The Gender Pay Gap is Largely because of Motherhood and the Gender Pay Gap Articles on Gender Income Inequality Gender income inequality is a comparison of a gap of household income, expressed as a measurement of the distribution of income between sexes. Universally, including the United States of America, working class females witness more poverty compared to their male opponents because of the unfair income distribution in the workforce among genders. Despite concerns and efforts for equality in
Proposed Changes Regarding Tip-Sharing Both the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and New York law set out wage requirements for employees. Specific rules govern employees who earn tips since the nature of how they are paid is so different than traditional hourly employees—specifically, the rules regarding tip-pooling, which is the practice of the employer requiring tipped employees to pool and share their tips. The Department of Labor (DOL) recently proposed new changes to the tip-sharing
Throughout the history of the world, discrimination in all forms has been a constant battle. The issues of different race, gender, religion, beliefs, appearance, or anything else that makes one person different from another, it is to this day an ongoing controversy. One significant discrimination problem takes place in the work place. Even though, women social status has greatly improved, we still see inequality within the workforce. Today with women receiving the same and equal training and education
The minimum wage is the smallest amount of payment an employee must receive for work. Minimum wages are often determined by Government legislation. In 2007, the minimum wage was $5.15, in 2008; the minimum wage increased to $5.85, then in 2009, the minimum wage increased to $6.25, and later in 2009, the minimum wage increased to $7.25, which is the current wage today. The minimum wage should increase because the minimum wage has not kept up with inflation, people cannot live off these low wages
Addressing the Richard Grasso case, one should take into consideration that the case is not only about whether or not it is ethical to receive a large compensation, but it is also about an individual who invested many years of his life in the company and put beyond money at risk everyday through days that demanded his decision making and risk taking. This paper strives to be of an objective point of view regarding this case, addressing all angles of the case whether in Grasso’s favor or the labor’s
Minimum wage is the legally lowest wage permitted by law, a common wealth distribution law ensuring all citizens meets the basic standards of living. Since the minimum wage often goes hand in hand with issues of employment and poverty, it’s a topic attracting considerable interest. Different provinces throughout Indonesia has different minimum wages, established with the formula which requires the minimal wage to be adjusted based on accumulation of inflation rate and figures of national economic
As garment industry is a leading sector in Bangladesh economy and labor conflict is a burning issue at present, a good number of books, reports, articles and publications of different organizations are available. In course of conducting this project, a number of literatures in this regard have been reviewed. Siddiqi (2004) in his book ‘The Readymade Garment Industry of Bangladesh’ discusses the importance of RMG industry in the national economy and notes, the RMG industry has become so important
The 1990s witnessed a shift in executive compensation from cash payments to stock-based compensation (including in the form of stock options). This created perverse incentives to company managers as it enabled them to boost the short- term stock performance of the company and then encash the options at a high price.39 As Professor Gordon notes: ―Boards had simply failed to appreciate and protect against some of the moral hazards that stock- based compensation created, in particular, the special temptations
According to a comparative study by Balaba (2007) on international pension systems, the best practices of an effective pension fund system should be centered around attributes of good governance, transparency, social responsibility, and accountability. Among the aforementioned characteristics, accountability, or the lack thereof in the system, illustrates that the system is not adapting to the currents needs and current trends of the system. Accountability pertains to ensuring that the governance
Women should be paid the same amount as men, especially in the corporate world along with having access to equal health benefits and compensation packages. We live in a world where women and men are not paid equally. Women have been striving to end the pay gap for decades, but have yet to do so. Researchers have evaluated that it will take until 2059 for pay parity to be declared. For women reading this article, imagine having to wait 44 more years until having the opportunity to gain access to