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Topic: Minimum Wage

Related:
  Wage and Hour    Living Wage  
  Wage and Salary    Minimum Wage Law  
  Federal Minimum Wage    Wage Garnishment  
  Wage    California Minimum Wage  
  Prevailing Wage    Alternative Minimum Tax  
  Required Minimum Distributions  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Henry Ford
Bad point(s):Greedy
Politics:Capitalist,  Democrat,  Socialist
Dream job(s):CEO
Favorite era(s):1930s
Favorite activity(s):Working
Favorite great leader(s):Robert Owen
Interest(s):Economics
Likes to wear:Nike
Ultimate fantasy(s):Getting off welfare,  Finding a job,  Bankruptcy
Favorite philosopher(s):Adam Smith
Membership(s):Trade union
Favorite quote(s):"Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity." - Irving Kristol
"Any man who is under 30 , and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains." - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
 
 
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John Fielding,
CEO

Unions are stepping up their push for an increase in minimum award wages after an explosion in the pay packets of top company CEOs last year.
Hopefully, the overall effect on wages would be ameliorated by tax cuts and upward pressure on wages from increased productivity and a higher minimum wage.
Minimum wage and comparable worth legislation have the effect of shutting new workers out of the economy, since the cost to employers is higher than the market can bear.
Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor

Maquila wages are four times the Mexican minimum wage, so the maquilas continue to attract Mexican workers.
Scale wages are the minimum wages agreed to between the employer and the union in a collective bargaining agreement.
T he minimum amount of wages is determined according to types of occupation and district for the purpose of stabilizing workers' livelihood.
Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

Equity negotiates minimum wages and working conditions, administers contracts, and enforces the provisions of its various agreements with theatrical employers.
4 The minimum wages or higher wages for various categories of employment can be notified under the Minimum Wages Act or through the State Govt.
Wages under JGSY will either be the minimum wages notified by the States or higher wages fixed by States through the procedure prescribed by the State Governments.
Craig Leveaux,
Blogger

For example, we fail to notice that when minimum wages go up in a particular region of the country, welfare payments increase to the newly unemployed.
Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate

Minimum wages have not kept pace with inflation, women and children are by far the largest groups effected by welfare cuts and by the erosion of income.
Related issues of government intervention, minimum wages, and contrasts between rural and urban systems are examined.
 
 
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