gives examples of wage differentials. Explain what is meant by the term wage differentials and analyse two reasons suggested by economic theory why wage differentials occur. Wage differentials can be defined as the differences in wage rate for different groups of people and between individuals in the same occupation. For example Premier league footballers get paid an average of £3million a year whereas a nurse who cares for people gets only around £28‚000 a year. Wages are determined by
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Transparency in Public Administration in India Siddharth Singh The demand for transparency in the functioning of government agencies is a popular and democratic reaction to the arbitrariness and secrecy that surround the working of most government offices. Traditionally‚ a citizen aggrieved by the decision of a government servant either approaches a senior controlling officer of the civil servant or a public representative to get a redress of his grievance. If the latter shows indifference or fails
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Rights of Medication Administration Health care providers are responsible for ensuring patient safety and quality of care at all times. Nurses play a vital role in provision of patient care. Many of the tasks of nursing carry some degree of risk‚ with medication administration having one of the greatest risk factors. Serious errors may occur in approximately 2 per 1‚000 prescriptions (Lesar et al‚ 1990). The rate of adverse drug events are estimated at approximately 1%‚ with 12% to 30% of them
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action 12-2 Salary and Benefits Planning Sheet (Outcome 2) Contact two employers in your field to learn about the salary ranges and benefits they offer for the type of job you are seeking. Ask the following questions. Does this position have a fixed salary or a salary range? 1. Yes‚ it has a salary range. 2. Yes‚ it has a salary range. If the salary is fixed‚ would you tell me the amount? If the salary is in a range‚ would you tell me the range? 1. The salary range is 45K – 55K 2. The salary range is
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When it comes to the work environment‚ a wage gap between men and women is one of the clear aspects to show gender discrimination. If we sum up the amount of time each person works during a day‚ including inside and outside the home‚ women tend to work more hours than men. Even so‚ the wages women receive are much less than men. Women scholars have made extensive studies about the role of women in society and what affects them in participation into the labor force. In term of work competency‚ there
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The Administration for Children and Families By Jasmine Reyes The Administration for Children and Families (AFC) is a federal funding state‚ and organization to provide family assistance such as welfare‚ child support‚ and child welfare. The service is provided by the state and county. The AFC help families try and build a strong‚ healthy‚ and supportive attitude towards life and the development of children. The AFC makes sure children are protected from abuse and neglect and those children
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The Federal Agency I am choosing is Food and Drug Administration or FDA for short. The FDA is a Federal Agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. This Federal Agency is part of the Executive Departments. This Administration was founded on June 30‚ 1906 and the founders were Theodore Roosevelt and Harvey Washington Wiley. Some of the Subsidiaries are Center for Drug Evaluation and Research‚Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition‚ and National Center for Toxicological
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. PRODUCTIVITY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION The issue of productivity management sometimes referred to as performance management is an area of great concern to public mangers. There are several strategies that can be used in public management but the selection and use of the most suitable one depends on the situation and the manager involved. Managers in the public sector are usually confronted with complex problems that require strategy thinking in order to find the most suitable way forward
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United States‚” especially with regards to women and wage discrimination. The practice of paying men more than women for the same job‚ because men had to provide for their families‚ was once accepted in the world of business‚ but is now illegal due to the Equal Pay Act of 1963. However‚ even today women continue to earn substantially less money than men in comparable positions. The statistics suggest that women have made progress in closing the wage gap as of late‚ but those numbers can be somewhat
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Bank should not interfere in determining salaries of commercial banks’ Chief Executive Officers. Market forces such as demand and supply for banks’ CEOs should be allowed to determine banks’ CEOs’ salary. The issue of capping executives’ compensation emerged after the global financial crisis beginning mid-2008.Monetary Policy for the FY 2010-11 provided for making necessary arrangement by NRB to standardize and maintain transparency in respect of salary and benefits of Directors‚ CEO and top level
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