Workers' compensation

What determines our amount of pay? Should it be our age? How about our social standings? Should our sex enable us from equal pay, or should the quality of our work speak for the quantity of pay deserved by both men and women? With so many employers underpaying women for doing the identical job as their male counterpart and receiving less pay. Women are subjected to believing their efforts are not valued as much as their male coworkers. We are paid less money to do the same job, receive no pay…

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The wage gap is the numerical symbol comparing men and women’s earnings. It is also comparing the earnings of other ethnicities to the white male’s salary (Wage Gap, 2000). The gender gap reduces women’s lifetime income and also their retirement account. This causes poverty later in the life of women and her children. On average, a woman’s yearly pay is $5,000 less than men’s. In 2013, the genders pay gap was 19.1%. Compared to men, women stopped gaining money on November 4th, 2014. They were…

Since 1920, American women have advocated for their rights as citizens such as the right to vote, to hold public office, to enter into legal contracts, to have equal rights in family law, to work, and the right to fair wages or equal pay. Throughout time our culture has created great advancements for women’s rights especially in the work place for instance the implication of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits employers from paying different wages for males and females for the same work.…

the American Association of University Women (AAUW) “in 2014 women were only making 79 percent of what men were paid” (aaum.org). This is a huge difference and pay and is not fair in any way to the women that work just as hard as their fellow male workers. There has always been a wage gap between men and women but in the past few years a lot of women have come out and voiced their opinions on the matter, leading it to become a hot topic. For example, just a few months ago actress Jennifer…

Minimum wage is the lowest hourly wage that a state is legally required to pay a worker. Over the past fifty years, the minimum wage has risen from $1.00 to $7.25. Minimum wage gives some employees an opportunity to maintain an income and support themselves. There are many minimum wage jobs, some being in the fast food industry or restaurants in general. There are also minimum wage jobs that don’t have anything to do with food, such as working at a front desk on college campus or even being a…

Woman today earn an average of 82.2 percent of what men earn ("Women’s Earnings”). There are many sociological issues, such as gender roles and race that have led to this clear distinction in pay. Although it has shrunken in the past years, it will still take many more years until women and men are paid the same. The fight for women to be completely equal in every aspect is a very difficult fight, and it will be won. Race plays a large role in the wage gap. Race is “a socially defined category…

Did you know that 29 states have already raised the minimum wage above 7.25? The current minimum wage is hard to live off and many people across the United States are protesting. Even though some argue that raising minimum wage could cost some people their jobs, but that would only be teens. Even president Obama has been calling for a raise in the minimum wage, at least around $10.00 an hour (Trugman). This tells us that even president is on board with the minimum wage increase. “Raising the…

Henry David Thoreau, an American philospher and naturalist once stated that "The price of anything is the amount of time you exchange for it." I have to say that I agree with Thoreau's statement and I have proof to show you why. Let's take the work enviroment for example. If you have a job where you get paid by the hour, you can get paid for doing overtime. Depending on how much extra time you put in, the cost measures. The measures of the cost can be determined by how much you get on your…

In the past year there has political turmoil about raising the minimum wage to improve the economy and help the destitute. What is minimum wage? Why was it introduced? Why should we change minimum wage? What happens when we change the minimum wage? Would the people we want to benefit from a wage in minimum wage actually receive the perceived benefit? Minimum wage is the legal floor of a person's wages, meaning they cannot get paid less than the minimum wage. Minimum wage was first introduced…