Essays on Wage Earner

Verification and Accuracy

The passport application form filled by Mr. James Doe has several notable mistakes. In essence, a passport application form, and any other form for that matter needs to be correctly filled with all the details correctly indicated. For instance, one is supposed to indicate the full names as they appear in his or her identification documents. However, Mr. Doe has not indicated it like that. He has used initials for one of his other names, which might raise confusion. Apart from that, there are some areas in the form that Mr. Doe has failed to fill. The sex specification, ...

Barbara Ehrenreich’s presents a clear and concise account of the methods that millions of American uses to survive the economic struggles in American. In addition, the 2001 book, “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America” analyzes how individuals survive on minimum paying jobs. Ehrenreich postulates that even though these individuals work under poor economic conditions, there is a strong “work ethic” present. But, this work ethic does not help to provide the basic necessities of transportation, food, and shelter. For those individuals who work in hotels, restaurants, retail stores, and a number of other service jobs the wages are not ...

Introduction

Minimum wage has always been a contentious issue in the United States. The federal minimum wage has for a long time been placed at $7.25. However, recent years have seen the debate intensify on whether this federal minimum wage should be increased especially given the current tough economic times. Some have advocated for it to be increased while others have vehemently opposed any policy meant to increase the minimum wage arguing that it will have more negative repercussions than benefits. Various arguments have been forwarded either supporting to disapproving an increase in the minimum wage. This paper adopts the position that ...