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With the latest estimate by SIPP in Demos Report on Racial Wealth Gap: Why Policy Matters, the median white household had $111,146 wealth holdings in 2011, $104,033 more than the median wealth of black household and $102,798 more than median wealth of a Hispanic household. This means that black households only hold 6% of wealth owned by a white household and Hispanic households only owns 8% of wealth owned by a white. The wealth gap between the two races – Blacks and Hispanics – to the whites is…

A gap year is a period of time, typically an academic year, taken by a student as a break between secondary school and higher education (google definition/translation). Choosing whether or not to take a year off from school can create or change the path for someone’s future. With that in mind, it is important for people to know what path to take and the consequences that come with each decision, and how those decisions can alter their future. Many articles have been written about the pros and…

The gender pay gap myth is something that is controversially talked about constantly. It is controversial because they are two sides to this, it isn’t a lopsided affair. It is a hotly debated issue by men and women, of both sides, on various high-profile means of media. The gender pay gap is simply not true. There is a perfectly good reason why women tend to earn less than men. The women make 80 pence to every pound men make will be looked at in-depth. The effects of childbirth and maternity…

The gender pay gap has been a sexist issue across the nation for decades. Men and women do not receive the same pay causing issues for law makers and employers everywhere. There has been a Paycheck Fairness Act that has been passed by FLSA to provide equal pay between the sexes as of 2001 (Mikulski para. 3). The Paycheck Fairness Act, “has not been able to achieve its promise of closing the wage gap because of limited enforcement tools and inadequate remedies” continuing to cause controversy…

of a gender wage gap hurts women and families and ultimately the economy. According to Ontario Pay Equity Commission “The most recent Statistics Canada data (2011) shows that the gender wage gap in Ontario is 26% for full–time, full–year workers. This means that for every $1.00 earned by a male worker, a female worker earns 74 cents.” (“The Gender Wage Gap”) “Based on the most recent Statistics Canada data, Ontario’s gender wage gap ranges from 12-31.5%.” and furthermore, “The gap is more…

In the past year, the company GAP has seen a steady decrease in their stock prices which has been caused by a couple of different things. A change in management and poor communication within new management has caused sales to steadily decrease. One effect of this poor communication in management is that GAP’s inventory is not well organized, which hurts the net cash flow of the company. The old system used to order inventory was “by gauging the response [to the product], the management [was]…

pressing form of discrimination occurs in the work place. The issue of the gender wage gap has recently gotten more exposure in the media, which has led to many women getting interested in the matter at hand. Although several women are becoming aware of the issue, there are still many women who don’t know about the gender wage gap, and how they’re impacted by the gap. To better understand the problem with the gender wage gap, we must first know its numerical value. In January 2016, Patrick…

will be examined as it deals with this public health issue. The history of the Closing the gap program will broadly be discussed as well. Closing the gap is a strategy that aims at reducing the indigenous disadvantage with respect to life expectancy, child mortality, access to early childhood educational achievement, employment outcomes. Endorsed by the Australian Government in March 2008. Closing the gap is a formal commitment developed in response to the call of the Social Justice Report 2005…

Why the Wage Gap Should Be a Thing: For many years, the wage gap has been quite the controversial topic. There are multiple reasons why there is a wage gap and it is widely supported by many companies. The reasons why this is a widespread practice is because women are less committed to their jobs, employer biases, negotiation problems, and their choices. Therefore, there should be a wage gap. Women have the tendency to take maternity leave as well as having a lower commitment to the job because…

differed in terms of salary. This has been true for many years and still continues today. Equality in the work force has always been a common issue of debate because of the pay gap that exists. The pay gap not only effects women but also effects people of minorities. Though there has been progress in working towards reducing the gap and creating a more equal environment for all, there is still much progress to be done. In the working world, as of 2012 women made 80.9 percent of what men made…