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| | Minimum wage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The costs and benefits arising from minimum wages are subject to considerable disagreement among economists, though the consensus among economics textbooks is that minimum wage laws should be avoided whenever possible as the costs exceed the benefits. | | | Increasing the price of goods and services, since employers may be able to pass on wage costs in the form of higher prices, which means that minimum wage may decrease the purchasing power of workers, which may also result in the exploitation of the consumer. | | | The traditional view that minimum wages have significant negative effects on employment is straightforward if one assumes that labor markets for low-skill workers can be characterized as fitting the model of a perfectly competitive market, where the only role of wages is as a cost. |
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| | Minimum Wage -- It Just Doesn't Add Up |
| | The federal minimum wage, first enacted in 1938, was meant to put a firm floor under workers and their families, strengthen the depressed economy by increasing consumer purchasing power, create new jobs to meet rising demand and stop a "race to the bottom" of employers moving to cheaper labor states. | | | The minimum wage would be $13.02 if had kept pace with domestic profits and $20.46 if it had risen with retail profits. | | | After the last minimum wage increases in 1996-97, the economy boomed with extraordinarily high growth, low inflation, low unemployment and declining poverty rates--until the Federal Reserve purposefully slowed economic growth by raising interest rates, a mistaken course it has since reversed. |
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| | Oregon Minimum Wage Increases Boost Welfare-to-Work Efforts - Report -5/29/98 |
| | If the minimum wage increase had adversely affected employment opportunities for low-wage workers, it is likely that the growth rate in retail trade employment would have fallen by a greater margin than the fall in the overall employment growth rate. | | | One of the major concerns raised about raising the minimum wage is that it can reduce employment prospects for low-skilled workers, under the assumption that some employers reduce the number of employees or the hours they work to offset the increase in wage costs per employee. | | | The simulation also estimated that when the minimum wage increase enacted in 1996 was fully implemented, i.e, when the state's minimum wage reaches $6.50 an hour in 1999, retail employment will be about three percent lower than it would have been if the minimum wage had not been increased. |
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| | The Minimum Wage: Washingtons Perennial Myth |
| | If wages were not fixed at a certain minimum, those who were discriminated against could compensate by offering their labor at a cheaper price. | | | Wage rates can also be improved if employers increase their investment in future production. | | | As long as union members earn wages above the minimum rate, their positions are made more secure by the government policy that eliminates those who might undercut the union wage. |
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| | The Sin of Wages - The real reason to oppose the minimum wage. By Steven E. Landsburg |
| | The economic logic of a livable minimum wage seems be very similar to the economic logic of a tax cut and rests on the assumption that the more money available to consumers (through higher wages or tax refund checks) the more consumers will spend. | | | The minimum wage is nothing but a huge off-the-books tax paid by a small group of people, with all the proceeds paid out as the equivalent of welfare to a different small group of people. | | | The minimum wage guarantees benefits to the working poor without requiring government employees to process claims at taxpayer expense. |
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| | New Rules Project - Equity - Living Wage |
| | Generally, these laws require that businesses that have contracts with the city provide a specified wage and benefits package that is higher than the federal minimum (one city, Santa Fe, New Mexico, has gone further, adopting a minimum wage for all businesses with more than 25 employees). | | | Approved in March 1998, this ordinance requires companies or non-profits that enter into service contracts with the city worth at least $25,000 or benefit from at least $100,000 in city subsidies in a year to pay workers a minimum of $9.25 an hour ($8.00 if the firm provides health benefits). | | | In March, 1997 the city council unanimously passed a living wage policy requiring businesses benefiting from $100,000 or more in city assistance in one year to pay employees a living wage. |
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| | Federal Minimum Wage Facts from G.Neil |
| | Like federal minimum wage, it is also mandatory to post these state minimum wage requirements. | | | When non-exempt employees are paid in other ways, such as salary, commission, or a piece-rate basis, their pay must generate an hourly rate of at least the federal minimum wage when divided by the total hours worked in the workweek. | | | The federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). |
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| | minimum wage - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about minimum wage |
| | A major provision of the act was establishment of a minimum wage, initially $0. | | | The term in a broad sense refers to what is received in any way for labor, but wages usually refer to payments to workers who are paid by the hour, in contrast to a salary, which implies a more fixed and permanent form of income (e. | | | The goal in establishing minimum wages has been to assure wage earners a standard of living above the lowest permitted by health and decency. |
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| | RW - Living Wage |
| | While none of these forecasts have come to pass when the minimum wage was increased in the past, the business lobby nonetheless remains a powerful obstacle to raising the wage floor to a decent level. | | | When people are paid enough to support their families, they pay more taxes and buy more goods and services in the local economy, stimulating growth of neighborhood economies. | | | Many business people, investors, and other Americans hold a different view, understanding that paying employees a living wage is good business - creating stronger communities and better customers. |
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| | Minimum wage hike=The Hill.com= |
| | He added that it would be “unfortunate” if Senate GOP leaders seek to include industry sweeteners such as additional tax cuts in their minimum wage bill. | | | Lobbyists say that Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is spearheading the GOP alternative bill on the minimum wage. | | | A GOP-controlled Congress raised the minimum wage in 1996 after then-President Bill Clinton lobbied heavily for it. |
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| | Sense and Nonsense on the Minimum Wage |
| | The relative increase in wages of low-wage labor, together with the concentration at the applicable minimums, implies that there is substantial compliance with the wage laws and—what amounts to the same thing—a substantial increase in the cost of employing those who would otherwise earn less than the minimum. | | | Among those who would earn less than the minimum without the legislation, those with wages closest to the wage floor are the ones whose continued employment will cost employers the least, and they will be most likely to keep their jobs. | | | The reduction in employment that results from increases in the minimum wage, which is concentrated among those workers with the fewest skills, is the cruel "dark side" of such legislation. |
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| | Townhall.com :: Columns :: Minimum wage realities by Bruce Bartlett - Jun 29, 2004 |
| | The minimum wage is like a tax on small businesses that reduces their ability to hire and raise wages. | | | I've always thought that the minimum wage was perfect liberal economics, in the sense that it perfectly encapsulates the liberal philosophy. | | | Their solution: pass a law requiring those wages to be increased. |
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| | Making a Living: How the living wage movement prevailed, by Jared Bernstein |
| | Second, research on both contracting and wage mandates suggests that most contractors will be able to absorb the increase in labor costs by some combination of lower profits and efficiency gains. | | | Thus, what little evidence there is shows that living wage ordinances have neither resulted in higher contract costs nor increased taxes at the local level. | | | In 1998, the city of San Jose passed an ordinance requiring service contractors (with contracts of at least $20,000) to pay a living wage of $9.50 an hour with health benefits, or $10.75 if the company does not provide benefits. |
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| | billingsgazette.com |
| | While Democrats sought only an increase in the minimum wage with their proposal, Republicans expanded theirs to include business regulatory relief as well as tax breaks totaling $4.2 billion, most of it directed toward the restaurant industry. | | | These include an option for employees to work up to 80 hours over two weeks without qualifying for overtime pay; a provision restricting the ability of states to raise the minimum wage for restaurant employees; and waiving wage and overtime rules for workers in some small businesses now covered. | | | "I have not had any ideological problem with the minimum wage," Santorum responded, adding he voted for the last increase to clear Congress, in 1996. |
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| | Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers: 2003 |
| | 2 It should be noted that the presence of a sizable number of workers with reported wages below the minimum does not necessarily indicate violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as there are exemptions to the minimum wage provisions of the law. | | | Some States have minimum wage laws establishing minimum wage standards that exceed the Federal level of $5.15 per hour. | | | As such, the actual number of workers with earnings at or below the prevailing minimum is undoubtedly understated. |
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| | Minimum Wage |
| | Employment Policies Institute: An anti-minimum wage organization, the Employment Policies Institute is a non-profit research organization dedicated to studying public policy issues surrounding employment growth. | | | The minimum wage was first enacted in 1938 as part of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). | | | Opponents include conservative organizations and the business community, especially small businesses and retailers, who argue that increasing the minimum wage will simply increase unemployment, as small businesses who pay such wages are forced to make layoffs. |
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| | Wage - definition of Wage in Encyclopedia |
| | A wage is the amount of money paid for some specified quantity of labour. | | | Several countries have enacted a statutory minimum wage rate in an attempt to prevent the exploitation of low-paid workers. | | | It is often the main monetary item upon which the worker and the employer focus when negotiating an employment contract. |
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| | :: Society :: Issues :: Labor :: Minimum Wage |
| | Minimum Wage Escalation - Examines legislation that would automatically escalate the minimum wage based on earnings elsewhere in the economy. | | | Coup 4 JIP - Promotes making minimum wage a living wage and limiting income and wealth through voluntary ethical and moral choices to reduce selfishness and to protect people and planet from greed corruption. | | | Minimum Wage Issue Guide - Economic Policy Institute guide on the benefits of the minimum wage and effects of an increase, FAQ, and database of related news articles. |
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| | Living Wage - Progressive Maryland |
| | The Living Wage bill passed the General Assembly by large margins but was vetoed by Governor Bob Ehrlich following the 2004 Session. | | | But on the more conservative Eastern Shore, voters also support the bill by a wide 66% -- 25% margin. | | | "As a taxpayer, I don't want my money supporting poverty wages and while the governor may not see the value of this, every taxpayer will." |
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| | Minimum Wage Causes Maximum Pain [Mackinac Center for Public Policy] |
| | Now is a good time to reexamine the origins of this important law and its impact on the job market. | | | They said that people whose skills and experience were worth less than whatever Congress decreed as the minimum wage would be priced out of the labor market. | | | The Employment Policies Institute calculates that the real job loss was closer to 128,000. |
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| | The Ugly Truth About the Minimum Wage Law |
| | Just as a worker will only offer his labor time for a wage he finds beneficial, so an employer will only be willing to pay workers a wage that permits him to earn a profit. | | | A jump from the current $4.25 to the intended $5.15 is a 21 percent increase, amounting to over 200,000 newly unemployed. | | | So politicians and special interests can posture as the saviors of these low- income people while actually destroying their prospects for attaining upward mobility. |
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| | FedWorld Davis Bacon Act Wage Determination Decisions Home Page |
| | Passwords not changed within 30 days will be expired, and users will be required to contact the help desk to reset their password. | | | It is a collaborative effort of the Office of Management and Budget, Department of Labor, Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Department of Energy, and Department of Commerce. | | | NTIS subscribers to Davis-Bacon and/or Service Contract Database online products will be given individual notices of this, and customers will receive a prorated refund of the amount remaining on their subscription. |
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| | F.2 What do "anarcho"-capitalists mean by "freedom"? |
| | are full of hope both as a protest against the wage system, and as an affirmation of reciprocity" and that their importance lies "in their denial of the rule of capitalists, money lenders and governments." [The General Idea of the Revolution, pp. | | | In a fully developed capitalist economy the vast majority have the "option" of selling their labour or starving/living in poverty -- self-employed workers account for less than 10% of the working population. | | | Similarly, just because we have a choice between employers does not make wage labour any less unjust or unfree. |
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| | Wage and price controls - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education |
| | America's most controversial peacetime experiment with an incomes policy was during the period 1971—74, when inflation was fueled by the costs of the Vietnam War, the 1973 oil embargo, and the later quadrupling in the world price of oil by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). | | | economic policy measure in which the government places a ceiling on wages and prices to curb inflation. | | | Wage and price controls during peacetime have yielded minor gains at best in the United States; in postwar Western Europe, incomes policies have been more frequently used. |
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| | Prevailing Wage -- 1164 |
| | Print or request forms for wage claims, complaints, certified public payroll records, intent and affidavit and other prevailing wage forms. | | | Find out about scheduled meetings of the Prevailing Wage Advisory Committee and read the minutes of previous meetings. | | | In awarding a contract, public agencies need to determine whether the contract involves "public work" and communicate this to employers in bid specifications and contracts. |
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| | Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations |
| | The Annual Publication of the new 2003 wage decisions will be in June 2003. | | | It is the responsibility of the federal agency that funds or financially assists Davis-Bacon covered construction projects to ensure that the proper Davis-Bacon wage determination(s) is/are applied to such construction contracts(s). | | | The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor determines prevailing wage rates to be paid on federally funded or assisted construction projects. |
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| | California Minimum Wage |
| | Although some employees may desire to work for less than the minimum wage in order to secure employment, any agreement to work for less than the minimum wage is against public policy and is void. | | | Even if such an agreement exists, the employer must pay the employee the required minimum wage. | | | Employers in California are subject to both federal and state minimum wage requirements. |
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| | LABOR LAW POSTERS WITH THE LOW PRICE GUARANTEE !!!! |
| | As experts at required state and federal labor law posters, we're certain you will not find a more cost effective or higher quality solution to required federal and state labor law poster compliance than the products and services offered on this web site. | | | We will sell you minimum wage and labor law posters for at least five percent less than any legitimate competitive bid or posted Internet price on All-In-One Labor Law Poster™ look alike's! | | | To be in compliance with federal and state labor laws, your business must display all required labor law posters at each location. |
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| | Living Wage Issue Guide EPI |
| | Higher wages lead to more efficient service provision -- EPI Issue Guide | | | Choosing the High Road: Businesses That Pay a Living Wage and Prosper | | | Higher Wages Lead to More Efficient Service Provision -- The Impact of Living Wage Ordinances on the Public Contracting Process |
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| | Min wage - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Min wage |
| | Minimum level of pay for workers, usually set by government. | | | However, minimum wages are argued by some economists to cause unemployment because if wages were allowed to fall below the minimum wage level, some employers would be prepared to take on more workers. | | | The UK government in June 1998 announced the level of the national minimum wage at £3.60 an hour for those aged 22 and over, which increased to £4.10 in October 2001. |
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| | WAGE - Welcome to the WAGE website |
| | WAGE are producing a collection of information articles that will be of help to job seekers, employers and service providers. | | | The WAGE Online Information Service is a key resource providing information about education, training and employment opportunities available in Greater Glasgow. | | | You can also test your knowledge of Disability and Employment issues with the WAGE online quiz. |
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| | The Living Wage Resource Center: Introduction |
| | The ordinance also indexes the wage rate to the CPI-U with annual increases to be effective April each year, and mandates employees receive 12 paid days off. | | | A Living Wage Advisory Board will be set up to monitor the ordinance which takes effect 120 days after passage (passed 23 May 2005) and applies to all contracts new or renewed after that date. | | | In addition, we have led coalitions to win statewide minimum wage increases in five states - including the huge 71% ballot victory in Florida in November 2004 - which delivered a raise to an estimated 850,000 workers. |
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| | WAGE 1200 AM in Leesburg, VA -- News, Sports ... |
| | The County Board looks to cut the allowance for their partners in education. | | | WAGE Coverage Map I Advertising Plans I Testimonials | | | On that same day, we had a customer come in who heard us on WAGE Radio, and opened up an account." |
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| | living wage - definition of living wage by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | pay, remuneration, salary, wage, earnings - something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings" | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | A wage sufficient to provide minimally satisfactory living conditions. |
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| | Austin Living Wage Coalition Home Page |
| | As we continue with an incremental approach, our next goal is passage of a local ordinance to require that recipients of city contracts or other assistance pay a Living Wage to their employees. | | | Toward this end we are engaged in direct action, education, coalition building, public advocacy, and legislative efforts. | | | Please help us secure basic economic justice for all Austinites. |
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| | Pay Equity and Women's Wage Gaps by Dr. Hilary Lips |
| | Gender Wage Gap- World Wide Gender Gap Rankings of 58 Countries Pay Equity and Women's Wage Gaps | | | She first presented lectures on women's wage gaps, and related issues, in a series of addresses at a number of universities in New Zealand; for an example of these lectures, click on, Women, Education and Economic Participation. | | | Wage Gaps Unaffected by Education for Women and Men of Similary Educational Attainment, |
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| | EDC Page Not Found |
| | The Online Wage Library and Visa Disclosure Databases are being updated for 2005 and many pages have changed to new locations: | | | If you have JavaScript enabled on your browser, you will be tranferred to the main page in five seconds, or you may click http://www.flcdatacenter.com. | | | Please e-mail gray@utah.gov if you have any problems with the new location. |
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| | Foreign Labor Certification |
| | The Foreign Labor Certification Data Center is the location of the Online Wage Library for prevailing wage determinations, and the disclosure databases for the temporary and permanent programs. | | | To access our databases or downloadable files click one of the links below. | | | Have you ever wondered how to determine the right skill level, what happend to that occupation you used to use but can't find now, or why the wages for barristas went up 20 percent in Laramie, Wyoming but went down 20 percent in Denver? |
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| | Living Wage |
| | These laws set higher minimum wages for the employees of companies benefiting from public contracts, subsidies, or actions, and in some cases also for direct government employees. | | | ACORN is also working to pass across-the-board minimum-wage increases at the local, state, and federal levels. | | | ACORN is campaigning at the local and state levels to pass living-wage laws. |
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| | National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39) |
| | Workers to be paid at least the national minimum wage. | | | Employer to provide worker with national minimum wage statement. | | | Relationship of this Act and agricultural wages legislation. |
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| | Wage Hour Division |
| | It is the mission of the Wage and Hour Division to provide public service through the fair, effective, and efficient administration of laws which protect the wages and fringe benefits of Michigan's workers and provide for the safe and legal employment of minors. | | | Browsers that can not handle javascript will not be able to access some features of this site. | | | Forms, brochures and other documents on the Wage & Hour Division's site are stored as PDF (Portable Document Format) files. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports George Monbiot: Wage peace, not war |
| | Deputies are dispatched on half-hearted missions to ask the two governments to negotiate, but no one is proposing the measures necessary to prevent what could become the most lethal conflict since the second world war. | | | Preventing two nations from vaporising each other's civilians is a moral luxury, rather less pressing than the jubilee tea parties or the next visit by the Indian cricket team. | | | In waging war, Bush and Blair were tumid with moral leadership and purpose. |
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| | London Citizens |
| | Following months of campaigning from London Citizens, the Living Wage has been written into procurement principles for the London Olympics along with other ethical guarantees on housing and local jobs. | | | Over 1800 London Citizens members from across the capital put forward the People’s Agenda to the mayoral candidates. | | | Our vision is of a city and country where everyone in work is paid enough to provide adequately for themselves and their family. |
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| | Vermont Livable Wage Campaign |
| | CALL committee members today and urge them to support an increase! | | | Senate Committee Hears Testimony on Increasing the VT Tipped Minimum Wage! | | | Because of the need for a variety of strategies to address systemic economic problems, we work in collaboration with several organizations, faith communities, unions, non-profits, and individual Vermonters. |
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| | definition of wage |
| | That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. | | | That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage. | | | To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to. |
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| | Wage Determinations Online |
| | This website provides a single location for federal contracting officers to use in obtaining appropriate Service Contract Act (SCA) and Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) wage determinations (WDs) for each official contract action. |
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| | NPR : Profiles of Low-Wage America |
| | At those wage levels, many people have trouble affording the basics -- housing, food, clothing, transportation and health care. | | | In America, it is possible to work full time but not make a living -- more than 20 million U.S. workers earn less than $9 an hour. |
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