Minimum wage is imperative to our economic well being. It is defined as the minimum hourly wage an employer can pay an employee for work (Minimumwage.com). Some may assume minimum wage is for the purpose of the employers and healthy composition‚ while others argue it is for fair and just wages at the expense of the workers. Whether the wage is for the employers‚ workers‚ or government the matter of lowering or higher the wage may have a more drastic effect. Minimum wage has been altered many
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regularly increase minimum wage to keep up with inflation‚ according to the National Employment Law Project. This means that minimum wage workers in the remaining 38 states are below the poverty line. These workers rely on the government for the remaining funds to maintain a basic livelihood. More surprisingly‚ minimum wage workers are no longer just teenagers aiming for a quick buck over summer. Now‚ 3.8 million American workers‚ two-thirds of whom are women‚ rely on a minimum wage job for their daily
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National Minimum Wage Over the last few decades the economy has changed greatly but one thing that hasn’t changed much is the minimum wage. In politics the national minimum wage is a huge debate. Not only because it affects workers‚ but also it affects businesses. In places like Denmark the minimum wage is $20 USD while in the United States it is $10.10. The minimum wage needs to be increased because right now it doesn’t account for inflation‚ and because the present minimum wage is not enough
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upsurge in the minimum wage is a constructive step for the federal government to take‚ the most recent wage trek could result in some harmful effects. President Obama stated in September 2014‚ “An increase in the minimum wage will boost income for the poorest workers without the danger of creating more unemployment.” Is this statement about an increase in minimum wage really accurate? There are two very distinct sides to the debate about minimum wage. The push for a minimum wage raise is a major issue
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executive with an income of $1‚000 a day‚ ...tell you that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry” (DOL.gov). This was 76 years ago by a Democratic president whose rhetoric sounds like something our current Democratic president would say. President Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor and Standards Act on Saturday June 25‚ 1938 and which effectively ended child labor in America and mandated an hourly wage of twenty-five cents which affected one in every five workers
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downturn. As a result no wage hike has been given to the employees from the last two consecutive years and the employees are getting impatient for financial progress. The owner of the store is faced with the dilemma of managing the upcoming wage review process. He wants to reward the hard working employees out of the pumped up savings from the process improvement initiatives but has limited motivation to pay to the underperforming employees but this preferential treatment in wage hike may result in an
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ANOTHER DIMENSION TO CHILD LABOUR: COUNSELLING IMPLICATIONS OMONI‚ G. E. PhD Institute of Education‚ Delta State University‚ Abraka email: egonomoni@yahoo.com and IJEH‚ S. U. Mrs College of Education Agbor Abstract The issue of child labour is an acclaimed universal phenomenon. This paper examines the reason for child labour‚ the types‚ problems‚ consequences and possible solution strategies. Specifically‚ the paper critically discusses the positive aspects of child labour and how it can be properly
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Review 4th Article “Ending Abusive Child Labour” Policymakers seeking to end child labour must address the poverty that is most often the cause of the problem. Although abusive child labour exists and must be eliminated‚ typical child labour works alongside a parent and is helping his or her family meet its most basic needs. A clear correlation between declining poverty and fewer working children‚ and suggest that child labour is most prevalent when parents and children have no real alternative
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Minimum wage causes unemployment United States has established minimum wage since 1938 because they believe that minimum wage is the first step that helps to provide a better and decent life to the people. (Edwards at al‚ 2007) From 1997‚ the United States federal minimum wage was USD5.15 per hour and up till today‚ it has increases it to USD7.25 per hour. (Edwards at al‚ 2007) Though increased of wages will bring a decent life to the people‚ it will also damage the economy of the United States
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makes up the corporate landscape’. Aesthetic labour is a concept based on the notion that employers in parts of the service industries described as the ‘style labour market’ (Nickson‚ Warhurst and Dutton‚ 2004: 3)‚ such as boutique hotels‚ designer retailers and style cafes‚ bars and restaurants‚ require ‘aesthetic skills’ in addition to social and technical skills from their workers (Warhurst and Nickson‚ 2005). The genesis of aesthetic labour as a concept lays in early 1990s of newspaper
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