Essays Tagged: "minimum wages"

Book report on Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich for Social Anthropology.

eport on unskilled workers in the United States. How do welfare reform unskilled workers survive on minimum wages and do they have secrets for surviving. Barbara Ehrenreich allows herself a small amou ... r she was investigating the unskilled workers, or whether she wanted to see if she could make it on minimum wages. For it to be a truly investigative report, she would not have been able to fall back ...

(5 pages) 53 1 3.7 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

A Comparison of the Australian and North Korean Economies.

work of government regulations which safeguard society. The government legislates hours of work and minimum wages, sets costs for some products and pays subsidies and social service benefits. The dist ...

(7 pages) 31 0 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

A look at the Fair Labor Standards Act

o conserve our primary resources of manpower, government must have some control over maximum hours, minimum wages, the evil of child labor, and the exploitation of unorganized labor." In 1938 the Fair ... s political muscle and drive wages higher. In those times, the FLSA established a twenty-five cents minimum wage, and mandated a 40-hour workweek. Any time spent over 40 hours per week paid out as tim ...

(5 pages) 150 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Jobs: Termination of Employment

investment in the people they pay. Worker's, on the other hand are entitled to basic rights such as minimum wages, equal pay for work of equal value, freedom from discrimination and harassment, protec ... dustrial awards. The Federal government proposes to do this by establishing:· a single adult minimum wage· award classification wages casual loadings· minimum junior rates· ...

(7 pages) 120 1 3.7 Sep/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Stereotype

are perceived being good at mathematics. Mexicans are perceived as lazy and uneducated by living on minimum wages or unemployment compensation. Americans are friendly and open-minded. The stereotypes ...

(4 pages) 90 0 3.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Management Characteristics

wages create problems of underprivileged housing conditions because it is impossible to do this on minimum wages. Money plays a majors role in today’s society because of expensive bills and medi ... ls and medical healthcare insurance.Personally, one can make an observation of employees working on minimum wages and employees who makes more than minimum wage, and see there is a big difference in t ...

(2 pages) 31 0 4.3 Apr/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Major causes of unemployment, recent unemployment performance, policy options available to the government to achieve a sustained reduction in the level of unemployment in Australian economy

the inflexibility of the labour market due to regulations for e.g. 2006 IR laws resulting in higher minimum wages than would occur if wages were set through the interaction between the demand and supp ... ly due to its consistent economic growth levels over the past 15 years bringing unemployment to its minimum level of approximately 4.8%.Australia needs economic growth rates of at least 3.75% in order ...

(8 pages) 79 1 4.3 Jun/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Nike Case Study

labor in other countries that they needed to be socially responsible to ensure that the workers get minimum wages and work in conditions that are acceptable on a global scale.What labor standards rega ... is very important that Nike adopts a series of standards that ensures that workers get at least the minimum wages in the respective country but the working conditions should be acceptable enough for w ...

(4 pages) 518 0 5.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Clothing, Footwear and Cosmetics

Australian Workplace Political Changes - The Industrial Relations Act in 2006

body has also been formed, called the Australian Fair Pay Commission, which is in charge of setting minimum adult wages and award rates. It is expected that this new organisation won't increase award ... t of the Safety Net of previous years. The Australian Fair Pay Commission will also provide uniform minimum standards for annual leave, personal leave, and maximum ordinary hours of work and minimum w ...

(12 pages) 123 0 3.4 Jul/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

History of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

es employers to pay employees at the lower end of the pay scale, a certain amount which maintains a minimum standard of living and out of poverty (Bennett - Alexander, 2004). That is the law and theor ... ly in Adkins v. Children's Hospital in 1923, the Court voided the District of Columbia law that set minimum wages for women, during the 1930's the Court's action on other social legislation was even m ...

(4 pages) 103 0 0.0 Jul/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Journal Article about Billy Elliot, Billy's reflections

t get into the Royal Ballet School, I will have to be a miner like my brother and my dad, living on minimum wages and struggling all through life. Not only that, it makes me feel sick to think that Da ...

(3 pages) 16 0 2.3 Aug/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Political Ideologies: Marx and Goldman share a socialist view.

bourgeoisie of achieving greater power and wealth through exploiting these enslaved labourers with minimum wages.Goldman's views are similar only put forth in a different manner. She describes the pa ... otonous" (Marx & Engels, 1955, p. 16), shift of production from satisfying work to a repetitive minimum waged social normality for labourers.Marx and Goldman looked at overproduction as a force th ...

(5 pages) 15 0 4.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Laissez-faire vs. Government Intervention

xchanging goods and services with one another.People who support a laissez faire system are against minimum wages and any other forms of trade restrictions. They also consider limited government inter ... ve some amounts of government intervention in the economy. Government intervention includes setting minimum wages, regulation of market competition in order to let other businesses try their luck as w ...

(5 pages) 57 0 5.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

A case against the minimum wag

very good news for the low-income workers and their families whenever the government increases the minimum wages. On the surface minimum wage laws seem like the best prescription to treat poverty and ... e best prescription to treat poverty and improve living standards of the working poor. Promoters of minimum wage laws are taking positions that such laws alleviate poverty and improve the conditions o ...

(8 pages) 58 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

New Deal Relief Projects

against combinations of large businesses were suspended as long as workers were guaranteed specific minimum wages, maximum hours, and the right to bargain as an organization.A very successful relie ...

(1 pages) 8 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Minimum Wages

I'm not agree with th policy of "minimum wages" and I tried to undrestand wheather it is good or not by using simple tools of economi ... And this causes a surplus of labour which means "unemployment".Another important point is that, the minimum wage policy hits workers with limited skills, and young people willing to work. For example ... nd whose best hope for gaining skills is job experience, is less likely to get a job because of the minimum wage policy. Employees will prefer skilled employers rather than a young, unskilled boy. Of ...

(1 pages) 15 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Minumum Wages

I?m not agree with th policy of ?minimum wages? and I tried to undrestand wheather it is good or not by using simple tools of economi ... And this causes a surplus of labour which means ?unemployment?.Another important point is that, the minimum wage policy hits workers with limited skills, and young people willing to work. For example ... nd whose best hope for gaining skills is job experience, is less likely to get a job because of the minimum wage policy. Employees will prefer skilled employers rather than a young, unskilled boy. Of ...

(1 pages) 10 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

What About the Inflation

s: food market jobs, jobs in the movies, shopping centers, and just about everything else that pays minimum wages. This decreases the amount of people in the work force which causes the government to ... sically they will be getting their money back. Another way the government can help this is to raise minimum wages. This would give more money to our young workers which will cause the government to re ...

(3 pages) 63 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Employee Safety, Health, and Welfare Law Paper

a livable wage. "The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) was enacted to establish standards for minimum wages, overtime pay, employer recordkeeping, and child labor" (Bennett-Alexander & Hartm ... r" (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman, 2007).In those times, the FLSA established a twenty-five cents minimum wage, and mandated a 40-hour workweek. Any time spent over 40 hours per week paid out as tim ...

(4 pages) 300 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Total Compensation Methods Paper

Government regulation affects pay structure in the areas of equal employment opportunity, minimum wages, and pay for overtime and prevailing wages for federal contractors. Employers may not ... emonstrate that they are upholding these laws.In the United States, employers must pay at least the minimum wage established by law. Minimum wage is the lowest amount that employers may pay under fede ...

(5 pages) 284 0 0.0 Jul/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management