Minimum wage bill majorly refers to a price control that is imposed by the government. The price control concept set a floor indicating what the minimum price must be paid or be imposed on certain services or goods (Murphy). The main aim of a government setting up price controls is always to ensure individuals or employers of a certain job group receive fair wages. Also, the minimum wage laws are mostly used by the federal government to ensure a basic quality of life among all the countries citizens. This aspect is to establish a fair level of economic equality instead of having copious amounts of poor or underpaid citizens (Vitez). It is further important to note that these minimum wage laws can often be used to force companies to pay equally all individual regardless of sex creed or race.
Above all this, it is my opinion that the concept of using minimum wage laws to ensure that workers who are mostly unskilled get enough income to provide for their daily activities is very unnecessary. This aspect can mostly be explained using the demand and supply concept. The force of demand and supply mainly exist in the unskilled workers market that mostly operates under the minimum wage law. The unskilled workers price is based on the hourly wage that they are paid. Based on this aspect, it is important to note that the wage equilibrium occurs at that point where the number of unskilled that desires a job usually equals the number of jobs that the employers offer (Kane). One major
Wage theft is very common in the United States. There are many different forms of it such as minimum wage violations, illegal deductions in pay, working off the clock, misclassification or not being paid at all. There are many strong labor laws in California, however, wage theft persists because of the lack of enforcement. Many employees try to report wage theft violations but the process can take years. Labor centers states that 83% of workers who can hold a court-order claim for their unpaid wages
Supreme Court interpretation. Enumerated Powers, are the powers that are listed in the Constitution, which the Congress can hold to. Implied power is the last clause of the Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution. It states that Congress my pass any law that is “necessary and proper” in order to be able to “carry out its foregoing powers”. Banks are one of the examples in which the Congress used implied powers. In the case, McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) was held that the Second Bank of the United States
year, the minimum wage has been increasing from less than a dollar to $7.25 now. The question that comes to everybody is that should we increase the minimum wage by too far. Does the minimum wage increase reduce the unemployment since now the current wage is high enough? Some people might think that we should increase the minimum wage in order to increase the labor supply. However, if we think deeply than this, there are more disadvantages than advantages of increasing the minimum wage. The farther
the ones departing from the classical legal top-down approach; and it
constitutes the basis for the argument that an effective system for implementing
minimum wage should combine soft mechanisms (such as persuasion and
capacity building) and hard mechanisms (e.g. sanctioning), as well as measures to
empower workers.
3.1 Disambiguation of terms: Compliance, Implementation and
Enforcement
The scope of this paper is to illustrate how compliance with the minimum wage
can be achieved. In the present framework
Creating a so called “culture of compliance” among employers (Skidmore 1999: 435) is a low-cost strategy for facilitating the self-enforcement of minimum wage. This strategy implies the construction of persuasive arguments in favor of the minimum wage and the appeal to common values and beliefs such as, for instance, the principle of “fair pay – fair play”.
Here, two main strategies for building commitment among employers can be identified. First, persuasive processes at the interpersonal level
Arizona Employment Laws
Clapton Commercial Construction is planning on expanding their current business to a new state. They currently do business in Michigan and are planning on expanding to Arizona. There are ten employment laws in Arizona that Clapton Commercial Construction should be made aware of in order to get their HR department up to speed before expanding to the state of Arizona. These are laws regarding required postings, minimum wage, overtime, meals and breaks, vacation leave, sick
to pay unemployment insurance to help cover the costs of unemployment payments when employees are terminated. Business & Legal Resources (2013) reviews the case of Martinez v. Reemployment Assistance Appeals Commission, Fla, which brought to light that the employer was not properly compensating Martinez according the the Fair Labor Standards Act by paying lower than minimum wage. Martinez had voluntarily quit his employment due to not being compensated property, however was denied based on the technical
In the US, President Barack Obama urges Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour from $7.25. Although some Republicans oppose to this action, overwhelming majority of Americans see that is a good idea (The Guardian, 2014). Regarding to the issue of minimum wage, there have been lots of debates for a long time. Some economists such as Milton Friedman deeply believe that minimum wage kills jobs, but some like Alan Krueger and David Card think, to some extend, it actually increased
The minimum wage has arguably become the most controversial topic regarding our economy today, as it influences one of the largest classes of people within the United States, the working class. Federally, the minimum wage has not been raised in eight years, so it has stayed at $7.25 per hour for all non-exempt workers (U.S. DoL). The opinions on this topic are typically split across a progressive-conservative line, with progressives being in favor of a raise from $7.25, and conservatives wanting
Hotel vs. Parrish. The case originated from a 1932 law in Washington State entitled “Minimum Wages for Women.” This law was supposed to set up minimum wages for women and children because the state felt that these groups were likely to be exploited. The public and many industrial influences collaborated to come up with what they felt was appropriate. For Elsie Parrish who was a chambermaid at a hotel owned by West Coast Hotel that meant that she should be making $14.50 for every forty-eight-hour work