Workers' compensation

responsibility has been popularized of late. Decision makers are facing increased pressure to protect the environment (Jennifer, 2011). At every firm, equity deals with the perceptions that people have on how they are treated in comparison to their fellow workers. To be treated with equity, they must be dealt with impartially and fairly. A theory by S Adams and J Wieck describes two basic assumptions about people’s behavior. First, people evaluate themselves and expect rewards in return. Second,…

Throughout history, women have been making lower salaries than men. In 1963 an equal pay act was passed, fast-forward 46 years later, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay of 2009 was passed. Then in 2014, President Barack Obama signed two executive orders on equal pay. It is now 2016 and women have not yet achieved equal pay with men. Women 's average yearly salary is still less than men 's. Many have placed the blame on women 's lack of negotiation and personal choices. Such as women leaving work due…

What is the minimum wage? Minimum wage can be defined as the amount of compensation an employee must receive for a specific job by an employer. These are special acts enforced to prevent employers compensating employees less than the minimum wage set by the government. Before the minimal wage was introduced in the United States in the early 1900s, New Zealand was the first country to enacted minimal wage laws in 1894. This law covered businesses and industries across its entire nation. The…

higher compensation for obtain those workers. The other factor is government, which creates the legal environment in which labor relations take place. Some examples of agencies to help and laws that assist in the legal environment for labor relations would the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) which is an independent federal agency that protects the rights of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve their wages and working conditions (NLRB, 2015). The…

the 180 days statute of limitations would reset every time an individual received a discriminatory paycheck. It also promoted voluntary compliance by employers, for example, some employers took measures to develop compensation setting criteria, audit pay decisions, review compensation decisions and training for performance evaluation just to name a few. As long as we can recall wage has always been a concern and more for woman since we are still grossing on average 77 cents for every dollar a…

Women in the work force have been fighting for equal pay for over 100 years. In 1869, a bill proposed equal pay for women in the federal work force. It was passed through the House of Representatives by nearly 100 votes, but was watered down in the Senate to only include new employees. However, the bill wasn 't enforced and women working federal jobs were still paid less than men. New York state passed the Grady bill in 1891 stating that all teachers must receive equal pay. During World War 1…

express a certain degree of responsibility so that they remain competent to the requirements of their job. All of these qualities describe the civic responsibilities that women, and really every individual, have if they desire to be given equal compensation for their efforts. However, the situation is actually more complex than what it originally appears to be. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 seems like the perfect solution to end any wage disparities, but that statement is really not all that true.…

Despite the fact that over the last fifty years women significantly improved their social position in America and drastically changed the economic situation, by taking over almost half of today’s professions, they are still facing wage discrimination based on gender. According to the Labor Department, the wage gap over the last few years was continuously narrowing; however, the monetary expansion that happened in the last few months greatly improved the economic position of men. As a result of…

Inequality for women in the workplace is a major issue occurring in the United States today. Socially formed gender roles and stereotyping has set women back economically as well as socially in their working environments. Historically this has been a problem that we are only starting to deal with properly. There are many organizations pushing for a change. One of the earliest feminist movements was the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention in 1848. It tried to push for important things such…

Raising the Minimum Wage in America Millions of American employees are working countless hours every week to earn inadequate wages that result in many families to live in poverty or depending on paycheck to paycheck. Bernie Sanders has the right approach when he quotes, “the current federal minimum wage is a starvation wage.” It is time for a change so the American population needs better wages, the American population should increase the minimum wage to benefit every American business and the…