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The Department of Labor is considering raising the minimum salary threshold for employees to be exempt from overtime pay. I think the suggested new threshold of 1059, as mentioned in the article, is still inadequate.(Dol Proposes Substantial Increase to Salary Threshold for Flsa's White Collar Exemptions, n.d.) Another reason I support raising the income threshold is because it guarantees that employees receive adequate compensation for their labor. I also believe focusing on an employee’s actual duties and responsibilities has benefits as well. By focusing on duties, the Department of Labor can protect workers from being
misclassified and ensure that overtime pay is reserved for the employees who qualify. An example of this is it may be difficult for small businesses to pay higher compensation to employees. The raised salary threshold would result in higher labor costs for businesses, especially for positions that were previously exempt from overtime pay. Companies may increase the prices of their products or services. Some companies might decide to make changes by redistributing duties to reduce overtime, increasing automation or modifying compensation plans. Companies would have to review and reevaluate their hiring practices, potentially leading to a decrease in the number of new workers and laying off seasoned employees. Employers may increase job responsibilities for their workers to decrease the labor cost for hiring another employee. Also to guarantee compliance with overtime requirements, businesses may need to make adjustments to the salaries of current employees who fall below the new threshold. Companies may decide to make investments in better workforce planning and management systems in order to accurately track employee hours worked and efficiently manage overtime costs. In order to make sure that workers are fairly compensated, the Department of Labor can be
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most successful if it implemented an approach that considers all of these factors. The Department
of Labor should consider the potential impact on both employees and employers before implementing any changes.
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b. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment of drafters over the next decade will drop by 1.2%, compared to an increase of…
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Dina is a stay-at-home parent who lives in Denver and does some consulting work for extra cash. At a wage of $25 per hour, she is willing to work 6
hours per week. At $35 per hour, she is willing to work 16 hours per week.
Using the midpoint method, the elasticity of Dina's labor supply between the wages of $25 and $35 per hour is approximately
that Dina's supply of labor over this wage range is
which means
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what is an art major salary in 2011?
what is an art major salary in 2012?
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Answer only 7 and 5
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(Based on Chapter 2, Problem 1 of Benjamin et al., 2031) Amit has $2000 of annual non-labour income.
He has 80 hours per week that he can allocate between labour and leisure, for 80 x 52 = 4160 hours per
year. His current wage rate is $20 per hour and he chooses to work 2200 hours a year. (a) Draw a leisure -
labour diagram, clearly indicating Amit's current labour supply decision. (Your diagram should be clearly
labeled and include Amit's budget line and an indifferent curve showing his leisure and consumption of
goods and services at his optimal choice. Use the figures provided to find the y-intercept and his
consumption if he doesn't work.) (b) Amit's wage rate increases to $25 per hour. In response, he increases
his labour supply to 2300 hours. If he were "compensated" accordingly, at this new wage rate he would
be just indifferent to working 2200 hours at his original wage rate and working 2400 hours at the new
wage. Illustrate Amit's new optimal choice. Use the information…
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a. How much extra income does John made as a result of the reduced Cost of Living?
b. What is the adjusted salary of John based on the Cost of Living?
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1. Computing labor productivity and its relationship to the demandfor labor
Sizzler's produces charcoal grills in a small manufacturing facility and sells the grills in a competitive market. The following table presents the
company's production function:
Labor
(Number of workers)
0
OUTPUT (Grills)
400
360
320
280
Use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot the production function for Sizzler's on the following graph.
240
200
160
120
80
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Output
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95
185
260
320
355
2
3
LABOR (Number of workers)
4
5
Production Function
(?)
Calculate the marginal product of labor (MPL) of each worker, and then plot the MPL curve on the following graph using the blue points (circle
symbol).
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Salary Employee
Salaried employees are employees that are paid a fixed or set amount of money each
year. They may be paid weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. Salary employees are often referred
to as
"exempt employees!
For example, their compensation plan may read as '$45,000 per year'. It means that
if they work extra hours, they are not paid for it. So overtime is not a "thing". It is
just part of their job.
Teachers are paid to work from September through to the end of June, and are only
paid for 6.5 hours a day, according to their contract. However, most teachers spend
8-12 hours a day working, and they work through the March break and Christmas
break getting caught up with marking. In the summer they take training courses.
They still only get paid for the 6.5 hours a day, at the annual salary. This is a salary
job. The benefit is stability and consistency. You know your income, you know if
things get busy, you need to work extra, and if it slows down, you still get paid.
Challenge…
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Rest for 34 consecutive hours after completing a 70-hour week, including at least two
nights between the hours of 1 and 5 a.m.
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costly and even dangerous. They force drivers to sleep when they're not tired and to
drive when they are tired. They also force trucks onto the road at commute times. The
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Based on your explanation question 1 above, discuss how that relationship between the elasticity of demand for products and labor would affect your job searching strategy in the future.
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Output(Units)
MarginalProduct(Units)
Value ofMarginalProduct ($)(Market Price=1$)
Value ofMarginalProduct ($)(Market Price=2$)
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8
2
22
3
36
4
56
5
60
6
72
7
82
8
89
Derive Marginal Product and Value of Marginal Product from the following table when market price for the product is 1$ and 2$ .
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Explain and discuss the relationship between the elasticity of demand for the product and the elasticity of demand for the labor that produces the product.
Based on your explanation question 1 above, discuss how that relationship between the elasticity of demand for products and labor would affect your job searching strategy in the future.
Explain how the relationship between elasticity of demand for the product and labor would affect your major or specialization while you are studying at a higher education institution.
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Problem #3: Labor Unions (20 points)
Sarah is thinking if she should join the labor union in their company. Her utility function is
U (c, 1) = (cl)05, where c denotes consumption, and I denotes leisure. She has 16 hours each
day to allocate between work and leisure.
1. Given her non-labor income is zero, how many hours will Sarah work at $7 wage/hour?
In addition, how much consumption and leisure can she afford, and how much utility
can she achieve from this?
2. If the labor unioh bargains for a $10.5 overtime pay rate for work hours beyond 8
hours, will Sarah benefit from this proposal?
3. If, instead, the labor union proposes an 8-hour workday, will Sarah benefit from it?
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A hair salon is considering hiring more workers. The market wage for a hair stylist is $160 per day, and this hair salon charges $30
per haircut. The salon currently employs 4 stylists and know that a fifth stylist would allow them to sell 7 more haircuts per day, a
sixth stylist would allow them to sell 6 more haircuts per day, and seventh stylist would allow them to sell 5 more haircuts per day.
How many stylists should this salon hire?
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Those working for Amazon have been trying to form a union. Suppose that these workers are successful in forming a union and call themselves the Amazon Delivery Workers. Assume the union successfully negotiated a 14 percent wage increase and the result was that the quantity of labour demanded decreased by 10 percent. Given a fixed labour demand curve, we can conclude that
Multiple Choice
labour demand is inelastic.
the coefficient of elasticity of labour demand is equal to 1.
labour demand is elastic.
the labour demand curve is upsloping.
economies of scale has been achieved.
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In order to maximize profits, a firm needs to determine the quantity of each factor that it will employ, which is dictated by price as well as productivity of the factor. Assume farmer in the Ottawa area named Justin Trudeau has fixed amounts of land and capital and finds that total product is 24 for the first worker hired, 32 when two workers are hired, 37 when three are hired, and 40 when four are hired. Justin Trudeau product sells for $3 per unit, and the wage rate is $13 per worker. The marginal product of the second worker is
Multiple Choice
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What are the advantages and the disadvantages of this salary structuring scheme in the Philippine Government?
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Income $560 $320 B 60 40 0 Work T Suppose this worker's union negotiates an increase in the straight-time wage from $8 to $9.33 per hour with no bonus for overtime. This plan would allow earnings of $560 at 60 hours per week. Assuming this worker can freely choose the number of hours worked, he will choose to work more than 60 hours per week. 60 hours per week. more than 60 hours per week if the income effect dominates; less otherwise. fewer than 60 hours per week.
Note:-
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