ARTICLE J EMPLOYEE PAY SCHEDULE Employee starting pay for production labor position is 10 per hour Employees who successfully complete their 90 day probationary period and employee evaluation are eligible for a standard raise ($1.00). Employees who successfully completed their first year of service and employee evaluation shall become eligible for a standard raise ($1.00) after their anniversary date provided they have worked 1600 hours for that year. Employees who
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love to make hours at my job, and recieveing extra money does not hurt. I personally would not work just for six hours. People with diffrent jobs well not like this idea because it depends where you work at if you work where you are recieveing minimum wage. People would not like just to work for six hours each day, they might not have enough money to take care of what they need to take care of. They would
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Last year, the New York Department of Labor Wage Board voted to increase the minimum wage for tipped workers. Effective December 31st, 2015, the tipped minimum wage was increased from $5.00 an hour to $7.50 an hour. Local restaurants say this move by the labor board will cause them to lay off workers & increase prices. "I've been in business for 40 years on Market Street, and in these 40 years, this is as disappointing as I've ever been in New York state," said Mike Sorge, Owner of Sorge's
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(History Of Minimum Wage) President Franklin D. Roosevelt characterized the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), as “the most far-reaching, far-sighted program for the benefit of workers ever adopted in this or any other country.” A law drafted by Senator Hugo Black of Alabama and signed into law in June 1938, the FLSA was designed to “put a ceiling over hours and a floor under wages” by establishing an eventual maximum 40 weekly work hours. Henderson, David R. "Raising the Minimum Wage Will Not
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Your interpretation of this writing piece is very similar to mine in that we both acknowledge that most of us have heard of sweatshops, but we do not know what makes them so horrible. Most of us imagine a dirty factory, but Ravisankar reveals that there are many other terrors. You later mention that colleges try to buy apparel from companies that pay their employees fairly. Before reading this editorial I was not aware that most universities did this, and now I am curious as to whether or not this
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America is a novel that Barbara Ehrenreich wrote about her social experiment. She went undercover as a low-wage worker trying to live with the money she earns from work. There were rules that she have set for herself, however, she broke them throughout the experiment. If she had stuck to her rules throughout the experiment, then it could have gone a lot better and it would be more interesting. She would be able to fully experience how living in poverty would
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for food-industry workers. However, people are against this practice and wanting to get rid of it. Helping do so, an idea of a state minimum wage has appeared. Except, tipping has been a normal practice through history appreciating someone’s hard work. Except, a New York restraunt owner Danny Meyer wants to get rid of tipping. While the idea of a $15 minimum wage will replace tipping and give a better support for these workers. While, there’s also a huge complaint of sexual harassment claims from
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argues that working minimum wage jobs will make it difficult to sustain one’s basic needs. Ethos: Mentions how most of her family are minimum wage workers (miners, factory workers, warehouse worker) giving herself credibility of having knowledge of the lifestyles of impoverished workers. (p. 2). Also is shown credibility by having a Ph.D in Biology (p. 3). Pathos: Talks about her sister’s difficult life with various low-wage jobs and struggling with “the hopelessness of being a wage slave” (p. 2) Co-worker
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After reading about Barbara Ehrenreigh’s plight in Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, living as a low-wage worker is almost impossible, especially if issues are present that will impact work. For the amount of money earned, a bare bones lifestyle was extremely difficult to meet. Her standard of living, or “the level of wealth available to acquire material goods and comforts to maintain a particular socioeconomic style” (Griffiths et al., 2015, p. 202), decreased notably from her former
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Project: Minimum Wage There are many topics of debate that exist throughout the country. These topics encourage people to get involved in order to promote change. One particular issue of debate is the topic of minimum wage. Minimum wage is defined as the lowest amount that employers can legally pay their workers per hour of labor. It helps to eliminate sweatshops and it helps to guarantee that people are getting paid fairly for the amount of work that they are performing. In addition, minimum wage
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