Laws and Wages
Legislation and Wages: An Intricate Dance, but Who's Leading?
Government and employment have always had and will necessarily continue to have a complex and mutually influential relationship, not least in the area of wages. What people are able to earn has always been a pressing issue in any capitalist system, and can influence the formation and the actions of government in numerous direct and indirect ways. In the other direction, legislation enacted by the government can both directly impact employees' wages and have indirect impacts through the changing of burdens that employers must contend with in compensating employees and operating their businesses. This paper briefly examines the relationship between government and wages, and specifically between legislation and employers' abilities to pay wages and utilize wages as an effective workforce motivator and stabilizer. This examination shows that good intentions can sometimes have questionable results, even when the ethical goods they serve are unquestionably warranted.
Minimum Wage, Equal Pay, and Complications for Business
The twentieth century saw the rise of the labor movement and the rise of labor laws, though many of the most relevant pieces of legislation were not passed until the latter decades of the previous century. The Lily Ledbetter Act, which made the wage gap between male and female employees more easily addressable through the courts, was not passed until 2009; until then, suits for wage discrimination based on gender had to be filed within 180 days of the pay-scale decision rather than from the date of the discriminatory paycheck -- a view which four members of the Supreme Court vehemently disagreed with in 2007 but which five members upheld in Lily Ledbetter's case against Goodyear (Cornell, 2007). This case shows the good that wage legislation can accomplish, as the Lily...
Legislation Pertaining to Foreign Nurses Practicing in the United States Discuss the process that this legislation will go through, referencing the steps to the legislative and administrative process The Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2001 (S 1259 and HR 2705) dramatically expanded the existing H-1C temporary nursing visa program established in 1999. Before, there were only three ways that foreign-educated nurses could get permission to enter the United States to
Legislation of Foreign Nurses Practicing in the United States The United States Health Care system is undergoing a major crisis of nurse-staffing shortage. A survey conducted by the American Hospital Association -- AHA of 715 hospitals performed during spring 2001 showed that a vacancy of 126,000 positions of registered nurses prevails through out the nation. The International Council of Nurses -- ICN, a federation of 125 nursing organizations indicated it to
Gun Control Legislation The Gun Control Debate & Gun Control Legislation With reference to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the right to the lawful possession of firearms to private citizens as well as with reference to law & economic journals, the paper will explore the gun control debate and the network of related issues. People who are not in favor of the use of guns and favor austere gun control legislation often
laws that affect business, pertaining to the issues of employment, health and safety, unions, discrimination, privacy and job security. These laws guide how businesses should conduct themselves in the human resources function, setting constraints on employer behavior. This paper will outline a number of these laws with respect to how they affect the employer. Employment and Discrimination There are several laws that fall into the category of civil rights laws. The
Add to this confusion the growing prevalence of telecommuters and the issues of the FLSA become even more complicated. Of course some telecommuting positions fall into the exempt category, and therefore are not subject to overtime pay, however some do. Due to the freedom to engage in 'private pursuits', employers may monitor when a virtual employee logs onto his or her computer and may require that he or she get
In order to fully safeguard the country's borders, it is necessary to take into account that criminals tend to develop as fast as new technology can be implemented. Hence it is important to improve methods for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, analysis and training, and support efforts to deter not only illegal aliens, but also the substances some of them bring into the country. On the other hand, it is also
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