Gap

workforce. In the United States women working full time across all industries get paid 78 percent of what men get paid that is 22% gap. This 22 percent gap is known as the gender wage gap. The 78 cents number comes from the average woman’s salary in 2013, which was 39,157, and the average mans salary in 2013, which was 50,033. Some of the confusion about the wage gap occurs when you dive deep into particular industries. Critiques argue that if you look at one type of…

what is now often referred to as the ‘wage gap’, a difference in pay women face estimated to be around 77 cents for each dollar…

Where Are the Hidden Gaps in Your Restaurant Clients’ Coverage? In today 's social-sharing, instant-communication and litigious ecosphere, even the most scrupulous and painstaking management practices can fall short of anticipating and preventing all risks. Upscale dining establishments face higher risks than neighborhood establishments and fast food operations, and an accident, utility outage, case of food poisoning, deliberate act of sabotage or natural disaster can easily destroy the most…

In 2008 The Federal Government of Australia made a commitment to closing the disparities gap between the Australian government and Indigenous people. This movement was outlined in Prime Minister Rudd’s 2008 Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples speech. In Prime Minister Rudd’s speech, he outlined several initiatives known as the Close the Gap Approach, that he believed would reset the relationship between Australian governments and Indigenous peoples as well as lower the disparities between…

Taking a “gap year” is a common pathway chosen by students in England. After they graduate high school, students take a year off to travel instead of immediately enrolling in college. This is becoming a more common practice in America because there are many benefits that coincide with taking a gap year between high school and college. Opting to participate in a gap year can help a student’s future in many positive ways because it allows students to take a break from their rigorous work,…

The aim of this project is to be able to identify the care needs and care gaps of the common mental health issues faced by the clients served by the various organisations in Singapore. We are to find out what are the care gaps and needs faced by the mental health patients in Singapore and how the service providers are able to plug in the gaps to provide the best quality of care for the mental health patients. Mental health issues have traditionally been neglected and mental health resources…

A reoccurring pattern has been perpetuating the wealth gap between black and white Americans. In order for it to change something drastic needs to happen, aimed at improving the quality of life for low to middle-class black Americans. The authors Oliver and Shapiro in Black Wealth / White Wealth argue that black disadvantages started with their historical segregation in neighborhoods suffering from underinvestment and lower prices (Oliver, 212). Black Americans receive less in inheritance and…

Using Music to Bridge the Gap Using music to bridge a learning gap is absolutely possible. It is scientifically proven that music, especially making music, helps bridge the learning gap in young students. Using scientific methods studies have been carried out which showed after just two years of musical instruction the brains of young students learned language skills in ways that music improved. Using neural probes proof was seen that the musical instruction changed young students brains in…

This pay gap is caused by factors such as majors chosen by men and women in college, the schedule difference between men and women, and bias and discrimination towards women. It has been found that more men chose majors in college that lead to high paying jobs than women do. This causes education to factor into the pay gap, and makes it harder to determine if someone is paid more because of higher education or just bias. When it comes to schedules, women are found to be more likely to work only…

In her article “When class became more important to a child’s education than race,” Sarah Garland (2013) describes how the class gap between the well-to-do and poverty-stricken families continue to grow. “Researchers say the expanding class gap in education is likely a byproduct of the country’s widening income inequality” When comparing the incomes of the classes, “Parents in the top quintile of income in the U.S. (households earning at least $102,000 in 2011, according to census data compiled…