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Strayer University

Professor Dr. Angela Parham

PAD 500

December 11, 2016

Raising minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 per hour.

Introduction

Employment laws and regulations
Honest living
Departments within the agency
Ethical concerns
Organizational ethics

Federal contractors, one who works with the federal government to provide services, supplies, or other work. They are subjected to special employment laws and regulations.

Right now minimum wage is only $7.25 per hour; families cannot make an honest lively with no $7.25 per hour. This is the reason why we have so many families living in poverty and on government assistance. So, why only raise minimum wage on federal contractors and not everyone who’s out to make an honestly living in today’s society.

There are varieties of departments within this organization; but only the federal contractors are considered for this pay increase. Uniformed and civil service employers are to keep arm’s length relationship with contractor employees.

There are many ethical concerns with raising minimum wage to $10.10 per hour for federal contractors only, but I will only explain a two and they are support and criticism.

Analyzing the overall manner in which the Department of Defense and how raising minimum wage will impact their organizational ethics.

Raising Minimum Wage

Minimum wage for federal contractors only
Minimum wage will go from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour
Minimum wage should be $14.50 per hour
Relief on government funds
People in poverty

Minimum wage will only be for federal contracted workers. The wage will go form $7.25 per hour $15, 080 per year to $10.10 per hour $21,008 per year. The wage should go up to $14.50 per hour which is $30,160 per year this way people can live out of poverty. It will take $28,000 per year for someone not to live in poverty, so $14.50 per hour would put a lot of people above the poverty. Lesser people would need government assistance and if everyone was making this it could wipe government assistance out for the working and be able to help the people that really need it like the elders and veterans.

Policies Support

Domestic policy support minimum wage
Establish funds for the government
Modifying policy for federal contractors
Modifying policy for all workers
Coming out of poverty

Policy generally confine the problems and issues within the country, this plays a part with the welfare of citizens of the country will be a big part of the domestic area.

More taxes will be gain from workers once wages are increased their income will be to $21,008 per year instead of $15,080 per year.

Raising minimum wage to $14.50 per hour would be a great accomplishment for the government. This would cut down on government assistance.

A lot of government funding will be cut and then these funding would be good for education and nursing homes.

Raising minimum wage to $14.50 per hour $30, 160 per year would benefit people by removing them out of the poverty level which is $28, 000 per years this would also help the government assistance programs, because more people would come off assistance.

Negative Policy Modifications

President/Government only making a proposal
Not noticing people need the raise
Raise for federal contractors only
Raise only $10.10 per hour
Turnover rate rising

President making proposal to raise the minimum wage. Sometime these can be stopped and not go into affect.

People need raises every year, because the cost of living goes up every year, insurance premiums and etc.

Only raising federal contractor wages is like saying the rest of the working population does not matter. You have to take what you already have and be satisfied.

By raising the wage to $10.10 per hour is still not helping people get out of poverty level they would still need government assistance to survive in today society.

The turnover rate for most employees will still keep rising, because people would keep leaving current jobs for more money to support their families.

Advantage Federal Department

Employed with the federal government
Control
Helping regular employees
Federal budget
Uniform and Civil employees

Employed with the federal department and are the only people that will benefit from this raise. There is many departments with in this organizational but only the federal contactors are considered for this pay increase.

The difference with regular employees and contractors is control. When an agencies has control means and manner of worker’s performance extent of supervisors and directions, types of work and skills required and compensation.

By helping them finish task and filling in for a day.

This will help the federal budget in many different ways. Contracted employees does not receive the benefits that regular employees receive, they are able to worker certain days regular employees are not allowed, they are not allowed to drive company vehicle, and etc. Not having regular benefits is a huge benefit with the agency budget, there will not have to be any holiday, vacation, sick, and deferment pay will not have to be paid to the contracted employees. Also, the employer will not have to pay any insurance, pension, or 401K percentages to the contracted employees.

Uniformed and civil service employers are to keep arm’s length relationship with contractor employees. Reasons to keep contractors in arm’s length; because they can over-offer in order to generate business, inadvertently commit the government, embarrassment to commands during ratifications, legal implication that includes lawsuits, and etc.

Politics Impact

Government assistant
President executive action
Involved with everything
Government programs
Society

Government assistance will still be needed for these families because this would not put them at the out of poverty level.

President Obama took this executive action to improve the quality and efficiency of services provided to the government. This would cut down on wages turnover increase morale, and will have higher productivity for federal contractors (Wage and Hour Division/June 2014).

Politics have to be involved with everything that is going. They are the ones that seems that they have the right answer to everything when they do not.

There will be a few government programs these employees may lose; such as, TNAF, food stamp, energy assistance, and etc.

Society would be a better place if people could just find a descent job or career that can keep them out of poverty level and at the point where they are able to support their family without stress. If anything employers should have on-site day care service at no charge to their employees and this could help with some of their bigger expense.

Policy Issues

Raising wages

Intentional policy

Wage growth

Create jobs

Deliver broadly shared wage

Raising wages is a political spectrum that wage is stagnation one of the key economic challenges.

Intentional policy can be reversed by making them into different policy choices. Policymakers have to intentionally stop bargaining when it comes to low and moderate wage workers. These people would like to live comfortable too.

By having such low wages people tend to leave jobs for better paying jobs. There have been excessive unemployment over the years and financialization of the economy and excessive executive pay growth.

By tightening the labor market would help, so employers could have a better pay increase to get and keep the workers they need.

Creating jobs is a plus, but corporate tax reform, lowering tax rates on individuals or corporations, raising interest rates, and pursuing trade deals jobs will never be created this way.

Support is bear all or part of the weight of. When people are not making enough to support their families and then they are told only a portion of employees are getting a raise; so they feel that they are low-wage employees that are paid so little anyway. An increase will not be a major source of loss for them; these workers will stay in positions longer and reduce the turnover rate.

Ethical Concerns

Raising wage make it hard for employment
Criticism
Support
Legislation
Perversity thesis

Raising the minimum wage in the U.S. would, make it noticeably harder for low-skilled workers to find employment. This means high school education and maybe even a degree would be required to gain any type of employment.

Criticism is an expression of disapproval of someone or something based on perceived faults or mistakes. There is often-repeated criticism that increasing the minimum wage would increase unemployment, because many would be upset that the raising is only for federal contractors. Studies are divided as to this claim, with several recent ones finding no effect or no statistically significant effect.

The purpose of legislation is to ensure that employers that have higher bargaining power do not exploit their workers and that their workers earn a fail living wage.

Legislation is well-intentioned policy with inadvertently harms the group of people it aims to protect the workers.

Constitutional Law

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
16th Amendment
Taxes
IRS Criminal Investigation Division
IRS (Internal Revenue Service)

The federal minimum wage provisions are under the Fair Labor Standard Act known as FLSA. FLSA does not provide wage payment for an employee it is usual time that one has worked passed their normal work schedule and is not paid for by the company. Some companies pay FLSA time and others do not there is not law supporting that this has to be paid.

Wages and salaries are not considered income within the original meaning and intent of the 16th Amendment, that is known as the Income Tax Amendment.

Congress pass an amendment that would grant federal government a right to directly tax the wages or salaries of working people.

Supports and defends the United States Constitution even when they are exposed to claims that are legal problems with the IRS administered and enforced the federal tax systems.

Conclusion

Removing people out of poverty
Helping employers and society
Employees understanding
Knowing the law
Wages for federal contractors

By, raising the minimum wage this would allow people to come off of government assist and free up state issued money where they will be able to use those funds in education and other areas that need the funds.

. If anything employers should have on-site day care service at no charge to their employees and this could help with some of their bigger expense. Then the government should allow markets to be tax free this may help with other expense that one may have to make it in society.

companies and organizations will make it possible to get their other employees to understand why only the federal contractors are receiving the raise and not everyone. This will go very well if one has great communication and problem solving skills. Because before they bring any news to their employees they will implement all aspects of the new and make sure they are able to answer every question that may arise and have a very detail respond to those questions.

While raising the minimum wage for federal contracted employees, regular employees have to realize that these employees can be taken off payroll at any time.

Reference

Denhardt, R. B., Denhardt, J. V., and Blanc, T. A. (2014). Public Administration: An Action Orientation, 7th ed. Wadsworth: Cengage. Boston, MA. Klockars, Carl B. (2000).
Unknown (June 2014). Wage and Hour Division (WHD). https:// www.dol.gov/whd/flsa/nprm-eo13658/factsheet.htm
McClure, Amanda (August 2016) News Release Action Implements Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Executive Order. https://www.dol.gov /
Unknown (January 2016). 2016 Law enforcement Locality Pay Table. https://www.dol.gov/whd/flsa/nprm-eo13658/factsheet.htm
Unknown (January 2016). 2016 Law enforcement Locality Pay Table. https://www.opm.gov