Even though many women know of the pay gap between men and women they still continue to work in these environment despite the poorer pay because the job that they are offered offer them flexibility in order to manage both the family and job responsibilities 3. ... Jobs that have been found to be mainly affected by the pay gap are jobs with higher degrees of education. ... Human resource experts compare jobs by pay equity. Pay equity means that jobs should be paid passed on their value; jobs that are of comparable value should be paid the same. It's meant to prevent pay discrimination am...

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This is absorbed to think they want 15 an hour to do a minimum wage job. ... They will want to quit their job and seek one in fast food because they will want to get a good pay for less labor and won't be required to be skilled. ... The fast food industry is not meant to be a career job. Wages should be based on the level of education that someone has (i.e. doctors), the dangerousness of the job (i.e. mine workers), and the importance of the job (i.e. teachers, firemen, police officers). I do believe that fast food workers should receive a great work environment, health benefits, and a be...

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They have been kicked out of their houses and apartments because they can't afford rent due to their low paying jobs. ... When they do find work, their new jobs pay, on average, thirteen percent less than the job they lost. ... Ann Braden Johnson argues this point in her book Out of Bedlam: The Truth About Deinstitutionalization, "the homeless people who do work tend to be eligible only for non-skilled, low-paying jobs- jobs that often do not pay enough for rent" ("Introduction"). ... Only a small fraction of welfare recipients' new jobs pay above-poverty wages. ... Only a concerted...

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Raising the minimum wage would result in increased wages and decreased jobs. ... Since the early days of an implemented minimum wage, job loss has occurred. ... Our job market is being torched" (Wilson, 2012, p. 07). ... With the American economy the way that it currently is, minimum wage jobs, kept at a lower pay rate, are essential to the stability of the workforce and economy. ... By increasing the minimum wage, jobs become eliminated. ...

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Those who retain their jobs will make more money; however, those who will lose their jobs and those who will be unsuccessful in acquiring new jobs will suffer from this increase. ... The truth behind the matter is a high school or college student who is making minimum wage at $7.25 an hour is not going to stay at the same minimum wage paying job whether or not it is making $7.25 an hour or $10.10 per hour. Improving the cash flow, paying rent, managing costs on top of paying taxes is already challenging for small businesses. ... Increasing minimum wage would in fact lead to increases in pay ...

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Most students working in college are only able to find minimum wage jobs to help pay off their tuition debt. At a rate of $7.25, it is impossible to live as a college student and pay tuition simultaneously. ... Majority of young minimum wage workers lack the experience and skill to compete for higher paying jobs. ... Thus, customers will pay for higher prices in the check out line. ... Once production costs are driven up, someone will pay for it. ...

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On the other side of the argument, the workers believe that increasing the minimum wage won't kill jobs and it may even give the economy a boost by presenting more pay to low-income workers who are likely to spend it. ... This shows that it would cause to eliminate jobs. If I was a business owner and I had to start paying more money to my workers, I would not want to pay more to each one of them because that would cause my business to lose profit. ... Many college students, work on part-time jobs to earn some money in order to pay their student loans back. ... My friends get paid nine d...

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Many people are not aware that women still earn considerably less than men, or that a specific day "Equal Pay Day "has been designated to raise awareness of pay inequity. The Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963, making it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to men and women who hold the same job and do the same work. ... Collectively, women lose over $100 billion annually in wages due to pay inequity. ... Some say that this gap stems largely from the difference in type and rank of job and from the fact that the women's length of working years is shorter than that of men. The...

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Also, these machines offer opportunities for white-collar jobs. ... It is true that machines have put some out of jobs, but when new machines and technology comes, there will be more jobs for these people to take. ... Everyone has one job that they do. ... The government has the job of finding a happy medium. ... When one union member wants a pay increase, they all get that increase. ...

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This would bring thousands of jobs back to the US along with revenue. ... Many did not even pay the legal minimum wage. ... Since these factories came it has brought new jobs for the people. ... The truth is sweatshops have terrible conditions and not very good pay. Yet we forget the thousands of people who work other jobs that pay less and are in the sun all day. ...

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This caused people to search for minimum wage jobs. ... Without an education, getting a high-end job can be very difficult. That is why so many adults have had to work their minimum wage jobs, and try to earn the pay needed because they aren't able to pay to go to post-secondary school. ... Unfortunately, there are many people that work minimum wage jobs. ... Many people try to find jobs, but many of the available jobs are the ones that pay minimum wage or less without a college education. ...

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The absence of infinite labor supply curve is because there is no perfect information for other jobs and every workers have heterogeneous preference over non-wage job characteristics. ... Therefore, workers who have those specific skills find it harder to find an alternative job. ... This is why there is a possibility that oligopsony firm might pay for the general training of workers. ... (Acemoglu and Pischke,1999) Moreover, minimum wage and union wage might influence the firms to pay for the general trainings too. ... Firms will normally pay for the general trainings for workers when there i...

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She found a family willing to take house her, feed her and pay her minimal wages until she learned her chores better. ... He knew he had to go up north and find a better job. ... It pays $2.75 per day and you get a rent-free room to live in. ... The company pays for travel to get there. ... The men of this union decided to strike for better pay and shorter hours. ...

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She found a family willing to take house her, feed her and pay her minimal wages until she learned her chores better. ... He knew he had to go up north and find a better job. ... It pays $2.75 per day and you get a rent-free room to live in. ... The company pays for travel to get there. ... The men of this union decided to strike for better pay and shorter hours. ...

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The attempt by the federal government and state was found only beneficial to certain minimum waged paying employees and was unsuccessful to the goal of reducing poverty proving to be a poor system. ... One of the major key reasons behind this collection of data was due that majority of the poor do not even have a job in the first place rendering them ineligible for the benefits of pay increase, the statistical data found in this analysis reports to be far greater than expected reaching over 54 percent of the poor ( Sabia and Nielsen, 2012). ... By increasing minimum wage unemployment rates in...

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Education levels are not as high in urban areas, which means that the people who are living in these areas are not qualified for the high paying jobs. ... Higher standard of living also attracts immigrants, which makes it hard for people living in urban areas to find good paying jobs, because the immigrants will work for lower wages. ... This results in employers paying their employees lower wages, and giving them the least amount of benefits possible. ... To start to reach a solution to this problem, I think that there should be more opportunities for those who are not able to receive the p...

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Education levels are not as high in urban areas, which means that the people who are living in these areas are not qualified for the high paying jobs. ... Higher standard of living also attracts immigrants, which makes it hard for people living in urban areas to find good paying jobs, because the immigrants will work for lower wages. ... This results in employers paying their employees lower wages, and giving them the least amount of benefits possible. ... To start to reach a solution to this problem, I think that there should be more opportunities for those who are not able to receive the p...

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This controversial topic effects me personally because both jobs I have worked since the age of sixteen have been in restaurants. The hourly rate for a waitress at my current job is around five dollars an hour with unpredictable shifts that could last between 2-7 hours depending on how busy the restaurant is. ... The opposing side to this argument believes that by keeping the workers happy and well paid it will create a more positive environment and push employees to do their best in order to keep this well-paying job. ... Amanda Cohen, owner of restaurant "Dirty Candy", stated "...

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The high-tech industry has created many new jobs paying high salaries, resulting in a decline in job opportunities for low-skilled workers. ... Transportation has also become a barrier to employment because low-income workers have limited resources to get to those higher paying entry-level positions in the suburbs where the job growth is most rapid. ... An average American family pays 7% of income to childcare, as opposed to the 25% paid by low-income families. ... It is nearly impossible to get a job without having a permanent residence, address, and phone number. Getting a permanent addre...

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Not only that, the workers upon being hired have to pay a fee between $2000-$4000 to agencies to provided them with the employers. ... They typically work about 60 - 80 hours a week in front of their machines, often without minimum wage or overtime pay. ... In addition, workers commonly face verbal and physical abuse and are intimidated from speaking out, fearing job loss or deportation. ... These zones offer benefits to the country by creating jobs, local businesses can increase profits as people spend their wages and locals learn new skills. ... The argument in favor of globalization is...

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They expose the very rigid division between women and men and a strict demarcation between women's jobs and men's jobs. All women were assemblers, doing the same job regardless of their age. All were 'semi-skilled' with no career ladder or promotion prospects, minimal training, and the same low pay. ... However, the conditions in these factories in mainland China are far worse for longer hours and lower pay. ... Due to this, women are paid lower wages than men in equivalent jobs. ...

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Working children are exploited in terms of their long hours and minimal pay. ... Poverty is considered to be the top reason children are put to work at inappropriate jobs for their ages. ... They receive minimal pay and are given absolutely no rights. ... This allows the companies to pay the children less for their labor, thus increasing their profit. ... They waged a strike against the owners and won better pay for themselves. ...

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Many workers work at the factory for money that does not even pay for daily living expenses. ... Going to school helps children get into college and get a good job. ... When they work past eight hours, they do not get any extra pay. ... If one of their children gets sick, they must decided whether to spend their last pay to get medicine for their child or go to work and make money that does not even pay for daily expenses. ... As punishment on the job, workers were made to clean the toilets. ...

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Contrary to what is believed, most low-waged workers whose pay is affected by minimum wage are adults with families to support. ... It is because of this people feel the need to always pay it, but this is while giving up some expenses for food or medical costs. ... If businesses have to pay their employees more, they are probably going to fire them, right? ... They will say things like it promotes job loss, poverty, and increases prices. ... You will also be able to get more money, with less fear of losing your job, and who doesn't enjoy that. ...

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Parents work from dusk till dawn but it's still not enough to pay for the mortgage, bills, utilities, etc. ... Both my parents knew very little English and worked a 9-5 job and going to school at the same time. ... The inclination to violence springs from the circumstances of life among the ghetto poor- the lack of jobs that a pay a living wage, the stigma of race, the fallout from rampant drug use and drug trafficking, and the resulting alienation and lack of hope for the future." ... A person may be able to support himself/herself by having a minimum wage job but most likely wont be abl...

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