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Book Review Summary In Raising Financially Confident Kids Hunt seeks to equip readers to prepare their children for the reality of managing money, and how to do so without getting into debt. American society, the credit card industry, and advertisers, all strive to turn children into materialistic consumers who spend money without a second thought. Hunt describes her own childhood and how she utilized money and products to feel better. Carrying this same idea into adulthood she spent more…

Everyday young people go about their lives in pure ignorant bliss when it comes to their credit cards. They do not know the significance of the little card they keep in their wallet. The youth of today sometimes only think of it as a source of money. There is so much more to these little pieces of plastic. It is extremely important for young adults to understand the advantages and disadvantages of owning a credit card before they apply for one. When thinking about the advantages of possessing…

Q5/ What department is usually responsible for a direct labor rate variance? What department is usually responsible for a direct labor efficiency variance? Explain. Direct labor rate variance shows the difference in hourly wages from standard to direct labor workers. While it is important for workers to know the rate of hourly wages, it is more important for managers to investigate the rate variances because it can help predict the reason for unfavorable rate variance in most cases and explain…

Most employees in this society will turn down getting a background check because they do not believe it is fair, but if they didn’t have anything bad about their background, then they should not be worried about anything (“Job…”). When you come to think about it, it technically is not that fair, because some people may make one bad mistake in their life and they may have to pay the price for that bad mistake for the rest of their life (“Job…”). The…

Garcia v. City of Antonio The issue on whether compensation and overtime pay is applicable to excluded and non-excluded security personnel is a major issue across various states. Even though the Fair Labor Standards Act provides direction regarding this issue, it remains to be a major concern that has attracted huge attention throughout various states. The U.S. Supreme Court and Congress have been forced to make several landmark decisions regarding whether compensation and overtime pay is…

Improving Fair and Bad Credit Ratings Once you have received a copy of your credit report you can then analyze the results to find factors that could be impacting your score negatively. If you have fair or bad credit ratings you should consider using one of the many credit monitoring services online. They can help you to fully understand your report and help you improve and protect your rating from fraud, theft or future negative credit impacts. One of the best high limit cards for fair credit…

Consumer Credit: Too Easy To Fail What comes to mind when the term “credit” is used varies from person to person. Maybe credit means a pair of shiny new shoes, or just a fun shopping trip in general. Or maybe credit invokes stress when a pile of bills and late notices comes to mind. Or maybe, nothing comes to mind at all, because cash is king. Like everything, credit over the years has evolved. It has changed its face and grown into something much different from when it began. In today…

Minimum wage is a standard budget created to provide the American workers protection and fairness. It is what saved American workers during the horrid Great Depression period when everyone seemed to be bankrupted and lost. Federal minimum wage saves workers from being overworked. It was introduced during the 1930s around the time of the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a worldwide depression virus that wrecked economies and the stock market ruining thousands of lives.…

According to the act, workers must be paid minimum wage and overtime pay must be one-and-a-half times regular pay. Children under eighteen cannot do certain dangerous jobs, and children under the age of sixteen cannot work during school hours (FLSA). The Fair Labor Standards Act affected 700,000 workers, and President Franklin Roosevelt called it the most important piece of New Deal legislation since the Social Security Act of…

Theft in anyway has always been unethical in any human environment. Employee theft especially can have a huge effect on any business, corporation, establishment, etc. Theft acts as a cost directly incurred by an organization, employees playing the key variable in theft, can steal money, products or time. Theft can occur at any level of a business from the cashier that is still in high school to the CEO of the company. Theft is something a business wants to diminish as much as possible,…