Minimum Wage, Good or Bad?

Running head : MINIMUM WAGE

MINIMUM WAGE

GOOD OR BAD

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MINIMUM WAGE

GOOD OR BAD

Having a job had been a premiere concern for the people particularly when they have the strong desire to live . Nowadays , money seems to make the world go round . Without the valued piece of , we could not purchase the basic necessities in life such as food , clothing , shelter and education . Given this perspective , a person then would strive to earn

the valued . As this is the case , some people then would try to look for suitable jobs . A person doing so should then take into account the information about minimum wages

MINIMUM WAGE

Minimum wage is known to be an important cornerstone of Government strategy aimed at providing employees with decent minimum standards and fairness in the workplace ADDIN EN .CITE Natio nal Minimum Wage2007August 23 2007http /www .dti .g ov .uk /employment /pay /national-minimum-wage /index .htmlDepartment for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform "National Minimum Wage " 2007 ' It is in this case that minimum wages would be the basic pay that an employee would receive . I believe then that the minimum wage law is a clear indication then that the government is trying to adhere to the concept of justice and fairness . I see that the main purpose of the minimum wage law is to safeguard the working class from any abusive companies and the likes . This working people then are known to be workers ADDIN EN .CITE The Definition of a WorkerThe Minimum Wage and Therapeutic WorkThe Minimum Wage and Therapeutic Work2007A ugust 23 2004http /www .berr gov .uk /s /36956 .pdfDepartment of Trade and Industry "The Definition of a Worker " 2007 ) and the term employee would then be loosely used in this to pertain to workers . The question then is whether or not minimum wage is good for the people then my answer would certainly lead me to assert that it is good for the people

The concept of goodness or badness is not the issue here but I believe that the concept of bad and good would spring from the idea if whether or not minimum wage law is beneficial . After clarifying this point , my argument would then have to be lean towards proving the beneficence of minimum wage law particularly in the United States

Minimum wage is under the Wage and Hour Division . It was said that minimum wage is part of the labor laws that the United States of America has . It is dully under the Fair Labor Standards Act that employees should receive a minimum wage rate of 5 .85 per hour as of July 24 , 2007 ADDIN EN .CITE Gener al Information on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA )2007August 23 2007http /www .dol .g ov /esa /regs /compliance /whd /mwposter_PF .htmU .S . Department of Labor : Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division "General Information on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA...