The Gap

couple decades, there is still one area where there seems to be a big inequality. This area is the work field. It has been proven that women make less money than men working the same job. Referred to as the “Pay Gap”, it has been a big topic in the government for the past couple years. This “Pay Gap” is not only unjust but also immoral. Imagine finding out a colleague with similar education and work experience has a higher weekly salary. Many people would respond negatively to this thought.…

Findings Against arguments Throughout the years, numerous measures have been taken to close the gap and accomplish educational fairness of Indigenous Australians (Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs [MCEETYA], 2000). For Indigenous children, closing the education gap would mean, these children often having to assimilate to non-Indigenous mainstream schooling systems. This may result in Indigenous children losing their identity and culture (Korff, 2016)…

The Wage Gap Epidemic Would it not be great if you could automatically make 23 percent more than everybody else? It would be fantastic, would it not? Too bad that is not true, just like the gender wage gap. There has been a huge misconception about the gender wage gap. Saying women only make 77 cents per dollar that a man makes is an unfair statement that is a hindrance to society. This misconception could lead to unfair and even unconstitutional laws against men in the workplace. If you are a…

It’s a big world Let 's start by going over a typical gap year; a gap year is a time that graduating high schoolers take off between graduation and when they enroll in college. The amount of time they take off varies, but most commonly around a year is taken off. There are many reasons that make a gap year a good idea to consider, such as: feeling burnt out from spending 12 years working hard in school, not knowing what you want to do for a career, and as a result jumping into a degree you…

The Gender Pay Gap Myth The gender pay gap myth is something that is controversially talked about constantly. Many claim that there is a gap in pay between the different genders. This is simply not true. There is a perfectly good reason why women tend to earn less than men. Not because they are discriminated against but because they tend to choose less lucrative career paths. Also, if there was a gap in pay, companies would exploit this and only hire women. Furthermore, women who have children…

The pay gap is goes beyond than wages. For instance, a worker’s compensation package is offered differently in women than in men. Women are less likely to be offered a health insurance, retirement plans or have paid leave. As an end result, this causes them to…

In a world where gender inequality has existed for generation after generation it is to no surprise that it’s still a popular topic to this very day. While the media mainly focuses on subjects like, income inequality, and equal opportunities for both genders, it has forgotten about the discrimination that nearly all woman face because of their maternal right to give birth. For a country that has been a world leaders in woman’s rights, allowing the first woman to vote all the way back in 1893…

The poverty and wealth gaps have always been slowly becoming wider and wider even with reform programs occurring so when we look back to the late 1800s, we can see the early stages of the gap. When immigrants came into America, they often started off as the poorest of the poor (ProQuest Staff “Poverty Timeline” ). Some came in and stayed in poverty for life…

signs, or behaviors.” Communication must be clear, concise and outcome oriented. Moreover, in nursing communication about patient centered care, patient safety, and organizational mission must be relayed without ambiguity and confusion. Thus in this gap analysis, lack of effective communication has been identified as an area requiring improvement in the selected organization.…

In an article by Borgna Brunner and Beth Rowen, they talk a lot about the history of the pay gap and the inequality that women have faced with this issue. They also talk about how the pay gap is narrowing, but it is only narrowing at a very slow pace. In 1942, around the time of World War II, industries needed to be run by women, because most men had gone to fight in the war. Since there was a rise in the amount of women workers, the National Labor Board urged employers to voluntarily make…