What are some factors that contribute to the gender wage gaps over the past years? In the textbook‚ “Human Resources Management in Canada‚” written by Gary Dessler‚ Nita Chhinzer and Nina D. Cole‚ it is stated that‚ “equal pay for equal work specifies that an employer cannot pay male and female employees differently if they are performing the same or substantially similar work.” (Textbook). This quote shows that there is gender-based discrimination‚ especially in the workforce‚ that needs to be overcome
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Conditions of Probation The setting of conditions during probation can be agreed upon even before the judge’s actual formal sentencing. Bargaining process is often allowed and it may impact on the final outcome of the probationer’s sentence‚ the length of probation and the condition of the probation. The judge will always be free to require additional conditions as he/she sees fit. Some of the conditions may include obeying of firearm ownership‚ obey requirement to pay fines and restitutions‚ remaining
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One advantage of this strategy is that the businesses that are providing jobs for families‚ may raise the minimum wage which will tackle ’in work’ poverty that many low income families suffer from. A second advantage is that by providing families with free 15 hours of childcare‚ parents are able to go out to work to earn more and have a higher income‚ this means that they will be able to by more resources for their children to prevent them being in poverty and falling behind their children. Lastly
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I do believe that there are instances where plea bargaining can be an effective tool in the criminal justice system‚ however‚ as it stands‚ the overuse of the plea bargain by prosecutors has diminished it’s potential worth as a true bargaining tool by their flagrant daily misuse. While it is understood that the case load for the courts is overwhelmed and an alternative method of securing some form of justice is needed to alleviate the overrun system‚ the use of the plea bargain to alleviate the
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Survivors of School Bullying: A Collective Case Study Octavio Ramirez This article explores the coping strategies of five junior-high school students with a history of peer victimization and how those strategies help them manage the effects of bullying. The data were collected using observations‚ interviews‚ and a review of school records. The data were analyzed using categorical aggregation‚ direct interpretation‚ constant comparison‚ and identification of patterns. On analysis‚ the following
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of Minimum Wage and Price Floors Recent events in Washington have once again raised the question of if and by how much minimum wage should be raised. The question of minimum wage is primarily one debated by economists‚ who really benefits by raising the minimum wage? Minimum wage is an example of a government intervention in order to redistribute wealth through the use of a price floor. A price floor is the legal limit on how low a price may be set for a good. In the case of minimum wage‚ employees
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Minimum Wage A high school student that has a job or is thinking about getting a job knows what minimum wage is because they know how little it is. Minimum wage is a set p/hr earnings an employer must pay his or her employees. Oregon is one of eighteen states in the U.S. that has set a higher minimum wage then the federal law of only $5.15 per/hr. For many years there has been a debate on weather or not highirng the minimum wage helps or hurts the economy‚ in most states with a higher minimum
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Discussing arguments in favour and against minimising wage. Just like any other commodity market‚ the labour market consists of the interaction of the demand side (employers/job creators) and the supply side (employees/job seekers). The interaction settles at a market wage rate that both sides of the labour market agree to work with i.e. the equilibrium wage. There are times that the government or an intervening regulatory party assess that the agreed upon wage rate is too low for workers to earn and sets
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C1 Hours of Work (Industry) Convention‚ 1919 Convention Limiting the Hours of Work in Industrial Undertakings to Eight in the Day and Forty-eight in the Week (Note: Date of coming into force: 13:06:1921.) Convention:C001 Place:Washington Session of the Conference:1 Date of adoption:28:11:1919 Subject classification: Hours of Work Subject: Working Time See the ratifications for this ConventionDisplay the document in: French SpanishStatus: Instrument subject to a request for information. The General
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that they acquire. No Americans would deny the fact that they all want to rise up from the level of life that they are living. So‚ in order to achieve that the relation of wealth and the politics should be cut off. Overall‚ I believe that the collective influence of interest group does override the influence that an individual can make alone. It has always been the same way since the world has come into existence. The number of people involved in a process effects the outcome of a government decision
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