Workweek

Depression in 1938 as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act. It started at merely 25 cents and it has risen to $7.25 per hour. Along with establishing minimum wage, the Fair Labor Standards Act also banned oppressive child labor and the maximum workweek at 44 hours. Many believe that the minimum wage is something that only teenagers earn, but that is simply not the case. 48.2% of the 3 million workers who were at or below the federal minimum in 2014 were ages 16 to 24, though only 24% are…

In a poorly lit factory, unable to tell whether it is night or day, a worker toils to finish the near impossible order due in a few days. The fashion industry takes advantage of the consumer, by selling garments at an extremely high price compared to the cost to make said garment, and the worker by using sweatshops for cheap, effective mass production labor neglecting the fact that the workers are underpaid, abused, and malnourished. The U.S Department of Labor defines a sweatshop as factory…

Federal probation officers help offenders reenter society by directing them towards helpful resources and supervising them in the community. They pursue education in areas such as psychology and criminal justice and find it rewarding to keeping the public safe while helping offenders reform. The officers use scientific methods, experience and training to predict risks and to identify ways to reduce recidivism. The need for these professionals is increasing as American legislators look for more…

As Nir (2015) reported, “lawsuits filed in New York courts allege a long list of abuses: the salon in East Northport, N.Y., where workers said they were paid just $1.50 an hour during a 66-hour workweek” (Introduction section). In other words, the hard working manicurists are unlawfully being paid below the New York state hourly minimum wage because the salon owners understand that most of these workers are illegal immigrants, who do not know their…

days is that the physician doesn’t take the time to listen to the patient’s story and instead listens to what they have learned about the set of symptoms present in the patient. Doctors are also not getting enough time for each patient in an average workweek anymore. These are two of the worst problems with healthcare.…

bankers and factory workers alike… His dad, who had an eighth-grade education, worked two jobs to keep the family afloat — on the line at Port Clinton Manufacturing from 7 to 3, then at the canning factory from 3:30 to 11. Despite his 70-plus-hour workweek” (Putnam 1). If the goal of the American dream is to simply work hard enough to become wealthy, then it’s most likely chasing after an endless rainbow. Putnam note that, even with hard work, most Americans are currently suffering minimum…

adian economy and the challenge of minimum wages. The Global Economy is reshaping rapidly.Human resources are being replaced by technology and mechanical resources. However, still human resources are very much important to benefit from the technological and mechanical revolution.This technical and mechanical emergents has though minimized the numerical requirement of human resources yet it has not diminished the importance of the Human resources.The argument of HR being replaced by technology…

The Great Depression is referred to as the time in history between the 1930s and mid 1940s. These were the years of a severe worldwide economic depression. Which all started with the collapse of the stock market in 1929, which resulted in a 40 billion dollar loss. Plus an unstructured banking system has been just enough to create a chain-reaction of events to occur, which by 1932 had the economy spiraling out of control. As stock prices dropped, banks requested more loans and by mid-November an…

What comes to mind when people think of the word happiness? Is it community, materials, wealth? In our society we define happiness as having all the money and materialistic things that the heart desire. Our society bases happiness of having more things instead of spending time on family and community. Arthur Brooks wrote an article titled “Love People Not Pleasure”, in this article he explained that our society focuses on our extrinsic goals like financial and material success, instead of…

jobs are not smooth sailing and do not always go as planned. This builds stress after working five days a week for eight hours of the day. With the stress that comes with college it helps build up to the stress that one could encounter during the workweek so that one could better manage the…