Minimum Wage Benefits

Wages are currently a hot topic in America. Wages are how everyday people can afford their living. With New York recently changing their minimum wage for fast-food employees to $15 an hour, the business sector is finally receiving a boost as well. American workers are starting to see distinct wage growth after years of small gains. The department of labor reported on Friday that annual hourly earnings advanced 2.3% from a year earlier in November. I picked wages for many different reasons. How you live and what you can buy is a direct result of your wage. If you make a good living and find a stable job with great benefits, it increases your feeling of financial security. A good wage with additional benefits can ensure your family's future. A steady paycheck also gives you a feeling of self-worth. Also I find the gender gap that still exists to be fascinating. Women make 77 cents for every $1 men make in the business world, according to the Center …show more content…
This is a main reason why wage changes have a massive impact on the hospitality industry. It comes with its advantages and disadvantages. Most are advocates of the change, it reduces poverty, sets a higher standard of living, and also lower income inequality. There are also those who are opposed. Those opposed believe that the change will lead to unemployment and cause minimal-skilled jobs to have fewer open positions with many more people to fill it. Another current issue that has been trending in the news and media is E-coli. E-coli is bacteria that normally live in the intestines of healthy people and animals. The disease is relatively harmless. But there are a few strains that cause severe abdominal cramps, bloody diarrhea and vomiting. And in some serious cases, death. Some E-coli statistics approximately 100,000 illnesses, 3,000 hospitalizations, and 90 deaths annually in the United