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    Fixing of minimum rates of wages: [S.3] Section 5(1): Appropriate Government can set up any number of committees or sub-committees as it considers necessary to hold inquiries and advice it in respect of fixing rate of minimum. Government is empowered to fix the minimum rates of wages for different classes of employees such as skilled‚ unskilled .clerical‚ supervisory etc. (1) Any minimum rate of wages fixed or revised by the appropriate Government in respect of scheduled employments under

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    raising the minimum wage. First‚ I bet a lot of people remember their first jobs‚ but do they remember how much they got paid? The average minimum wage currently is $2.13 for tipped workers as long as the total is not less than 7.25 per hour. Minimum wage is a large economic issue in our country for especially young people or people who are undereducated and did not go to college. Hillary plans on changing minimum wage and raising it to $12. I know a lot of people think raising the minimum wage also raises

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    difficulties of living off of minimum wage. It demonstrated the difficulties in resisting temptation to buy‚ the emotional effects of having little or no money‚ how sometimes no matter how long or hard you work the pay just isn’t enough‚ etc. I liked that they showed the costs of hospital bills in comparison to the amount of money being brought in from working minimum wage. Living off of minimum wage is not an easy thing to do. One of the biggest issues of living off of minimum wage is not getting enough

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    exercising their comparative advantage. I later watched as happy hour rolled around‚ and demand suddenly skyrocketed as our prices dropped. It was deeply impressive to see the seemingly complicated subject of economics so clearly demonstrated in my minimum wage job. I was only a month into my first microeconomics course‚ but I had already made the decision to declare myself an economics major. I have always been‚ I think‚ deeply interested in what drives our world. So it was only natural that in listening

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    in price of the products you and I purchase on a weekly basis all has to do with the continuing raise of minimum wage. Donald R. Deere says “There are two ways to think about the minimum wage. The first - but misleading - is how much workers are going to get paid. The second - and correct - is how much people must be able to earn if they are going to get or keep a job. So the minimum wage‚ which is sometimes characterized as a "hand up‚ not a handout" is neither - it is a hurdle that trips up

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    Will the increase in the minimum wage have the possible effect on employment? The author of the article believes that a higher minimum wage will shrink wage gaps‚ raise the productivity and increase earnings for single women with children And I absolutely agree with the author at this point. Although there is an opinion that a higher minimum wage may lead to a greater unemployment‚ it is obvious that an increase in a salary has more pros than cons. Firstly‚ it will stimulate workers to work harder

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    The standard economic theory suggests that minimum wage results in an unemployment when the wage is set higher than the equilibrium price. For instance‚ Fig 1 shows the labor market with minimum wage in a standard supply and demand graph. Theoretically if the government does not regulate the labor market‚ the supply and demand will be at equilibrium (P* and Q*). When the government imposes a minimum wage laws‚ that results in price floor (P)‚ below which the price of labor cannot fall. In such cases

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    How Raising Minimum Wage Negatively Effects Business Growth Can raising minimum wage destroy a business?Minimum wage is pay covered for nonexempt employees. In Illinois‚ that rate is currently $8.25 per hour. There are both pros and cons within the minimum wage system‚ however‚ I believe the raising the minimum wage would do more harm than to to our economic system. Some negative effects include; revenue loss‚ a decrease in customers‚ loss of production‚ and decreasing stocks. Additionally‚ raising

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    most minimum wage worker minds. Its tough enough for them to work all the time to try to support their family and make ends meet. It will be even harder if minimum wage goes down. Many people will be on the streets or needing to get government help. The minimum wage for california as of July 1‚ 2014 is $9.00 an hour. You may wonder why you are reading this for those who get paid more than minimum wage. Well every action has a reaction. Therefore ‚ even if u get paid way more than minimum wage the

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    INDU–1050 Employee Relations & Reward Coursework 2 Causes and Consequences of Minimum Wage on the Labor March 12‚ 2013 Word count: 2‚514 Table of contents Title Page Introduction 3 Definition and Causes of minimum wage in Hong Kong 3

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