Case of the Unpopular Pay

In a worse case that an intense competition among employees occurs, the company should reset its pays distribution and incentives before (or along with) follow the above recommendations. Moreover, in the worst case that many more low-cost and low-fare airlines enter the same route with Ryanair, it is highly suggested that

4. The global economy of today has made it easier for employers to pass labor cost increases on to consumers by raising product or service prices.

Minorities encounter unequal pay who have same qualifications as the standard group in America, which are the white Americans. The minority group with the largest pay gap are the Hispanic and Latina women who receive only 54 percent of "what a white man were paid in 2014" (Hill, n.d., para 8). Hill continues to express those who are affected by the pay gap, she states that the "pay gap is far worse for women of color". Furthermore, According to Hill (para. 10-12), education is a great way to increase earnings and decrease the pay gap, however, the "black and Hispanic women still earn less than their white and Asian peers, even when they have the same educational credentials." Furthermore, this indicates that with the same qualifications and

Mike Durant once said, “Making it more expensive to create new jobs is a perfect way to guarantee fewer of them.” The recent, “Raise the Wage” campaigns have sparked an interest in many low-wage workers. However, those who support this initiative are unaware of the economic problems that will arise if this is successful. Several cities have already raised their minimum wages and some, like Seattle, are raising it as high as $15 per hour. Currently, supporters of this campaign argue that the government should implement this increase federally. However, doing so will have broad and adverse financial implications. Ever since the Great Depression, the minimum wage has been in effect — to reduce poverty and solidify that employees

Without keeping costs to a lower level, they wouldn’t be able to provide value product and services to the customers and this is a major source of conflict for the company. In this case demographics, some into the picture since the cost of employee determines the actual cost for the company (Wolf, 2009).

Is America the best country in the world like it claims to be? Numerous controversial issues can keep Americans debating all day long. Bias is one of the main causes of these disputable topics. Discrimination against certain groups of people still exist today in America. Issues regarding gender can lead to big disputes because everybody has a different opinion. Some people believe men are the superior gender, while other people believe the opposite. The controversial issue of wage inequality deserves to be addressed because women are just as equal to men. A step further into equalizing genders would be wage equality. There are economical, social and political reasons why the United States should equalize pay.

The closer you look into the world, the more secrets you will unlock. If you were to look closely in world history, you would see racism and inequality. If you look in art, you can see racism and inequality. Inequality has not been eradicated, there is still a heavy divide between races in our nation, the United States. As article one stated, 88 percent of blacks believe the nation still needs to make changes to benefit equality, but 43 percent do not believe these changes will occur. Different races have different views on the changes for equality. Article 1 states the 53 percent of whites believe the nation needs to change to aid the fight for equality. The other 47 percent believes that the country has changed enough to support equality.

Several factors should be considered when determining a fair and equal wage across the labor force. Preservation of the existing labor force, while minimizing the impacts on a business being able to maintain their competiveness is a critical

The introduction of minimum wage, or an increase in the minimum wage burdens the employer with increased costs, so the employer will seek to levy this burden onto the labor force to compensate for these additional costs. Veldhuis supports this by contending that minimum wage causes employers to “respond by reducing the number of workers they employ and/or the number of hours their employees work”. (1) This reaction is explained by theories of producer behavior. Economic theory states that firms are profit maximizers. Therefore, to maximize profits, the firm must minimize costs. A firm minimizes costs when the slope of the Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution is equal to the rate at which capital can be traded for labor in the market (-w/r). This is expressed by the equation = . As illustrated in

The problem in this dissertation is the obsolete federal legislations and policies encompassing low wages in the United States (US) (Hovenga et al, 2013). The controversy of low wages, has been an issue for several decades, which hinders low-income families from progressing in society. Throughout the history of the US, there has been multiple doctrines implemented for several statutes pertaining to wage compensation. However, some of these doctrines were implemented only for a certain period of time (Clain, 2012). During the 1960s, the federal government implemented two legislations, the Economic Opportunity Act and Civil Rights Act, which were established to improve the livelihood of low income families (Health & Human Services, 11/5/2016).

In January 2009, President Barack Obama signed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act alongside Lilly Ledbetter, an equal pay activist. This Act allowed women and men to receive the same pay regardless of any reasoning. In his speech, President Obama personally thanked Ledbetter for her effort on being an advocate for the equality of American workers, especially women (Obama). Eight years in and significant parts of the population are still frustrated over uneven pays in the United States and around the world.

The lower employment occurs mainly because the increase in the cost of low-skilled labor, relative to the cost of using other productive inputs (such as machinery or more skilled workers), leads employers away from using low-skilled labor and toward these other inputs. This substitution effect is reinforced by the higher overall cost of production associated with the legislated increase in the wage for low-skilled workers, which in turn raises the price of the product and results in less output sold. (NA)

On July 30th 2017 I had an appointment Mr. Sergio Ruiz, driver for my unit 6066, around 11:20am at the Langer Transportation terminal in La Porte. We discussed his pay. I tried to make him understand that his payment comes when Langer pays. Two days earlier, Mr. Ruiz contacted my safety manager and my terminal manager about his pay, and they explained to him that he would be paid when unit 6066 returns to work, but it seemed as if he did not understand the situation.

A big controversial part of our society these days is the wage gap. As my friend Kylie’s dad says: “You can tell there is still a gap because no one wants to talk about it.” Some people ignore the issue and some people are just unaware to the issue entirely. A wage gap inequality is a difference in pay from a white male to a different gender, religion, or race. This is expressed as a percentage. Wage gaps have existed because of the extreme segregation that has clouded our country for decades during our country 's history. In the past, it was not socially acceptable for women to work. They were supposed to stay home and take care of the household. This creates for differences in pay as women were integrated into the work force. The Gender Wage Gap still exists and is an issue in our society because our mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters still believe they are being paid unfairly, it is proven to be present in every state in the US, and actions are still being made to this day to try and close this narrowing gap. To further my research I have decided to research the gender wage gap nationally as well as locally in North Carolina.

In 1933, Roosevelt enacted the National Industrial Recovery Act (NRA). The act suspended anti-trust laws so industries could enforce fair-trade resulting in less competition and higher wages. In the beginning of the NRA, Roosevelt promulgated a President’s Re-employment Agreement. Employers signed more than 2.3 million agreements, covering 16.3 million employees. Employers agreed to a 35-40 hour workweek, with a minimum wage of $12 to $15 per week. In turn, businesses who signed the agreement displayed a blue eagle over the motto “We do our part.” Therefore, Patriotic Americans would buy only from “Blue Eagle”. As a result, the economy would recover from the “Great Depression”. Unfortunately, May 27, 1935, the Supreme Court disarmed the