The Federal minimum wage needs to be raised from the current $7.25 an hour to a higher amount because it will help businesses‚ our minimum wage is low by many international standards‚ and the current minimum wage is not the living wage. Raising the minimum wage will help business‚ not hurt them. According to the CEPR from June 2014‚ the 13 states who raised their minimum wage saw faster job growth compared to the national average‚ opposed to fears of a shortage of work if this is enforced that the
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"Minimum Wage" The episode of 30 Days about trying to live on minimum wage opened the eyes of it’s viewers. It placed star Morgan Spurlock and fiancee Alex in the lives of the "working poor" of the United States for one month. Spurlock’s fiancee walked to work daily rather than spend the money on riding the bus. Both Morgan and Alex were in need of healthcare during this time period just to find over-crowded free clinics‚ afraid to go to a real hospital because of the cost. Alex’s 30th birthday
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their wages. The reason is that wage really important for supporting people’s daily life. In general‚ higher wage can afford some colorful life‚ but lower wages sometimes even cannot afford a dinner for a people. Thus‚ many people and the government want to increase the minimum wage for ensure people’s basic life. In CNN NEWS website‚ the author Jeanne Sahadi reported a news about increasing minimum wage. This news states that the Berkeley Labor Commission want to increase the minimum wage to
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children. John works for minimum wage as a pizza delivery. Samantha works at Mcdonalds‚ she is the cashier. All the money that they makes goes for the 2 children that they have and the house bills and the clothes that they buy. They would like to go out and have some fun but they are unable to. Minimum wage is not making a good amount of money.President Obama is trying to raise minimum wage from 7.25 to 10.10. Lots of people want to increase the amount of minimum wage because they are not happy with
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low skill jobs imply that the wages should be low also. The people fighting for a higher minimum wage‚ as high as $15 an hour work at a low skill job. Therefore‚ these workers should not receive a higher wage. Increasing the minimum wage would hurt the United States economy‚ do to the effects it would have on small businesses‚ young people‚ and even the general population. The effects on small businesses could be devastating if there was an increase in the minimum wage. Owners find it unbelievably
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Throughout the years minimum wage has been raised. The more it is raised‚ means all of the essential things of life will increase in price. Furthermore people will be fired and the unskilled people will be especially hurt. The minimum wage should not be raised based on the observation of what has happened in the past and what might happen in the future. The raising of minimum wage would cause businesses to lay off many of their workers. This increases the unemployment rate in our country. Furthermore
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Living on the minimum wage is anything but easy. An increased minimum wage seems so logical‚ so morally clear; a small measure of support for those who need it most. A benefit without any hard cost. An increase seems to be the perfect servant of social mobility. Moreover‚ most New Zealanders agree that minimum wage that minimum wage isn’t just a political ideal‚ but a national essential. “Seems” is the unfortunate but effective word here. Ultimately increasing the minimum wage isn’t proposing a more
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There is no gender wage gap. Many are familiar with the women make 77 cents to a man’s dollar study‚ but it is flawed. The media blows the wage gap out of proportion‚ and there are many reasons people believe it exists. The wage gap is nonexistent due to the other factors that people that don’t really pay attention to like‚ men and women are paid the same for the same work‚ it’s not in the company’s best interest to pay men more for several reasons‚ men spend more time at work‚ and no one can say
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PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT‚ 1936 [4 OF 19361] With State Amendments An Act to regulate the payment of wages to certain classes of 2[employed persons] Whereas it is expedient to regulate the payment of wages to certain classes of 2[employed persons]. It is hereby enacted as follows :— Short title‚ extent‚ commencement and application. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Payment of Wages Act‚ 1936. 3[(2) It extends to the whole of India 4[***].] (3) It shall come into force on such date5 as the Central
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percent‚ there is no denying the difference in the wage gap between genders. In addition‚ the wage gap didn’t affect gender only it affected race and ethnicity. In that same year 1970‚ black men got paid 69.0 percent of their earnings while black women got paid 48.2 percent‚ it was always men that got paid more and women left behind with barely enough money to feed a household. These percentages didn’t change in any way
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