚ a restriction on immigration would see the local economy protected. There are several flaws in this reasoning. Firstly‚ labour wages may or may not be affected by the increase in immigrant workers. There could be other external factors affecting salaries. One possibility could be a decline in unskilled wages across the country whether or not
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subminimum wage workshop in Chicago. The minimum wage is $10.50 yet there are people making less than five dollars in the city. The city of Chicago must enact legislation that allows people with disabilities to have supported employment. With support‚ people like Jay can have a better paying job and wouldn’t have to rely on subminimum wage workshops. The Fair Labor Standards Act allows this unethical practice to be legal under Section 14(c) which approves segregated subminimum wage workshops that
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Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania On April 1‚ 1992‚ New Jersey ’s minimum wage rose from $4.25 to $5.05 per hour. To evaluate the impact of the law we surveyed 410 fast-food restaurants in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania before and after the rise. Comparisons of employment growth at stores in New Jersey and Pennsylvania (where the minimum wage was constant) provide simple estimates of the effect of the higher minimum wage
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The wage gap between US and China The importance of international trade increased dramatically for the US as well as China. The ratio of the sum of exports and imports to GDP approximately doubled from the early 1970s to the mid 2000s for the US. And there is a striking feature that China was involved in about 7% percent of world trade by the mid-2000s. There is no doubt that the international trade have influenced the wage level around the world. Do wages equalize between US and China? It
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There is a wage gap between men and women that should not be there. According to AAUW.Org “On average‚ women employed full time in the United States lose a combined total of more than $840 billion every year due to the wage gap” Imagine if you had twenty percent more money then you have right now‚ I know I would want the extra twenty percent‚ but as a women that twenty percent is missing from their paychecks. The wage gaps are proving that even today gender equality does not belong‚ but it should
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In respond to : Comparing wage levels – or can we? Calls are growing for a more equitable society with regard to the current debate on whether the minimum wage in Hong Kong should be raised to HK$35 a hour. Before making any conclusion‚ I’d like to make respond to one of the opposition’s view --minimum wage is crippling the businessman. This is an unreasonable and exaggerated argument as the booming rent price in Hong Kong is a wide known significant factor. While it is crystal clear that
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There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down. -- David Ricardo‚ On Protection to Agriculture (1820) This essay seeks to go one step further in the context of David Ricardo ’s quote by arguing that totalitarian political systems offer a way of keeping profits up by keeping wages down and inversely‚ in a democratic system wages will have a tendency to rise and thus‚ profits will decline. When looking at David Ricardo ’s quote within the context of both totalitarian and democratic
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