Raising the minimum wage has positive impacts, such as bringing people out of poverty and increasing income for individuals and families. However, increasing the minimum wage can also lead to increased unemployment, depending on the wage increase, because employers may seek alternatives, such as tech...
Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act, passed in 1938, allows employers to pay disabled workers less than the federal minimum wage in places called “sheltered workshops”—even as low as 25 cents an hour. Section 14(c) was initially created under the guise of helping disabled vet...
The FMW which features minimum wage increase and the next two annual increases have a significant impact on the amount exempt from garnishment since it reduced withholding. However, the new minimum wage does not affect garnishments for child or spousal support, federal tax levies, and bankruptcy ...
People often use the phrases inflation and cost of living as if they were synonymous. However, they are not, although they're closely related. Inflationis the big picture. As the cost of goods and services rises, the buying power of the dollar falls. The inflation rate is often measured ...
Harrison, C., Taren, D. How poverty affects diet to shape the microbiota and chronic disease.Nat Rev Immunol18, 279–287 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nri.2017.121 Download citation Published07 November 2017 Issue DateApril 2018
today’s largest global companies are digital mega-corporations with enormous profits but only a small number of direct employees. The platforms created by these tech giants allow millions of people all over the world to get paid for performing tasks in the so-called “gig economy”. However, ...
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At one level down from federal regulation, which only affects water that travels between states, there is state regulation of the industry. Many states have bottled water regulations that are stricter than the FDA's, requiring bottled water companies to obtain a yearly license and submit to regul...
People are considered employed if they did any work for pay or profit during the survey week. People are also counted as employed if they have a job at which they did not work during the survey week, for reasons such as being on vacation, falling ill, doing some personal work, etc. ...
A second factor that affects wage rate changes is the rate of change in unemployment. If the economy is booming, employers will bid more vigorously for workers—which means that demand for labor is increasing at a fast pace—than they would if the demand for labor were either not increasing...