Minimum Wage in the United States and Japan: Difference between revisions

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===United States===
===United States===
*Attraction of immigrants  
*Attraction of immigrants  
*Reduce of Labor hours and/or employment  
*Reduce of labor hours and/or employment  
*Reduce Profits
*Reduce profits
*Raise prices
*Raise prices
 
===Japan===
===Japan===

Revision as of 23:10, 16 November 2006

History of Minimum Wage

United States

Japan

Minimum Wage Definition

United States

Japan

Minimum Wage Differences

United States

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Japan

Whom does minimum wage apply?

United States and Japan Enforcement Laws

United States

Who regulates?
  • Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division
What is regulated?
  • Minimum Wage
  • Overtime
  • Child Labor Standards
  • Record Keeping
How are regulations maintained?
  • Submitting of Records
Consequences
  • Fines not exceeding $10,000 per violation

Japan

Who regulates?
  • Ministry of Labour (Korosho)
What is regulated?
  • Same as United States
How are regulations maintained?
  • Inspections in Demember and Springtime
  • Submitting Records
Consequences
  • Fine not exceeding 10,000 yen

United States's vs Japan's Minimum Wage

United State's/Japan's Advantages

United States

  • Benefits for working families
  • Benefits for disadvantaged workers
  • Help reserve the trend of declining real wages for workers
  • Strategy to end poverty
  • Low public and social costs

Japan

United State's/Japan's Disadvantages

United States

  • Attraction of immigrants
  • Reduce of labor hours and/or employment
  • Reduce profits
  • Raise prices

Japan