Employment Legislation

From quitting school and getting paid a minimum of 25¢ to continuing school and getting paid a minimum of $4.25. During the Industrial Revolution, children would seek work in order to provide for their families and leave school doing so. History.com claims that “In 1900, 18 percent of all American workers were under the age of 16.” Many employers would hire children because they were easier to manage and ultimately could be paid less than adults. Today there are many restrictions on child labor that provide a safe work environment and rights for the youth. Labor conditions have changed since the Industrial Revolution thanks to reform movements and have paved the way for the safer modern day conditions.

The development rate for 18-21 year olds increased to £4.83 an hour from £4.77 an hour. An increase of 1.3%

Thanks to the Every Child Matters and the Childcare Act 2006 all 3 and 4 years olds in England receive free part-time (12 ½ per week) for 38 weeks a year. This is government funded and the idea is for all children to have 2 years of free education before they even start school.

My pay is £433 a month which is paid Into my bank account in or around the 23rd of each month. I am also entitled to £150 bonus every 3 months; this is given to each staff member if they haven’t had a sick day or

All 50 states have their own minimum wages and make their own laws on how much they want to pay an employee. “There are 2 states than have a minimum wage set lower than the federal minimum wage. There are 29 states plus the District of Columbia with minimum wage rates set higher than the federal minimum wage. There are 14 states that have a minimum wage requirement that is the same as the federal minimum wage requirement. The remaining 5 states do not have an established minimum wage requirement.” (WHD, 2017). In the state of Minnesota there are two different minimum wages. The minimum wage for small employers (Enterprise with annual receipts

The National Minimum Wage is based on the amount an individual gets per hour, dependent on age and whether an individual is an apprentice or not. The majority of individuals are entitled to this by law however there are some individuals that are exempt from this, these are if the individual is self employed, company directors, volunteers or family members of the employer that are living in the same household (Gov.uk, 2016).

In United States the minimum wage is been set by a network of federal, state, and local laws. Workers are generally been paid no less than the statutory minimum wage as specified by the government. As of July 2009, the federal government officially ordered a nationwide minimum wage level of $7.25 per hour. The federal minimum wage was at its highest at 10 dollars in 1968, as measured in 2014. Since then there were controversial debates over the

National Minimum Wage, introduced by the Labour Party as part of the Maastrict Treaty 1992. The treaty had requirements for there to be a minimum standard of living for all citizens. The National Minimum Wage met this requirement. Is was highly criticised before being introduced , but did not have the negative impact on business as was suspected. This was partly due to the level being set fairly low upon introduction. There are set rates within 3 bandings according to age.

over which as of 2013 was £6.31. Thus adding £1.34 and £2.49, respectively, per hour

Labour have proposed to increase the minimum wage to £8 per hour by 2020, to bring in a 10 pence tax starting rate and tax incentives for firms to

“The adult rate will increase by 20 pence to £6.70 per hour” “The rate for 18-20 year olds will increase by 17 pence to £5.30 per hour” (Gov, 2015).

A joint investigation was carried out by ABC’s Four Corners and Business Day and the investigation revealed that the employers were in fact underpaid. They were paid $10 per hour and made to work extra hours. The employees were also made to work extra-long hours and usually did the job for two people. They were not paid for the extra hours and working double. Moreover, they were also not paid penalty for working on Saturday, Sunday and public

Minimum wage legislation allows government to set a sensible legal minimum compensation for the work done by employees that firms must pay as employers. Meaning high wages for workers with low marginal productivities and equilibrium wages. In the fast food industry, “Comparisons of grouped and individual state data confirm that the rise in the minimum wage raised average teenage wages, where “there is no evidence that the rise in the minimum wage significantly lowered teenage employment rates." (Card, p.36) Demonstrating appropriateness of increased minimum wage, as young workers often receiving minimum wage as part of their job training and apprenticeships.

Minimum age should be 21 and Maximum age 60 years in case of Self Employed individual

pay per time period that he works (e.g. £5 per hour, £50 per day, £400