Wage

is a country where there are more than US$13 trillion year in income annually. However, there is a prevalence of stagnant wages and family incomes. There is rising income insecurity among the citizens. With the eroding health care benefits and disappearing pensions, workers are at a loss. There are approximately four million workers in the country who are earning the minimum wage of US$7.25 per hour (US Bureau of Labor, 2011). In the scenario, one problem at hand is how to communicate with…

I believe that the wages set by a firm are very crucial to a company’s well-being. If workers are not being treated fairly financially then they are not likely to do an efficient job in the work place. It creates a bad environment for both worker and customers. Eventually that will lead to a decrease in profit for the firm because the customers are not happy with the services provided, but the workers have no real incentive to give their best work because they aren’t being taken care of…

Since 1938, the minimum wage has been raised several times; usually it would occur almost every year, sometimes it would happen three or four years later. But now, it hasn’t changed for the past five years. In 2007, the minimum wage was $5.85; in 2008 it was raised to $6.55, and then again in 2009, it was raised to $7.25. It is now the year 2014, and the minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour. A full-time worker who is paid the minimum wage would make an annual income of $15,080. Most of the…

federal government should not increase the federal minimum wage past the existing one. Those of you that are employed and get paid the minimum wage are aware that as of January 1st, 2017, the minimum wage escalated to $10.50 an hour. Of course, the thought of earning additional money by the hour sounds astonishing, but what if this causes negative effects on other people or groups. Even though people may argue that raising the minimum wage can be beneficial in different ways, I’m here to tell…

There is a need for balance between Government intervention and the free market economy. Governments should not intervene too much in the issue of minimum wage to the point of hurting employers through reduced profitability and competition. On the other hand, Governments should not allow employers to take advantage of workers to the point where workers are not able to make ends meet and have an acceptable standard of living. In today’s age minimum age is no longer a teenage thing but rather…

characterized by unusually low wage rates, excessive hours of labor, and/or unsanitary workplaces” (Blackburn 2007). The victims were coming forward with consumption, vision issues, heart palpitations, disorders of the spine, and other heart disease. One young woman was reportedly blinded by her work as a dressmaker’s apprentice (Blackburn 2007). It was industries in which “sweating” seemed to be a large problem (like chain making and tailoring) that caused England to enact a minimum wage.…

within the workplace today is the clear and by far wage gap between male and female employees. Do men carry a clear advantage to allow them to be paid higher or do women carry faults to prevent them from making the same as their male counterparts? Not only does the wage gap affect women within the work place but also their ability to obtain jobs as well as their vertical mobility the workplace is severely…

Wages are currently a hot topic in America. Wages are how everyday people can afford their living. With New York recently changing their minimum wage for fast-food employees to $15 an hour, the business sector is finally receiving a boost as well. American workers are starting to see distinct wage growth after years of small gains. The department of labor reported on Friday that annual hourly earnings advanced 2.3% from a year earlier in November. I picked wages for many different reasons. How…

Women are the hardest hit by these low wages, in a press release from the white house Obama states Because women account for the majority of workers in tipped occupations - and because jobs that rely on tips tend to pay less than other occupations - most of the workers who would benefit from an increase in the tipped minimum wage are women. While women account for 55 percent of all workers who would benefit from a proposed minimum wage increase, they account for three-quarters of all workers in…

The wage gap in America is still a problem that affects thousands of women and most importantly women of color, today. Many women have been a victim of the wage gap between men and women and many think it’s not fair and we should all be equal. A wage gap is when an individual gets paid more or less than another person for the equal amount of labor. Other countries around the world are already beyond this point and have equal pay between women and men. Countries like Italy, Norway, Slovenia, and…