Sample records for minimum wage increases

  1. Subjective well-being and minimum wages: Evidence from U.S. states.

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    Kuroki, Masanori

    2018-02-01

    This paper investigates whether increases in minimum wages are associated with higher life satisfaction by using monthly-level state minimum wages and individual-level data from the 2005-2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The magnitude I find suggests that a 10% increase in the minimum wage is associated with a 0.03-point increase in life satisfaction for workers without a high school diploma, on a 4-point scale. Contrary to popular belief that higher minimum wages hurt business owners, I find little evidence that higher minimum wages lead to the loss of well-being among self-employed people. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

  2. Rising above the Minimum Wage.

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    Even, William; Macpherson, David

    An in-depth analysis was made of how quickly most people move up the wage scale from minimum wage, what factors influence their progress, and how minimum wage increases affect wage growth above the minimum. Very few workers remain at the minimum wage over the long run, according to this study of data drawn from the 1977-78 May Current Population…

  3. The association of minimum wage change on child nutritional status in LMICs: A quasi-experimental multi-country study.

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    Ponce, Ninez; Shimkhada, Riti; Raub, Amy; Daoud, Adel; Nandi, Arijit; Richter, Linda; Heymann, Jody

    2017-08-02

    There is recognition that social protection policies such as raising the minimum wage can favourably impact health, but little evidence links minimum wage increases to child health outcomes. We used multi-year data (2003-2012) on national minimum wages linked to individual-level data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from 23 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that had least two DHS surveys to establish pre- and post-observation periods. Over a pre- and post-interval ranging from 4 to 8 years, we examined minimum wage growth and four nutritional status outcomes among children under 5 years: stunting, wasting, underweight, and anthropometric failure. Using a differences-in-differences framework with country and time-fixed effects, a 10% increase in minimum wage growth over time was associated with a 0.5 percentage point decline in stunting (-0.054, 95% CI (-0.084,-0.025)), and a 0.3 percentage point decline in failure (-0.031, 95% CI (-0.057,-0.005)). We did not observe statistically significant associations between minimum wage growth and underweight or wasting. We found similar results for the poorest households working in non-agricultural and non-professional jobs, where minimum wage growth may have the most leverage. Modest increases in minimum wage over a 4- to 8-year period might be effective in reducing child undernutrition in LMICs.

  4. Economic policy and the double burden of malnutrition: cross-national longitudinal analysis of minimum wage and women's underweight and obesity.

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    Conklin, Annalijn I; Ponce, Ninez A; Crespi, Catherine M; Frank, John; Nandi, Arijit; Heymann, Jody

    2018-04-01

    To examine changes in minimum wage associated with changes in women's weight status. Longitudinal study of legislated minimum wage levels (per month, purchasing power parity-adjusted, 2011 constant US dollar values) linked to anthropometric and sociodemographic data from multiple Demographic and Health Surveys (2000-2014). Separate multilevel models estimated associations of a $10 increase in monthly minimum wage with the rate of change in underweight and obesity, conditioning on individual and country confounders. Post-estimation analysis computed predicted mean probabilities of being underweight or obese associated with higher levels of minimum wage at study start and end. Twenty-four low-income countries. Adult non-pregnant women (n 150 796). Higher minimum wages were associated (OR; 95 % CI) with reduced underweight in women (0·986; 0·977, 0·995); a decrease that accelerated over time (P-interaction=0·025). Increasing minimum wage was associated with higher obesity (1·019; 1·008, 1·030), but did not alter the rate of increase in obesity prevalence (P-interaction=0·8). A $10 rise in monthly minimum wage was associated (prevalence difference; 95 % CI) with an average decrease of about 0·14 percentage points (-0·14; -0·23, -0·05) for underweight and an increase of about 0·1 percentage points (0·12; 0·04, 0·20) for obesity. The present longitudinal multi-country study showed that a $10 rise in monthly minimum wage significantly accelerated the decline in women's underweight prevalence, but had no association with the pace of growth in obesity prevalence. Thus, modest rises in minimum wage may be beneficial for addressing the protracted underweight problem in poor countries, especially South Asia and parts of Africa.

  5. Minimum Wage Increases and the Working Poor. Changing Domestic Priorities Discussion Paper.

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    Mincy, Ronald B.

    Most economists agree that the difficulties of targeting minimum wage increases to low-income families make such increases ineffective tools for reducing poverty. This paper provides estimates of the impact of minimum wage increases on the poverty gap and the number of poor families, and shows which factors are barriers to decreasing poverty…

  6. The Effect of Minimum Wages on Adolescent Fertility: A Nationwide Analysis.

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    Bullinger, Lindsey Rose

    2017-03-01

    To investigate the effect of minimum wage laws on adolescent birth rates in the United States. I used a difference-in-differences approach and vital statistics data measured quarterly at the state level from 2003 to 2014. All models included state covariates, state and quarter-year fixed effects, and state-specific quarter-year nonlinear time trends, which provided plausibly causal estimates of the effect of minimum wage on adolescent birth rates. A $1 increase in minimum wage reduces adolescent birth rates by about 2%. The effects are driven by non-Hispanic White and Hispanic adolescents. Nationwide, increasing minimum wages by $1 would likely result in roughly 5000 fewer adolescent births annually.

  7. Minimum Wages and the Economic Well-Being of Single Mothers

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    Sabia, Joseph J.

    2008-01-01

    Using pooled cross-sectional data from the 1992 to 2005 March Current Population Survey (CPS), this study examines the relationship between minimum wage increases and the economic well-being of single mothers. Estimation results show that minimum wage increases were ineffective at reducing poverty among single mothers. Most working single mothers…

  8. Do minimum wages improve early life health? Evidence from developing countries.

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    Majid, Muhammad Farhan; Mendoza Rodríguez, José M; Harper, Sam; Frank, John; Nandi, Arijit

    2016-06-01

    The impact of legislated minimum wages on the early-life health of children living in low and middle-income countries has not been examined. For our analyses, we used data from the Demographic and Household Surveys (DHS) from 57 countries conducted between 1999 and 2013. Our analyses focus on height-for-age z scores (HAZ) for children under 5 years of age who were surveyed as part of the DHS. To identify the causal effect of minimum wages, we utilized plausibly exogenous variation in the legislated minimum wages during each child's year of birth, the identifying assumption being that mothers do not time their births around changes in the minimum wage. As a sensitivity exercise, we also made within family comparisons (mother fixed effect models). Our final analysis on 49 countries reveal that a 1% increase in minimum wages was associated with 0.1% (95% CI = -0.2, 0) decrease in HAZ scores. Adverse effects of an increase in the minimum wage were observed among girls and for children of fathers who were less than 35 years old, mothers aged 20-29, parents who were married, parents who were less educated, and parents involved in manual work. We also explored heterogeneity by region and GDP per capita at baseline (1999). Adverse effects were concentrated in lower-income countries and were most pronounced in South Asia. By contrast, increases in the minimum wage improved children's HAZ in Latin America, and among children of parents working in a skilled sector. Our findings are inconsistent with the hypothesis that increases in the minimum wage unconditionally improve child health in lower-income countries, and highlight heterogeneity in the impact of minimum wages around the globe. Future work should involve country and occupation specific studies which can explore not only different outcomes such as infant mortality rates, but also explore the role of parental investments in shaping these effects. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  9. Minimum Wage Effects throughout the Wage Distribution

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    Neumark, David; Schweitzer, Mark; Wascher, William

    2004-01-01

    This paper provides evidence on a wide set of margins along which labor markets can adjust in response to increases in the minimum wage, including wages, hours, employment, and ultimately labor income. Not surprisingly, the evidence indicates that low-wage workers are most strongly affected, while higher-wage workers are little affected. Workers…

  10. Introduction of a National Minimum Wage Reduced Depressive Symptoms in Low-Wage Workers: A Quasi-Natural Experiment in the UK.

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    Reeves, Aaron; McKee, Martin; Mackenbach, Johan; Whitehead, Margaret; Stuckler, David

    2017-05-01

    Does increasing incomes improve health? In 1999, the UK government implemented minimum wage legislation, increasing hourly wages to at least £3.60. This policy experiment created intervention and control groups that can be used to assess the effects of increasing wages on health. Longitudinal data were taken from the British Household Panel Survey. We compared the health effects of higher wages on recipients of the minimum wage with otherwise similar persons who were likely unaffected because (1) their wages were between 100 and 110% of the eligibility threshold or (2) their firms did not increase wages to meet the threshold. We assessed the probability of mental ill health using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire. We also assessed changes in smoking, blood pressure, as well as hearing ability (control condition). The intervention group, whose wages rose above the minimum wage, experienced lower probability of mental ill health compared with both control group 1 and control group 2. This improvement represents 0.37 of a standard deviation, comparable with the effect of antidepressants (0.39 of a standard deviation) on depressive symptoms. The intervention group experienced no change in blood pressure, hearing ability, or smoking. Increasing wages significantly improves mental health by reducing financial strain in low-wage workers. © 2016 The Authors. Health Economics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. © 2016 The Authors. Health Economics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

  11. How Will Higher Minimum Wages Affect Family Life and Children's Well-Being?

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    Hill, Heather D; Romich, Jennifer

    2018-06-01

    In recent years, new national and regional minimum wage laws have been passed in the United States and other countries. The laws assume that benefits flow not only to workers but also to their children. Adolescent workers will most likely be affected directly given their concentration in low-paying jobs, but younger children may be affected indirectly by changes in parents' work conditions, family income, and the quality of nonparental child care. Research on minimum wages suggests modest and mixed economic effects: Decreases in employment can offset, partly or fully, wage increases, and modest reductions in poverty rates may fade over time. Few studies have examined the effects of minimum wage increases on the well-being of families, adults, and children. In this article, we use theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence concerning the effects on children of parental work and family income to suggest hypotheses about the effects of minimum wage increases on family life and children's well-being.

  12. The Effect of an Increased Minimum Wage on Infant Mortality and Birth Weight

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    Livingston, Melvin D.; Markowitz, Sara; Wagenaar, Alexander C.

    2016-01-01

    Objectives. To investigate the effects of state minimum wage laws on low birth weight and infant mortality in the United States. Methods. We estimated the effects of state-level minimum wage laws using a difference-in-differences approach on rates of low birth weight (< 2500 g) and postneonatal mortality (28–364 days) by state and month from 1980 through 2011. All models included state and year fixed effects as well as state-specific covariates. Results. Across all models, a dollar increase in the minimum wage above the federal level was associated with a 1% to 2% decrease in low birth weight births and a 4% decrease in postneonatal mortality. Conclusions. If all states in 2014 had increased their minimum wages by 1 dollar, there would likely have been 2790 fewer low birth weight births and 518 fewer postneonatal deaths for the year. PMID:27310355

  13. The Effect of an Increased Minimum Wage on Infant Mortality and Birth Weight.

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    Komro, Kelli A; Livingston, Melvin D; Markowitz, Sara; Wagenaar, Alexander C

    2016-08-01

    To investigate the effects of state minimum wage laws on low birth weight and infant mortality in the United States. We estimated the effects of state-level minimum wage laws using a difference-in-differences approach on rates of low birth weight (< 2500 g) and postneonatal mortality (28-364 days) by state and month from 1980 through 2011. All models included state and year fixed effects as well as state-specific covariates. Across all models, a dollar increase in the minimum wage above the federal level was associated with a 1% to 2% decrease in low birth weight births and a 4% decrease in postneonatal mortality. If all states in 2014 had increased their minimum wages by 1 dollar, there would likely have been 2790 fewer low birth weight births and 518 fewer postneonatal deaths for the year.

  14. The Minimum Wage and the Employment of Teenagers. Recent Research.

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    Fallick, Bruce; Currie, Janet

    A study used individual-level data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth to examine the effects of changes in the federal minimum wage on teenage employment. Individuals in the sample were classified as either likely or unlikely to be affected by these increases in the federal minimum wage on the basis of their wage rates and industry of…

  15. The impact of the UK National Minimum Wage on mental health.

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    Kronenberg, Christoph; Jacobs, Rowena; Zucchelli, Eugenio

    2017-12-01

    Despite an emerging literature, there is still sparse and mixed evidence on the wider societal benefits of Minimum Wage policies, including their effects on mental health. Furthermore, causal evidence on the relationship between earnings and mental health is limited. We focus on low-wage earners, who are at higher risk of psychological distress, and exploit the quasi-experiment provided by the introduction of the UK National Minimum Wage (NMW) to identify the causal impact of wage increases on mental health. We employ difference-in-differences models and find that the introduction of the UK NMW had no effect on mental health. Our estimates do not appear to support earlier findings which indicate that minimum wages affect mental health of low-wage earners. A series of robustness checks accounting for measurement error, as well as treatment and control group composition, confirm our main results. Overall, our findings suggest that policies aimed at improving the mental health of low-wage earners should either consider the non-wage characteristics of employment or potentially larger wage increases.

  16. State-level minimum wage and heart disease death rates in the United States, 1980-2015: A novel application of marginal structural modeling.

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    Van Dyke, Miriam E; Komro, Kelli A; Shah, Monica P; Livingston, Melvin D; Kramer, Michael R

    2018-07-01

    Despite substantial declines since the 1960's, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States (US) and geographic disparities in heart disease mortality have grown. State-level socioeconomic factors might be important contributors to geographic differences in heart disease mortality. This study examined the association between state-level minimum wage increases above the federal minimum wage and heart disease death rates from 1980 to 2015 among 'working age' individuals aged 35-64 years in the US. Annual, inflation-adjusted state and federal minimum wage data were extracted from legal databases and annual state-level heart disease death rates were obtained from CDC Wonder. Although most minimum wage and health studies to date use conventional regression models, we employed marginal structural models to account for possible time-varying confounding. Quasi-experimental, marginal structural models accounting for state, year, and state × year fixed effects estimated the association between increases in the state-level minimum wage above the federal minimum wage and heart disease death rates. In models of 'working age' adults (35-64 years old), a $1 increase in the state-level minimum wage above the federal minimum wage was on average associated with ~6 fewer heart disease deaths per 100,000 (95% CI: -10.4, -1.99), or a state-level heart disease death rate that was 3.5% lower per year. In contrast, for older adults (65+ years old) a $1 increase was on average associated with a 1.1% lower state-level heart disease death rate per year (b = -28.9 per 100,000, 95% CI: -71.1, 13.3). State-level economic policies are important targets for population health research. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  17. Can households earning minimum wage in Nova Scotia afford a nutritious diet?

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    Williams, Patricia L; Johnson, Christine P; Kratzmann, Meredith L V; Johnson, C Shanthi Jacob; Anderson, Barbara J; Chenhall, Cathy

    2006-01-01

    To assess the affordability of a nutritious diet for households earning minimum wage in Nova Scotia. Food costing data were collected in 43 randomly selected grocery stores throughout NS in 2002 using the National Nutritious Food Basket (NNFB). To estimate the affordability of a nutritious diet for households earning minimum wage, average monthly costs for essential expenses were subtracted from overall income to see if enough money remained for the cost of the NNFB. This was calculated for three types of household: 1) two parents and two children; 2) lone parent and two children; and 3) single male. Calculations were also made for the proposed 2006 minimum wage increase with expenses adjusted using the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The monthly cost of the NNFB priced in 2002 for the three types of household was 572.90 dollars, 351.68 dollars, and 198.73 dollars, respectively. Put into the context of basic living, these data showed that Nova Scotians relying on minimum wage could not afford to purchase a nutritious diet and meet their basic needs, placing their health at risk. These basic expenses do not include other routine costs, such as personal hygiene products, household and laundry cleaners, and prescriptions and costs associated with physical activity, education or savings for unexpected expenses. People working at minimum wage in Nova Scotia have not had adequate income to meet basic needs, including a nutritious diet. The 2006 increase in minimum wage to 7.15 dollars/hr is inadequate to ensure that Nova Scotians working at minimum wage are able to meet these basic needs. Wage increases and supplements, along with supports for expenses such as childcare and transportation, are indicated to address this public health problem.

  18. The Minimum Wage, Restaurant Prices, and Labor Market Structure

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    Aaronson, Daniel; French, Eric; MacDonald, James

    2008-01-01

    Using store-level and aggregated Consumer Price Index data, we show that restaurant prices rise in response to minimum wage increases under several sources of identifying variation. We introduce a general model of employment determination that implies minimum wage hikes cause prices to rise in competitive labor markets but potentially fall in…

  19. The Effect of Minimum Wage Rates on High School Completion

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    Warren, John Robert; Hamrock, Caitlin

    2010-01-01

    Does increasing the minimum wage reduce the high school completion rate? Previous research has suffered from (1. narrow time horizons, (2. potentially inadequate measures of states' high school completion rates, and (3. potentially inadequate measures of minimum wage rates. Overcoming each of these limitations, we analyze the impact of changes in…

  20. Minimum Wage Effects in the Longer Run

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    Neumark, David; Nizalova, Olena

    2007-01-01

    Exposure to minimum wages at young ages could lead to adverse longer-run effects via decreased labor market experience and tenure, and diminished education and training, while beneficial longer-run effects could arise if minimum wages increase skill acquisition. Evidence suggests that as individuals reach their late 20s, they earn less the longer…

  1. The impact of minimum wages on population health: evidence from 24 OECD countries.

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    Lenhart, Otto

    2017-11-01

    This study examines the relationship between minimum wages and several measures of population health by analyzing data from 24 OECD countries for a time period of 31 years. Specifically, I test for health effects as a result of within-country variations in the generosity of minimum wages, which are measured by the Kaitz index. The paper finds that higher levels of minimum wages are associated with significant reductions of overall mortality rates as well as in the number of deaths due to outcomes that have been shown to be more prevalent among individuals with low socioeconomic status (e.g., diabetes, disease of the circulatory system, stroke). A 10% point increase of the Kaitz index is associated with significant declines in death rates and an increase in life expectancy of 0.44 years. Furthermore, I provide evidence for potential channels through which minimum wages impact population health by showing that more generous minimum wages impact outcomes such as poverty, the share of the population with unmet medical needs, the number of doctor consultations, tobacco consumption, calorie intake, and the likelihood of people being overweight.

  2. The impact of the minimum wage on health.

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    Andreyeva, Elena; Ukert, Benjamin

    2018-03-07

    This study evaluates the effect of minimum wage on risky health behaviors, healthcare access, and self-reported health. We use data from the 1993-2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, and employ a difference-in-differences strategy that utilizes time variation in new minimum wage laws across U.S. states. Results suggest that the minimum wage increases the probability of being obese and decreases daily fruit and vegetable intake, but also decreases days with functional limitations while having no impact on healthcare access. Subsample analyses reveal that the increase in weight and decrease in fruit and vegetable intake are driven by the older population, married, and whites. The improvement in self-reported health is especially strong among non-whites, females, and married.

  3. Effects of the Minimum Wage on the Employment Status of Youths. An Update.

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    Wellington, Alison J.

    1991-01-01

    Using data from 1954-86, including the 1980s period of relative decline in the value of the minimum wage, a study found that a 10 percent increase in minimum wage reduced teen unemployment by less than 1 percent. In addition, no apparent effect on employment of adults aged 20-24 was found, and minimal differences appeared for sex and race. (SK)

  4. [Will inpatient care still be financeable? Effects of the minimum wage to operators].

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    Meyer, Dirk

    2010-11-01

    Due to demographic and social developments nursing service will continueto be a growth industry in the long run. The requirement for this is the political volition of a sufficient funding. A minimum wage in nursing service tends to increase prices of the offered services. Stated justifications for a minimum wage are wage dumping protection (inter alia against the background of the upcoming opening of the single market in 2011) as well as raising rivals' costs. Protection is focused on the 266,000 non-skilled workers in basic care owing to the strong tightening of the labour market for caregivers. Operative minimum wages will lead to adjustments by optimising operations, intensification of work, and rationalisation of workflow by increased employment of capital as well as technical substitution of relatively expensive non-skilled workers. In addition there will be increased pressure on prices for nursing services and private co-payments. There will be an increased supply and demand for illegal services. Suppliers who had been tied to collective contracts so far will achieve a relative advantage in competition.

  5. Impact of the Minimum Wage on Compression.

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    Wolfe, Michael N.; Candland, Charles W.

    1979-01-01

    Assesses the impact of increases in the minimum wage on salary schedules, provides guidelines for creating a philosophy to deal with the impact, and outlines options and presents recommendations. (IRT)

  6. 29 CFR 520.409 - When will authority to pay apprentices special minimum wages become effective and what is the...

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    2010-07-01

    ... wages become effective and what is the special minimum wage rate? 520.409 Section 520.409 Labor... apprentices special minimum wages become effective and what is the special minimum wage rate? (a) An... Division. (b) The wage rate specified by the apprenticeship program becomes the special minimum wage rate...

  7. Is the minimum enough? Affordability of a nutritious diet for minimum wage earners in Nova Scotia (2002-2012).

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    Newell, Felicia D; Williams, Patricia L; Watt, Cynthia G

    2014-05-09

    This paper aims to assess the affordability of a nutritious diet for households earning minimum wage in Nova Scotia (NS) from 2002 to 2012 using an economic simulation that includes food costing and secondary data. The cost of the National Nutritious Food Basket (NNFB) was assessed with a stratified, random sample of grocery stores in NS during six time periods: 2002, 2004/2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. The NNFB's cost was factored into affordability scenarios for three different household types relying on minimum wage earnings: a household of four; a lone mother with three children; and a lone man. Essential monthly living expenses were deducted from monthly net incomes using methods that were standardized from 2002 to 2012 to determine whether adequate funds remained to purchase a basic nutritious diet across the six time periods. A 79% increase to the minimum wage in NS has resulted in a decrease in the potential deficit faced by each household scenario in the period examined. However, the household of four and the lone mother with three children would still face monthly deficits ($44.89 and $496.77, respectively, in 2012) if they were to purchase a nutritiously sufficient diet. As a social determinant of health, risk of food insecurity is a critical public health issue for low wage earners. While it is essential to increase the minimum wage in the short term, adequately addressing income adequacy in NS and elsewhere requires a shift in thinking from a focus on minimum wage towards more comprehensive policies ensuring an adequate livable income for everyone.

  8. 5 CFR 551.301 - Minimum wage.

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    2010-01-01

    ... 5 Administrative Personnel 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Minimum wage. 551.301 Section 551.301... FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT Minimum Wage Provisions Basic Provision § 551.301 Minimum wage. (a)(1) Except... employees wages at rates not less than the minimum wage specified in section 6(a)(1) of the Act for all...

  9. 41 CFR 50-202.2 - Minimum wage in all industries.

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    2010-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Minimum wage in all... Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 202-MINIMUM WAGE DETERMINATIONS Groups of Industries § 50-202.2 Minimum wage in all industries. In all industries, the minimum wage applicable to...

  10. Minimum Wage Laws and the Distribution of Employment.

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    Lang, Kevin

    The desirability of raising the minimum wage long revolved around just one question: the effect of higher minimum wages on the overall level of employment. An even more critical effect of the minimum wage rests on the composition of employment--who gets the minimum wage job. An examination of employment in eating and drinking establishments…

  11. 29 CFR 525.13 - Renewal of special minimum wage certificates.

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    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Renewal of special minimum wage certificates. 525.13... minimum wage certificates. (a) Applications may be filed for renewal of special minimum wage certificates.... (c) Workers with disabilities may not continue to be paid special minimum wages after notice that an...

  12. Are There Long-Run Effects of the Minimum Wage?

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    Sorkin, Isaac

    2014-01-01

    An empirical consensus suggests that there are small employment effects of minimum wage increases. This paper argues that these are short-run elasticities. Long-run elasticities, which may differ from short-run elasticities, are policy relevant. This paper develops a dynamic industry equilibrium model of labor demand. The model makes two points. First, long-run regressions have been misinterpreted because even if the short- and long-run employment elasticities differ, standard methods would not detect a difference using US variation. Second, the model offers a reconciliation of the small estimated short-run employment effects with the commonly found pass-through of minimum wage increases to product prices. PMID:25937790

  13. Are There Long-Run Effects of the Minimum Wage?

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    Sorkin, Isaac

    2015-04-01

    An empirical consensus suggests that there are small employment effects of minimum wage increases. This paper argues that these are short-run elasticities. Long-run elasticities, which may differ from short-run elasticities, are policy relevant. This paper develops a dynamic industry equilibrium model of labor demand. The model makes two points. First, long-run regressions have been misinterpreted because even if the short- and long-run employment elasticities differ, standard methods would not detect a difference using US variation. Second, the model offers a reconciliation of the small estimated short-run employment effects with the commonly found pass-through of minimum wage increases to product prices.

  14. 29 CFR 525.24 - Advisory Committee on Special Minimum Wages.

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    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Advisory Committee on Special Minimum Wages. 525.24 Section 525.24 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR... Special Minimum Wages. The Advisory Committee on Special Minimum Wages, the members of which are appointed...

  15. The Effect of Minimum Wages on Youth Employment in Canada: A Panel Study.

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    Yuen, Terence

    2003-01-01

    Canadian panel data 1988-90 were used to compare estimates of minimum-wage effects based on a low-wage/high-worker sample and a low-wage-only sample. Minimum-wage effect for the latter is nearly zero. Different results for low-wage subgroups suggest a significant effect for those with longer low-wage histories. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)

  16. Understanding the Minimum Wage: Issues and Answers.

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    Employment Policies Inst. Foundation, Washington, DC.

    This booklet, which is designed to clarify facts regarding the minimum wage's impact on marketplace economics, contains a total of 31 questions and answers pertaining to the following topics: relationship between minimum wages and poverty; impacts of changes in the minimum wage on welfare reform; and possible effects of changes in the minimum wage…

  17. Would a Higher Minimum Wage Help Poor Families Headed by Women?

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    Martin, Linda R.; Giannaros, Demetrios

    1990-01-01

    Studies suggest negative employment consequences if the minimum wage is increased. This may not affect poverty among households headed by women because the unemployment rate does not seem to play a statistically significant role in determining the poverty rate for this cohort. (Author)

  18. Associations between state minimum wage policy and health care access: a multi-level analysis of the 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor survey.

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    McCarrier, Kelly P; Martin, Diane P; Ralston, James D; Zimmerman, Frederick J

    2010-05-01

    Minimum wage policies have been advanced as mechanisms to improve the economic conditions of the working poor. Both positive and negative effects of such policies on health care access have been hypothesized, but associations have yet to be thoroughly tested. To examine whether the presence of minimum wage policies in excess of the federal standard of $5.15 per hour was associated with health care access indicators among low-skilled adults of working age, a cross-sectional analysis of 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data was conducted. Self-reported health insurance status and experience with cost-related barriers to needed medical care were adjusted in multi-level logistic regression models to control for potential confounding at the state, county, and individual levels. State-level wage policy was not found to be associated with insurance status or unmet medical need in the models, providing early evidence that increased minimum wage rates may neither strengthen nor weaken access to care as previously predicted.

  19. Minimum Wage and Overweight and Obesity in Adult Women: A Multilevel Analysis of Low and Middle Income Countries.

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    Conklin, Annalijn I; Ponce, Ninez A; Frank, John; Nandi, Arijit; Heymann, Jody

    2016-01-01

    To describe the relationship between minimum wage and overweight and obesity across countries at different levels of development. A cross-sectional analysis of 27 countries with data on the legislated minimum wage level linked to socio-demographic and anthropometry data of non-pregnant 190,892 adult women (24-49 y) from the Demographic and Health Survey. We used multilevel logistic regression models to condition on country- and individual-level potential confounders, and post-estimation of average marginal effects to calculate the adjusted prevalence difference. We found the association between minimum wage and overweight/obesity was independent of individual-level SES and confounders, and showed a reversed pattern by country development stage. The adjusted overweight/obesity prevalence difference in low-income countries was an average increase of about 0.1 percentage points (PD 0.075 [0.065, 0.084]), and an average decrease of 0.01 percentage points in middle-income countries (PD -0.014 [-0.019, -0.009]). The adjusted obesity prevalence difference in low-income countries was an average increase of 0.03 percentage points (PD 0.032 [0.021, 0.042]) and an average decrease of 0.03 percentage points in middle-income countries (PD -0.032 [-0.036, -0.027]). This is among the first studies to examine the potential impact of improved wages on an important precursor of non-communicable diseases globally. Among countries with a modest level of economic development, higher minimum wage was associated with lower levels of obesity.

  20. Time-Series Evidence of the Effect of the Minimum Wage on Youth Employment and Unemployment.

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    Brown, Charles; And Others

    1983-01-01

    The study finds that a 10 percent increase in the federal minimum wage (or the coverage rate) would reduce teenage (16-19) employment by about one percent, which is at the lower end of the range of estimates from previous studies. (Author/SSH)

  1. Marketing and Distribution: New Minimum Wage Legislation: Impact on Co-Op DE Programs.

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    Husted, Stewart W.

    1978-01-01

    Impact on distributive education cooperative programs due to the legislation increasing the minimum wage effective January 1, 1978, indicates that the change could greatly restrict future cooperative placements, thereby reducing distributive education enrollments. Employer strategies (for example, reducing student work hours) to overcome wage…

  2. 29 CFR 520.200 - What is the legal authority for payment of wages lower than the minimum wage required by section...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... the minimum wage required by section 6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act? 520.200 Section 520.200... lower than the minimum wage required by section 6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act? Section 14(a) of..., for the payment of special minimum wage rates to workers employed as messengers, learners (including...

  3. Teaching the Minimum Wage in Econ 101 in Light of the New Economics of the Minimum Wage.

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    Krueger, Alan B.

    2001-01-01

    Argues that the recent controversy over the effect of the minimum wage on employment offers an opportunity for teaching introductory economics. Examines eight textbooks to determine topic coverage but finds little consensus. Describes how minimum wage effects should be taught. (RLH)

  4. 41 CFR 50-201.1101 - Minimum wages.

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    2010-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Minimum wages. 50-201... Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 201-GENERAL REGULATIONS § 50-201.1101 Minimum wages. Determinations of prevailing minimum wages or changes therein will be published in the Federal Register by the...

  5. 41 CFR 50-202.2 - Minimum wage in all industries.

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    2011-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2011-07-01 2009-07-01 true Minimum wage in all industries. 50-202.2 Section 50-202.2 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to... Industries § 50-202.2 Minimum wage in all industries. In all industries, the minimum wage applicable to...

  6. 41 CFR 50-202.2 - Minimum wage in all industries.

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    2013-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Minimum wage in all industries. 50-202.2 Section 50-202.2 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to... Industries § 50-202.2 Minimum wage in all industries. In all industries, the minimum wage applicable to...

  7. 41 CFR 50-202.2 - Minimum wage in all industries.

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    2014-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Minimum wage in all industries. 50-202.2 Section 50-202.2 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to... Industries § 50-202.2 Minimum wage in all industries. In all industries, the minimum wage applicable to...

  8. 41 CFR 50-202.2 - Minimum wage in all industries.

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    2012-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2012-07-01 2009-07-01 true Minimum wage in all industries. 50-202.2 Section 50-202.2 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to... Industries § 50-202.2 Minimum wage in all industries. In all industries, the minimum wage applicable to...

  9. 29 CFR 4.159 - General minimum wage.

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    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true General minimum wage. 4.159 Section 4.159 Labor Office of... General minimum wage. The Act, in section 2(b)(1), provides generally that no contractor or subcontractor... a contract less than the minimum wage specified under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards...

  10. Minimum Wages and Teenagers' Enrollment--Employment Outcomes: A Multinominal Logit Model.

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    Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Marcus, Alan J.

    1982-01-01

    This paper tests the hypothesis that the effect of minimum wage legislation on teenagers' education decisions is asymmetrical across family income classes, with the legislation inducing children from low-income families to reduce their levels of schooling and children from higher-income families to increase their educational attainment. (Author)

  11. New Minimum Wage Research: A Symposium.

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    Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; And Others

    1992-01-01

    Includes "Introduction" (Ehrenberg); "Effect of the Minimum Wage [MW] on the Fast-Food Industry" (Katz, Krueger); "Using Regional Variation in Wages to Measure Effects of the Federal MW" (Card); "Do MWs Reduce Employment?" (Card); "Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages" (Neumark,…

  12. Minimum Wage and Overweight and Obesity in Adult Women: A Multilevel Analysis of Low and Middle Income Countries

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    Conklin, Annalijn I.; Ponce, Ninez A.; Frank, John; Nandi, Arijit; Heymann, Jody

    2016-01-01

    Objectives To describe the relationship between minimum wage and overweight and obesity across countries at different levels of development. Methods A cross-sectional analysis of 27 countries with data on the legislated minimum wage level linked to socio-demographic and anthropometry data of non-pregnant 190,892 adult women (24–49 y) from the Demographic and Health Survey. We used multilevel logistic regression models to condition on country- and individual-level potential confounders, and post-estimation of average marginal effects to calculate the adjusted prevalence difference. Results We found the association between minimum wage and overweight/obesity was independent of individual-level SES and confounders, and showed a reversed pattern by country development stage. The adjusted overweight/obesity prevalence difference in low-income countries was an average increase of about 0.1 percentage points (PD 0.075 [0.065, 0.084]), and an average decrease of 0.01 percentage points in middle-income countries (PD -0.014 [-0.019, -0.009]). The adjusted obesity prevalence difference in low-income countries was an average increase of 0.03 percentage points (PD 0.032 [0.021, 0.042]) and an average decrease of 0.03 percentage points in middle-income countries (PD -0.032 [-0.036, -0.027]). Conclusion This is among the first studies to examine the potential impact of improved wages on an important precursor of non-communicable diseases globally. Among countries with a modest level of economic development, higher minimum wage was associated with lower levels of obesity. PMID:26963247

  13. Minimum Wages and Skill Acquisition: Another Look at Schooling Effects.

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    Neumark, David; Wascher, William

    2003-01-01

    Examines the effects of minimum wage on schooling, seeking to reconcile some of the contradictory results in recent research using Current Population Survey data from the late 1970s through the 1980s. Findings point to negative effects of minimum wages on school enrollment, bolstering the findings of negative effects of minimum wages on enrollment…

  14. Minimum Wage Effects on Educational Enrollments in New Zealand

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    Pacheco, Gail A.; Cruickshank, Amy A.

    2007-01-01

    This paper empirically examines the impact of minimum wages on educational enrollments in New Zealand. A significant reform to the youth minimum wage since 2000 has resulted in some age groups undergoing a 91% rise in their real minimum wage over the last 10 years. Three panel least squares multivariate models are estimated from a national sample…

  15. Minimum Wage and Community College Attendance: How Economic Circumstances Affect Educational Choices

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    Williams, Betsy

    2013-01-01

    How do changes in minimum wages affect community college enrollment and employment? In particular, among adults without associate's or bachelor's degrees who may earn near the minimum wage, do endowment effects of a higher minimum wage encourage school attendance? Among adults without associate's or bachelor's degrees who may earn near the minimum…

  16. Employment Effects of Minimum and Subminimum Wages. Recent Evidence.

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    Neumark, David

    Using a specially constructed panel data set on state minimum wage laws and labor market conditions, Neumark and Wascher (1992) presented evidence that countered the claim that minimum wages could be raised with no cost to employment. They concluded that estimates indicating that minimum wages reduced employment on the order of 1-2 percent for a…

  17. Does the Minimum Wage Affect Welfare Caseloads?

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    Page, Marianne E.; Spetz, Joanne; Millar, Jane

    2005-01-01

    Although minimum wages are advocated as a policy that will help the poor, few studies have examined their effect on poor families. This paper uses variation in minimum wages across states and over time to estimate the impact of minimum wage legislation on welfare caseloads. We find that the elasticity of the welfare caseload with respect to the…

  18. Do Some Workers Have Minimum Wage Careers?

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    Carrington, William J.; Fallick, Bruce C.

    2001-01-01

    Most workers who begin their careers in minimum-wage jobs eventually gain more experience and move on to higher paying jobs. However, more than 8% of workers spend at least half of their first 10 working years in minimum wage jobs. Those more likely to have minimum wage careers are less educated, minorities, women with young children, and those…

  19. 29 CFR 783.26 - The section 6(b)(2) minimum wage requirement.

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    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false The section 6(b)(2) minimum wage requirement. 783.26... The section 6(b)(2) minimum wage requirement. Section 6(b), with paragraph (2) thereof, requires the... prescribed by” paragraph (1) of the subsection is the minimum wage rate applicable according to the schedule...

  20. Long-Run Impact of the Thirty Cent Revision in Ontario's Minimum Wage on Five Industries.

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    McKenna, Ian B.

    To determine the effect of a legislated increase in the minimum wage in Ontario, 219 establishments in five industries were surveyed. The industries were shoe factories; luggage, handbag, and small leather goods manufacturers; hosiery mills, children's clothing industry; and the foundation garment industry. Data were gathered at three different…

  1. 29 CFR 516.11 - Employees exempt from both minimum wage and overtime pay requirements under section 13(a) (2), (3...

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    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Employees exempt from both minimum wage and overtime pay... Exemptions Under the Act; Other Special Requirements § 516.11 Employees exempt from both minimum wage and.... With respect to each and every employee exempt from both the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements...

  2. 26 CFR 404.6334(d)-1 - Minimum exemption from levy for wages, salary, or other income.

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    2010-04-01

    ... 26 Internal Revenue 18 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Minimum exemption from levy for wages, salary... ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1976 § 404.6334(d)-1 Minimum exemption from levy for wages, salary, or... period. Paragraph (c) of this section contains rules relating to the minimum amount of wages, salary, or...

  3. 5 CFR 551.311 - Subminimum wage.

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    2010-01-01

    ... FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT Minimum Wage Provisions Subminimum Wage § 551.311 Subminimum wage. An agency... minimum wage specified in section 6(a)(1) of the Act. [45 FR 85664, Dec. 30, 1980] ... 5 Administrative Personnel 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Subminimum wage. 551.311 Section 551.311...

  4. News update.

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    2012-11-28

    The RCN has raised concerns that many healthcare assistants are paid less than the ethical minimum. While the current UK-wide minimum wage is £6.19 per hour, the Living Wage Foundation - which campaigns for minimum wages that refl ect the cost of living - claims the minimum wage should be £8.30 per hour in London and £7.20 per hour in other parts of UK. Commenting during the recent Living Wage Week, RCN general secretary Peter Carter said: 'This affects college members, particularly healthcare assistants in the private sector, who are often paid less than the living wage. Some struggle to make ends meet, forcing them to claim benefi ts.'

  5. 29 CFR 510.22 - Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in.

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    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in. 510.22 Section 510.22 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR... ACT IN PUERTO RICO Classification of Industries § 510.22 Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in...

  6. 29 CFR 4.2 - Payment of minimum wage specified in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938...

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    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Payment of minimum wage specified in section 6(a)(1) of the... and Procedures § 4.2 Payment of minimum wage specified in section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards... employees shall pay any employees engaged in such work less than the minimum wage specified in section 6(a...

  7. 29 CFR 520.403 - What information is required when applying for authority to pay less than the minimum wage?

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    2010-07-01

    ... pay less than the minimum wage? 520.403 Section 520.403 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS EMPLOYMENT UNDER SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF... than the minimum wage? (a) A separate application must be made for each plant or establishment...

  8. Recent Immigrants as Labor Market Arbitrageurs: Evidence from the Minimum Wage.

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    Cadena, Brian C

    2014-03-01

    This paper investigates the local labor supply effects of changes to the minimum wage by examining the response of low-skilled immigrants' location decisions. Canonical models emphasize the importance of labor mobility when evaluating the employment effects of the minimum wage; yet few studies address this outcome directly. Low-skilled immigrant populations shift toward labor markets with stagnant minimum wages, and this result is robust to a number of alternative interpretations. This mobility provides behavior-based evidence in favor of a non-trivial negative employment effect of the minimum wage. Further, it reduces the estimated demand elasticity using teens; employment losses among native teens are substantially larger in states that have historically attracted few immigrant residents.

  9. Recent Immigrants as Labor Market Arbitrageurs: Evidence from the Minimum Wage*

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    Cadena, Brian C.

    2014-01-01

    This paper investigates the local labor supply effects of changes to the minimum wage by examining the response of low-skilled immigrants’ location decisions. Canonical models emphasize the importance of labor mobility when evaluating the employment effects of the minimum wage; yet few studies address this outcome directly. Low-skilled immigrant populations shift toward labor markets with stagnant minimum wages, and this result is robust to a number of alternative interpretations. This mobility provides behavior-based evidence in favor of a non-trivial negative employment effect of the minimum wage. Further, it reduces the estimated demand elasticity using teens; employment losses among native teens are substantially larger in states that have historically attracted few immigrant residents. PMID:24999288

  10. Urban-rural migration: uncertainty and the effect of a change in the minimum wage.

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    Ingene, C A; Yu, E S

    1989-01-01

    "This paper extends the neoclassical, Harris-Todaro model of urban-rural migration to the case of production uncertainty in the agricultural sector. A unique feature of the Harris-Todaro model is an exogenously determined minimum wage in the urban sector that exceeds the rural wage. Migration occurs until the rural wage equals the expected urban wage ('expected' due to employment uncertainty). The effects of a change in the minimum wage upon regional outputs, resource allocation, factor rewards, expected profits, and expected national income are explored, and the influence of production uncertainty upon the obtained results are delineated." The geographical focus is on developing countries. excerpt

  11. 48 CFR 52.222-41 - Service Contract Act of 1965.

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    2011-10-01

    ... specified in the attachment or determined under subparagraph (c)(2) of this clause by furnishing equivalent... accordance with subpart D of 29 CFR part 4. (e) Minimum Wage. In the absence of a minimum wage attachment for..., in the absence of the minimum wage attachment for this contract setting forth such collectively...

  12. 5 CFR 532.205 - The use of Federal, State, and local minimum wage requirements in determining prevailing rates.

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    2010-01-01

    ... minimum wage requirements in determining prevailing rates. 532.205 Section 532.205 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS Prevailing Rate Determinations § 532.205 The use of Federal, State, and local minimum wage requirements in determining prevailing...

  13. 29 CFR 510.22 - Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in.

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    2012-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in. 510.22... ACT IN PUERTO RICO Classification of Industries § 510.22 Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in. (a) Appendix A contains a listing of all industries included in the Census of Manufacturing. Appendix...

  14. 29 CFR 510.22 - Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in.

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    2013-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in. 510.22... ACT IN PUERTO RICO Classification of Industries § 510.22 Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in. (a) Appendix A contains a listing of all industries included in the Census of Manufacturing. Appendix...

  15. 29 CFR 510.22 - Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in.

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    2014-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in. 510.22... ACT IN PUERTO RICO Classification of Industries § 510.22 Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in. (a) Appendix A contains a listing of all industries included in the Census of Manufacturing. Appendix...

  16. 29 CFR 510.22 - Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in.

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    2011-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in. 510.22... ACT IN PUERTO RICO Classification of Industries § 510.22 Industries eligible for minimum wage phase-in. (a) Appendix A contains a listing of all industries included in the Census of Manufacturing. Appendix...

  17. 29 CFR 780.313 - Piece rate basis.

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    2010-07-01

    ... That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(6) Statutory... to the minimum wage provisions of the Act does not meet all the requirements set forth in this section he must be paid at least the minimum wage for each hour worked in a particular workweek...

  18. 29 CFR 780.301 - Other pertinent statutory provisions.

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    2010-07-01

    ... Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section... minimum wage protection (section 6(a)(5)) for agriculture workers for the first time sought to provide a minimum wage floor for the farmworkers on large farms or agri-business enterprises. The section 13(a)(6)(A...

  19. The migratory impact of minimum wage legislation: Puerto Rico, 1970-1987.

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    Santiago, C E

    1993-01-01

    "This study examines the impact of minimum wage setting on labor migration. A multiple time series framework is applied to monthly data for Puerto Rico from 1970-1987. The results show that net emigration from Puerto Rico to the United States fell in response to significant changes in the manner in which minimum wage policy was conducted, particularly after 1974. The extent of commuter type labor migration between Puerto Rico and the United States is influenced by minimum wage policy, with potentially important consequences for human capital investment and long-term standards of living." excerpt

  20. Minimum Wages and School Enrollment of Teenagers: A Look at the 1990's.

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    Chaplin, Duncan D.; Turner, Mark D.; Pape, Andreas, D.

    2003-01-01

    Estimates the effects of higher minimum wages on school enrollment using the Common Core of Data. Controlling for local labor market conditions and state and year fixed effects, finds some evidence that higher minimum wages reduce teen school enrollment in states where students drop out before age 18. (23 references) (Author/PKP)

  1. 29 CFR 780.321 - Minors 16 years of age or under.

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    2010-07-01

    ... Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section... years of age and the employer must pay to such an employee the applicable statutory minimum wage unless..., although section 13(a)(6)(D) provides a minimum wage and overtime exemption for minors 16 years of age or...

  2. Minimum Wage Laws: Who Benefits, Who Loses? Series on Public Issues No. 2.

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    Hobson, Margaret Jane; Maurice, S. Charles

    It is the thesis of this booklet, one of a series intended to apply economic principles to major social and political issues of the day, that minimum wage laws actually hurt those whom such laws are designed to help. From this point of departure, separate subsections examine economic implications of minimum wage laws, including discussion of what…

  3. Associations Between Minimum Wage Policy and Access to Health Care: Evidence From the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1996–2007

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    Zimmerman, Frederick J.; Ralston, James D.; Martin, Diane P.

    2011-01-01

    Objectives. We examined whether minimum wage policy is associated with access to medical care among low-skilled workers in the United States. Methods. We used multilevel logistic regression to analyze a data set consisting of individual-level indicators of uninsurance and unmet medical need from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and state-level ecological controls from the US Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and several other sources in all 50 states and the District of Columbia between 1996 and 2007. Results. Higher state-level minimum wage rates were associated with significantly reduced odds of reporting unmet medical need after control for the ecological covariates, substate region fixed effects, and individual demographic and health characteristics (odds ratio = 0.853; 95% confidence interval = 0.750, 0.971). Minimum wage rates were not significantly associated with being uninsured. Conclusions. Higher minimum wages may be associated with a reduced likelihood of experiencing unmet medical need among low-skilled workers, and do not appear to be associated with uninsurance. These findings appear to refute the suggestion that minimum wage laws have detrimental effects on access to health care, as opponents of the policies have suggested. PMID:21164102

  4. Estimating Potential Reductions in Premature Mortality in New York City From Raising the Minimum Wage to $15

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    Konty, Kevin J.; Van Wye, Gretchen; Barbot, Oxiris; Hadler, James L.; Linos, Natalia; Bassett, Mary T.

    2016-01-01

    Objectives. To assess potential reductions in premature mortality that could have been achieved in 2008 to 2012 if the minimum wage had been $15 per hour in New York City. Methods. Using the 2008 to 2012 American Community Survey, we performed simulations to assess how the proportion of low-income residents in each neighborhood might change with a hypothetical $15 minimum wage under alternative assumptions of labor market dynamics. We developed an ecological model of premature death to determine the differences between the levels of premature mortality as predicted by the actual proportions of low-income residents in 2008 to 2012 and the levels predicted by the proportions of low-income residents under a hypothetical $15 minimum wage. Results. A $15 minimum wage could have averted 2800 to 5500 premature deaths between 2008 and 2012 in New York City, representing 4% to 8% of total premature deaths in that period. Most of these avertable deaths would be realized in lower-income communities, in which residents are predominantly people of color. Conclusions. A higher minimum wage may have substantial positive effects on health and should be considered as an instrument to address health disparities. PMID:27077350

  5. Associations between minimum wage policy and access to health care: evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1996-2007.

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    McCarrier, Kelly P; Zimmerman, Frederick J; Ralston, James D; Martin, Diane P

    2011-02-01

    We examined whether minimum wage policy is associated with access to medical care among low-skilled workers in the United States. We used multilevel logistic regression to analyze a data set consisting of individual-level indicators of uninsurance and unmet medical need from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and state-level ecological controls from the US Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and several other sources in all 50 states and the District of Columbia between 1996 and 2007. Higher state-level minimum wage rates were associated with significantly reduced odds of reporting unmet medical need after control for the ecological covariates, substate region fixed effects, and individual demographic and health characteristics (odds ratio = 0.853; 95% confidence interval = 0.750, 0.971). Minimum wage rates were not significantly associated with being uninsured. Higher minimum wages may be associated with a reduced likelihood of experiencing unmet medical need among low-skilled workers, and do not appear to be associated with uninsurance. These findings appear to refute the suggestion that minimum wage laws have detrimental effects on access to health care, as opponents of the policies have suggested.

  6. Estimating Potential Reductions in Premature Mortality in New York City From Raising the Minimum Wage to $15.

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    Tsao, Tsu-Yu; Konty, Kevin J; Van Wye, Gretchen; Barbot, Oxiris; Hadler, James L; Linos, Natalia; Bassett, Mary T

    2016-06-01

    To assess potential reductions in premature mortality that could have been achieved in 2008 to 2012 if the minimum wage had been $15 per hour in New York City. Using the 2008 to 2012 American Community Survey, we performed simulations to assess how the proportion of low-income residents in each neighborhood might change with a hypothetical $15 minimum wage under alternative assumptions of labor market dynamics. We developed an ecological model of premature death to determine the differences between the levels of premature mortality as predicted by the actual proportions of low-income residents in 2008 to 2012 and the levels predicted by the proportions of low-income residents under a hypothetical $15 minimum wage. A $15 minimum wage could have averted 2800 to 5500 premature deaths between 2008 and 2012 in New York City, representing 4% to 8% of total premature deaths in that period. Most of these avertable deaths would be realized in lower-income communities, in which residents are predominantly people of color. A higher minimum wage may have substantial positive effects on health and should be considered as an instrument to address health disparities.

  7. STATE MINIMUM WAGE LEGISLATION, A WEAPON IN THE WAR ON POVERTY.

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    Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC.

    CENSUS DATA SHOW THAT POVERTY IS OFTEN THE RESULT OF SERIOUS WAGE INADEQUACIES. IN 1964, NEARLY ONE-FIFTH OF THE MORE THAN 47.5 MILLION FAMILIES IN THE NATION HAD INCOMES UNDER $3,000. MINIMUM WAGE LEGISLATION HELPS TO ELIMINATE POVERTY BY SETTING A FLOOR FOR WAGES. FEWER THAN 30 MILLION OF THE MORE THAN 47 MILLION NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES IN…

  8. Care homes may close due to cost of national living wage.

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    Sprinks, Jennifer

    2016-08-01

    In April this year, a compulsory national living wage (NLW) for people over the age of 25 was introduced across the UK. The NLW increases minimum hourly pay from £6.70 to £7.20, a figure that is due to rise to £9 by 2020.

  9. 29 CFR 780.501 - Statutory provision.

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    2010-07-01

    ... Agricultural Employees in Processing Shade-Grown Tobacco; Exemption From Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay... Labor Standards Act exempts from the minimum wage requirements of section 6 of the Act and from the... Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL...

  10. The Consequences of Indexing the Minimum Wage to Average Wages in the U.S. Economy.

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    Macpherson, David A.; Even, William E.

    The consequences of indexing the minimum wage to average wages in the U.S. economy were analyzed. The study data were drawn from the 1974-1978 May Current Population Survey (CPS) and the 180 monthly CPS Outgoing Rotation Group files for 1979-1993 (approximate annual sample sizes of 40,000 and 180,000, respectively). The effects of indexing on the…

  11. Jobs Taken by Mothers Moving from Welfare to Work and the Effects of Minimum Wages on This Transition.

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    Brandon, Peter D.

    The potential effects of raising the minimum wage on the earnings of mothers moving from welfare to work were examined by analyzing the differences that existed in the late 1980s in the various states' minimum wage rates and data from three waves of the Survey of Income and Program Participation for the years 1985-1990 (during which time 13 states…

  12. 29 CFR 780.318 - Exemption for nonlocal minors.

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    2010-07-01

    ... Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section... 1966 Amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act exempts from the minimum wage and overtime provisions... Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS...

  13. 29 CFR 780.1000 - Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.

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    2010-07-01

    ... STANDARDS ACT Employment of Home- workers in Making Wreaths; Exemption From Minimum Wage, Overtime... minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor provisions of the Act for certain homeworkers employed in... Section 780.1000 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF...

  14. 29 CFR 780.323 - Exemption for range production of livestock.

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    2010-07-01

    ... STANDARDS ACT Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements... exemption from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Act for any employee “employed in... Section 780.323 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF...

  15. 29 CFR 780.300 - Statutory exemptions in section 13(a)(6).

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    2010-07-01

    ... Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section... the Act exempts from the minimum wage requirements of section 6 and from the overtime pay requirements... 780.300 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  16. 29 CFR 780.1 - General scope of the Act.

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    2010-07-01

    ... application which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, equal pay, and child labor requirements that apply... for compliance and, in the event of violations, to supervise the payment of unpaid minimum wages or... Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL...

  17. 29 CFR 4.105 - The Act as amended.

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    2010-07-01

    ... provision for periodic adjustment of minimum wage rates and fringe benefits payable thereunder by the... the Act's coverage to white collar workers. Accordingly, the minimum wage protection of the Act now... to impose on successor contractors certain requirements (see § 4.1b) with respect to payment of wage...

  18. The Potential Effects of Minimum Wage Changes on Naval Accessions

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-03-01

    price floor affects the market’s demand for labor and utilizes the two-sector and search models to demonstrate how the minimum wage market ...and search models to demonstrate how the minimum wage market correlates to military ascensions. Finally, the report examines studies that show the...that Derives from a Price Floor. Source: “Price Floor” (n.d.). .....14 Figure 3. Price Floor below the Market . Source: “Price Floor” (n.d

  19. A living wage for research subjects.

    PubMed

    Phillips, Trisha B

    2011-01-01

    Offering cash payments to research subjects is a common recruiting method, but this practice continues to be controversial because of its potential to compromise the protection of human subjects. Federal regulations and guidelines currently allow researchers to pay subjects for participation, but they say very little about how much researchers can pay their subjects. This paper argues that the federal regulations and guidelines should implement a standard payment formula. It argues for a wage payment model, and critically examines three candidates for a base wage: the nonfarm production wage, the FLSA minimum wage, and a living wage. After showing that the nonfarm production wage is too high to satisfy ethical criteria, and the minimum wage is too low, this paper concludes that the wage payment model with a base wage equivalent to a living wage is the best candidate for a standard payment formula in human subjects research. © 2011 American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Inc.

  20. 29 CFR 510.23 - Agricultural activities eligible for minimum wage phase-in.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Agricultural activities eligible for minimum wage phase-in. 510.23 Section 510.23 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION... FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT IN PUERTO RICO Classification of Industries § 510.23 Agricultural activities...

  1. 29 CFR 780.306 - Calendar quarter of the preceding calendar year defined.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime... minimum wage requirements of section 6(a)(5) with respect to any employee not otherwise exempt in the.... 780.306 Section 780.306 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION...

  2. 29 CFR 578.3 - What types of violations may result in a penalty being assessed?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... assessed? 578.3 Section 578.3 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS MINIMUM WAGE AND OVERTIME VIOLATIONS-CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES § 578.3 What types... be assessed against any person who repeatedly or willfully violates section 6 (minimum wage) or...

  3. 29 CFR 578.1 - What does this part cover?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What does this part cover? 578.1 Section 578.1 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS MINIMUM WAGE... repeatedly or willfully violates the minimum wage (section 6) or overtime provisions (section 7) of the Act...

  4. 29 CFR 511.2 - Initiation of proceedings; notices of hearings.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ..., giving notice of hearings by industry committees to recommend the minimum rate or rates of wages to be... the minimum rate or rates of wages for all industry in American Samoa. All such orders will make... Section 511.2 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  5. 34 CFR 361.84 - Performance indicators.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings equivalent to at least the minimum wage. (iv) Performance... earnings equivalent to at least the minimum wage, the percentage who are individuals with significant... program in competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings levels equivalent to at least the minimum...

  6. 34 CFR 361.84 - Performance indicators.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings equivalent to at least the minimum wage. (iv) Performance... earnings equivalent to at least the minimum wage, the percentage who are individuals with significant... program in competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings levels equivalent to at least the minimum...

  7. 34 CFR 361.84 - Performance indicators.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings equivalent to at least the minimum wage. (iv) Performance... earnings equivalent to at least the minimum wage, the percentage who are individuals with significant... program in competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings levels equivalent to at least the minimum...

  8. 34 CFR 361.84 - Performance indicators.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings equivalent to at least the minimum wage. (iv) Performance... earnings equivalent to at least the minimum wage, the percentage who are individuals with significant... program in competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings levels equivalent to at least the minimum...

  9. 34 CFR 361.84 - Performance indicators.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings equivalent to at least the minimum wage. (iv) Performance... earnings equivalent to at least the minimum wage, the percentage who are individuals with significant... program in competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings levels equivalent to at least the minimum...

  10. 41 CFR 50-203.17 - Hearings.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 203-RULES OF PRACTICE Minimum Wage Determinations Under the Walsh... with regard to prevailing minimum wages in the various industries shall be conducted by an...

  11. Wage theft as a neglected public health problem: an overview and case study from San Francisco's Chinatown District.

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    Minkler, Meredith; Salvatore, Alicia L; Chang, Charlotte; Gaydos, Megan; Liu, Shaw San; Lee, Pam Tau; Tom, Alex; Bhatia, Rajiv; Krause, Niklas

    2014-06-01

    Wage theft, or nonpayment of wages to which workers are legally entitled, is a major contributor to low income, which in turn has adverse health effects. We describe a participatory research study of wage theft among immigrant Chinatown restaurant workers. We conducted surveys of 433 workers, and developed and used a health department observational tool in 106 restaurants. Close to 60% of workers reported 1 or more forms of wage theft (e.g., receiving less than minimum wage [50%], no overtime pay [> 65%], and pay deductions when sick [42%]). Almost two thirds of restaurants lacked required minimum wage law signage. We discuss the dissemination and use of findings to help secure and enforce a wage theft ordinance, along with implications for practice.

  12. The Impact of a City-Level Minimum-Wage Policy on Supermarket Food Prices in Seattle-King County.

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    Otten, Jennifer J; Buszkiewicz, James; Tang, Wesley; Aggarwal, Anju; Long, Mark; Vigdor, Jacob; Drewnowski, Adam

    2017-09-09

    Background : Many states and localities throughout the U.S. have adopted higher minimum wages. Higher labor costs among low-wage food system workers could result in higher food prices. Methods : Using a market basket of 106 foods, food prices were collected at affected chain supermarket stores in Seattle and same-chain unaffected stores in King County (n = 12 total, six per location). Prices were collected at 1 month pre- (March 2015) and 1-month post-policy enactment (May 2015), then again 1-year post-policy enactment (May 2016). Unpaired t-tests were used to detect price differences by location at fixed time while paired t-tests were used to detect price difference across time with fixed store chain. A multi-level, linear differences-in-differences model, was used to detect the changes in the average market basket item food prices over time across regions, overall and by food group. Results : There were no significant differences in overall market basket or item-level costs at one-month (-$0.01, SE = 0.05, p = 0.884) or one-year post-policy enactment (-$0.02, SE = 0.08, p = 0.772). No significant increases were observed by food group. Conclusions : There is no evidence of change in supermarket food prices by market basket or increase in prices by food group in response to the implementation of Seattle's minimum wage ordinance.

  13. 29 CFR 525.9 - Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under certificates at special minimum wage...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... relate to the individuals' productivity; (2) The prevailing wages of experienced employees not disabled... at the special minimum wage rate; (3) The productivity of the workers with disabilities compared to... (see § 525.12(h)) or the productivity of experienced nondisabled workers employed in the vicinity on...

  14. 29 CFR 520.403 - What information is required when applying for authority to pay less than the minimum wage?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... than the minimum wage? (a) A separate application must be made for each plant or establishment...; (5) If requesting authorization for the employment of learners at subminimum wages for a learning... period prior to making application; (7) Total number of nonsupervisory workers in the particular plant or...

  15. 29 CFR 783.42 - Vessels neither “documented” nor “numbered”.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... the minimum wage under the provisions of section 6(b)(2) and section 13(a)(14) is not limited by the... minimum wage provisions seamen engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce in those... 783.42 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  16. Wages, wage violations, and pesticide safety experienced by migrant farmworkers in North Carolina.

    PubMed

    Robinson, Erin; Nguyen, Ha T; Isom, Scott; Quandt, Sara A; Grzywacz, Joseph G; Chen, Haiying; Arcury, Thomas A

    2011-01-01

    Farmworkers have the potential to receive wages that fail to meet minimum wage standards. This analysis describes wages and minimum wage violations among farmworkers, and it determines associations of wage violations with personal characteristics and pesticide safety regulation violations. Data are from a cross-sectional survey of 300 eastern North Carolina farmworkers conducted in June through August, 2009. Most farmworkers (90.0%) were paid by the hour, but 11.7 percent received piece-rate pay. Wage violations were prevalent among farmworkers: 18.3 percent of all farmworkers, 45.3 percent of farmworkers without H-2A visas, and 3.6 percent of farmworkers with H-2A visas experienced wage violations. Most farmworkers experienced numerous pesticide safety violations. Personal characteristics were not associated with wage violations among farmworkers without H-2A visas, but some pesticide safety violations were associated with wage violations. The association of violations indicates that some growers generally violate regulations. Greater enforcement of all regulations is needed.

  17. WAGES, WAGE VIOLATIONS, AND PESTICIDE SAFETY EXPERIENCED BY MIGRANT FARMWORKERS IN NORTH CAROLINA*

    PubMed Central

    ROBINSON, ERIN; NGUYEN, HA T.; ISOM, SCOTT; QUANDT, SARA A.; GRZYWACZ, JOSEPH G.; CHEN, HAIYING; ARCURY, THOMAS A.

    2012-01-01

    Farmworkers have the potential to receive wages that fail to meet minimum wage standards. This analysis describes wages and minimum wage violations among farmworkers, and it determines associations of wage violations with personal characteristics and pesticide safety regulation violations. Data are from a cross-sectional survey of 300 eastern North Carolina farmworkers conducted in June through August, 2009. Most farmworkers (90.0%) were paid by the hour, but 11.7 percent received piece-rate pay. Wage violations were prevalent among farmworkers: 18.3 percent of all farmworkers, 45.3 percent of farmworkers without H-2A visas, and 3.6 percent of farmworkers with H-2A visas experienced wage violations. Most farmworkers experienced numerous pesticide safety violations. Personal characteristics were not associated with wage violations among farmworkers without H-2A visas, but some pesticide safety violations were associated with wage violations. The association of violations indicates that some growers generally violate regulations. Greater enforcement of all regulations is needed. PMID:21733804

  18. Impact of a private sector living wage intervention on depressive symptoms among apparel workers in the Dominican Republic: a quasi-experimental study

    PubMed Central

    Burmaster, Katharine B; Landefeld, John C; Rehkopf, David H; Lahiff, Maureen; Sokal-Gutierrez, Karen; Adler-Milstein, Sarah; Fernald, Lia C H

    2015-01-01

    Objectives Poverty reduction interventions through cash transfers and microcredit have had mixed effects on mental health. In this quasi-experimental study, we evaluate the effect of a living wage intervention on depressive symptoms of apparel factory workers in the Dominican Republic. Setting Two apparel factories in the Dominican Republic. Participants The final sample consisted of 204 hourly wage workers from the intervention (99) and comparison (105) factories. Interventions In 2010, an apparel factory began a living wage intervention including a 350% wage increase and significant workplace improvements. The wage increase was plausibly exogenous because workers were not aware of the living wage when applying for jobs and expected to be paid the usual minimum wage. These individuals were compared with workers at a similar local factory paying minimum wage, 15–16 months postintervention. Primary outcome measures Workers’ depressive symptoms were assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). Ordinary least squares and Poisson regressions were used to evaluate treatment effect of the intervention, adjusted for covariates. Results Intervention factory workers had fewer depressive symptoms than comparison factory workers (unadjusted mean CES-D scores: 10.6±9.3 vs 14.7±11.6, p=0.007). These results were sustained when controlling for covariates (β=−5.4, 95% CI −8.5 to −2.3, p=0.001). In adjusted analyses using the standard CES-D clinical cut-off of 16, workers at the intervention factory had a 47% reduced risk of clinically significant levels of depressive symptoms compared with workers at the comparison factory (23% vs 40%). Conclusions Policymakers have long grappled with how best to improve mental health among populations in low-income and middle-income countries. We find that providing a living wage and workplace improvements to improve income and well-being in a disadvantaged population is associated with reduced depressive symptoms. PMID:26238394

  19. Wage Theft as a Neglected Public Health Problem: An Overview and Case Study From San Francisco’s Chinatown District

    PubMed Central

    Salvatore, Alicia L.; Chang, Charlotte; Gaydos, Megan; Liu, Shaw San; Lee, Pam Tau; Tom, Alex; Bhatia, Rajiv; Krause, Niklas

    2014-01-01

    Wage theft, or nonpayment of wages to which workers are legally entitled, is a major contributor to low income, which in turn has adverse health effects. We describe a participatory research study of wage theft among immigrant Chinatown restaurant workers. We conducted surveys of 433 workers, and developed and used a health department observational tool in 106 restaurants. Close to 60% of workers reported 1 or more forms of wage theft (e.g., receiving less than minimum wage [50%], no overtime pay [> 65%], and pay deductions when sick [42%]). Almost two thirds of restaurants lacked required minimum wage law signage. We discuss the dissemination and use of findings to help secure and enforce a wage theft ordinance, along with implications for practice. PMID:24825200

  20. Quantitative Research on the Minimum Wage

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    Goldfarb, Robert S.

    1975-01-01

    The article reviews recent research examining the impact of minimum wage requirements on the size and distribution of teenage employment and earnings. The studies measure income distribution, employment levels and effect on unemployment. (MW)

  1. 29 CFR Appendix C to Part 510 - Government Corporations Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Government Corporations Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In C Appendix C to Part 510 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION... FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT IN PUERTO RICO Pt. 510, App. C Appendix C to Part 510—Government Corporations...

  2. 29 CFR Appendix C to Part 510 - Government Corporations Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Government Corporations Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In C Appendix C to Part 510 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION... FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT IN PUERTO RICO Pt. 510, App. C Appendix C to Part 510—Government Corporations...

  3. 20 CFR 655.120 - Offered wage rate.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... its obligation under § 655.122(l), an employer must offer, advertise in its recruitment, and pay a... prevailing wage, the agreed-upon collective bargaining wage, or the Federal or State minimum wage, in effect...

  4. Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours Standards Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Economic Effects Studies.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Wage and Labor Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC.

    This report describes the 1966 amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act and summarizes the findings of three 1969 studies of the economic effects of these amendments. The studies found that economic growth continued through the third phase of the amendments, beginning February 1, 1969, despite increased wage and hours restrictions for recently…

  5. 29 CFR 779.17 - Wage and wage payments to tipped employees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... ACT AS APPLIED TO RETAILERS OF GOODS OR SERVICES General Some Basic Definitions § 779.17 Wage and wage... per centum of the applicable minimum wage rate, except that in the case of an employee who (either... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Wage and wage payments to tipped employees. 779.17 Section...

  6. Youth Employment and the Minimum Wage. Hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC.

    This congressional hearing contains testimony about the problem of youth unemployment and about the relationship between youth employment opportunities and the minimum wage. A special focus is the administration's proposal for the enactment of a youth employment opportunity wage, under which youth below the age of 20 could be paid 75 percent of…

  7. Estimating the effects of wages on obesity.

    PubMed

    Kim, DaeHwan; Leigh, John Paul

    2010-05-01

    To estimate the effects of wages on obesity and body mass. Data on household heads, aged 20 to 65 years, with full-time jobs, were drawn from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics for 2003 to 2007. The Panel Study of Income Dynamics is a nationally representative sample. Instrumental variables (IV) for wages were created using knowledge of computer software and state legal minimum wages. Least squares (linear regression) with corrected standard errors were used to estimate the equations. Statistical tests revealed both instruments were strong and tests for over-identifying restrictions were favorable. Wages were found to be predictive (P < 0.05) of obesity and body mass in regressions both before and after applying IVs. Coefficient estimates suggested stronger effects in the IV models. Results are consistent with the hypothesis that low wages increase obesity prevalence and body mass.

  8. The Impact of a City-Level Minimum-Wage Policy on Supermarket Food Prices in Seattle-King County

    PubMed Central

    Tang, Wesley; Aggarwal, Anju; Vigdor, Jacob; Drewnowski, Adam

    2017-01-01

    Background: Many states and localities throughout the U.S. have adopted higher minimum wages. Higher labor costs among low-wage food system workers could result in higher food prices. Methods: Using a market basket of 106 foods, food prices were collected at affected chain supermarket stores in Seattle and same-chain unaffected stores in King County (n = 12 total, six per location). Prices were collected at 1 month pre- (March 2015) and 1-month post-policy enactment (May 2015), then again 1-year post-policy enactment (May 2016). Unpaired t-tests were used to detect price differences by location at fixed time while paired t-tests were used to detect price difference across time with fixed store chain. A multi-level, linear differences-in-differences model, was used to detect the changes in the average market basket item food prices over time across regions, overall and by food group. Results: There were no significant differences in overall market basket or item-level costs at one-month (−$0.01, SE = 0.05, p = 0.884) or one-year post-policy enactment (−$0.02, SE = 0.08, p = 0.772). No significant increases were observed by food group. Conclusions: There is no evidence of change in supermarket food prices by market basket or increase in prices by food group in response to the implementation of Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance. PMID:28891937

  9. California's minimum-nurse-staffing legislation and nurses' wages.

    PubMed

    Mark, Barbara; Harless, David W; Spetz, Joanne

    2009-01-01

    In 2004, California became the first state to implement minimum-nurse-staffing ratios in acute care hospitals. We examined the wages of registered nurses (RNs) before and after the legislation was enacted. Using four data sets-the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, the Current Population Survey, the National Compensation Survey, and the Occupational Employment Statistics Survey-we found that from 2000 through 2006, RNs in California metropolitan areas experienced real wage growth as much as twelve percentage points higher than the growth in the wages of nurses employed in metropolitan areas outside of California.

  10. 17 CFR 204.65 - Wage garnishment order.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 17 Commodity and Securities Exchanges 2 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Wage garnishment order. 204.65... DEBT COLLECTION Administrative Wage Garnishment § 204.65 Wage garnishment order. (a) Unless the... to thirty times the minimum wage See 29 CFR 870.10. (3) When a debtor's pay is subject to withholding...

  11. 48 CFR 22.1002-4 - Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage. 22.1002-4 Section 22.1002-4 Federal Acquisition Regulations System... Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended 22.1002-4 Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act minimum...

  12. Low-wage workers and health insurance coverage: can policymakers target them through their employers?

    PubMed

    Long, S H; Marquis, M S

    2001-01-01

    Many policy initiatives to increase health insurance coverage would subsidize employers to offer coverage or subsidize employees to participate in their employers' health plans. Using data from the 1997 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Employer Health Insurance Survey, we contrast "low-wage employers" with all other employers. Employees in low-wage businesses have significantly worse access to employment-based insurance than other employees do; they are less likely to work for an employer that offers insurance, less likely to be eligible if working in a business that offers insurance, and less likely to be enrolled if eligible. Low-wage employers contribute lower shares of premiums and offer less generous benefits than other employers do. Policies that would target subsidies to selected employers to increase insurance offers to low-wage workers are difficult to design, however, because several commonly mentioned employer characteristics (including firm size) are found to be poor indicators of low-wage worker concentration. Programs that would set minimum standards for employer plans to be eligible for "buy-ins" need to base these standards on the less generous terms offered by low-wage employers in order to effectively reach low-wage workers and their dependents.

  13. State Labor Legislation Enacted in 1973

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Levy, David A.

    1974-01-01

    The primary areas considered by State legislatures in 1973 included higher minimum wage rates and broader coverage of minimum wage laws, improved occupational safety, collective bargaining procedures for public employees, elimination of discrimination in employment, and updating of child labor standards. (Author)

  14. Reforming the minimum wage: Toward a psychological perspective.

    PubMed

    Smith, Laura

    2015-09-01

    The field of psychology has periodically used its professional and scholarly platform to encourage national policy reform that promotes the public interest. In this article, the movement to raise the federal minimum wage is presented as an issue meriting attention from the psychological profession. Psychological support for minimum wage reform derives from health disparities research that supports the causal linkages between poverty and diminished physical and emotional well-being. Furthermore, psychological scholarship relevant to the social exclusion of low-income people not only suggests additional benefits of financially inclusive policymaking, it also indicates some of the attitudinal barriers that could potentially hinder it. Although the national living wage debate obviously extends beyond psychological parameters, psychologists are well-positioned to evaluate and contribute to it. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved).

  15. 29 CFR 780.620 - Minimum wage for livestock auction work.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... minimum rate required by section 6(a)(1) of the Act for the time spent in livestock auction work. The exemption does not apply unless there is payment for all hours spent in livestock auction work at not less... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Minimum wage for livestock auction work. 780.620 Section...

  16. A Nation-Wide Study on the Percentage of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Patients Who Earn Minimum Wage or Above.

    PubMed

    Davidson, Michael; Kapara, Ori; Goldberg, Shira; Yoffe, Rinat; Noy, Shlomo; Weiser, Mark

    2016-03-01

    Although it is undisputable that patients with severe mental illness have impaired ability to work, the extent of this is unclear. This is a nation-wide, cross-sectional survey of patients who have been hospitalized with severe mental illness earning minimum wage or above. Data from the Israeli Psychiatric Hospitalization Case Registry were linked with nation-wide data from the National Insurance Institute (the equivalent of US Social Security) on personal income. Hospitalization data were obtained on all consecutive admissions to any psychiatric hospital in the country between 1990-2008 with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, other nonaffective psychotic disorders, or bipolar disorder (N = 35 673). Earning minimum wage or more was defined as earning at least 1000 USD/month, which was equivalent to minimum wage in Israel in December 2010. The percentages of patients with only 1 admission who were earning minimum wage or above in December 2010 were as follows: 10.6% of patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia; 21.6% of patients with a diagnosis of nonaffective psychotic disorders; and 24.2% of patients with bipolar disorder. The percentages of patients with multiple admissions who were earning minimum wage or above were as follows: 5.8% of patients with schizophrenia; 11.2% of patients with nonaffective psychotic disorders; and 19.9% of patients with bipolar disorder. Despite potential confounders, the results indicate that patients with schizophrenia, nonaffective psychotic disorders, or bipolar disorder have a poor employment outcome, even if they have only been admitted once. These results emphasize the importance of improving interventions to re-integrate these individuals into the work force. © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.

  17. A Nation-Wide Study on the Percentage of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Patients Who Earn Minimum Wage or Above

    PubMed Central

    Davidson, Michael; Kapara, Ori; Goldberg, Shira; Yoffe, Rinat; Noy, Shlomo; Weiser, Mark

    2016-01-01

    Objective: Although it is undisputable that patients with severe mental illness have impaired ability to work, the extent of this is unclear. This is a nation-wide, cross-sectional survey of patients who have been hospitalized with severe mental illness earning minimum wage or above. Method: Data from the Israeli Psychiatric Hospitalization Case Registry were linked with nation-wide data from the National Insurance Institute (the equivalent of US Social Security) on personal income. Hospitalization data were obtained on all consecutive admissions to any psychiatric hospital in the country between 1990–2008 with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, other nonaffective psychotic disorders, or bipolar disorder (N = 35 673). Earning minimum wage or more was defined as earning at least 1000 USD/month, which was equivalent to minimum wage in Israel in December 2010. Results: The percentages of patients with only 1 admission who were earning minimum wage or above in December 2010 were as follows: 10.6% of patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia; 21.6% of patients with a diagnosis of nonaffective psychotic disorders; and 24.2% of patients with bipolar disorder. The percentages of patients with multiple admissions who were earning minimum wage or above were as follows: 5.8% of patients with schizophrenia; 11.2% of patients with nonaffective psychotic disorders; and 19.9% of patients with bipolar disorder. Conclusions: Despite potential confounders, the results indicate that patients with schizophrenia, nonaffective psychotic disorders, or bipolar disorder have a poor employment outcome, even if they have only been admitted once. These results emphasize the importance of improving interventions to re-integrate these individuals into the work force. PMID:25796051

  18. 29 CFR 578.2 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS MINIMUM WAGE AND... Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, and includes any official of the Wage and Hour Division who is authorized by the Administrator to perform any...

  19. Impact of a private sector living wage intervention on depressive symptoms among apparel workers in the Dominican Republic: a quasi-experimental study.

    PubMed

    Burmaster, Katharine B; Landefeld, John C; Rehkopf, David H; Lahiff, Maureen; Sokal-Gutierrez, Karen; Adler-Milstein, Sarah; Fernald, Lia C H

    2015-08-03

    Poverty reduction interventions through cash transfers and microcredit have had mixed effects on mental health. In this quasi-experimental study, we evaluate the effect of a living wage intervention on depressive symptoms of apparel factory workers in the Dominican Republic. Two apparel factories in the Dominican Republic. The final sample consisted of 204 hourly wage workers from the intervention (99) and comparison (105) factories. In 2010, an apparel factory began a living wage intervention including a 350% wage increase and significant workplace improvements. The wage increase was plausibly exogenous because workers were not aware of the living wage when applying for jobs and expected to be paid the usual minimum wage. These individuals were compared with workers at a similar local factory paying minimum wage, 15-16 months postintervention. Workers' depressive symptoms were assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). Ordinary least squares and Poisson regressions were used to evaluate treatment effect of the intervention, adjusted for covariates. Intervention factory workers had fewer depressive symptoms than comparison factory workers (unadjusted mean CES-D scores: 10.6 ± 9.3 vs 14.7 ± 11.6, p = 0.007). These results were sustained when controlling for covariates (β = -5.4, 95% CI -8.5 to -2.3, p = 0.001). In adjusted analyses using the standard CES-D clinical cut-off of 16, workers at the intervention factory had a 47% reduced risk of clinically significant levels of depressive symptoms compared with workers at the comparison factory (23% vs 40%). Policymakers have long grappled with how best to improve mental health among populations in low-income and middle-income countries. We find that providing a living wage and workplace improvements to improve income and well-being in a disadvantaged population is associated with reduced depressive symptoms. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.

  20. 29 CFR 510.10 - Table of wage rates and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Table of wage rates and effective dates. 510.10 Section 510.10 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR... ACT IN PUERTO RICO Schedule of Minimum Wage Rates Applicable in Puerto Rico § 510.10 Table of wage...

  1. Delimitation of homogeneous regions in the UNIFESP/EPM healthcare center coverage area based on sociodemographic indicators.

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    Harada, K Y; Silva, J G; Schenkman, S; Hayama, E T; Santos, F R; Prado, M C; Pontes, R H

    1999-01-07

    The drawing up of adequate Public Health action planning to address the true needs of the population would increase the chances of effectiveness and decrease unnecessary expenses. To identify homogeneous regions in the UNIFESP/EPM healthcare center (HCC) coverage area based on sociodemographic indicators and to relate them to causes of deaths in 1995. Secondary data analysis. HCC coverage area; primary care. Sociodemographic indicators were obtained from special tabulations of the Demographic Census of 1991. Proportion of children and elderly in the population; family providers' education level (maximum: > 15 years, minimum: < 1 year) and income level (maximum: > 20 minimum wages, minimum: < 1 minimum wage); proportional mortality distribution The maximum income permitted the construction of four homogeneous regions, according to income ranking. Although the proportion of children and of elderly did not vary significantly among the regions, minimum income and education showed a statistically significant (p < 0.05) difference between the first region (least affluent) and the others. A clear trend of increasing maximum education was observed across the regions. Mortality also differed in the first region, with deaths generated by possibly preventable infections. The inequalities observed may contribute to primary health prevention.

  2. Do Higher Minimum Wages Benefit Health? Evidence From the UK.

    PubMed

    Lenhart, Otto

    This study examines the link between minimum wages and health outcomes by using the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in the United Kingdom in 1999 as an exogenous variation of earned income. A test for health effects by using longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey for a period of ten years was conducted. It was found that the NMW significantly improved several measures of health, including self-reported health status and the presence of health conditions. When examining potential mechanisms, it was shown that changes in health behaviors, leisure expenditures, and financial stress can explain the observed improvements in health.

  3. Payment Mechanisms for Community Employment: Realities and Recommendations.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Hagner, David; And Others

    1987-01-01

    The article describes the payment mechanisms currently available to reimburse workers with severe disabilities for work performed. The advantages and disadvantages of competitive employment at or above minimum wage, competitive employment below minimum wage, contracted employment through a rehabilitation agency, and self-employment are discussed.…

  4. 29 CFR 780.500 - Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... from the minimum wage and overtime pay provisions of the Act for certain agricultural employees engaged... Section 780.500 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF... STANDARDS ACT Employment or Agricultural Employees in Processing Shade-Grown Tobacco; Exemption From Minimum...

  5. Legal Issues Involving Student Workers.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Valentine, Harold; Zikmund, Dale G.

    This paper outlines the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (sometimes referred to as the Wage-Hour Law) that establishes a minimum wage, subminimum wage, training wage overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements. The following topics are addressed: (1) covered employment; (2) exemptions; (3) hours worked; (4) board, lodging, and other…

  6. 29 CFR 541.0 - Introductory statement.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ..., as amended, provides an exemption from the Act's minimum wage and overtime requirements for any... secondary schools), or in the capacity of an outside sales employee, as such terms are defined and delimited... Procedure Act. Section 13(a)(17) of the Act provides an exemption from the minimum wage and overtime...

  7. Teenagers and the Minimum Wage in Retail Trade

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Cotterill, Philip G.; Wadycki, Walter J.

    1976-01-01

    The impact of minimum wage policy on the hiring of teenagers in relation to adult laborers in retail trade has been assessed through analysis of a study sample of 353 male and 391 female retail trade employees who were part of the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity. (LH)

  8. 41 CFR 50-203.22 - Effective date of determinations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 203-RULES OF PRACTICE Minimum Wage Determinations Under the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act § 50-203.22 Effective date of determinations. Any minimum wage determination issued as a result of hearings held under this subpart shall take effect not less...

  9. Defense Downsizing and Blacks in the Military

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1993-06-01

    10.3 percent. An effort was made to determine if representation differences exist between service men and women . Tables 11 and 12 show representation and...Congress did little to maintain a rate of pay comparable to that of the civilian wage . Legislation was passed authorizing defense 16 cuts and pay ...freezes, yet the civilian minimum wage was increased, serving to widen the military-civilian disparity in pay [Ref. 31). The G.I. Bill, a longstanding

  10. 20 CFR 229.53 - Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 20 Employees' Benefits 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Reduction for social security benefits on... UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE Computation of the Overall Minimum Rate § 229.53 Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record. The total annuity...

  11. 20 CFR 229.53 - Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 20 Employees' Benefits 1 2013-04-01 2012-04-01 true Reduction for social security benefits on... UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE Computation of the Overall Minimum Rate § 229.53 Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record. The total annuity...

  12. 20 CFR 229.53 - Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... 20 Employees' Benefits 1 2014-04-01 2012-04-01 true Reduction for social security benefits on... UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE Computation of the Overall Minimum Rate § 229.53 Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record. The total annuity...

  13. 20 CFR 229.53 - Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... 20 Employees' Benefits 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Reduction for social security benefits on... UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE Computation of the Overall Minimum Rate § 229.53 Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record. The total annuity...

  14. 20 CFR 229.53 - Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 20 Employees' Benefits 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Reduction for social security benefits on... UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE Computation of the Overall Minimum Rate § 229.53 Reduction for social security benefits on employee's wage record. The total annuity...

  15. The Effects of Minimum Wages on Teenage Employment, Enrollment, and Idleness.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Neumark, David

    A study described the effects of minimum wages on teenagers by using individual-level panel data on school and work transitions of teenagers. Panel data from 1979-92 measuring transitions among alternative employment and enrollment activities of teenagers were obtained from matched Current Population Surveys data sets. Findings indicated that…

  16. 29 CFR 4.50 - Types of wage and fringe benefit determinations.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Types of wage and fringe benefit determinations. 4.50... Determination Procedures § 4.50 Types of wage and fringe benefit determinations. The Administrator specifies the minimum monetary wages and fringe benefits to be paid as required under the Act in two types of...

  17. 29 CFR 697.2 - Industry wage rates and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Industry wage rates and effective dates. 697.2 Section 697... REGULATIONS INDUSTRIES IN AMERICAN SAMOA § 697.2 Industry wage rates and effective dates. Every employer shall... 1938, wages at a rate not less than the minimum rate prescribed in this section for the industries and...

  18. 29 CFR 697.2 - Industry wage rates and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Industry wage rates and effective dates. 697.2 Section 697... REGULATIONS INDUSTRIES IN AMERICAN SAMOA § 697.2 Industry wage rates and effective dates. Every employer shall... 1938, wages at a rate not less than the minimum rate prescribed in this section for the industries and...

  19. 29 CFR 697.2 - Industry wage rates and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Industry wage rates and effective dates. 697.2 Section 697... REGULATIONS INDUSTRIES IN AMERICAN SAMOA § 697.2 Industry wage rates and effective dates. Every employer shall... 1938, wages at a rate not less than the minimum rate prescribed in this section for the industries and...

  20. [Changes in factors associated with the nutrition transition in Mexico].

    PubMed

    Ortiz-Hernández, Luis; Delgado-Sánchez, Guadalupe; Hernández-Briones, Ana

    2006-01-01

    To describe the demographic and socioeconomic changes, food availability and food expense in Mexico during 1980-2000. From official statistics (Population Census, FAO Food Balance Sheets, Family Income and Expense National Survey and Economic Census) we estimated the evolution of population distribution according to locality size, occupational structure, woman participation in the wage-earning labor force, minimum wage, availability of food establishments and expense in food. The percentage of the population that lives in urban areas has increased, they are employed in the tertiary sector, womens participation in the labor market has increased but real minimum wages have decreased. Vegetables, oleaginous, oils, fish and seafood availability have decreased whereas animal fat, vegetables, fruits, softdrinks, meats and egg availability have increased. The number of inexpensive restaurants (cocinas económicas and fondas) has also increased. Food expenses have decreased while amount of money spent in food consumed away from home has increased. In Mexico, the growth in urban areas and the tertiary job sector shows a parallel growth in the availability of high fat and protein food, a greater diet variety and more opportunities to consume food not prepared in the home. On the other hand, the sale of equipment and places designed for recreational physical activity have increased. By reducing employment in the primary sector it is foreseeable that labor intensive physical activity will become less important overtime.

  1. 29 CFR 552.100 - Application of minimum wage and overtime provisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for such excess hours, unless the employee... meal credits when combined do not in total exceed 150 percent of the statutory minimum hourly wage for... value of furnishing meals, whichever is less, as determined in accordance with part 531 of this chapter...

  2. 29 CFR 552.100 - Application of minimum wage and overtime provisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for such excess hours, unless the employee... meal credits when combined do not in total exceed 150 percent of the statutory minimum hourly wage for... value of furnishing meals, whichever is less, as determined in accordance with part 531 of this chapter...

  3. The President's Veto of the Minimum Wage Bill: Impact on Poor and Minority Workers.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Shapiro, Isaac

    Restoration of an adequate minimum wage remains a critical ingredient in efforts to provide income security for poor and minority workers. The experience of recent years indicates that work does not provide economic security for many poor, Black, and Hispanic workers. National and minority unemployment rates have dropped during the economic…

  4. Financial Implications of Half- and Full-Time Employment for Persons with Disabilities.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Schloss, Patrick J.; And Others

    1987-01-01

    Balance sheets comparing yearly income and expenses were developed for three disabled worker situations: no earned income, half-time minimum-wage job, and full-time minimum-wage job. Net disposable income was comparable for part-time and full-time disabled workers, since eligibility for Medicaid, Food Stamps, and Supplemental Security Income was…

  5. State Flexibility: The Minimum Wage and Welfare Reform.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Employment Policies Inst., Washington, DC.

    In 1999, Congress for the first time, is debating a federal minimum wage hike that will affect low-skilled people who have dramatically fewer options if they cannot find work. This public policy debate has been occasioned by the new state focus on welfare reform that, to some, suggests that a state flexibility approach be applied to the minimum…

  6. Researching the Minimum Wage: A Moral Economy for the Classroom.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Neverow-Turk, Vara

    1991-01-01

    Describes a writing assignment that requires students to research and report on what it would be like to live on minimum wage. Explains that this assignment is not really any different than the traditional assignment, it is simply more obvious about its political content because it involves an inquiry into economics rather than literature or…

  7. Federal and State Employment Laws. Module Number 11. Work Experience Program Modules. Coordination Techniques Series.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Kidney, John

    This self-instructional module, the eleventh in a series of 16 on techniques for coordinating work experience programs, deals with federal and state employment laws. Addressed in the module are federal and state employment laws pertaining to minimum wage for student learners, minimum wage for full-time students, unemployment insurance, child labor…

  8. 34 CFR 674.35 - Deferment of repayment-Federal Perkins loans made before July 1, 1993.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 1954. (ii) The borrower provides service to low-income persons and their communities to assist them in... Act of 1938 (the Federal minimum wage), except that the tax-exempt organization may provide health... (3) Is being compensated at a rate which is not more than $1.00 over the minimum hourly wage...

  9. 20 CFR 229.67 - Redetermination of reduction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... SOCIAL SECURITY OVERALL MINIMUM GUARANTEE Reduction for Worker's Compensation or Disability Benefits... earnings amount by: (1) The average total wages (including wages that exceed the maximum used in computing social security benefits) of all persons for whom wages were reported to the Secretary of the Treasury...

  10. 41 CFR 50-203.21 - Decisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 203-RULES OF PRACTICE Minimum Wage Determinations Under the Walsh..., and (2) any proposed wage determination. Any tentative decision shall be published in the Federal... wage determination. Any final decision shall be published in the Federal Register. [26 FR 8945, Sept...

  11. 29 CFR 528.3 - Withdrawal and annulment of certificates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... RETAIL OR SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS AT SPECIAL MINIMUM WAGE RATES § 528.3 Withdrawal and annulment of....3 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR... agriculture, retail, or service establishments, or in institutions of higher education at subminimum wages...

  12. 78 FR 16299 - Proposed Extension of the Approval of Information Collection Requirements

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-03-14

    ... Federal minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards of most general... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Wage and Hour Division RIN 1235-0018 Proposed Extension of the Approval of Information Collection Requirements AGENCY: Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice...

  13. 29 CFR 528.2 - Definition of terms.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... ESTABLISHMENTS AT SPECIAL MINIMUM WAGE RATES § 528.2 Definition of terms. As used in the regulations contained in... Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS ANNULMENT OR... Assistant Regional Administrators for the Wage and Hour Division (who are authorized to redelegate this...

  14. No Way Out: Working Poor Women in the United States.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    National Commission on Working Women, Washington, DC.

    This report examines the situation of the one-half of the nation's nine million working poor who are female. It begins by looking at just who the working poor are. Two areas of study are education levels and types of jobs. The discussion then shifts to minimum wage earners and their characteristics, the current status of the minimum wage, and the…

  15. The Youth Entitlement Demonstration: Subsidized Employment with a Schooling Requirement.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Farkas, George; And Others

    1983-01-01

    Describes a program of the Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) that offered a minimum wage job to 16 to 19 year olds who were from low-income households and who were still enrolled in high school. Provides strong evidence that the unemployment of these youths is largely involuntary, due to demand deficiency at the minimum wage. (NRJ)

  16. 29 CFR Appendix D to Part 510 - Municipalities Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... other employees are subject to Tier 3. Municipalities which did not submit data are subject to Tier 1... June 1, 1990. If upon review it is determined that the municipality should have been subject to Tier 1... Minimum Wage Phase-In This appendix contains a listing of the municipalities in Puerto Rico and the tier...

  17. The Unexpected Long-Run Impact of the Minimum Wage: An Educational Cascade. NBER Working Paper No. 16355

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Sutch, Richard

    2010-01-01

    Neglected, but significant, the long-run consequence of the minimum wage--which was made national policy in the United States in 1938--is its stimulation of capital deepening. This took two forms. First, the engineered shortage of low-skill, low-paying jobs induced teenagers to invest in additional human capital--primarily by extending their…

  18. 29 CFR 780.331 - Crew leaders and labor contractors.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section... Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS... performance of work by his crew and his authority to determine the wage rates paid to his workers. (c) There...

  19. 29 CFR 778.2 - Coverage and exemptions not discussed.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... within the general coverage of the wage and hours provisions are wholly or partially excluded from the protection of the Act's minimum-wage and overtime-pay requirements. Some of these exemptions are self... Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS...

  20. 29 CFR 779.406 - “Student-learners”.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... certificates of student-learners at wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under section 6 of the Act... Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL... service establishments. (b) Definitions. The regulations in § 520.2 of this chapter define “student...

  1. 26 CFR 404.6334(d)-1 - Minimum exemption from levy for wages, salary, or other income.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1976 § 404.6334(d)-1 Minimum exemption from levy for wages, salary, or other income. (a) In general. Under section 6331(a), if an individual liable for any tax neglects or... person is not a minor child of the individual with respect to whom amounts are exempt from levy under...

  2. 26 CFR 404.6334(d)-1 - Minimum exemption from levy for wages, salary, or other income.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1976 § 404.6334(d)-1 Minimum exemption from levy for wages, salary, or other income. (a) In general. Under section 6331(a), if an individual liable for any tax neglects or... person is not a minor child of the individual with respect to whom amounts are exempt from levy under...

  3. 26 CFR 404.6334(d)-1 - Minimum exemption from levy for wages, salary, or other income.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1976 § 404.6334(d)-1 Minimum exemption from levy for wages, salary, or other income. (a) In general. Under section 6331(a), if an individual liable for any tax neglects or... person is not a minor child of the individual with respect to whom amounts are exempt from levy under...

  4. 26 CFR 404.6334(d)-1 - Minimum exemption from levy for wages, salary, or other income.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1976 § 404.6334(d)-1 Minimum exemption from levy for wages, salary, or other income. (a) In general. Under section 6331(a), if an individual liable for any tax neglects or... person is not a minor child of the individual with respect to whom amounts are exempt from levy under...

  5. 29 CFR 510.10 - Table of wage rates and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... ACT IN PUERTO RICO Schedule of Minimum Wage Rates Applicable in Puerto Rico § 510.10 Table of wage... manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries in Puerto Rico by SIC code, and indicate which tier is applicable... the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, municipalities, and other governmental entities of the Commonwealth...

  6. 29 CFR 510.10 - Table of wage rates and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... ACT IN PUERTO RICO Schedule of Minimum Wage Rates Applicable in Puerto Rico § 510.10 Table of wage... manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries in Puerto Rico by SIC code, and indicate which tier is applicable... the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, municipalities, and other governmental entities of the Commonwealth...

  7. 29 CFR 510.10 - Table of wage rates and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... ACT IN PUERTO RICO Schedule of Minimum Wage Rates Applicable in Puerto Rico § 510.10 Table of wage... manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries in Puerto Rico by SIC code, and indicate which tier is applicable... the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, municipalities, and other governmental entities of the Commonwealth...

  8. 29 CFR 779.4 - Pay standards for newly covered employment.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 779.4 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR... amendments; such employees must be paid not less than the minimum wages for hours worked and not less than.... Information on these rates and their effective dates may be obtained at any office of the Wage and Hour...

  9. 43 CFR Appendix A to Subpart F of... - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for..., each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a...

  10. 28 CFR Appendix A to Part 70 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination made by... other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers must include a provision for..., each contractor is required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a...

  11. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 32 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with sections 102... required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40...

  12. 43 CFR Appendix A to Subpart F of... - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for..., each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a...

  13. 28 CFR Appendix A to Part 70 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination made by... other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers must include a provision for..., each contractor is required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a...

  14. 38 CFR Appendix A to Part 49 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a... of the Act, each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on...

  15. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 32 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with sections 102... required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40...

  16. 24 CFR Appendix A to Part 84 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for..., each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a...

  17. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 32 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with sections 102... required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40...

  18. 38 CFR Appendix A to Part 49 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a... of the Act, each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on...

  19. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 32 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with sections 102... required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40...

  20. 40 CFR Appendix to Part 30 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with... shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work...

  1. 38 CFR Appendix A to Part 49 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a... of the Act, each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on...

  2. 28 CFR Appendix A to Part 70 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination made by... other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers must include a provision for..., each contractor is required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a...

  3. 40 CFR Appendix to Part 30 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with... shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work...

  4. 24 CFR Appendix A to Part 84 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for..., each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a...

  5. 24 CFR Appendix A to Part 84 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for..., each contractor shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a...

  6. 40 CFR Appendix to Part 30 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination... contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with... shall be required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work...

  7. 29 CFR 783.43 - Computation of seaman's minimum wage.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS... STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED AS SEAMEN Computation of Wages and Hours § 783.43 Computation of seaman... all hours on duty in such period at the hourly rate prescribed for employees newly covered by the Act...

  8. 77 FR 11021 - Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-02-24

    ... proposing to revise the Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage, overtime and recordkeeping regulations... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Wage and Hour Division 29 CFR Part 552 RIN 1235-AA05 Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service AGENCY: Wage and Hour Division, Labor. ACTION: Notice and...

  9. 78 FR 46373 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Domestic...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-07-31

    ... minimum wage an agricultural employer utilizing the H-2A program, allowing temporary employment of alien... for OMB Review; Comment Request; Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY...- Season Wage Report,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in...

  10. 29 CFR 528.4 - According opportunity to demonstrate or achieve compliance.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... OR IN RETAIL OR SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS AT SPECIAL MINIMUM WAGE RATES § 528.4 According opportunity to.... 528.4 Section 528.4 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT... wages improperly withheld and by taking steps adequate to insure that new cause for annulment or...

  11. 29 CFR 4.5 - Contract specification of determined minimum wages and fringe benefits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ...) apply. (3) For purposes of using WDOL databases containing prevailing wage determinations, the date of... stipulations contained in § 4.6 and any applicable wage determination issued by the Administrator or his... any contract subject to section 10 of the Act, the Administrator may require retroactive application...

  12. 29 CFR 4.5 - Contract specification of determined minimum wages and fringe benefits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ...) apply. (3) For purposes of using WDOL databases containing prevailing wage determinations, the date of... stipulations contained in § 4.6 and any applicable wage determination issued by the Administrator or his... any contract subject to section 10 of the Act, the Administrator may require retroactive application...

  13. 29 CFR 4.5 - Contract specification of determined minimum wages and fringe benefits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ...) apply. (3) For purposes of using WDOL databases containing prevailing wage determinations, the date of... stipulations contained in § 4.6 and any applicable wage determination issued by the Administrator or his... any contract subject to section 10 of the Act, the Administrator may require retroactive application...

  14. 29 CFR 4.5 - Contract specification of determined minimum wages and fringe benefits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ...) apply. (3) For purposes of using WDOL databases containing prevailing wage determinations, the date of... stipulations contained in § 4.6 and any applicable wage determination issued by the Administrator or his... any contract subject to section 10 of the Act, the Administrator may require retroactive application...

  15. 29 CFR 4.5 - Contract specification of determined minimum wages and fringe benefits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ...) apply. (3) For purposes of using WDOL databases containing prevailing wage determinations, the date of... stipulations contained in § 4.6 and any applicable wage determination issued by the Administrator or his... any contract subject to section 10 of the Act, the Administrator may require retroactive application...

  16. 41 CFR 50-203.15 - Initiation of proceeding.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 203-RULES OF PRACTICE Minimum Wage Determinations Under the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act § 50-203.15 Initiation of proceeding. Wage determination...

  17. Effects of wages on smoking decisions of current and past smokers.

    PubMed

    Du, Juan; Leigh, J Paul

    2015-08-01

    We used longitudinal data and instrumental variables (IVs) in a prospective design to test for the causal effects of wages on smoking prevalence among current and past smokers. Nationally representative U.S. data were drawn from the 1999-2009 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Our overall sample was restricted to full time employed persons, aged 21-65 years. We excluded part time workers and youths because smoking and wage correlations would be complicated by labor supply decisions. We excluded adult never smokers because people rarely begin smoking after the age of 20 years. IVs were created with state-level minimum wages and unionization rates. We analyzed subsamples of men, women, the less educated, the more educated, quitters, and backsliders. Validity and strength of instruments within the IV analysis were conducted with the Sargan-Hansen J statistic and F tests. We found some evidence that low wages lead to more smoking in the overall sample and substantial evidence for men, persons with high school educations or less (<13 years of schooling), and quitters. Results indicated that 10% increases in wages lead to 5.5 and 4.6 percentage point decreases in smoking for men and the less educated; they also increased the average chance of quitting among base-year smokers from 17.0% to 20.4%. Statistical tests suggested that IVs were strong and valid in most samples. Subjects' other family income, including spouses' wages, was entered as a control variable. Increases in an individual's wages, independent of other income, decreased the prevalence of smoking among current and past smokers. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

  18. 29 CFR 516.2 - Employees subject to minimum wage or minimum wage and overtime provisions pursuant to section 6...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... section, the schedule of daily and weekly hours the employee normally works. Also, (1) In weeks in which... basis of pay by indicating the monetary amount paid on a per hour, per day, per week, per piece... hours were in fact actually worked by him, and (2) In weeks in which more or less than the scheduled...

  19. The Implications of the National Minimum Wage for Training Practices and Skill Utilisation in the United Kingdom Hospitality Industry

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Norris, Gill; Williams, Steve; Adam-Smith, Derek

    2003-01-01

    Two key issues thrown up by the 1999 introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in the United Kingdom are its likely impact on employers' training practices in low paying sectors of the economy and the implications for skills. Based on a study of the hospitality industry, this article assesses the limited significance of the differential,…

  20. The Effect of Minimum Wages on the Labor Force Participation Rates of Teenagers.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Wessels, Walter J.

    In light of pressure on Congress to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.15 per hour, a study looked at the effects such a raise would have on more than 10 million workers, many of them teenagers. The study used quarterly data on the labor force participation rates of teenagers from 1978 through 1999 and other studies to assess the effects of…

  1. Extreme Family Poverty Rises in the Midst of a Strong Economy. Family Review.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Lindjord, Denise

    2000-01-01

    Discusses the sudden increase of families with incomes below 50 percent of the poverty line, noting particularly the impact on children. Notes a direct link between increased family poverty and the decreasing protective role of cash welfare and food stamp benefits. Describes federal proposals to increase minimum wage and cut taxes; makes…

  2. The Haitian Economy and the HOPE Act

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-03-05

    questioned, its economic effects were concrete and devastating. Haiti was already experiencing a decline in output, employment, and income, but the...over increasing the minimum wage produced protests and political conflagration , an outrage that attests to the importance that the Haitian people place

  3. 45 CFR Appendix A to Part 74 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary... the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with sections 102 and... required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40...

  4. 45 CFR Appendix A to Part 74 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary... the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with sections 102 and... required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40...

  5. 45 CFR Appendix A to Part 74 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary... the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with sections 102 and... required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40...

  6. 15 CFR Appendix A to Part 14 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary... of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with Sections 102 and 107 of the... wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of...

  7. 15 CFR Appendix A to Part 14 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary... of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with Sections 102 and 107 of the... wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of...

  8. 45 CFR Appendix A to Part 74 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary... the employment of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with sections 102 and... required to compute the wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40...

  9. 15 CFR Appendix A to Part 14 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary... of mechanics or laborers shall include a provision for compliance with Sections 102 and 107 of the... wages of every mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of...

  10. 14 CFR Appendix A to Part 152 - Contract and Labor Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... paragraph L need not be included in prime contracts of $2,000 or less. A. Minimum wages. (1) All mechanics... the contractor and such laborers and mechanics; and the wage determination decision(s) shall be posted... under section 1(b)(2) of the Davis-Bacon Act on behalf of laborers or mechanics are considered wages...

  11. 14 CFR Appendix A to Part 152 - Contract and Labor Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... paragraph L need not be included in prime contracts of $2,000 or less. A. Minimum wages. (1) All mechanics... the contractor and such laborers and mechanics; and the wage determination decision(s) shall be posted... under section 1(b)(2) of the Davis-Bacon Act on behalf of laborers or mechanics are considered wages...

  12. 14 CFR Appendix A to Part 152 - Contract and Labor Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... paragraph L need not be included in prime contracts of $2,000 or less. A. Minimum wages. (1) All mechanics... the contractor and such laborers and mechanics; and the wage determination decision(s) shall be posted... under section 1(b)(2) of the Davis-Bacon Act on behalf of laborers or mechanics are considered wages...

  13. 14 CFR Appendix A to Part 152 - Contract and Labor Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... paragraph L need not be included in prime contracts of $2,000 or less. A. Minimum wages. (1) All mechanics... the contractor and such laborers and mechanics; and the wage determination decision(s) shall be posted... under section 1(b)(2) of the Davis-Bacon Act on behalf of laborers or mechanics are considered wages...

  14. 14 CFR Appendix A to Part 152 - Contract and Labor Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... paragraph L need not be included in prime contracts of $2,000 or less. A. Minimum wages. (1) All mechanics... the contractor and such laborers and mechanics; and the wage determination decision(s) shall be posted... under section 1(b)(2) of the Davis-Bacon Act on behalf of laborers or mechanics are considered wages...

  15. 76 FR 5209 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Information...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-01-28

    ... categories of workers who may be paid less than the statutory minimum wage to the extent necessary to prevent... submission of the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) sponsored information collection request (ICR) titled... Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Office...

  16. Protecting Labor Rights: Roles for Public Health

    PubMed Central

    Gaydos, Megan; Yu, Karen; Weintraub, June

    2013-01-01

    Federal, state, and local labor laws establish minimum standards for working conditions, including wages, work hours, occupational safety, and collective bargaining. The adoption and enforcement of labor laws protect and promote social, economic, and physical determinants of health, while incomplete compliance undermines these laws and contributes to health inequalities. Using existing legal authorities, some public health agencies may be able to contribute to the adoption, monitoring, and enforcement of labor laws. We describe how routine public health functions have been adapted in San Francisco, California, to support compliance with minimum wage and workers' compensation insurance standards. Based on these experiences, we consider the opportunities and obstacles for health agencies to defend and advance labor standards. Increasing coordinated action between health and labor agencies may be a promising approach to reducing health inequities and efficiently enforcing labor standards. PMID:24179278

  17. Protecting labor rights: roles for public health.

    PubMed

    Bhatia, Rajiv; Gaydos, Megan; Yu, Karen; Weintraub, June

    2013-11-01

    Federal, state, and local labor laws establish minimum standards for working conditions, including wages, work hours, occupational safety, and collective bargaining. The adoption and enforcement of labor laws protect and promote social, economic, and physical determinants of health, while incomplete compliance undermines these laws and contributes to health inequalities. Using existing legal authorities, some public health agencies may be able to contribute to the adoption, monitoring, and enforcement of labor laws. We describe how routine public health functions have been adapted in San Francisco, California, to support compliance with minimum wage and workers' compensation insurance standards. Based on these experiences, we consider the opportunities and obstacles for health agencies to defend and advance labor standards. Increasing coordinated action between health and labor agencies may be a promising approach to reducing health inequities and efficiently enforcing labor standards.

  18. [Adolescent pregnancy: maternal characteristics and their association with birth weight of the newborn].

    PubMed

    Restrepo-Mesa, Sandra Lucía; Zapata López, Natalia; Parra Sosa, Beatriz Elena; Escudero Vásquez, Luz Estela; Atalah, Eduardo

    2014-06-01

    In Colombia, adolescent pregnancy is a public health problem, with serious implications for the health and nutrition of the binomial mother-child. assess socio-demographic, economic, food security, health and maternal nutritional status characteristics by anthropometric measures in a group of pregnant adolescents in Medellin-Colombia on their third trimester of pregnancy and associate them with the newborns weight. A cross sectional analytical study was made with 294 pregnant women (week 27 to 40), who participating in prenatal control program of the public hospital network in Medellin-Colombia. We sought Association of weight at birth with the explanatory variables. underweight in pregnant women was presented in families that had lower income wages than the Standard Minimum Wage Income--SMWI-, adolescents who were younger than 15 years old and those who had a gynecological age less than five years. In newborns, the highest proportion of small children for pregnancy age was found in mothers who presented infections, low pregnancy weight and low family income less than the minimum wage. For those whose earnings was less than the minimum income the newborn weight decreased 118g (CI 95%: -2.5 a - 234.7), in addition, for each kilogram that increased the pre-pregnancy weight, newborn weight increased in 10,26g (CI 95%: 1.98 a-18.5). low-weight pregnancy and low-weight newborns are associated with low family income. Pre-pregnancy weight, body mass index in the third trimester of pregnancy and mother's presence of urinary tract and vaginal infections were associated with the newborn's weight.

  19. To allow an employer to pay an H-2A worker the Federal minimum wage or the prevailing wage in a case where the employer pays either wage to United States citizens similarly employed.

    THOMAS, 111th Congress

    Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1

    2010-03-12

    House - 04/26/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  20. The labor market effects of California's minimum nurse staffing law.

    PubMed

    Munnich, Elizabeth L

    2014-08-01

    In 2004, California became the first state to implement statewide minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in general hospitals. In spite of years of work to establish statewide staffing regulations, there is little evidence that the law was effective in attracting more nurses to the hospital workforce or improving patient outcomes. This paper examines the effects of this legislation on employment and wages of registered nurses. By using annual financial data from California hospitals, I show that nurse-to-patient ratios in medical/surgical units increased substantially following the staffing mandate. However, survey data from two nationally representative datasets indicate that the law had no effect on the aggregate number of registered nurses or the hours they worked in California hospitals, and at most a modest effect on wages. My findings suggest that offsetting changes in labor demand due to hospital closures, combined with reclassification of workers within hospitals, and mitigated the employment effects of California's staffing regulation. This paper cautions that California's experience with minimum nurse staffing legislation may not be generalizable to states considering similar policies in very different hospital markets. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

  1. On the Malthusian theory of long swings.

    PubMed

    Waterman, A M

    1987-05-01

    "In the Essay on Population economic growth consists of alternating surges of population (during which real wages fall and the rate of profit rises) and capital (during which the reverse occurs). A series of temporary equilibria exists at which wages are maximal, the rate of profit minimal, and fully employed work-force in technically determined relation to fixed capital stock. Between these equilibria occur episodes of excess labour, below-maximum wages, above minimum profit-rate and capital accumulation. Malthus's 'ratios' presuppose a logarithmic production function that implies first, that the full-employment real wage will fall to subsistence; secondly, that the full-employment 'wages fund' is constant." (SUMMARY IN FRE) excerpt

  2. How Women Can Earn a Living Wage: The Effects of Pay Equity Remedies and a Higher Minimum Wage. Research-in-Brief.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Figart, Deborah M.; Lapidus, June

    Efforts to shift women from welfare into the labor market will not necessarily move women out of poverty because the wages they are likely to earn are so low. According to research tracking Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients over a 2-year period, 43% of AFDC recipients combine welfare with a substantial amount of paid…

  3. Labor market outcomes and the transition to adulthood.

    PubMed

    Danziger, Sheldon; Ratner, David

    2010-01-01

    According to Sheldon Danziger and David Ratner, changes in the labor market over the past thirty-five years, such as labor-saving technological changes, increased globalization, declining unionization, and the failure of the minimum wage to keep up with inflation, have made it more difficult for young adults to attain the economic stability and self-sufficiency that are important markers of the transition to adulthood. Young men with no more than a high school degree have difficulty earning enough to support a family. Even though young women have achieved gains in earnings, employment, and schooling relative to men in recent decades, those without a college degree also struggle to achieve economic stability and self-sufficiency. The authors begin by describing trends in labor market outcomes for young adults-median annual earnings, the extent of low-wage work, employment rates, job instability, and the returns to education. Then they examine how these outcomes may contribute to delays in other markers of the transition to adulthood-completing an education, establishing independent living arrangements, and marrying and having children. They conclude that adverse changes in labor market outcomes are related to those delays but have not been shown to be the primary cause. Danziger and Ratner next consider several public policy reforms that might improve the economic outlook for young adults. They recommend policies that would increase the returns to work, especially for less-educated workers. They propose raising the federal minimum wage and adjusting it annually to maintain its value relative to the median wage. Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for childless low-wage workers, the authors say, could also raise the take-home pay of many young adult workers, with minimal adverse employment effects. New policies should also provide work opportunities for young adults who cannot find steady employment either because of poor economic conditions or because of physical and mental disabilities or criminal records that make it hard for them to work steadily even when the economy is strong. Finally, the authors recommend increasing federal Pell grants for college and improving access to credit for would-be college students to raise the educational attainment of young adults from low-income families.

  4. 29 CFR 552.109 - Third party employment.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... the Act's minimum wage and overtime pay requirements by virtue of section 13(a)(15). Assigning such an... Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS APPLICATION... workweek, provided that the services rendered during each assignment come within the definition of...

  5. Education Act Extends Sex Discrimination and Minimum Wage Provisions. Legislative Series 2.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Women's Bureau.

    This brief presents highlights from the recently enacted Education Amendments which include comprehensive higher education provisions, authorization for greatly increased funding, and limitations on court-ordered busing. The act also establishes within HEW a National Institute of Education, whose prime purpose is to find ways to make educational…

  6. Labor Market Outcomes and the Transition to Adulthood

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Danziger, Sheldon; Ratner, David

    2010-01-01

    According to Sheldon Danziger and David Ratner, changes in the labor market over the past thirty-five years, such as labor-saving technological changes, increased globalization, declining unionization, and the failure of the minimum wage to keep up with inflation, have made it more difficult for young adults to attain the economic stability and…

  7. 20 CFR 655.0 - Scope and purpose of part.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... affect the wages or working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers. These factual determinations... job opportunity will not adversely affect the wages or working conditions of similarly employed U.S... employment under conditions below the established minimum levels. Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc. v. Usery...

  8. 20 CFR 655.0 - Scope and purpose of part.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... affect the wages or working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers. These factual determinations... job opportunity will not adversely affect the wages or working conditions of similarly employed U.S... employment under conditions below the established minimum levels. Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc. v. Usery...

  9. 20 CFR 655.0 - Scope and purpose of part.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... affect the wages or working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers. These factual determinations... job opportunity will not adversely affect the wages or working conditions of similarly employed U.S... employment under conditions below the established minimum levels. Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc. v. Usery...

  10. 20 CFR 655.0 - Scope and purpose of part.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... affect the wages or working conditions of similarly employed U.S. workers. These factual determinations... job opportunity will not adversely affect the wages or working conditions of similarly employed U.S... employment under conditions below the established minimum levels. Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc. v. Usery...

  11. 29 CFR 779.409 - Handicapped workers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Handicapped workers. 779.409 Section 779.409 Labor... Students, Learners, and Handicapped Workers § 779.409 Handicapped workers. Regulations have been issued... handicapped workers at wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under section 6 of the Act. These...

  12. 29 CFR 779.409 - Handicapped workers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Handicapped workers. 779.409 Section 779.409 Labor... Students, Learners, and Handicapped Workers § 779.409 Handicapped workers. Regulations have been issued... handicapped workers at wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under section 6 of the Act. These...

  13. 29 CFR 779.409 - Handicapped workers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Handicapped workers. 779.409 Section 779.409 Labor... Students, Learners, and Handicapped Workers § 779.409 Handicapped workers. Regulations have been issued... handicapped workers at wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under section 6 of the Act. These...

  14. 29 CFR 779.409 - Handicapped workers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Handicapped workers. 779.409 Section 779.409 Labor... Students, Learners, and Handicapped Workers § 779.409 Handicapped workers. Regulations have been issued... handicapped workers at wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under section 6 of the Act. These...

  15. 29 CFR 779.409 - Handicapped workers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Handicapped workers. 779.409 Section 779.409 Labor... Students, Learners, and Handicapped Workers § 779.409 Handicapped workers. Regulations have been issued... handicapped workers at wages lower than the minimum wage applicable under section 6 of the Act. These...

  16. 29 CFR 780.504 - Basic conditions of exemption.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Employment or Agricultural Employees in Processing Shade-Grown Tobacco; Exemption From Minimum Wage and... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Basic conditions of exemption. 780.504 Section 780.504 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS...

  17. 29 CFR 780.1001 - General explanatory statement.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Employment of Home- workers in Making Wreaths; Exemption From Minimum Wage, Overtime Compensation, and Child... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false General explanatory statement. 780.1001 Section 780.1001 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS...

  18. 29 CFR 515.1 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... maximum-hour or State minimum-wage regulations. (f) Official forms. The term official forms means forms... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Definitions. 515.1 Section 515.1 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS UTILIZATION OF STATE...

  19. 29 CFR 541.4 - Other laws and collective bargaining agreements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Section 541.4 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR... OUTSIDE SALES EMPLOYEES General Regulations § 541.4 Other laws and collective bargaining agreements. The... ordinances establishing a higher minimum wage or lower maximum workweek than those established under the Act...

  20. 29 CFR 510.1 - Summary.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Summary. 510.1 Section 510.1 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MINIMUM WAGE PROVISIONS OF THE 1989 AMENDMENTS TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT IN PUERTO RICO General § 510.1...

  1. 29 CFR 780.320 - Nonlocal minors.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(6) Statutory... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Nonlocal minors. 780.320 Section 780.320 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY OR...

  2. 29 CFR 780.503 - What determines the application of the exemption.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Section 780.503 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF... STANDARDS ACT Employment or Agricultural Employees in Processing Shade-Grown Tobacco; Exemption From Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(14) Introductory § 780.503 What determines the...

  3. 29 CFR 528.5 - Proceedings for withdrawal or annulment.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... RETAIL OR SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS AT SPECIAL MINIMUM WAGE RATES § 528.5 Proceedings for withdrawal or... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Proceedings for withdrawal or annulment. 528.5 Section 528.5 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  4. 29 CFR 780.332 - Exchange of labor between farmers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Exchange of labor between farmers. 780.332 Section 780.332 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS...

  5. 29 CFR 780.303 - Exemption applicable on employee basis.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Exemption applicable on employee basis. 780.303 Section 780.303 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  6. 29 CFR 780.319 - Basic conditions of exemption.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Basic conditions of exemption. 780.319 Section 780.319 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS...

  7. 29 CFR 780.328 - Meaning of livestock.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(6... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Meaning of livestock. 780.328 Section 780.328 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL...

  8. 29 CFR 780.325 - Principally engaged.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(6... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Principally engaged. 780.325 Section 780.325 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL...

  9. 29 CFR 780.327 - Production of livestock.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(6... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Production of livestock. 780.327 Section 780.327 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL...

  10. 29 CFR 780.514 - “Growing” and “harvesting.”

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Agricultural Employees in Processing Shade-Grown Tobacco; Exemption From Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay... Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL... of subpart B of this part 780, where the meaning of these terms as used in the Act's definition of...

  11. 20 CFR 229.2 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... MINIMUM GUARANTEE General § 229.2 Definitions. The following definitions are used in this part: Annuity... 20 Employees' Benefits 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Definitions. 229.2 Section 229.2 Employees... average wages of all wage earners from 1951 although the second year before the year the worker dies or...

  12. The research subject as wage earner.

    PubMed

    Anderson, James A; Weijer, Charles

    2002-01-01

    The practice of paying research subjects for participating in clinical trials has yet to receive an adequate moral analysis. Dickert and Grady argue for a wage payment model in which research subjects are paid an hourly wage based on that of unskilled laborers. If we accept this approach, what follows? Norms for just working conditions emerge from workplace legislation and political theory. All workers, including paid research subjects under Dickert and Grady's analysis, have a right to at least minimum wage, a standard work week, extra pay for overtime hours, a safe workplace, no fault compensation for work-related injury, and union organization. If we accept that paid research subjects are wage earners like any other, then the implications for changes to current practice are substantial.

  13. 5 CFR 532.249 - Minimum rates for hard-to-fill positions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... positions. (a) The lead agency for a wage area may establish the rate of the second, third, fourth, or fifth... and activities in the wage area are unable to recruit qualified employees at the rate of the first... continues that authorization. (d) The lead agency, prior to terminating any authorization made under...

  14. 5 CFR 532.249 - Minimum rates for hard-to-fill positions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... positions. (a) The lead agency for a wage area may establish the rate of the second, third, fourth, or fifth... and activities in the wage area are unable to recruit qualified employees at the rate of the first... continues that authorization. (d) The lead agency, prior to terminating any authorization made under...

  15. Labor Market Policy: A Comparative View on the Costs and Benefits of Labor Market Flexibility

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Kahn, Lawrence M.

    2012-01-01

    I review theories and evidence on wage-setting institutions and labor market policies in an international comparative context. These include collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and active labor market policies (ALMPs). Since it is unlikely that an unregulated…

  16. 29 CFR 510.24 - Governmental entities eligible for minimum wage phase-in.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    .... 510.24 Section 510.24 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION... FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT IN PUERTO RICO Classification of Industries § 510.24 Governmental entities... engaged in one or more of the “traditional” functions listed in § 510.24 (a) or (b). All other employees...

  17. 29 CFR 780.324 - Requirements for the exemption to apply.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Requirements for the exemption to apply. 780.324 Section 780.324 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  18. 29 CFR 780.505 - Definition of “shade-grown tobacco.”

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Employment or Agricultural Employees in Processing Shade-Grown Tobacco; Exemption From Minimum Wage and... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Definition of âshade-grown tobacco.â 780.505 Section 780.505 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  19. 29 CFR 780.310 - Exemption for local hand harvest laborers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Exemption for local hand harvest laborers. 780.310 Section 780.310 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  20. 29 CFR 528.1 - Applicability of the regulations in this part.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... RETAIL OR SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS AT SPECIAL MINIMUM WAGE RATES § 528.1 Applicability of the regulations... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Applicability of the regulations in this part. 528.1 Section 528.1 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  1. 29 CFR 780.326 - On the range.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(6) Statutory... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false On the range. 780.326 Section 780.326 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY OR...

  2. 29 CFR 780.314 - Operations customarily * * * paid on a piece rate basis * * *.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Operations customarily * * * paid on a piece rate basis * * *. 780.314 Section 780.314 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION...

  3. 29 CFR 780.315 - Local hand harvest laborers.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(6... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Local hand harvest laborers. 780.315 Section 780.315 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL...

  4. 29 CFR 779.503 - The retailer and section 12(a).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... requirements even if they are exempt from minimum wage and overtime provisions under section 13(a)(2) of the... Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS... chapter, and said definitions remain unchanged. It should be noted that the term “manufacturer” as used in...

  5. 29 CFR 779.201 - The place of the term “enterprise” in the Act.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... which employees not individually covered by the Act are entitled to the minimum wage, overtime, and... Section 779.201 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF... definition. (§ 779.21(a) provides that portion of the definition of “enterprise” which is pertinent with...

  6. 29 CFR 783.38 - Statutory definition of “American vessel”.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... minimum wages and hours worked under the Act which are applicable only to seamen who are employed on... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Statutory definition of âAmerican vesselâ. 783.38 Section 783.38 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  7. Seattle's minimum wage ordinance did not affect supermarket food prices by food processing category.

    PubMed

    Spoden, Amanda L; Buszkiewicz, James H; Drewnowski, Adam; Long, Mark C; Otten, Jennifer J

    2018-06-01

    To examine the impacts of Seattle's minimum wage ordinance on food prices by food processing category. Supermarket food prices were collected for 106 items using a University of Washington Center for Public Health Nutrition market basket at affected and unaffected supermarket chain stores at three times: March 2015 (1-month pre-policy enactment), May 2015 (1-month post-policy enactment) and May 2016 (1-year post-policy enactment). Food items were categorized into four food processing groups, from minimally to ultra-processed. Data were analysed across time using a multilevel, linear difference-in-differences model at the store and price level stratified by level of food processing. Six large supermarket chain stores located in Seattle ('intervention') affected by the policy and six same-chain but unaffected stores in King County ('control'), Washington, USA. One hundred and six food and beverage items. The largest change in average price by food item was +$US 0·53 for 'processed foods' in King County between 1-month post-policy and 1-year post-policy enactment (P < 0·01). The smallest change was $US 0·00 for 'unprocessed or minimally processed foods' in Seattle between 1-month post-policy and 1-year post-policy enactment (P = 0·94). No significant changes in averaged chain prices were observed across food processing level strata in Seattle v. King County stores at 1-month or 1-year post-policy enactment. Supermarket food prices do not appear to be differentially impacted by Seattle's minimum wage ordinance by level of the food's processing. These results suggest that the early implementation of a city-level minimum wage policy does not alter supermarket food prices by level of food processing.

  8. Losing Our Future: How Minority Youth Are Being Left behind by the Graduation Rate Crisis

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    Orfield, Gary; Losen, Daniel; Wald, Johanna; Swanson, Christopher B.

    2004-01-01

    In an increasingly competitive global economy, the consequences of dropping out of high school are devastating to individuals, communities and our national economy. At an absolute minimum, adults need a high school diploma if they are to have any reasonable opportunities to earn a living wage. A community where many parents are dropouts is…

  9. Projected health impact of the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance

    PubMed Central

    Cole, B.; Shimkhada, R.; Morgenstern, H.; Kominski, G.; Fielding, J.; Wu, S.

    2005-01-01

    Study objective: To estimate the relative health effects of the income and health insurance provisions of the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance. Setting and participants: About 10 000 employees of city contractors are subject to the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance, which establishes an annually adjusted minimum wage ($7.99 per hour in July 2002) and requires employers to contribute $1.25 per hour worked towards employees' health insurance, or, if health insurance is not provided, to add this amount to wages. Design: As part of a comprehensive health impact assessment (HIA), we used estimates of the effects of health insurance and income on mortality from the published literature to construct a model to estimate and compare potential reductions in mortality attributable to the increases in wage and changes in health insurance status among workers covered by the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance. Results: The model predicts that the ordinance currently reduces mortality by 1.4 deaths per year per 10 000 workers at a cost of $27.5 million per death prevented. If the ordinance were modified so that all uninsured workers received health insurance, mortality would be reduced by eight deaths per year per 10 000 workers at a cost of $3.4 million per death prevented. Conclusions: The health insurance provisions of the ordinance have the potential to benefit the health of covered workers far more cost effectively than the wage provisions of the ordinance. This analytical model can be adapted and used in other health impact assessments of related policy actions that might affect either income or access to health insurance in the affected population. PMID:16020640

  10. Projected health impact of the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance.

    PubMed

    Cole, Brian L; Shimkhada, Riti; Morgenstern, Hal; Kominski, Gerald; Fielding, Jonathan E; Wu, Sheng

    2005-08-01

    To estimate the relative health effects of the income and health insurance provisions of the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance. About 10 000 employees of city contractors are subject to the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance, which establishes an annually adjusted minimum wage (7.99 US dollars per hour in July 2002) and requires employers to contribute 1.25 US dollars per hour worked towards employees' health insurance, or, if health insurance is not provided, to add this amount to wages. As part of a comprehensive health impact assessment (HIA), we used estimates of the effects of health insurance and income on mortality from the published literature to construct a model to estimate and compare potential reductions in mortality attributable to the increases in wage and changes in health insurance status among workers covered by the Los Angeles City living wage ordinance. The model predicts that the ordinance currently reduces mortality by 1.4 deaths per year per 10,000 workers at a cost of 27.5 million US dollars per death prevented. If the ordinance were modified so that all uninsured workers received health insurance, mortality would be reduced by eight deaths per year per 10,000 workers at a cost of 3.4 million US dollars per death prevented. The health insurance provisions of the ordinance have the potential to benefit the health of covered workers far more cost effectively than the wage provisions of the ordinance. This analytical model can be adapted and used in other health impact assessments of related policy actions that might affect either income or access to health insurance in the affected population.

  11. 78 FR 67196 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Worker...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-11-08

    ... employees at least the Federal minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime premium pay of time and one-half the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over forty (40) in a workweek. However, the FLSA...: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) sponsored information...

  12. 2 CFR Appendix A to Part 215 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  13. 34 CFR Appendix A to Part 74 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  14. 7 CFR Appendix A to Part 3019 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  15. 36 CFR Appendix A to Part 1210 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2,500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  16. 36 CFR Appendix A to Part 1210 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2,500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  17. 34 CFR Appendix A to Part 74 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  18. 34 CFR Appendix A to Part 74 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  19. 7 CFR Appendix A to Part 3019 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  20. 2 CFR Appendix A to Part 215 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  1. 7 CFR Appendix A to Part 3019 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  2. 29 CFR 525.9 - Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under certificates at special minimum wage...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under...) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS EMPLOYMENT OF WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES UNDER SPECIAL CERTIFICATES § 525.9 Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under certificates at...

  3. 29 CFR 525.9 - Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under certificates at special minimum wage...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under...) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS EMPLOYMENT OF WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES UNDER SPECIAL CERTIFICATES § 525.9 Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under certificates at...

  4. 29 CFR 525.9 - Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under certificates at special minimum wage...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under...) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS EMPLOYMENT OF WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES UNDER SPECIAL CERTIFICATES § 525.9 Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under certificates at...

  5. 29 CFR 525.9 - Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under certificates at special minimum wage...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under...) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATIONS EMPLOYMENT OF WORKERS WITH DISABILITIES UNDER SPECIAL CERTIFICATES § 525.9 Criteria for employment of workers with disabilities under certificates at...

  6. 29 CFR 528.7 - Effect of order of annulment or withdrawal.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... RETAIL OR SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS AT SPECIAL MINIMUM WAGE RATES § 528.7 Effect of order of annulment or... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Effect of order of annulment or withdrawal. 528.7 Section 528.7 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  7. 29 CFR 780.304 - “Employed by an employer.”

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(6... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false âEmployed by an employer.â 780.304 Section 780.304 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENTS OF GENERAL...

  8. 29 CFR 780.302 - Basic conditions of section 13 (a)(6)(A).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Basic conditions of section 13 (a)(6)(A). 780.302 Section 780.302 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  9. 29 CFR 780.311 - Basic conditions of section 13(a)(6)(C).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Employment in Agriculture That Is Exempted From the Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Basic conditions of section 13(a)(6)(C). 780.311 Section 780.311 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR...

  10. Government mandates and employer-sponsored health insurance: who is still not covered?

    PubMed

    Vanness, David J; Wolfe, Barbara L

    2002-06-01

    We characterize employer-sponsored health insurance offering strategies in light of benefit non-discrimination and minimum wage regulation when workers have heterogeneous earnings and partially unobservable demand for (and cost of) insurance. We then empirically examine how earnings and expected medical expenses are associated with low wage workers' ability to obtain insurance before and after enactment of federal benefit non-discrimination rules. We find no evidence that the non-discrimination rules helped low wage workers (especially those with high own or children's expected medical expenses) to obtain insurance.

  11. [Socio-demographic and food insecurity characteristics of soup-kitchen users in Brazil].

    PubMed

    Godoy, Kátia Cruz; Sávio, Karin Eleonora Oliveira; Akutsu, Rita de Cássia; Gubert, Muriel Bauermann; Botelho, Raquel Braz Assunção

    2014-06-01

    This study aimed to characterize users of a government soup-kitchen program and the association with family food insecurity, using a cross-sectional design and random sample of 1,637 soup-kitchen users. The study used a questionnaire with socioeconomic variables and the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale, and measured weight and height. The chi-square test was applied, and the crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) were calculated using Poisson regression. Prevalent characteristics included per capita income ranging from one-half to one minimum wage (35.1%), complete middle school (39.8%), and food security (59.4%). Users in the North of Brazil showed the worst data: incomplete primary school (39.8%), per capita income up to one-half the minimum wage (50.8%), and food insecurity (55.5%). Prevalence ratios for food insecurity were higher among users with per capita income up to one-fourth the minimum wage (p < 0.05). Income was the only variable that remained associated with higher prevalence of food insecurity in the adjusted PR. Knowing the characteristics of soup-kitchen users with food insecurity can help orient the program's work, location, and operations.

  12. 29 CFR 779.311 - Employees working in more than one establishment of same employer.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... employer. 779.311 Section 779.311 Labor Regulations Relating to Labor (Continued) WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION... establishment under section 13(a)(2) or (4) is exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Act... hand, it may be stated as a general rule that if such an employer employs an employee in the work of...

  13. 41 CFR Appendix A to Part 105 - 72-Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  14. 49 CFR Appendix A to Part 19 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2,500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  15. 41 CFR Appendix A to Part 105 - 72-Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  16. 10 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of... - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  17. 10 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of... - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  18. 41 CFR Appendix A to Part 105 - 72-Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages specified in a... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  19. 49 CFR Appendix A to Part 19 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2,500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  20. 49 CFR Appendix A to Part 19 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2,500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  1. 22 CFR Appendix A to Part 518 - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2,500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  2. 10 CFR Appendix A to Subpart B of... - Contract Provisions

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ..., contractors shall be required to pay wages to laborers and mechanics at a rate not less than the minimum wages... construction contracts and in excess of $2500 for other contracts that involve the employment of mechanics or... mechanic and laborer on the basis of a standard work week of 40 hours. Work in excess of the standard work...

  3. Low Wages as Occupational Health Hazards.

    PubMed

    Leigh, J Paul; De Vogli, Roberto

    2016-05-01

    The history of occupational medicine has been characterized by ever-widening recognition of hazards, from fires in 1911 to asbestos in the 1960s, to job strain in the 1990s. In this essay, we argue for broadening the recognition further to include low wages. We first review possible mechanisms explaining the effects of wages on health or health behaviors. Mechanisms involve self-esteem, job satisfaction, deprivation, social rank, the "full" price of bad health, patience, and the ability to purchase health-producing goods and services. Second, we discuss empirical studies that rely on large, typically national, data sets and statistical models that use either instrumental variables or natural experiments and also account for other family income. Finally, we draw implications for laws governing minimum wages and labor unions.

  4. Weighing obligations to home care workers and Medicaid recipients.

    PubMed

    Treacy, Paul C; MacKay, Douglas

    2017-01-01

    In June 2016, a US Department of Labor rule extending minimum wage and overtime pay protections to home care workers such as certified nursing assistants and home health aides survived its final legal challenge and became effective. However, Medicaid officials in certain states reported that during the intervening decades when these protections were not in place, their states had developed a range of innovative services and programs providing home care to people with disabilities-services and programs that would be at risk if workers were newly owed minimum wage and overtime pay. In this article, we examine whether the Department of Labor was right to extend these wage protections to home care workers even at the risk of a reduction in these home care services to people with disabilities. We argue that it was right to do so. Home care workers are entitled to these protections, and, although it is permissible under certain conditions for government to infringe workers' occupational rights and entitlements, these conditions are not satisfied in this case.

  5. 29 CFR 697.2 - Industry wage rates and effective dates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... of goods for commerce, as these terms are defined in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of... classifications in which such employee is engaged. Industry Minimum wage EffectiveOctober 3, 2005 EffectiveOctober...) Classification A 4.09 4.09 4.09 (2) Classification B 3.92 3.92 3.92 (3) Classification C 3.88 3.88 3.88 (e...

  6. Employing Youth in Farm Occupations. Special Paper No. 26.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Bobbitt, J. Frank; Shapley, Allen E.

    Federal and State of Michigan regulations related to employing youth in farm occupations are presented in the document. Issues such as minimum wage, minimum age, hazardous occupations regulations, and compulsory education requirements are covered as well as a legal definition of agriculture, social security and income tax regulations, and…

  7. Applying the Exceptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act to Child Care Workers

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Dalton, Jason

    2009-01-01

    The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the primary federal legislation establishing national wage and hour standards. The purpose of the Act is to protect the working class from overwork and underpay by providing non-waivable rights to a minimum wage and a premium pay rate at time and one-half the regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40…

  8. The association between a living wage and subjective social status and self-rated health: a quasi-experimental study in the Dominican Republic.

    PubMed

    Landefeld, John C; Burmaster, Katharine B; Rehkopf, David H; Syme, S Leonard; Lahiff, Maureen; Adler-Milstein, Sarah; Fernald, Lia C H

    2014-11-01

    Poverty, both absolute and relative, is associated with poorer health. This is of particular concern in middle- and low-income countries facing a significant and growing burden of disease. There has been limited research specifically on whether interventions that increase income may foster better health outcomes. The establishment of a "living wage" apparel factory in the Dominican Republic provided a minimum income standard for factory workers, thus creating a natural experiment through which to study the effects of increased income on health indicators. The primary component of the intervention was a 350% wage increase, but apparel workers in the intervention factory also received education and professional development and were exposed to an enhanced occupational health and safety program. Workers at the intervention factory (n = 99) were compared with workers at a matched apparel factory (n = 105). Data were collected via in-person interviews in July and August of 2011, which was 15-16 months after workers were initially hired at the intervention site. Primary analyses used employment at the intervention factory as the independent variable and examined associations with two dependent variables: subjective social status and self-rated health. Results showed that receiving a 350% higher wage was associated with substantially higher subjective social status scores, as well as higher global and comparative self-rated health scores; effects were strongest in women. Subjective social status and self-rated health are associated with future health outcomes, so these results indicate that income increases for apparel workers may have positive long-term health outcomes, particularly for women. Copyright © 2014. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

  9. Legal ramifications of per visit pay in the USA.

    PubMed

    Milligan, Jennifer

    2006-02-01

    Agencies, which are subject to the FLSA, (Fair Labor Standards Act), must pay their covered employees the minimum wage required by law and overtime pay at a rate of one-and-one-half times the employee's regular hourly rate for hours worked in excess of forty hours in a work week. Failure to do so can result in substantial liability for not only the unpaid wages, but for significant penalties and the employee's attorney's fees as well.

  10. Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012

    THOMAS, 112th Congress

    Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA

    2012-07-26

    Senate - 07/26/2012 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  11. Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013

    THOMAS, 113th Congress

    Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA

    2013-03-05

    Senate - 03/05/2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  12. The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana.

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    Akweongo, Patricia; Dalaba, Maxwell A; Hayden, Mary H; Awine, Timothy; Nyaaba, Gertrude N; Anaseba, Dominic; Hodgson, Abraham; Forgor, Abdulai A; Pandya, Rajul

    2013-01-01

    To estimate the direct and indirect costs of meningitis to households in the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana. A Cost of illness (COI) survey was conducted between 2010 and 2011. The COI was computed from a retrospective review of 80 meningitis cases answers to questions about direct medical costs, direct non-medical costs incurred and productivity losses due to recent meningitis incident. The average direct and indirect costs of treating meningitis in the district was GH¢152.55 (US$101.7) per household. This is equivalent to about two months minimum wage earned by Ghanaians in unskilled paid jobs in 2009. Households lost 29 days of work per meningitis case and thus those in minimum wage paid jobs lost a monthly minimum wage of GH¢76.85 (US$51.23) due to the illness. Patients who were insured spent an average of GH¢38.5 (US$25.67) in direct medical costs whiles the uninsured patients spent as much as GH¢177.9 (US$118.6) per case. Patients with sequelae incurred additional costs of GH¢22.63 (US$15.08) per case. The least poor were more exposed to meningitis than the poorest. Meningitis is a debilitating but preventable disease that affects people living in the Sahel and in poorer conditions. The cost of meningitis treatment may further lead to impoverishment for these households. Widespread mass vaccination will save households' an equivalent of GH¢175.18 (US$117) and impairment due to meningitis.

  13. Wage Leadership in Construction.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1981-01-01

    LEADERSHIP IN CONSTRUCTION Wage leadership is the theory that wage increases in one sector lead to imitative increases elsewhere. In this paper we...test this theory in a large industry where wage leadership is supposed to be dominant- construction. Alternate theories of wage determination (excess...demand, real wage bargaining) are also tested, along with %he efficacy of the 1971-73 wagecotls BACKGROUND The theory of wage leadership is an important

  14. 29 CFR 780.1000 - Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor provisions of the Act for certain homeworkers employed in... wreaths. Attention is directed to the fact that a limited overtime exemption for employees employed in the...

  15. 29 CFR 780.1000 - Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor provisions of the Act for certain homeworkers employed in... wreaths. Attention is directed to the fact that a limited overtime exemption for employees employed in the...

  16. 29 CFR 780.1000 - Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor provisions of the Act for certain homeworkers employed in... wreaths. Attention is directed to the fact that a limited overtime exemption for employees employed in the...

  17. 29 CFR 780.1000 - Scope and significance of interpretative bulletin.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor provisions of the Act for certain homeworkers employed in... wreaths. Attention is directed to the fact that a limited overtime exemption for employees employed in the...

  18. State Labor Legislation Enacted in 1989.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Nelson, Richard R.

    1990-01-01

    Discusses major laws enacted on a variety of subjects, including minimum wage, parental leave, drugs and AIDS testing, and door-to-door sales by children. A state-by-state summary of labor legislation is included. (Author)

  19. 38 CFR 21.250 - Overview of employment services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... sheltered workshop or other special situation at the minimum wage. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3101, 3106, 3116... Assistance Plan). (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3107, 3117) (b) Definitions. (1) The term program (period) of...

  20. Rural Low-Wage Employment Rises among Men.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Gibbs, Robert; Parker, Timothy

    2000-01-01

    In 1999, the percentage of low-wage workers in rural areas was higher than in urban areas or in 1979. The share of women and minorities in low-wage work stabilized, but the share of White men increased. Low-wage work increased in higher-skilled occupations, and the share of college educated low-wage workers increased significantly since 1979. (TD)

  1. The political economy of infant mortality in São Paulo, Brazil.

    PubMed

    Wood, C H

    1982-01-01

    After the military took power in Brazil in 1964, the government adopted a wide range of policies designed to stimulate economic growth. A central aspect of the Brazilian model of development was the control of wages. From 1964 to 1975 this strategy caused the purchasing power of the minimum wage in the city of Säo Paulo to fall. The decline in the real wage index was associated with a rise in infant mortality during the period. When real wages rose after 1974, the death rate dropped off. The infant mortality trend cannot be explained by other factors that affect the actual or the reported death rate, such as changes in cityward migration, shifts in the distribution of income, and improvements in the quality of vital statistics. The findings of this study indicate a causal relationship between the infant mortality trend and changes in the purchasing power of the urban poor. Additional data on nutrition, changes in household behavior, and shifts in the cause structure of mortality support this conclusion.

  2. 5 CFR 532.267 - Special wage schedules for aircraft, electronic, and optical instrument overhaul and repair...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... a minimum, include the air transportation and electronics industries in the following North American... 11 Electronics Mechanic 11 Electronic Computer Mechanic 11 Television Station Mechanic 11 (d) The...

  3. 29 CFR Appendix C to Part 510 - Government Corporations Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    .... Organizations for which no data were provided are subject to Tier 1 treatment. Tier Organization 1 Automobile Accidents Compensation Administration. 1 Cardiovascular Center Corporation of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean...

  4. 29 CFR 525.12 - Terms and conditions of special minimum wage certificates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... provide them with an opportunity to overcome the initial learning curve. The persons observed shall be... of machines are not available, a second work measurement should be conducted. (i) Each worker with a...

  5. 29 CFR Appendix A to Part 510 - Manufacturing Industries Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... resins, and nonvulcanizable elastomers. 2822 2 Synthetic rubber (vulcanizable elastomers). 283 1 Drugs... shops). 3444 2 Sheet metal work. 3446 3 Architectural and ornamental metal work. 3449 2 Miscellaneous...

  6. 29 CFR Appendix A to Part 510 - Manufacturing Industries Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... resins, and nonvulcanizable elastomers. 2822 2 Synthetic rubber (vulcanizable elastomers). 283 1 Drugs... shops). 3444 2 Sheet metal work. 3446 3 Architectural and ornamental metal work. 3449 2 Miscellaneous...

  7. 29 CFR Appendix A to Part 510 - Manufacturing Industries Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... resins, and nonvulcanizable elastomers. 2822 2 Synthetic rubber (vulcanizable elastomers). 283 1 Drugs... shops). 3444 2 Sheet metal work. 3446 3 Architectural and ornamental metal work. 3449 2 Miscellaneous...

  8. Higher Education and Regulation: Counting the Costs of Compliance

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Walsh, John

    1975-01-01

    Describes the financial crises in colleges and universities caused by the enactment of federal social legislation, such as equal employment opportunity provisions, the Equal Pay Act, minimum wage law, unemployment insurance, and affirmative action programs. (MLH)

  9. 29 CFR Appendix C to Part 510 - Government Corporations Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Rico Marine Shipping Authority. 1 Puerto Rico Medical Service Administration. 1 Puerto Rico Ports.... 1 Puerto Rico Housing Bank. 1 Puerto Rico Tourism Company. 3 Puerto Rico Renewal and Housing...

  10. 29 CFR 525.12 - Terms and conditions of special minimum wage certificates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... provide them with an opportunity to overcome the initial learning curve. The persons observed shall be... of machines are not available, a second work measurement should be conducted. (i) Each worker with a...

  11. 29 CFR 525.12 - Terms and conditions of special minimum wage certificates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... provide them with an opportunity to overcome the initial learning curve. The persons observed shall be... of machines are not available, a second work measurement should be conducted. (i) Each worker with a...

  12. 29 CFR 525.12 - Terms and conditions of special minimum wage certificates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... provide them with an opportunity to overcome the initial learning curve. The persons observed shall be... of machines are not available, a second work measurement should be conducted. (i) Each worker with a...

  13. Fast food prices, obesity, and the minimum wage.

    PubMed

    Cotti, Chad; Tefft, Nathan

    2013-03-01

    Recent proposals argue that a fast food tax may be an effective policy lever for reducing population weight. Although there is growing evidence for a negative association between fast food prices and weight among adolescents, less is known about adults. That any measured relationship to date is causal is unclear because there has been no attempt to separate variation in prices on the demand side from that on the supply side. We argue that the minimum wage is an exogenous source of variation in fast food prices, conditional on income and employment. In two-stage least-squares analyses, we find little evidence that fast food price changes affect adult BMI or obesity prevalence. Results are robust to including controls for area and time fixed effects, area time trends, demographic characteristics, substitute prices, numbers of establishments and employment in related industries, and other potentially related factors. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  14. Congenital cardiac disease in childhood x socioeconomic conditions: a relationship to be considered in public health?

    PubMed

    Barros, Thayanny Lopes do Vale; Dias, Marly de Jesus Sá; Nina, Rachel Vilela de Abreu Haickel

    2014-01-01

    Congenital heart defects, cardiac malformations that occur in the embryonic period, constitute a serious health problem. They cover a proportion of 8-10 per 1000 live births and contribute to infant mortality. To identify the socioeconomic status of children undergoing cardiac surgery at the Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Maranhão, in São Luis, the existence of material elements that contribute to worsening conditions. We conducted a retrospective study with a quantitative approach, descriptive and reflective, from the interviews conducted by the Social Service Social with families of children with heart disease from January 2011 to July 2012. A total of 95 interviews, the results reveal that (75.79%) of children have elements that suggest poor socioeconomic conditions. It also shows that only 66.33% lived in brick house, while (31.73%) in mud, adobe and straw houses. With regard to income, it showed that only 4.08% received 1-2 minimum wages, while the remaining (95.9%) with benchmarks oscillating half the minimum wage (27.55%), 1/4 of the minimum wage and (24.48%) and income below 70 dollars per person, featuring extreme poverty. On the social security situation prevailing at children with no ties to 61.22%. With respect to benefits, we found that only (12.24%) of children were in the enjoyment of the Continuous Cash Benefit - CCB. Poor socioeconomic conditions listed as major obstacles in meeting the needs, resulting in the maintenance of health conditions and even allowing the aggravation of an existing pathology.

  15. 29 CFR 1620.29 - Relationship to other labor laws.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... minimum wage to male or female employees, it must also pay the higher rate to employees of the opposite... members of one sex because of a legal requirement, such premiums must also be paid to employees of the...

  16. What Is a Current Equivalent to Unemployment Rates of the Past?

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Antos, Joseph; And Others

    1979-01-01

    The results of various attempts to quantify how much changes in the labor force, unemployment insurance, and minimum wages have affected unemployment rates are reasonably close; but no total effect on jobless rates can be determined. (BM)

  17. Trends in the use of antiasthmatic medications in Morocco (1999-2010).

    PubMed

    Ghanname, Imane; Ahid, Samir; Berrada, Ghizlane; Belaiche, Abdelmjid; Hassar, Mohamed; Cherrah, Yahya

    2013-12-01

    Asthma is a big public health problem in Morocco. The drug therapy existing in Morocco is currently insufficient because of the low purchasing power and the low health insurance coverage available to the average citizen in Morocco. In this study we evaluated the consumption of antiasthmatics in Morocco during the period 1999-2010, the classes of used drugs and the generics' market share. We used sales data from the Moroccan subsidiaries of the IMS Health "Intercontinental Marketing Service". The consumption volume was converted to Defined Daily Doses (DDDs). During 1999-2010, antiasthmatics's consumption increased from 3.91 to 14.47 DDD per 1000 inhabitants per day. In 2010, the association Beta-2-mimetic-Glucocorticosteroids were the most consumed (8.53 DDD/1000 Inhabitants/day) followed by the short-acting inhaled Beta-2-mimetic (4 DDD/1000 Inhabitants/day) and inhaled Glucocorticosteroids alone accounted for 1.13 DDD/1000 Inhabitants/day. The largest consumption share in volume was held by the short-acting inhaled Beta-2-mimetic (42%) followed by the combination Beta-2-mimetic-Glucocorticosteroids (38%). Between 1999 and 2010, the market for generic antiasthmatics increased from 1.84 to 2.18 DDD/1000 Inhabitants/day. The ratio of the monthly average cost of treatment to the minimum wage in Morocco decreased from 10.8% in 1999 to 7.11% in 2010. Antiasthmatics' consumption in Morocco has undergone significant changes between 1999 and 2010. However, the availability of these drugs expressed as the Average Monthly Expenditure/Guaranteed Minimum Wage ratio improved. Despite this, the use of antiasmathics in Morocco remains low.

  18. 29 CFR 525.1 - Introduction.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ...) Provide for the employment under certificates of individuals with disabilities at special minimum wage... employed in the vicinity for essentially the same type, quality, and quantity of work; (b) Require... to be performed employed in the locality for essentially the same type of work; (c) Prohibit...

  19. A federal tax credit to encourage employers to offer health coverage.

    PubMed

    Meyer, J A; Wicks, E K

    2001-01-01

    Many firms that employ low-wage workers cannot afford to offer an employee health plan, and many of the uninsured work for such firms. This article makes the case for an employer tax credit, administered by the Internal Revenue Service, as a way to extend health coverage to uninsured workers and their families. The permanent, fixed-dollar, refundable credit would be available to all low-wage employers (those with average wages of $10 per hour and less), including those already offering coverage. The credit would be graduated depending on average wage: the maximum credit would equal 50% of the cost of a standard benefit package; the minimum would equal 30% of the package. It also would vary by family size and could be used to cover part-time and temporary workers. Participating employers would be required to pay at least 50% of the health insurance premium, proof of which would be shown on firms' tax returns. The paper provides justification for this approach. It closes with a discussion of strengths and weaknesses of this approach and alternative design features.

  20. Wage increases in the clinical laboratory: how are workers faring against inflation and in comparison to other health professions?

    PubMed

    Chapman, Susan A; McClory, Vasey; Ward-Cook, Kory

    2005-07-26

    High vacancy rates in the clinical laboratory profession have led to the use of wage increases and financial incentives to attract and retain workers. American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) surveys indicate that wages for Medical Technologists and Medical Laboratory Technicians have been steadily rising in the past few years following years of little or no increases. When adjusted for inflation, the real wage increases have even modestly exceeded the inflation rate. However, wages in the clinical laboratory remain lower than in several other allied health professions with comparable educational preparation. Achieving competitive wages will be important in addressing the long-term need to attract more students to the clinical laboratory.

  1. 20 CFR 404.201 - What is included in this subpart?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... age 62) after 1978. (3) In §§ 404.220 through 404.222, we describe the average-monthly-wage method we... §§ 404.260 through 404.261, we describe how we compute the special minimum PIA for long-term, low-paid...

  2. "Responsibilizing" a healthy Britain: personal debt, employment, and welfare.

    PubMed

    Walker, Carl

    2011-01-01

    Growing evidence suggests that experiences of financial strain and over-indebtedness can contribute to problems of physical and mental health. This article contends that there is a need to carefully examine recent neoliberally informed symbolic and material transformations in the practices and experiences of employment, welfare, and subjectivity in order to provide an appropriately sophisticated analysis of experiences of debt and mental health. An illusion of economic growth has been based on increasing levels of often traumatic personal debt and a low-wage labor force compelled into increasingly problematic practices of employment. In recent years, a concerted neoliberal assault on subjectivity, modes of employment, minimum incomes, and practices of welfare governance has effectively constituted new forms of poverty and personal sustenance through deregulated sub-prime credit markets. The variable and multifunctional nature of personal debt has provided a substrate for neoliberal public policy by systematically reinforcing the development of a low-wage labor market and by representing a means through which to transfer collective risk into private responsibility. This article suggests that traditional ways of knowing and acting upon the mental and physical health difficulties associated with problems of debt and material deprivation fail to adequately acknowledge the political and economic role of personal debt growth.

  3. 41 CFR 50-203.20 - Examination of witnesses.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2012-07-01 2009-07-01 true Examination of witnesses. 50-203.20 Section 50-203.20 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 203-RULES OF PRACTICE Minimum Wage Determinations...

  4. 41 CFR 50-203.20 - Examination of witnesses.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Examination of witnesses. 50-203.20 Section 50-203.20 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 203-RULES OF PRACTICE Minimum Wage Determinations...

  5. 41 CFR 50-203.21 - Decisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2011-07-01 2009-07-01 true Decisions. 50-203.21 Section 50-203.21 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 203-RULES OF PRACTICE Minimum Wage Determinations Under the Walsh...

  6. 41 CFR 50-203.20 - Examination of witnesses.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2011-07-01 2009-07-01 true Examination of witnesses. 50-203.20 Section 50-203.20 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 203-RULES OF PRACTICE Minimum Wage Determinations...

  7. 29 CFR 511.10 - Subjects and issues.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... highest minimum wage rates for the industry that it determines, having due regard to economic and... due to such economic and competitive conditions. (b) Whenever the industry committee finds that a... under the principles set out in this section that will not substantially curtail employment in such...

  8. 29 CFR 780.522 - Nonprocessing employees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Nonprocessing employees. 780.522 Section 780.522 Labor... Agricultural Employees in Processing Shade-Grown Tobacco; Exemption From Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under Section 13(a)(14) Exempt Processing § 780.522 Nonprocessing employees. Only those employees...

  9. Harvesting in the Dark

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Martinez, Douglas R.

    1978-01-01

    Migrant mushroom workers suffer from poor housing and living conditions, low wages, poor health, unsafe working conditions, abuse from crew leaders, and isolation. Farm work advocates feel these abuses will continue without laws guaranteeing access to the camps, minimum standards for camp conditions, and the outlawing or strict regulation of crew…

  10. Minimum Wage Fairness Act

    THOMAS, 113th Congress

    Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA

    2014-04-08

    Senate - 04/30/2014 Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the measure (Record Vote No. 117) entered in Senate. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  11. 41 CFR 50-203.18 - Evidence.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Evidence. 50-203.18 Section 50-203.18 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 203-RULES OF PRACTICE Minimum Wage Determinations Under the Walsh...

  12. 41 CFR 50-203.20 - Examination of witnesses.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Examination of witnesses. 50-203.20 Section 50-203.20 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 203-RULES OF PRACTICE Minimum Wage Determinations...

  13. A sociohydrological model for smallholder farmers in Maharashtra, India

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Pande, Saket; Savenije, Hubert H. G.

    2016-03-01

    We present a sociohydrological model that can help us to better understand the system dynamics of a smallholder farmer. It couples the dynamics of the six main assets of a typical smallholder farmer: water storage capacity, capital, livestock, soil fertility, grazing access, and labor. The hydroclimatic variability, which is a main driver and source of uncertainty of the smallholder system, is accounted for at subannual scale. The model incorporates rule-based adaptation mechanisms of smallholders (for example, adjusting expenditures on food and fertilizers and selling livestocks) when farmers face adverse sociohydrological conditions, such as low annual rainfall, occurrence of dry spells, or variability of input or commodity prices. We have applied the model to analyze the sociohydrology of a cash crop producing smallholder in Maharashtra, India, in a semisynthetic case study setting. Of late, this region has witnessed many suicides of farmers who could not extricate themselves out of the debt trap. These farmers lacked irrigation and were susceptible to fluctuating commodity prices and climatic variability. We studied the sensitivity of a smallholder's capital, an indicator of smallholder well-being, to two types of cash crops (cotton and sugarcane), water storage capacity, availability of irrigation, initial capital that a smallholder starts with, prevalent wage rates, and access to grazing. We found that (i) smallholders with low water storage capacities and no irrigation are most susceptible to distress, (ii) a smallholder's well-being is low at low wage rates, (iii) wage rate is more important than absolution of debt, (iv) well-being is sensitive to water storage capacity up to a certain level, and (v) well-being increases with increasing area available for livestock grazing. Our results indicate that government intervention to absolve the debt of farmers or to invest in local storage to buffer rainfall variability may not be enough. In addition, alternative sources of income may need to be provided, for instance by ensuring minimum wages or by providing more access to grazing areas.

  14. Rank Regressions, Wage Distributions, and the Gender Gap.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Fortin, Nicole M.; Lemieux, Thomas

    1998-01-01

    Current Population Survey data from 1979 and 1991 were used to decompose changes in the gender wage gap into three components: skill distribution, wage structure, and improvements in women's position. Relative wage gains by women may have been a source of increasing wage inequality among men. (SK)

  15. 29 CFR 528.6 - Review.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Review. 528.6 Section 528.6 Labor Regulations Relating to... MINIMUM WAGE RATES § 528.6 Review. Any employer and, when appropriate, any apprenticeship agency or... order of annulment or withdrawal may obtain review, limited to the question of whether the findings of...

  16. 28 CFR 301.314 - Establishing the amount of award.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... ACCIDENT COMPENSATION Compensation for Work-Related Physical Impairment or Death § 301.314 Establishing the... body members or organs (section 8107). (c) All awards of Inmate Accident Compensation shall be based upon the minimum wage (as prescribed by the Fair Labor Standards Act). (1) For body members or organs...

  17. 29 CFR Appendix A to Part 510 - Manufacturing Industries Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    .... 286 1 Industrial organic chemicals. 2865 1 Cyclic organic crudes and intermediates, and organic dyes and pigments. 2869 a Industrial organic chemicals, not elsewhere classified. 287 1 Agricultural chemicals. 2873 1 Nitrogenous fertilizers. 2879 1 Pesticides and agricultural chemicals, not elsewhere...

  18. Preschools Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. (Revised).

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Wage and Hour Div.

    This pamphlet provides general information concerning the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to employees of preschool centers. The contents include discussion of the purview of the Act regarding preschools; monetary requirements such as minimum wages and employee facilities; provisions for equal pay, overtime pay, work hours,…

  19. Preschools Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, July 1972.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Wage and Hour Div.

    This pamphlet provides general information concerning the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to employees of preschool centers. Included is a discussion of: (1) Basic Monetary Requirements, including minimum wages and facilities furnished to the preschool employees, (2) Equal Pay Provisions, (3) Overtime, (4) Hours Worked, (5) Exemptions,…

  20. FSLA Litigation: Coming Soon to a School District Near You.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Soronen, Lisa E.

    2003-01-01

    The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 covers six major topics: minimum wage, overtime, child labor, equal pay, retaliation, and record keeping. Most cases filed against school districts involve overtime and record-keeping requirements. Outlines steps to ensure district FLSA policies are legal, communicated, and enforced. (MLF)

  1. 29 CFR 515.4 - Submission of plan.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... State child-labor, maximum-hour and minimum-wage laws and regulations; (2) of the location of offices of... Acts for the Division and the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the following standards: (1) Job... dismissal; (8) Prohibition against employees engaging in political activities other than the exercise of...

  2. 29 CFR 783.46 - Hours worked.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... INTERPRETATION NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO REGULATIONS APPLICATION OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO EMPLOYEES... at not less than the prescribed minimum wage rate for all of the hours the employee “was actually on duty (including periods aboard ship when the employee was on watch or was, at the direction of a...

  3. 29 CFR 780.507 - “Such tobacco.”

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Employees in Processing Shade-Grown Tobacco; Exemption From Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Requirements Under... activities with respect to shade-grown tobacco must be performed by an employee who has been employed in... tobacco which the employee grew or harvested, it appears from the legislative history that the intent was...

  4. Job Inequities Persist for Women.

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    Smith, Barbara Ellen

    1987-01-01

    Women earn only 64 cents for every dollar earned by men. Five and a half million women number among the "working poor." The following are suggested for change: (1) raise the minimum wage; (2) institute gender- and race-blind pay scales; (3) establish child care centers; and (4) enforce anti-discrimination laws. (PS)

  5. 41 CFR 50-202.1 - Application and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2011-07-01 2009-07-01 true Application and scope. 50-202.1 Section 50-202.1 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 202-MINIMUM WAGE DETERMINATIONS Application and Scope § 50...

  6. 41 CFR 50-202.1 - Application and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2012-07-01 2009-07-01 true Application and scope. 50-202.1 Section 50-202.1 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 202-MINIMUM WAGE DETERMINATIONS Application and Scope § 50...

  7. 41 CFR 50-202.1 - Application and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Application and scope. 50-202.1 Section 50-202.1 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 202-MINIMUM WAGE DETERMINATIONS Application and Scope § 50...

  8. 41 CFR 50-203.19 - Subpoenas and witness fees.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Subpoenas and witness fees. 50-203.19 Section 50-203.19 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to Public Contracts PUBLIC CONTRACTS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 203-RULES OF PRACTICE Minimum Wage Determinations...

  9. 34 CFR 674.36 - Deferment of repayment-NDSLs made on or after October 1, 1980, but before July 1, 1993.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (ii) The borrower provides service to low-income... prescribed under section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (the Federal minimum wage), except that...

  10. The future of the nurse shortage: will wage increases close the gap?

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    Spetz, Joanne; Given, Ruth

    2003-01-01

    In recent years the U.S. media have been reporting a shortage of registered nurses (RNs). In theory, labor-market shortages are self-correcting; wage increases will bring labor markets into equilibrium, and policy intervention is not necessary. In this paper we develop a simple forecasting model and ask the question: How high must RN wages rise in the future to end the RN shortage? We find that inflation-adjusted wages must increase 3.2-3.8 percent per year between 2002 and 2016, with wages cumulatively rising up to 69 percent, to end the shortage. Total RN expenditures would more than double by 2016.

  11. The potential imposition of wage controls on nurses: a threat to nurses, patients, and hospitals.

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    Buerhaus, Peter I

    2008-01-01

    When there are shortages of RNs, hospitals and health care organizations in competitive nurse labor markets respond by increasing wages: some hospitals will respond faster and some will offer higher wages than others. The wage increase brings about two important short and long-run outcomes that, together, will increase the supply of RNs in the labor market. Because wage controls prevent the flexibility of wages to adjust, they can cause a shortage to develop when the demand for RNs is increasing (as in the 1970s), and wage controls will lengthen the duration of a shortage once it has begun. The impacts of prolonged RN shortages are multifaceted and destructive to nurses, patients, and hospitals. Looking ahead over the next 15 years when the demand for RNs is expected to grow by roughly 3% per year and the supply of RNs by much less than that, a new nursing shortage is projected to develop and reach a deficit of 285,000 RNs by 2020. The worst thing that could happen to the nursing profession would be to impose wage controls on nurses as this would prevent the needed short and long-run labor supply responses from developing and thereby eliminate the shortage.

  12. 34 CFR 361.88 - Reporting requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... RSA-911 data: (1) The number of individuals who exited the VR program in each closure category as specified in the definition of “Exit the VR program” under § 361.81. (2) The number of individuals who exited the VR program in competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings at or above the minimum wage...

  13. 34 CFR 361.88 - Reporting requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... RSA-911 data: (1) The number of individuals who exited the VR program in each closure category as specified in the definition of “Exit the VR program” under § 361.81. (2) The number of individuals who exited the VR program in competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings at or above the minimum wage...

  14. 29 CFR 548.200 - Requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... and preserve for an employee compensated for overtime hours on the basis of a basic rate are described... the employee as a basis for computing daily overtime. 4 Thus, a method rather than a specific rate is... his basic rate. 4 See § 548.302. 5 See § 548.304. (c) Minimum wage. The employee's average hourly...

  15. 7 CFR 273.5 - Students.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours; (6) Be participating in a State or federally financed work study... for work study at the time of application for food stamps, the work study must be approved for the... with the month in which the school term begins or the month work study is approved, whichever is later...

  16. 38 CFR 21.272 - Veteran-student services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... eligible to receive a work-study allowance. (Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3104(a)(4), 3485) (b) Selection criteria... times the number of hours the veteran has agreed to work; or (ii) The hourly minimum wage under... by the Chapter 30 rate; (2) Motivation of the veteran; and (3) Compatibility of the work assignment...

  17. 34 CFR 361.88 - Reporting requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... RSA-911 data: (1) The number of individuals who exited the VR program in each closure category as specified in the definition of “Exit the VR program” under § 361.81. (2) The number of individuals who exited the VR program in competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings at or above the minimum wage...

  18. 34 CFR 361.88 - Reporting requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... RSA-911 data: (1) The number of individuals who exited the VR program in each closure category as specified in the definition of “Exit the VR program” under § 361.81. (2) The number of individuals who exited the VR program in competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings at or above the minimum wage...

  19. 34 CFR 361.88 - Reporting requirements.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... RSA-911 data: (1) The number of individuals who exited the VR program in each closure category as specified in the definition of “Exit the VR program” under § 361.81. (2) The number of individuals who exited the VR program in competitive, self-, or BEP employment with earnings at or above the minimum wage...

  20. 29 CFR Appendix C to Part 510 - Government Corporations Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Marine, Lacustrine, and Fluvial Resources of Puerto Rico. 1 Metropolitan Bus Authority. 2 Puerto Rico... Rico Marine Shipping Authority. 1 Puerto Rico Medical Service Administration. 1 Puerto Rico Ports... Puerto Rico Sugar Board. 1 Puerto Rico Telephone Company. 2 Puerto Rico Solid Waste Management Authority...

  1. 29 CFR Appendix B to Part 510 - Nonmanufacturing Industries Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... service paper. 512 1 Drugs, drug proprietaries, and druggists' sundries. 5122 1 Drugs, drug proprietaries... places. 59 1 Miscellaneous retail. 591 1 Drug stores and proprietary stores. 5912 1 Drug stores and... merchandise stores. 594 1 Miscellaneous shopping goods stores. 5941 1 Sporting goods stores and bicycle shops...

  2. 29 CFR Appendix B to Part 510 - Nonmanufacturing Industries Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... service paper. 512 1 Drugs, drug proprietaries, and druggists' sundries. 5122 1 Drugs, drug proprietaries... places. 59 1 Miscellaneous retail. 591 1 Drug stores and proprietary stores. 5912 1 Drug stores and... merchandise stores. 594 1 Miscellaneous shopping goods stores. 5941 1 Sporting goods stores and bicycle shops...

  3. 29 CFR Appendix B to Part 510 - Nonmanufacturing Industries Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... service paper. 512 1 Drugs, drug proprietaries, and druggists' sundries. 5122 1 Drugs, drug proprietaries... places. 59 1 Miscellaneous retail. 591 1 Drug stores and proprietary stores. 5912 1 Drug stores and... merchandise stores. 594 1 Miscellaneous shopping goods stores. 5941 1 Sporting goods stores and bicycle shops...

  4. Transition from School to Work: The Role of Career Education.

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    Worthington, Robert M.

    Teenage unemployment is a critical manpower problem. Youth most severely affected are minority group members and those with limited education. Many barriers stand in the way of their obtaining steady jobs: lack of training and experience, job movement, child labor laws, minimum wage standards, and competition for jobs from veterans and middle-aged…

  5. 29 CFR 780.1008 - Examples of places not considered homes.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Examples of places not considered homes. 780.1008 Section... Employment of Home- workers in Making Wreaths; Exemption From Minimum Wage, Overtime Compensation, and Child... considered homes. The following are examples of workplaces which, on examination, have been considered not to...

  6. 29 CFR 780.1008 - Examples of places not considered homes.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Examples of places not considered homes. 780.1008 Section... Employment of Home- workers in Making Wreaths; Exemption From Minimum Wage, Overtime Compensation, and Child... considered homes. The following are examples of workplaces which, on examination, have been considered not to...

  7. An Exploratory Investigation into Family Perspectives after the Family Employment Awareness Training

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    Francis, Grace L.; Gross, Judith M. S.; Turnbull, Ann P.; Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III

    2015-01-01

    Competitive employment (i.e., employment in community settings among people without disabilities for minimum wage or higher) improves quality of life for people with disabilities who have individualized support needs (ISN). However, attaining competitive employment can be challenging for people with ISN. This study used a mixed methods design to…

  8. Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Family Employment Awareness Training in Kansas: A Pilot Study

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    Francis, Grace; Gross, Judith M. S.; Turnbull, Rud; Parent-Johnson, Wendy

    2013-01-01

    Working in competitive employment (employment in community settings with nondisabled peers for minimum wage or higher) has many positive benefits for people with disabilities who have individualized support needs (Johannesen, McGrew, Griss, & Born, 2007). Nonetheless, many of these individuals work in segregated settings or are unemployed…

  9. Institutions of Higher Education Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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    Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Wage and Hour Div.

    The Fair Labor Standards Act contains provisions and standards concerning minimum wages, equal pay, maximum hours and overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor. These basic requirements apply to employees engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for interstate commerce and also to employees in certain enterprises that are so…

  10. 29 CFR 780.511 - Meaning of “agricultural employee.”

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... “agricultural employee.” His engagement in agriculture should be sufficiently substantial to demonstrate some... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Meaning of âagricultural employee.â 780.511 Section 780.511... Employment or Agricultural Employees in Processing Shade-Grown Tobacco; Exemption From Minimum Wage and...

  11. 29 CFR 780.511 - Meaning of “agricultural employee.”

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... “agricultural employee.” His engagement in agriculture should be sufficiently substantial to demonstrate some... 29 Labor 3 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Meaning of âagricultural employee.â 780.511 Section 780.511... Employment or Agricultural Employees in Processing Shade-Grown Tobacco; Exemption From Minimum Wage and...

  12. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly! Highlights of the 1996 Major Tax Acts (Effective Immediately!).

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    Lukaszewski, Thomas E.

    1997-01-01

    Describes four major tax acts which significantly impact businesses and individual taxpayers. Includes important issues affecting businesses, such as changes in minimum wage, depreciable personal property, pensions, and tax credits. Also describes important issues affecting individuals, including changes in spousal IRAs, adoption expense credits,…

  13. 36 CFR 8.4 - Federal and State labor laws.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Federal and State labor laws... State labor laws. A concessioner shall comply with all standards established pursuant to Federal or State labor laws, such as those concerning minimum wages, child labor, hours of work, and safety, that...

  14. 41 CFR 50-202.1 - Application and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Application and scope. 50-202.1 Section 50-202.1 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to... Scope § 50-202.1 Application and scope. Not less than the minimum wages prescribed in this part shall be...

  15. 41 CFR 50-202.1 - Application and scope.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 41 Public Contracts and Property Management 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Application and scope. 50-202.1 Section 50-202.1 Public Contracts and Property Management Other Provisions Relating to... Scope § 50-202.1 Application and scope. Not less than the minimum wages prescribed in this part shall be...

  16. Youth Unemployment--Time to Do Something About It.

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    Department of Labor, Washington, DC.

    Presented in this summary document are 17 charts and statements concerning youth unemployment. Topics covered include: (1) the ratio of teenage to adult unemployment rates, (2) the population explosion, (3) effects of staying in school, (4) state minimum wage patterns, and (5) the effects of a differential on family income. A recommended course of…

  17. Questions and Answers on Library Law: The Fair Labor Standards Act, Part I.

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    Uhler, Scott; Petsche, Janet; Allison, Rinda; Henn, Kathleen

    2000-01-01

    Discusses the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which sets the minimum wage and standards for overtime pay and child labor, as well as prohibiting unequal pay based on gender. Explains the three categories of exempt employees and considers whether any library employees may fall into these categories. (LRW)

  18. A Montessori Odyssey

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    Hanson, Peter

    2013-01-01

    Forty years ago, Peter Hanson decided to attend the 38th Indian Montessori Training Course. In this article he describes himself as a college-educated generalist who liked kids but was working for little more than minimum wage as a delivery boy. Becoming a teacher in an alternative school seemed like a good move, and a step up without…

  19. Vocational Outcomes of Sensory Impaired Graduates of an Adult Vocational Training Program.

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    Beadles, Robert J., Jr.; McDaniel, Randall S.; Waters, Stacy

    2000-01-01

    A study of the vocational status of 80 adults with sensory impairments who graduated from a vocational program during 1994-1997 found that 48 percent of the graduates were employed and that 61 percent of the employed graduates were earning more than the minimum wage. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

  20. Florida's Work-Based Learning and Child Labor Law. Resource Guide.

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    Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. School-to-Work Clearinghouse.

    This guide was developed to address issues related to work-based learning experiences at an employer's worksite and to explain when and how federal and state (Florida) labor laws and minimum wage provisions apply. It includes the following documents: "Definitions of Terms--Work Based Learning" (Institute for Workforce Competitiveness);…

  1. 48 CFR 22.1001 - Definitions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... determination of minimum wages or fringe benefits made under sections 2(a) or 4(c) of the Act (41 U.S.C. 351(a... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Definitions. 22.1001....1001 Definitions. As used in this subpart— Act or Service Contract Act means the Service Contract Act...

  2. 78 FR 60453 - Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-10-01

    ...In 1974, Congress extended the protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA or the Act) to ``domestic service'' employees, but it exempted from the Act's minimum wage and overtime provisions domestic service employees who provide ``companionship services'' to elderly people or people with illnesses, injuries, or disabilities who require assistance in caring for themselves, and it exempted from the Act's overtime provision domestic service employees who reside in the household in which they provide services. This Final Rule revises the Department's 1975 regulations implementing these amendments to the Act to better reflect Congressional intent given the changes to the home care industry and workforce since that time. Most significantly, the Department is revising the definition of ``companionship services'' to clarify and narrow the duties that fall within the term; in addition third party employers, such as home care agencies, will not be able to claim either of the exemptions. The major effect of this Final Rule is that more domestic service workers will be protected by the FLSA's minimum wage, overtime, and recordkeeping provisions.

  3. Access to prenatal care: inequalities in a region with high maternal mortality in southeastern Brazil.

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    Martinelli, Katrini Guidolini; Santos Neto, Edson Theodoro Dos; Gama, Silvana Granado Nogueira da; Oliveira, Adauto Emmerich

    2016-05-01

    Aim This article aims to evaluate access to prenatal care according to the dimensions of availability, affordability and acceptability in the SUS microregion of southeastern Brazil. Methods A cross-sectional study conducted in 2012-2013 that selected 742 postpartum women in seven hospitals in the region chosen for the research. The information was collected, processed and submitted to the chi-square test and the nonparametric Spearman's test, with p-values less than 5% (p < 0.05). Results Although the SUS constitutionally guarantees universal access to health care, there are still inequalities between pregnant women from rural and urban areas in terms of the availability of health care and among families earning up to minimum wage and more than one minimum wage per month in terms of affordability; however, the acceptability of health care was equal, regardless of the modality of the health services. Conclusion The location, transport resources and financing of health services should be reorganised, and the training of health professionals should be enhanced to provide more equitable health care access to pregnant women.

  4. Prevalence and factors associated with overweight among Brazilian children younger than 2 years.

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    Cocetti, Monize; Taddei, José Augusto de A C; Konstantyner, Tulio; Konstantyner, Thais Claudia Roma de Oliveira; Barros Filho, Antonio Azevedo

    2012-01-01

    To describe the prevalence of overweight, analyze its progression from 1989 to 2006 and identify factors associated with it among children younger than two years in Brazil. Data for the Women and Children National Demography and Health Survey (PNDS 2006) were collected using questionnaires and anthropometric measurements. The study sample included 1,735 children aged 0 to 24 months (910 boys; 825 girls). Nutritional status was defined according to the weight-for-height index (W/H; WHO, 2006), and children were classified as overweight if their W/H z score was greater than +2. Prevalence of overweight in Brazil was 6.54%. The highest prevalence of overweight was found in the southern (10.0%) and midwestern (11.1%) regions, among families with a per capita income higher than one minimum wage (11.8%), in social classes with a greater purchasing power (9.7%), among children whose birth weight was greater than 3 kg (8.04%) and whose exclusive breastfeeding lasted less than five months (7.4%). According to a fitted multiple logistic regression model, factors associated with overweight were: birth weight ≥ 3 kg [odds ratio (OR) = 5.2, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) 2.56-10.56], per capita income ≥ 1 minimum wage (OR = 2.50, 95%CI 1.20-5.21), residence in midwestern region (OR = 2.40, 95%CI 1.01-5.72). The comparison of the prevalence found in the 2006 survey with the 1989 and 1996 values revealed that overweight among children younger than two years tends to decrease. The risk factors identified suggest that further actions should be conducted to prevent obesity among infants living in the midwestern region of Brazil, whose birth weight was greater than 3 kg and whose families had a per capita income higher than one minimum wage.

  5. 48 CFR 22.1013 - Review of wage determination.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Review of wage... Amended 22.1013 Review of wage determination. (a) Based on incumbent collective bargaining agreement. (1) If wages, fringe benefits, or periodic increases provided for in a collective bargaining agreement...

  6. The Global Economic and Health Burden of Human Hookworm Infection.

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    Bartsch, Sarah M; Hotez, Peter J; Asti, Lindsey; Zapf, Kristina M; Bottazzi, Maria Elena; Diemert, David J; Lee, Bruce Y

    2016-09-01

    Even though human hookworm infection is highly endemic in many countries throughout the world, its global economic and health impact is not well known. Without a better understanding of hookworm's economic burden worldwide, it is difficult for decision makers such as funders, policy makers, disease control officials, and intervention manufacturers to determine how much time, energy, and resources to invest in hookworm control. We developed a computational simulation model to estimate the economic and health burden of hookworm infection in every country, WHO region, and globally, in 2016 from the societal perspective. Globally, hookworm infection resulted in a total 2,126,280 DALYs using 2004 disability weight estimates and 4,087,803 DALYs using 2010 disability weight estimates (excluding cognitive impairment outcomes). Including cognitive impairment did not significantly increase DALYs worldwide. Total productivity losses varied with the probability of anemia and calculation method used, ranging from $7.5 billion to $138.9 billion annually using gross national income per capita as a proxy for annual wages and ranging from $2.5 billion to $43.9 billion using minimum wage as a proxy for annual wages. Even though hookworm is classified as a neglected tropical disease, its economic and health burden exceeded published estimates for a number of diseases that have received comparatively more attention than hookworm such as rotavirus. Additionally, certain large countries that are transitioning to higher income countries such as Brazil and China, still face considerable hookworm burden.

  7. The Global Economic and Health Burden of Human Hookworm Infection

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    Bartsch, Sarah M.; Hotez, Peter J.; Asti, Lindsey; Zapf, Kristina M.; Bottazzi, Maria Elena; Diemert, David J.; Lee, Bruce Y.

    2016-01-01

    Background Even though human hookworm infection is highly endemic in many countries throughout the world, its global economic and health impact is not well known. Without a better understanding of hookworm’s economic burden worldwide, it is difficult for decision makers such as funders, policy makers, disease control officials, and intervention manufacturers to determine how much time, energy, and resources to invest in hookworm control. Methodology/Principle Findings We developed a computational simulation model to estimate the economic and health burden of hookworm infection in every country, WHO region, and globally, in 2016 from the societal perspective. Globally, hookworm infection resulted in a total 2,126,280 DALYs using 2004 disability weight estimates and 4,087,803 DALYs using 2010 disability weight estimates (excluding cognitive impairment outcomes). Including cognitive impairment did not significantly increase DALYs worldwide. Total productivity losses varied with the probability of anemia and calculation method used, ranging from $7.5 billion to $138.9 billion annually using gross national income per capita as a proxy for annual wages and ranging from $2.5 billion to $43.9 billion using minimum wage as a proxy for annual wages. Conclusion Even though hookworm is classified as a neglected tropical disease, its economic and health burden exceeded published estimates for a number of diseases that have received comparatively more attention than hookworm such as rotavirus. Additionally, certain large countries that are transitioning to higher income countries such as Brazil and China, still face considerable hookworm burden. PMID:27607360

  8. Job-Advertising and Wage Control Spillovers.

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    Goodwin, William B.; Carlson, John A.

    1981-01-01

    This article examines the tradeoffs between wages and job-related advertising in the recruitment of new employees. Hypothesizes that when wages are limited by controls, firms increase their use of nonwage recruiting methods. Also examines the effect of the Nixon wage controls on newspaper help-wanted advertisements. (Author/CT)

  9. Low birth weight in São Luís, northeastern Brazil: trends and associated factors

    PubMed Central

    2014-01-01

    Background To analyze trends in LBW (low birth weight) rate using birth registry data and identify factors associated with LBW in São Luís comparing two birth cohorts separated by a 12-year interval. Methods 2,426 births were included in 1997/98 and 5,040 in 2010. The dependent variable was LBW (<2,500 g). Multiple logistic regression was performed to determine the association of independent variables with LBW. Data were also obtained from SINASC (Brazilian National Birth Registry) to analyze stillbirth and LBW rates trends from 1996 to 2010, using 3-year moving averages. Results LBW, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and preterm birth rates did not differ between the two cohorts. Despite this, birth registry data showed increasing LBW rate up to 2001, coinciding with decreasing stillbirth rate. Both stillbirth and LBW rates decreased thereafter. A significant reduction was observed in the percentage of teenage mothers, mothers with up to 4 years of education, family income up to one minimum wage and mothers who did not attend prenatal care. There was an increase in maternal age ≥35 years and schooling ≥12 years. The variables associated with LBW in 1997/98 were young maternal age (<18 years), maternal smoking during pregnancy and primiparity. Variables that remained in the adjusted model in 2010 were female gender, income <3 minimum wages, lack of prenatal care, maternal smoking during pregnancy and primiparity. Conclusions Although LBW rate did not differ between the two cohorts, this apparent stability masked an increase up to 2001 and a decrease thereafter. The rise in LBW rate paralleled reduction in the stillbirth rate, suggesting improvement in obstetrical and newborn care. Maternal, socioeconomic and demographic factors associated with LBW differed between the two cohorts, except for smoking during pregnancy and parity that were significantly associated with LBW in both cohorts. PMID:24885887

  10. Undocumented Migration and the Wages of Mexican Immigrants

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    Massey, Douglas S.; Gentsch, Kerstin

    2016-01-01

    Prior work has documented the remarkable decline in the real wages of Mexican immigrant workers in the United States over the past several decades. Although some of this trend might be attributable to the changing characteristics of the migrants themselves, we argue that a more important change was the circumstances under within Mexican immigrants competed for jobs in the United States. After 1986 a growing share of Mexican immigrants were undocumented, discrimination against them was mandated by federal law, and enforcement efforts rose in intensity. We combined data from the Mexican Migration Project with independent estimates of the percentage undocumented among Mexicans living in the United States to estimate a series of regression models to test this hypothesis. Controlling for individual characteristics helps to explain the decline in the wages of immigrants, but does not eliminate the trend, which is only explained fully when the percentage undocumented is added to the model. A key date is 1986, confirmed by a Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis, when undocumented hiring was criminalized and undocumented migration revived after IRCA's legalization programs ended. As the percentage undocumented rose to new heights in the face of employer sanctions, immigrant wages fell below what we would have observed under the former policy regime. Using newly available data from Warren and Warren (2013), we examined how variation in the percentage undocumented by state and year from 1990 through 2009 affected immigrant wages and confirmed a strong negative effect, but the addition of an interaction term to the model indicated that the negative effect was confined largely to undocumented migrants, whose wage penalty rose from 8% to 18% as the percentage undocumented rose from its observed minimum to maximum. PMID:27134328

  11. The role of wages in the migration of health care professionals from developing countries

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    Vujicic, Marko; Zurn, Pascal; Diallo, Khassoum; Adams, Orvill; Dal Poz, Mario R

    2004-01-01

    Several countries are increasingly relying on immigration as a means of coping with domestic shortages of health care professionals. This trend has led to concerns that in many of the source countries – especially within Africa – the outflow of health care professionals is adversely affecting the health care system. This paper examines the role of wages in the migration decision and discusses the likely effect of wage increases in source countries in slowing migration flows. This paper uses data on wage differentials in the health care sector between source country and receiving country (adjusted for purchasing power parity) to test the hypothesis that larger wage differentials lead to a larger supply of health care migrants. Differences in other important factors affecting migration are discussed and, where available, data are presented. There is little correlation between the supply of health care migrants and the size of the wage differential between source and destination country. In cases where data are available on other factors affecting migration, controlling for these factors does not affect the result. At current levels, wage differentials between source and destination country are so large that small increases in health care wages in source countries are unlikely to affect significantly the supply of health care migrants. The results suggest that non-wage instruments might be more effective in altering migration flows. PMID:15115549

  12. Cost of neurocysticercosis patients treated in two referral hospitals in Mexico City, Mexico.

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    Bhattarai, Rachana; Carabin, Hélène; Proaño, Jefferson V; Flores-Rivera, Jose; Corona, Teresa; Flisser, Ana; Budke, Christine M

    2015-08-01

    To estimate annual costs related to the diagnosis, treatment and productivity losses among patients with neurocysticercosis (NCC) receiving treatment at two referral hospitals, the Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia (INNN) and the Hospital de Especialidades of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (HE-IMSS), in Mexico City from July 2007 to August 2008. Information on presenting clinical manifestations, diagnostic tests, hospitalisations, surgical procedures and other treatments received by NCC outpatients was collected from medical charts, and supplemented by an individual questionnaire regarding productivity losses and out-of-pocket expenses related to NCC. The annual average per-patient direct costs were US$ 503 (95% CI: 414-592) and US$ 438 (95% CI: 322-571) for patients without a history of hospitalisation and/or surgery seen at the INNN and the HE-IMSS, respectively. These costs increased to US$ 2506 (95% CI: 1797-3215) and US$ 2170 (95% CI: 1303-3037), respectively, for patients with a history of hospitalisation and/or surgery. The average annual per-patient indirect costs were US$ 246 (95% CI: 165-324) and US$ 114 (95% CI: 51-178), respectively, using minimum salary wages for individuals not officially employed. The total annual cost for patients who had and had not been hospitalised and/or undergone a surgical procedure for the diagnosis or treatment of NCC corresponded to 212% and 41% of an annual minimum wage salary, respectively. The disease tends to affect rural socioeconomically disadvantaged populations and creates health disparities and significant economic losses in Mexico. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

  13. 48 CFR 37.107 - Service Contract Act of 1965.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Service Contract Act of... Act of 1965. The Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 351-357) (the Act) provides for minimum wages... subpart 22.10). Whether or not the Act applies to a specific service contract will be determined by the...

  14. The Work Experience of Undocumented Mexican Women Migrants in Los Angeles.

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    Simon, Rita J.; DeLey, Margo

    1984-01-01

    Undocumented Mexican women workers in Los Angeles were interviewed about their work experience in the United States. Most of them work in factories, not in domestic service. Most earn a salary above minimum wage but below that earned by documented women, and 80 percent believe their treatment at work equals that of other workers. (KH)

  15. 29 CFR 570.37 - Effect of this subpart on other laws.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... weeks, the participant is permitted to work during school hours on only one day per week, and for no... with the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division a letter of application for approval of the work... participates in the work-study program, at least the minimum number of hours of classroom instruction, as...

  16. 23 CFR 230.111 - Implementation of special requirements for the provision of on-the-job training.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... 23 Highways 1 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false Implementation of special requirements for the provision of on-the-job training. 230.111 Section 230.111 Highways FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT... exempt from the minimum wage rate provisions of section 113 of title 23 U.S.C. Approval, however, shall...

  17. 23 CFR 230.111 - Implementation of special requirements for the provision of on-the-job training.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 23 Highways 1 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Implementation of special requirements for the provision of on-the-job training. 230.111 Section 230.111 Highways FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT... exempt from the minimum wage rate provisions of section 113 of title 23 U.S.C. Approval, however, shall...

  18. 29 CFR 525.12 - Terms and conditions of special minimum wage certificates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... parties not be informed, it is not necessary to inform a parent or guardian. (h) In establishing piece.... (i) The piece rates shall be based on the standard production rates (number of units an experienced... units per hour equals the piece rate.). (ii) Piece rates shall not be less than the prevailing piece...

  19. 29 CFR 778.417 - General requirements of section 7(g).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Exceptions From the Regular Rate Principles Computing Overtime Pay on the Rate Applicable to the Type of Work... overtime pay permitted in this section will not in any circumstances be seized upon as a device for avoiding payment of the minimum wage due for each hour, the requirement must be met that employee's average...

  20. 29 CFR 778.115 - Employees working at two or more rates.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Overtime Pay Requirements Principles for Computing Overtime Pay Based on the âregular Rateâ § 778.115... different types of work for which different nonovertime rates of pay (of not less than the applicable minimum wage) have been established, his regular rate for that week is the weighted average of such rates...

  1. 29 CFR 778.417 - General requirements of section 7(g).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Exceptions From the Regular Rate Principles Computing Overtime Pay on the Rate Applicable to the Type of Work... overtime pay permitted in this section will not in any circumstances be seized upon as a device for avoiding payment of the minimum wage due for each hour, the requirement must be met that employee's average...

  2. 29 CFR Appendix A to Part 510 - Manufacturing Industries Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ..., and surgical appliances and supplies. 3843 1 Dental equipment and supplies. 3844 a X-ray apparatus and..., upholstered. 2514 3 Metal household furniture. 2515 2 Mattresses, foundations, and convertible beds. 2517 3... earths, ground or otherwise treated. 3296 1 Mineral wool. 33 1 Primary metal industries. 331 1 Steel...

  3. 29 CFR 780.1006 - In or about a home.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false In or about a home. 780.1006 Section 780.1006 Labor... Home- workers in Making Wreaths; Exemption From Minimum Wage, Overtime Compensation, and Child Labor Provisions Under Section 13(d) Requirements for Exemption § 780.1006 In or about a home. Whether the work of...

  4. 29 CFR 780.1006 - In or about a home.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false In or about a home. 780.1006 Section 780.1006 Labor... Home- workers in Making Wreaths; Exemption From Minimum Wage, Overtime Compensation, and Child Labor Provisions Under Section 13(d) Requirements for Exemption § 780.1006 In or about a home. Whether the work of...

  5. 29 CFR 780.1006 - In or about a home.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false In or about a home. 780.1006 Section 780.1006 Labor... Home- workers in Making Wreaths; Exemption From Minimum Wage, Overtime Compensation, and Child Labor Provisions Under Section 13(d) Requirements for Exemption § 780.1006 In or about a home. Whether the work of...

  6. 29 CFR 780.1006 - In or about a home.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false In or about a home. 780.1006 Section 780.1006 Labor... Home- workers in Making Wreaths; Exemption From Minimum Wage, Overtime Compensation, and Child Labor Provisions Under Section 13(d) Requirements for Exemption § 780.1006 In or about a home. Whether the work of...

  7. 29 CFR 780.1006 - In or about a home.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false In or about a home. 780.1006 Section 780.1006 Labor... Home- workers in Making Wreaths; Exemption From Minimum Wage, Overtime Compensation, and Child Labor Provisions Under Section 13(d) Requirements for Exemption § 780.1006 In or about a home. Whether the work of...

  8. 29 CFR 5.23 - The statutory provisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... of wages”, “wage rates”, “minimum wages”, and “prevailing wages” shall include— (1) The basic hourly rate of pay; and (2) The amount of— (A) The rate of contribution irrevocably made by a contractor or subcontractor to a trustee or to a third person pursuant to a fund, plan, or program; and (B) The rate of costs...

  9. 29 CFR 5.23 - The statutory provisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... of wages”, “wage rates”, “minimum wages”, and “prevailing wages” shall include— (1) The basic hourly rate of pay; and (2) The amount of— (A) The rate of contribution irrevocably made by a contractor or subcontractor to a trustee or to a third person pursuant to a fund, plan, or program; and (B) The rate of costs...

  10. 29 CFR 5.23 - The statutory provisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... of wages”, “wage rates”, “minimum wages”, and “prevailing wages” shall include— (1) The basic hourly rate of pay; and (2) The amount of— (A) The rate of contribution irrevocably made by a contractor or subcontractor to a trustee or to a third person pursuant to a fund, plan, or program; and (B) The rate of costs...

  11. 29 CFR 5.23 - The statutory provisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... of wages”, “wage rates”, “minimum wages”, and “prevailing wages” shall include— (1) The basic hourly rate of pay; and (2) The amount of— (A) The rate of contribution irrevocably made by a contractor or subcontractor to a trustee or to a third person pursuant to a fund, plan, or program; and (B) The rate of costs...

  12. 29 CFR 5.23 - The statutory provisions.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... of wages”, “wage rates”, “minimum wages”, and “prevailing wages” shall include— (1) The basic hourly rate of pay; and (2) The amount of— (A) The rate of contribution irrevocably made by a contractor or subcontractor to a trustee or to a third person pursuant to a fund, plan, or program; and (B) The rate of costs...

  13. A Working Woman's Guide To Her Job Rights. Leaflet 55.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC.

    This leaflet presents general information about legislation that affects women when they are seeking a job, while they are on the job, and when they retire. Emphasis is on Federal laws as of November, 1978. Some of the topics include employment services, protection against sex and age discrimination, minimum wages and overtime pay, discrimination…

  14. 5 CFR 551.702 - Time limits.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... at any time file a complaint under the child labor provisions of the Act or an FLSA claim challenging... claim concerning his or her entitlement to minimum wage or overtime pay for work performed under the Act... limitations is 3 years. In deciding a claim, a determination must be made as to whether the cause or basis of...

  15. 29 CFR Appendix B to Part 510 - Nonmanufacturing Industries Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    .... 7374 1 Computer processing and data preparation and processing services. 7379 1 Computer related... industries (except those in major groups 01, 02, 08, and 09, pertaining to agriculture) for which data were... incorporated by reference in these regulations (§ 510.21). The data in this appendix are presented by major...

  16. 29 CFR Appendix B to Part 510 - Nonmanufacturing Industries Eligible for Minimum Wage Phase-In

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    .... 7374 1 Computer processing and data preparation and processing services. 7379 1 Computer related... industries (except those in major groups 01, 02, 08, and 09, pertaining to agriculture) for which data were... incorporated by reference in these regulations (§ 510.21). The data in this appendix are presented by major...

  17. Facing Race: 2006 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity. California

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    Krajcer, Menachem; Johnson, Tammy

    2006-01-01

    This Legislative Report Card assesses how California's governor and Legislature have handled bills it says affected racial inequities--or might have if they had been signed into law. The report examines an eclectic collection of bills that addressed the minimum wage, the creation of a single-payer health care system and other issues in education,…

  18. What "Counts" as Educational Policy? Notes toward a New Paradigm

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    Anyon, Jean

    2005-01-01

    In this piece, Jean Anyon argues that the definition of education policy should be expanded to include the consideration of economic policies. She asserts that the impact of economic policies, such as minimum wage laws, have large and often ignored impacts on the experiences of urban students. Anyon argues that even small annual salary…

  19. Bush to Start NCLB Push in Congress

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    Hoff, David J.

    2007-01-01

    Making college more affordable, raising the minimum wage, and other domestic items were at the top of Democrats' agenda during their meeting at Capitol Hill. President Bush made clear that reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act is one of the priorities. To mark the fifth anniversary of his signing the measure into law on January 8, 2007, the…

  20. 78 FR 73506 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request: Infant Bath Seats

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-12-06

    ... mark or other means that identifies the date (month and year, as a minimum) of manufacture. Section 9... instructions with infant bath seats thus would be ``usual and customary'' and not within the definition of... a GS-12 level, salaried employee. The average hourly wage rate for a mid-level salaried GS-12...

  1. Do more health insurance options lead to higher wages? Evidence from states extending dependent coverage.

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    Dillender, Marcus

    2014-07-01

    Little is known about how health insurance affects labor market decisions for young adults. This is despite the fact that expanding coverage for people in their early 20s is an important component of the Affordable Care Act. This paper studies how having an outside source of health insurance affects wages by using variation in health insurance access that comes from states extending dependent coverage to young adults. Using American Community Survey and Census data, I find evidence that extending health insurance to young adults raises their wages. The increases in wages can be explained by increases in human capital and the increased flexibility in the labor market that comes from people no longer having to rely on their own employers for health insurance. The estimates from this paper suggest the Affordable Care Act will lead to wage increases for young adults. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  2. Mental Health Insurance Parity and Provider Wages.

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    Golberstein, Ezra; Busch, Susan H

    2017-06-01

    Policymakers frequently mandate that employers or insurers provide insurance benefits deemed to be critical to individuals' well-being. However, in the presence of private market imperfections, mandates that increase demand for a service can lead to price increases for that service, without necessarily affecting the quantity being supplied. We test this idea empirically by looking at mental health parity mandates. This study evaluated whether implementation of parity laws was associated with changes in mental health provider wages. Quasi-experimental analysis of average wages by state and year for six mental health care-related occupations were considered: Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists; Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors; Marriage and Family Therapists; Mental Health Counselors; Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers; and Psychiatrists. Data from 1999-2013 were used to estimate the association between the implementation of state mental health parity laws and the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and average mental health provider wages. Mental health parity laws were associated with a significant increase in mental health care provider wages controlling for changes in mental health provider wages in states not exposed to parity (3.5 percent [95% CI: 0.3%, 6.6%]; p<.05). Mental health parity laws were associated with statistically significant but modest increases in mental health provider wages. Health insurance benefit expansions may lead to increased prices for health services when the private market that supplies the service is imperfect or constrained. In the context of mental health parity, this work suggests that part of the value of expanding insurance benefits for mental health coverage was captured by providers. Given historically low wage levels of mental health providers, this increase may be a first step in bringing mental health provider wages in line with parallel health professions, potentially reducing turnover rates and improving treatment quality.

  3. Cyclical and noncyclical unemployment differences among demographic groups.

    PubMed

    Lynch, G J; Hyclak, T

    1984-01-01

    The objective of this study was to determine if 1) the full employment-unemployment rate, or natural unemployment rate, changed between 1954-79 differentially for various subgroups in the US population; 2) minimum wage laws and unemployment compensation impacted differentially on subgroups in the population; and 3) there were structural shifts in the determinants of unemployment and labor force participation rates among subgroups. The 6 subgroups investigated were white and nonwhite teenagers, white and nonwhite females, and white and nonwhite males. Trends and cycles in unemployment were analyzed using regression techniques and basic time series models, and structural changes in the unemployment rate were analyzed by using a technique developed by Brown, Durbin, and Evans to test for change in estimated regression coefficients. Results indicated that the natural unemployment rate in the US increased from 4.70% to 5.14% between 1959-79. This increase was due in part to the unemployment rate increases observed among different subgroups in the population, and expecially among teenagers. In 1979 the unemployment rates among teenagers were 13.6% for whites and 28.72% for nonwhites. Respective rates in 1979 for white and nonwhite adult females were 4.20% and 9.98%, and for white and nonwhite adult males they were 2.78% and 6.36%. Other findings were 1) increases in minimum wage had a positive impact on the nonwhite teenagers' jobless rates, no effect on the white teenager jobless rate, and a negative impact on the adult unemployment rate; 2) increased unemployment compensation was positively associated with higher jobless rates for adult males and nonwhite teenagers; 3) the jobless rate was not significantly related to changes between 1954-79 in the proportion of different age, sex, and race groups in the population; and 4) structural shifts in the determinants of unemployment were observed for secondary workers only. Tables provided the results of the regression analysis, estimates of unemployment rates, by race, sex, and age for 1959, 1969, and 1979, and labor force composition and employment rates by race, sex, and age for 1954 and 1981.

  4. Trends in female labor force participation in Sweden.

    PubMed

    Gustafsson, S; Jacobsson, R

    1985-01-01

    The labor force participation of Swedish married women increased form 49.1% to 83.5% in the past 2 decades. Results from cross section analyses carried out on micro data from 3 standard of living investigations, done in 1968, 1974, and 1981, are used to predict changes over time. Women's real wages have increased over time more than men's real wages; in combination with estimated positve own wages elasticities, this change is the most important determinant of the increase in female labor supply. The labor force participation of married women ages 20-59 has increased from 49.1% in 1963 to 83.5% in 1982; the increase is especially large for women with children under 7. Over the decades 1920-1965, when real wages of woman increased more than real incomes of men, the labor force participation rates of married women increased even faster. From 1963-1981 a dramatic narrowing of the male-female wage gap occurred; most of the decrease is a result of factors other than the human capital variables accumulated at school and on the job. The effect of centralized collective bargaining and a strong union policy to increase low wages may be important explanatory factors. Generous parental leaves and subsidized day care may have an increasing effect on fertility; but instead, fertility has decreased, perhaps less than it might have done in the absence of such policies. By using individual cross section data from the 3 standard of living investigations, estimates of participation are performed. The own wage effects of the participation equation are positive and significant but decreasing over time. Important institutional changes between the sample periods are the extended parental leaves and the increased supply of government subsidized day care.

  5. 48 CFR 52.222-30 - Davis-Bacon Act-Price Adjustment (None or Separately Specified Method).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... for elsewhere in this contract, to cover any increases or decreases in wages and benefits as a result of— (1) Incorporation of the Department of Labor's wage determination applicable at the exercise of... applied to the contract by operation of law; or (3) An increase in wages and benefits resulting from any...

  6. Do wages matter?: a backward bend in the 2004 California RN labor supply.

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    Tellez, Michelle; Spetz, Joanne; Seago, Jean Ann; Harrington, Charlene M; Kitchener, Martin

    2009-08-01

    Using data from the 2004 California Board of Registered Nursing Survey, a two-stage least-square equation was estimated to examine the effect of wages on hours worked by female registered nurses. Wages were found to have a nonlinear effect on hours worked, with a backward bending supply curve. Wages had a positive effect on the average hours worked per week up to $24.99 per hour and a negative effect between $30.00 and $100.00 per hour when compared with the wage category of $25.00 to $29.99. Results suggest that wages are important to secure the labor supply but do not increase aggregate supply beyond a wage threshold.

  7. "We don't do it for the money" … The scale and reasons of poverty-pay among frontline long-term care workers in England.

    PubMed

    Hussein, Shereen

    2017-11-01

    Demographic trends escalate the demands for formal long-term care (LTC) in the majority of the developed world. The LTC workforce is characterised by its very low wages, the actual scale of which is less well known. This article investigates the scale of poverty-pay in the feminised LTC sector and attempts to understand the perceived reasons behind persisting low wages in the sector. The analysis makes use of large national workforce pay data and a longitudinal survey of care workers, as well as interviews with key stakeholders in the sector. The analysis suggests that there are at least between 10 and 13% of care workers who are effectively being paid under the National Minimum Wage in England. Thematic qualitative analysis of 300 interviews with employers, care workers and service users highlight three key explanatory factors of low pay: the intrinsic nature of LTC work, the value of caring for older people, and marketisation and outsourcing of services. © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

  8. 45 CFR 2553.44 - May cost reimbursements received by a RSVP volunteer be subject to any tax or charge, treated as...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 4 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false May cost reimbursements received by a RSVP... benefit payments or minimum wage laws. Cost reimbursements are not subject to garnishment, do not reduce... receive assistance from other programs? 2553.44 Section 2553.44 Public Welfare Regulations Relating to...

  9. 45 CFR 2551.47 - May the cost reimbursements of a Senior Companion be subject to any tax or charge, be treated as...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 4 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false May the cost reimbursements of a Senior Companion... compensation, temporary disability, retirement, public assistance, or similar benefit payments or minimum wage... receive assistance from other programs? 2551.47 Section 2551.47 Public Welfare Regulations Relating to...

  10. All Work and No Pay: Violations of Employment and Labor Laws in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City

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    Bernhardt, Annette; Spiller, Michael W.; Polson, Diana

    2013-01-01

    Despite three decades of scholarship on economic restructuring in the United States, employers' violations of minimum wage, overtime and other workplace laws remain understudied. This article begins to fill the gap by presenting evidence from a large-scale, original worker survey that draws on recent advances in sampling methodology to reach…

  11. National League of Cities v. Usery: The Tenth Amendment Is Alive and Doing Well

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    Percy, Billups P.

    1976-01-01

    The Usery decision invalidated an act of Congress as exceeding the commerce power--extension of minimum wage and maximum hour provisions to virtually all employees of states and their political subdivisions. The ruling is a salutary one if it heralds the Supreme Court's recognition that a significant degree of political and economic autonomy for…

  12. 29 CFR 785.34 - Effect of section 4 of the Portal-to-Portal Act.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... failure to pay the minimum wage or overtime compensation for time spent in “walking, riding, or traveling... employee is employed to perform either prior to the time on any particular workday at which such employee... from time clock to work-bench) need not be counted as working time unless it is compensable by contract...

  13. Impacts from the Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects: Participation, Work, and Schooling Over the Full Program Period.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Farkas, George; And Others

    The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) demonstration, which was in full operation from 1978 to 1980, was established to test the efficacy of work combined with education as a remedy for high unemployment, low labor force participation, and the excessive school dropout rate of teenagers. YIEPP offered Federal minimum-wage jobs…

  14. 78 FR 14631 - 100th Anniversary of the United States Department of Labor

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-03-06

    ... ordinary citizens, the Department took up the cause of justice in the workplace and lifted it to the..., from the 40-hour work week and the minimum wage to family leave and pensions. As the agency once led by... combated child labor at home and abroad. Today, the Department of Labor is working to restore the basic...

  15. Creating New Hope: Implementation of a Program To Reduce Poverty and Reform Welfare.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Brock, Thomas; Doolittle, Fred; Fellerath, Veronica; Greenberg, David H.; Hollister, Robinson G., Jr.; Wiseman, Michael

    The New Hope Project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was developed to reduce poverty and reform welfare by providing adults who are willing to work least 30 hours per week with the following: help obtaining a job, including time-limited, minimum wage community service jobs (CSJ) if full-time employment was not otherwise available; a monthly earnings…

  16. 29 CFR 4.1a - Definitions and use of terms.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... includes any determination of minimum wage rates or fringe benefits made pursuant to the provisions of... 29 Labor 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Definitions and use of terms. 4.1a Section 4.1a Labor Office... Standards Provisions and Procedures § 4.1a Definitions and use of terms. As used in this part, unless...

  17. Explaining levels of within-group wage inequality in U.S. labor markets.

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    McCall, L

    2000-11-01

    Most research on earnings inequality has focused on the growing gap between workers of different races and at different education, age, and income levels, but a large portion of the increasing inequality has actually occurred within these groups. This article focuses on the extent and sources of "within-group" wage inequality in more than 500 labor markets in the United States in 1990. In addition to documenting that within-group wage inequality across regions varies more widely today than over the past several decades, the analysis reveals that two frequently cited explanations of rising wage inequality over time have little impact on within-group wage inequality when measured at the local labor market level: (1) industrial shifts and (2) increased technology and trade. By contrast, flexible and insecure employment conditions (e.g., unemployment, contingent work, and immigration) are associated strongly with high local levels of within-group wage inequality, especially among women.

  18. Empirical Evidence on Occupation and Industry Specific Human Capital

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    Sullivan, Paul

    2009-01-01

    This paper presents instrumental variables estimates of the effects of firm tenure, occupation specific work experience, industry specific work experience, and general work experience on wages using data from the 1979 Cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The estimates indicate that both occupation and industry specific human capital are key determinants of wages, and the importance of various types of human capital varies widely across one-digit occupations. Human capital is primarily occupation specific in occupations such as craftsmen, where workers realize a 14% increase in wages after five years of occupation specific experience but do not realize wage gains from industry specific experience. In contrast, human capital is primarily industry specific in other occupations such as managerial employment where workers realize a 23% wage increase after five years of industry specific work experience. In other occupations, such as professional employment, both occupation and industry specific human capital are key determinants of wages. PMID:20526448

  19. Exploring trends and determinants of pharmacist wage rates: evidence from the 2000 and 2004 National Pharmacist Workforce Survey.

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    Mott, David A; Cline, Richard R; Kreling, David H; Pedersen, Craig A; Doucette, William R; Gaither, Caroline A; Schommer, Jon C

    2008-01-01

    To examine pharmacists' hourly wage rates, growth rates in pharmacists' wage rates, and factors associated with pharmacists' wage rates in 2000 and 2004. Descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional study. United States. 1,644 and 1,129 pharmacists from the 2000 and 2004 National Pharmacist Workforce Survey, respectively. Secondary data from surveys of pharmacists were analyzed. Pharmacists' wage rates in 2000 and 2004 and growth rates in wage rates between 2000 and 2004. Wage rates for pharmacists, expressed in 2004 dollars, increased 4.9% per year between 2000 and 2004, suggesting real wage growth for pharmacists. In 2004, wage rates for pharmacists working part-time were $1.56 (3.4%) less than wages for pharmacists working full-time. In 2004, pharmacists who reported spending higher amounts of time in patient care activities earned significantly lower wages. In 2000 and 2004, wage rates were significantly less in independently owned pharmacies compared with all other practice settings. In 2004, women pharmacists earned significantly less per hour (4.9%) compared with men pharmacists. Pharmacists experienced real wage growth between 2000 and 2004, which reflects the excess demand for pharmacists. The location of pharmacists' employment and the tasks performed by pharmacists in their jobs affect wage rates.

  20. Should I stay or should I go? The impact of working time and wages on retention in the health workforce.

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    Steinmetz, Stephanie; de Vries, Daniel H; Tijdens, Kea G

    2014-04-23

    Turnover in the health workforce is a concern as it is costly and detrimental to organizational performance and quality of care. Most studies have focused on the influence of individual and organizational factors on an employee's intention to quit. Inspired by the observation that providing care is based on the duration of practices, tasks and processes (issues of time) rather than exchange values (wages), this paper focuses on the influence of working-time characteristics and wages on an employee's intention to stay. Using data from the WageIndicator web survey (N = 5,323), three logistic regression models were used to estimate health care employee's intention to stay for Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. The first model includes working-time characteristics controlling for a set of sociodemographic variables, job categories, promotion and organization-related characteristics. The second model tests the impact of wage-related characteristics. The third model includes both working-time- and wage-related aspects. Model 1 reveals that working-time-related factors significantly affect intention to stay across all countries. In particular, working part-time hours, overtime and a long commuting time decrease the intention to stay with the same employer. The analysis also shows that job dissatisfaction is a strong predictor for the intention to leave, next to being a woman, being moderately or well educated, and being promoted in the current organization. In Model 2, wage-related characteristics demonstrate that employees with a low wage or low wage satisfaction are less likely to express an intention to stay. The effect of wage satisfaction is not surprising; it confirms that besides a high wage, wage satisfaction is essential. When considering all factors in Model 3, all effects remain significant, indicating that attention to working and commuting times can complement attention to wages and wage satisfaction to increase employees' intention to stay. These findings hold for all three countries, for a variety of health occupations. When following a policy of wage increases, attention to the issues of working time-including overtime hours, working part-time, and commuting time-and wage satisfaction are suitable strategies in managing health workforce retention.

  1. New Evidence against a Causal Marriage Wage Premium

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    Killewald, Alexandra; Lundberg, Ian

    2017-01-01

    Recent research shows that men’s wages rise more rapidly than expected prior to marriage, but diverges on whether this indicates selection or a causal effect of anticipating marriage. We seek to adjudicate this debate by bringing together literatures on: (1) the male marriage wage premium, (2) selection into marriage based on men’s economic circumstances, and (3) the transition to adulthood, during which both union formation and unusually rapid improvements in work outcomes often occur. Using data from the NLSY79, we evaluate these perspectives. We show that wage declines predate rather than follow divorce, indicating no evidence that staying married benefits men’s wages. We find that older grooms experience no unusual wage patterns at marriage, suggesting that the observed marriage premium may simply reflect co-occurrence with the transition to adulthood for younger grooms. We show that men entering shotgun marriages experience similar premarital wage gains as other grooms, casting doubt on the claim that anticipation of marriage drives wage increases. We conclude that the observed wage patterns are most consistent with men marrying when their wages are already rising more rapidly than expected and divorcing when their wages are already falling, with no additional causal effect of marriage on wages. PMID:28332136

  2. New Evidence Against a Causal Marriage Wage Premium.

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    Killewald, Alexandra; Lundberg, Ian

    2017-06-01

    Recent research has shown that men's wages rise more rapidly than expected prior to marriage, but interpretations diverge on whether this indicates selection or a causal effect of anticipating marriage. We seek to adjudicate this debate by bringing together literatures on (1) the male marriage wage premium; (2) selection into marriage based on men's economic circumstances; and (3) the transition to adulthood, during which both union formation and unusually rapid improvements in work outcomes often occur. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we evaluate these perspectives. We show that wage declines predate rather than follow divorce, indicating no evidence that staying married benefits men's wages. We find that older grooms experience no unusual wage patterns at marriage, suggesting that the observed marriage premium may simply reflect co-occurrence with the transition to adulthood for younger grooms. We show that men entering shotgun marriages experience similar premarital wage gains as other grooms, casting doubt on the claim that anticipation of marriage drives wage increases. We conclude that the observed wage patterns are most consistent with men marrying when their wages are already rising more rapidly than expected and divorcing when their wages are already falling, with no additional causal effect of marriage on wages.

  3. Patient- and ward-level determinants of nursing time in nursing facilities.

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    Laine, Juha; Noro, Anja; Finne-Soveri, Harriet; Häkkinen, Unto

    2005-10-01

    To explore the patient- and ward-level determinants of wage-adjusted nursing time in long-term care wards for the elderly with a view to improving efficiency of the use of labour resources. The wage-adjusted nursing time given to patients was obtained from a time measurement study. Patient characteristics were based on the Minimum Data Set 2.0 of the Resident Assessment Instrument for nursing homes. Ordinary least-squares regression analysis and multilevel modelling were used to disentangle the effect of patient- and ward-level factors on nursing time. A significant difference in wage-adjusted nursing time between wards was detected, which was partly explained by characteristics of patients in wards. The combination of patients' physical functioning and cognition and the Resource Utilization Groups RUG-III/22 resource use classification explained 20-25% of patients' nursing time over a 24-hour period. Variables related to the operational environment of the ward did not explain differences in wage-adjusted nursing time once the patient profile of the ward had been controlled for. The results also showed notable unmeasured patient and ward level effects, inefficiency and randomness in the allocation of nursing time. By improving the allocation and use of labour resources, the substantial variation in nursing time between wards could be diminished. Managers should allocate their staff primarily according to patients' resource needs.

  4. Low utilisation of diabetes medicines in Iran, despite their affordability (2000–2012): a time-series and benchmarking study

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    Sarayani, Amir; Rashidian, Arash; Gholami, Kheirollah

    2014-01-01

    Objectives Diabetes is a major public health concern worldwide, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Limited data exist on the status of access to diabetes medicines in LMICs. We assessed the utilisation and affordability of diabetes medicines in Iran as a middle-income country. Design We used a retrospective time-series design (2000–2012) and assessed national diabetes medicines’ utilisation using pharmaceuticals wholesale data. Methods We calculated defined daily dose consumptions per population days (DDDs/1000 inhabitants/day; DIDs) indicator. Findings were benchmarked with data from Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. We also employed Drug Utilization-90% (DU-90) method to compare DU-90s with the Essential Medicines List published by the WHO. We measured affordability using number of minimum daily wage required to purchase a treatment course for 1 month. Results Diabetes medicines’ consumption increased from 4.47 to 33.54 DIDs. The benchmarking showed that medicines’ utilisation in Iran in 2011 was only 54% of the median DIDs of 22 OECD countries. Oral hypoglycaemic agents consisted over 80% of use throughout the study period. Regular and isophane insulin (NPH), glibenclamide, metformin and gliclazide were the DU-90 drugs in 2012. Metformin, glibenclamide and regular/NPH insulin combination therapy were affordable throughout the study period (∼0.4, ∼0.1, ∼0.3 of minimum daily wage, respectively). While the affordability of novel insulin preparations improved over time, they were still unaffordable in 2012. Conclusions The utilisation of diabetes medicines was relatively low, perhaps due to underdiagnosis and inadequate management of patients with diabetes. This had occurred despite affordability of essential diabetes medicines in Iran. Appropriate policies are required to address the underutilisation of diabetes medicines in Iran. PMID:25324322

  5. Physician assistant wages and employment, 2000-2025.

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    Quella, Alicia; Brock, Douglas M; Hooker, Roderick S

    2015-06-01

    This study sought to assess physician assistant (PA) wages, make comparisons with other healthcare professionals, and project their earnings to 2025. The Bureau of Labor Statistics PA employment datasets were probed, and 2013 wages were used to explore median wage differences between large employer categories and 14 years of historical data (2000-2013). Median wages of PAs, family physicians and general practitioners, pharmacists, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, and physical therapists were compared. Linear regression was used to project the PA median wage to 2025. In 2013, the median hourly wage for a PA employed in a clinical role was $44.70. From 2000 to 2013, PA wages increased by 40% compared with the cumulative inflation rate of 35.3%. This suggests that demand exceeds supply, a finding consistent with similar clinicians such as family physicians. A predictive model suggests that PA employment opportunities and remuneration will remain high through 2025.

  6. 29 CFR 785.5 - General requirements of sections 6 and 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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    2010-07-01

    ... 29 Labor 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false General requirements of sections 6 and 7 of the Fair Labor... WORKED Principles for Determination of Hours Worked § 785.5 General requirements of sections 6 and 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Section 6 requires the payment of a minimum wage by an employer to his...

  7. Do Changes in Job Mobility Explain the Growth of Wage Inequality among Men in the United States, 1977-2005?

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    Mouw, Ted; Kalleberg, Arne L.

    2010-01-01

    To what extent did the increase in wage inequality among men in the United States over the past three decades result from job loss and/or employment instability? We propose a simple method for decomposing the change in wage inequality into components due to upward and downward between-employer mobility and within-employer wage changes using data…

  8. Economic Influences on Re-Enlistment. The Draft Era.

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    1982-10-01

    for each individual in jobs covered by Social Security (over 90 percent of all private - sector jobs, plus military service and half of non-federal...disappeared as real military wages have increased significantly over cyclical swings in the private sector . Despite the Navy’s apparent success in...maintaining optimal retention rates in selective ratings is due to the wage pressures exerted in the private sector . Military wage increases must be

  9. Labor markets and economic inequality in the United States since the end of the 1970s.

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    Schmitt, John

    2005-01-01

    By most measures, the United States is the most unequal of the world's advanced capitalist economies, and inequality has increased substantially over the past 30 years. This article documents trends in the inequality of three key economic distributions--hourly earnings, annual incomes, and net wealth--and relates these developments to changes in economic and social policy over the past three decades. The primary cause of high and rising inequality is the systematic erosion of the bargaining power of lower- and middle-income workers relative to their employers, reflected in the erosion of the real value of the minimum wage, the decline in unions, widescale deregulation of industries such as airlines and trucking, the privatization and outsourcing of many state and local government activities, increasing international competition, and periods of restrictive macroeconomic policy.

  10. Should I stay or should I go? The impact of working time and wages on retention in the health workforce

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    2014-01-01

    Background Turnover in the health workforce is a concern as it is costly and detrimental to organizational performance and quality of care. Most studies have focused on the influence of individual and organizational factors on an employee’s intention to quit. Inspired by the observation that providing care is based on the duration of practices, tasks and processes (issues of time) rather than exchange values (wages), this paper focuses on the influence of working-time characteristics and wages on an employee’s intention to stay. Methods Using data from the WageIndicator web survey (N = 5,323), three logistic regression models were used to estimate health care employee’s intention to stay for Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. The first model includes working-time characteristics controlling for a set of sociodemographic variables, job categories, promotion and organization-related characteristics. The second model tests the impact of wage-related characteristics. The third model includes both working-time- and wage-related aspects. Results Model 1 reveals that working-time-related factors significantly affect intention to stay across all countries. In particular, working part-time hours, overtime and a long commuting time decrease the intention to stay with the same employer. The analysis also shows that job dissatisfaction is a strong predictor for the intention to leave, next to being a woman, being moderately or well educated, and being promoted in the current organization. In Model 2, wage-related characteristics demonstrate that employees with a low wage or low wage satisfaction are less likely to express an intention to stay. The effect of wage satisfaction is not surprising; it confirms that besides a high wage, wage satisfaction is essential. When considering all factors in Model 3, all effects remain significant, indicating that attention to working and commuting times can complement attention to wages and wage satisfaction to increase employees’ intention to stay. These findings hold for all three countries, for a variety of health occupations. Conclusions When following a policy of wage increases, attention to the issues of working time—including overtime hours, working part-time, and commuting time—and wage satisfaction are suitable strategies in managing health workforce retention. PMID:24758705

  11. New BLS Data on Staff Nurse Compensation and Inflation-Adjusted Wages.

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    McMenamin, Peter

    2014-01-01

    The wages of hospital staff RNs are a measure of the economic well-being of nurses across the board. The good news is the estimated average annual compensation for hospital RNs is now $107,307, consisting of $72,862 in wages and $34,445 in fringe benefits. The bad news is inflation has taken away virtually all of those increases. How long will it take the hospital industry to respond to the economic recovery, the decline of unemployment, and increased insurance coverage of the general population? Managing the transition will require greater attention to maintaining the equilibrium of hospital nurse wages.

  12. Social Security Contribution to Productivity and Wages in Labour Organization Perspective

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    Supriadi, Y. N.

    2017-03-01

    This research is investigating the discrepancy fulfilment of the right to social security and decent wages to increase labour productivity in the perspective of labour organizations, in which the company provides social security, and wages have not been able to meet the needs of workers, on the other hand, the workers are always required to increase productivity. Therefore, this study aims to identify the social security and wages that affect labour productivity. So this research will provide input to the company to undertake effective measures and efficient for the company’s sustainability. This research was conducted using a survey method approach and quantitative data analysis techniques that are causal comparative sample of 223 respondents from 504 study population includes all labour organization’s District and municipal in Banten Province. The results showed the significant influence of social security and wages to increase labour productivity. Therefore, companies are required to act strategically in maintaining prohibitionists labour through re-design of the work environment, increase workers’ participation, intervention, and satisfy the needs of workers whose impact will be realized understanding between workers and companies in maintaining the company’s business.

  13. Wages and Labor Management in African Manufacturing

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    Fafchamps, Marcel; Soderbom, Mans

    2006-01-01

    Using matched employer-employee data from ten African countries, we examine the relationship between wages, worker supervision, and labor productivity in manufacturing. Wages increase with firm size for both production workers and supervisors. We develop a two-tier model of supervision that can account for this stylized fact and we fit the…

  14. Job Tenure and Joblessness of Displaced Workers.

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    Valletta, Robert G.

    1991-01-01

    Data from the Displaced Worker Survey found that, for men, the duration of joblessness increases with the length of job tenure (15 years or more), consistent with the hypothesis that male workers base reservation wages on factors such as accumulated human capital that raise current wages more than potential wage offers. (SK)

  15. Direct and indirect effects of body weight on adult wages.

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    Han, Euna; Norton, Edward C; Powell, Lisa M

    2011-12-01

    Previous estimates of the association between body weight and wages in the literature have been conditional on education and occupation. In addition to the effect of current body weight status (body mass index (BMI) or obesity) on wages, this paper examines the indirect effect of body weight status in the late-teenage years on wages operating through education and occupation choice. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 data, for women, we find that a one-unit increase in BMI is directly associated with 1.83% lower hourly wages whereas the indirect BMI wage penalty is not statistically significant. Neither a direct nor an indirect BMI wage penalty is found for men. However, results based on clinical weight classification reveal that the indirect wage penalty occurs to a larger extent at the upper tail of the BMI distribution for both men and women via the pathways of education and occupation outcomes. Late-teen obesity is indirectly associated with 3.5% lower hourly wages for both women and men. These results are important because they imply that the total effect of obesity on wages is significantly larger than has been estimated in previous cross-sectional studies. 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

  16. Work and empowerment: women and agriculture in South India.

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    Rao, Smriti

    2011-01-01

    This article explores the implications of women's work in agriculture in Telangana, a region in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. I suggest that higher capital costs for cultivators' post-liberalisation increased the pressure to contain wage costs in a region where women form the majority of the agricultural wage labour force. Under such conditions, when women perform both own-cultivation as well as agricultural wage work in the fields of others, they face pressure to restrict bargaining for higher wages, contributing to a widening gender wage gap. To the extent that wages shape intra-household bargaining power, the empowering effect of workforce participation for such women would thus be blunted. From available NSS data I provide some preliminary evidence in support of this argument.

  17. How International Monetary Fund and World Bank policies undermine labor power and rights.

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    Lloyd, Vincent; Weissman, Robert

    2002-01-01

    Based on reviews of hundreds of loan and project documents from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, this article provides detailed evidentiary support for critics who have long claimed that the international financial institutions require Third World countries to adopt policies that harm the interests of working people. After reviewing loan documents between the IMF and World Bank and 26 countries, the authors show that the institutions' loan conditionalities include a variety of provisions that undermine labor rights, labor power, and tens of millions of workers' standard of living. These include downsizing of the civil service and privatization of government-owned enterprises; promotion of labor flexibility: the notion that firms should be able to hire and fire workers, or change terms and conditions of work, with minimal regulatory restrictions; mandated wage rate reductions, minimum-wage reductions or containment, and spreading the wage gap between government employees and managers; and pension reforms, including privatization, that cut social security benefits. These labor-related policies take place in the context of broader IMF and World Bank structural adjustment packages that emphasize trade liberalization, with macroeconomic policies that further advance corporate interests at the expense of labor.

  18. Economic burden of neurocysticercosis: results from Peru.

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    Rajkotia, Yogesh; Lescano, Andres G; Gilman, Robert H; Cornejo, Christian; Garcia, Hector H

    2007-08-01

    Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a major cause of neurological morbidity in the developing world. This study aimed to assess the treatment costs and productivity losses associated with NCC in Peru. NCC patients were identified through retrospective chart analysis. Patients meeting inclusion criteria were interviewed in order to obtain data on symptom history, treatment costs, productivity losses and health service utilisation patterns. These data were modelled to determine average treatment costs and productivity losses over 2 years. Our findings show that treatment costs and productivity losses consume 54% of an annual minimum wage salary during the first year of treatment and 16% during the second year. Diagnosis (36%) and drug therapy (27%) represent the most expensive healthcare-related costs. These costs are prohibitive for some-8% of our study sample had no diagnostic tests during their first 6 months of disease, and two-thirds of those who delayed treatment reportedly did so due to their inability to pay. Two-thirds of wage-earners lost their jobs owing to NCC and only 61% were able to re-engage in wage-earning activities. This study highlights the need to expand financial coverage to ensure the poor have access to health services and do not become further impoverished.

  19. Cost-of-illness study in a retrospective cohort of patients with dementia in Lima, Peru

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    Custodio, Nilton; Lira, David; Herrera-Perez, Eder; del Prado, Liza Nuñez; Parodi, José; Guevara-Silva, Erik; Castro-Suarez, Sheila; Montesinos, Rosa

    2015-01-01

    Dementia is a major cause of dependency and disability among older persons, and imposes huge economic burdens. Only a few cost-of-illness studies for dementia have been carried out in middle and low-income countries. Objective The aim of this study was to analyze costs of dementia in demented patients of a private clinic in Lima, Peru. Methods. We performed a retrospective, cohort, 3-month study by extracting information from medical records of demented patients to assess the use of both healthcare and non-healthcare resources. The total costs of the disease were broken down into direct (medical and social care costs) and indirect costs (informal care costs). Results. In 136 outpatients, we observed that while half of non-demented patients had total care costs of less than US$ 23 over three months, demented patients had costs of US$ 1500 or over (and more than US$ 1860 for frontotemporal dementia). In our study, the monthly cost of a demented patient (US$ 570) was 2.5 times higher than the minimum wage (legal minimum monthly wage in Peru for 2011: US$ 222.22). Conclusion. Dementia constitutes a socioeconomic problem even in developing countries, since patients involve high healthcare and non-healthcare costs, with the costs being especially high for the patient's family. PMID:29213939

  20. Cost-of-illness study in a retrospective cohort of patients with dementia in Lima, Peru.

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    Custodio, Nilton; Lira, David; Herrera-Perez, Eder; Del Prado, Liza Nuñez; Parodi, José; Guevara-Silva, Erik; Castro-Suarez, Sheila; Montesinos, Rosa

    2015-01-01

    Dementia is a major cause of dependency and disability among older persons, and imposes huge economic burdens. Only a few cost-of-illness studies for dementia have been carried out in middle and low-income countries. The aim of this study was to analyze costs of dementia in demented patients of a private clinic in Lima, Peru. We performed a retrospective, cohort, 3-month study by extracting information from medical records of demented patients to assess the use of both healthcare and non-healthcare resources. The total costs of the disease were broken down into direct (medical and social care costs) and indirect costs (informal care costs). In 136 outpatients, we observed that while half of non-demented patients had total care costs of less than US$ 23 over three months, demented patients had costs of US$ 1500 or over (and more than US$ 1860 for frontotemporal dementia). In our study, the monthly cost of a demented patient (US$ 570) was 2.5 times higher than the minimum wage (legal minimum monthly wage in Peru for 2011: US$ 222.22). Dementia constitutes a socioeconomic problem even in developing countries, since patients involve high healthcare and non-healthcare costs, with the costs being especially high for the patient's family.

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