Executive compensation

In this paper, I aim to examine the similarities and the differences between the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 of the U.S. and the Thailand Labor Protection Act of 1998, amended 2008. Although I will not go into every section of each law, I will discuss the major provisions of each law and then analyze how the two laws play significant roles in determining the labor rights between the U.S. and Thailand. From the selected provisions of each law, I will attempt to draw a conclusion on how,…

Maternity leave is inherently gender specific. Given that policies governing “maternity” leave, whether paid or unpaid, impact men and women so differently, one must examine the issue through the lens of gender equality. Articles by economists and sociologists, provide insight into the effects of childrearing on a woman’s career and earning potential in the United States. Furthermore, examining other countries’ maternity leave policies helps identify how changes to federal maternity leave…

is a common concept known as a moral hazard or risk compensation. With all safety devices, across a wide variety of applications this problem exists. Many people believe they are safe with their existing safety precautions and continue to take greater and greater risks. An article written by the British Medical Journal, shortly after a universal seat belt law was passed in 1983, explores this concept. “In its general form the risk compensation hypothesis suggests that the introduction of any…

BUCKLE UP!?? I’ve Got News For You Are you comfortable allowing the government to infringe upon your Fourth amendment rights? Are you comfortable with your State Legislature passing laws that go against the will of the people by an overwhelming 75 percent? This is the stark reality of our seat-belt laws that are in effect today. Choosing to wear a seat belt is a wise decision to make, however, passing a law to make the wearing of seat belts mandatory and punishable by law is a glaring…

workplaces would be safe. Perkins created the Bureau of Labor Standards in 1934 primarily to promote safety and health for the entire work force. She outlined a set of policies priorities; a 40-hour work week; a minimum wage; unemployment compensation; worker’s compensation; abolition of child labor; direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief; Social Security; a revitalized federal employment service; and universal health insurance. She made it clear to Roosevelt that his agreement…

'When women succeed, we all succeed'- Barack Obama. Although the Equal Pay Act of 1963 outlawed pay discrimination between genders, studies tell us that it still exist in a major way. Although it’s been fifty years since this act was signed into law, somehow we are still experiencing inequality with wages and pay increases. These inconsistencies have gotten better over the years however; we still have a long way to go. Unfortunately, the pay gap occurs at all education levels, after work…

On ACAS website (http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1373) several information can be found on The Working Time Regulations that cover the employees’ rights on holidays, rest periods, working hours and night work. In regards to holidays, all workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks or 28 days of paid statutory leave or annual leave. The annual leave may include bank holidays if the employer decides to class them as holidays, and these are paid as well. As for working hours, there is a limit of…

In the USA Today article provided, minimum wage workers and the protests for a higher pay were highlighted. Similarly, a major theme throughout the book, The Grapes of Wrath, was the constant struggle to make ends meet and find a well-paying job. Towards the end of the book, Tom obtains a job while the rest of his family is forced to worry about when they will receive a job and stress about the wellbeing of the family. In today’s society, jobs are easier to come by in my opinion because they do…

Introduction Although the middle class has finally seen a long anticipated increase in pay, the wage gap among American women and other races still persists today. As history has shown, males have dominated the workforce taking in a substantial difference of pay than women and other races. Women working full time made about 80 cents for every dollar that men made last year, according to the data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau (Disis, 2016). Although the wage gap has a significant impact…

The gender wage gap in California has been know about for many years, but no one is willing to step up and say something about it for fear of retaliation by employers. People have tried to put changes in place in the past, but they all failed when tried to get passed. Finally on Tuesday, California’s first wage equality measure was passed and signed into law. The act says that women in the state have to be paid the same as their male counterparts. In the past, women were paid as little as 84…