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Federal Wage Compensation

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The problem to be addressed in this study, is the ineffective United States' federal wage compensation bylaws that continue to impose crucial financial hardship on low wage households (Devinatz, 2013; Hovenga et al, 2013; Konczal, 2014). Over the last several decades, the federal government has established and modified numerous bylaws; however, wage compensation is the least effective legislation in today’s economy (Clain, 2012). Due to the increase in the cost of living, it is evident that the minimum wage has not caught up with the cost of living (Hovenga, 2013). While the federal government establishes bylaws for the country, each state government and municipalities develop its own statutes for wage compensation (Devinatz, 2013). However,

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