Rights Of Workers To Get Compensated

By Diane Kennedy


Every individual has to work really hard in order to earn money for living. We have to accept the reality that nothing in this world is for free, well except for the air we breathe since such is given to us by nature. For some people, they have families and children who are depending on him. Prevailing Wage Contractors are really important to our society to ensure that their services are being compensated properly.

Labor has been very common to our society even from the beginning. We are all aware that during the old times, and in fact until today, the center of trade is actually goods and services. Meaning to say, human labor is actually a form of trade where a person offers his or her service in exchange of something in value.

Later on, because of great desire for development slavery became rampant during the ancient times. They abused human to render service without payment and even contrary to their will. Prisoners and poor citizens are the most common to be subjected into slavery. One can see the inhumane treatment of wealthy against the less privileged.

Second is when a person offers his or her service to others in consideration of money or as a payment of debt. Both are being regulated by the government by way of enforcing laws to make sure that slavery and forced labor is avoided. Indeed, no one would ever want to repeat what happened before when several persons have been subjected to an inhuman treatment of slavery.

Fortunately, after a couple of years the war has ended. People now began to live independently with the enjoyment of their full capacity as persons. Trade went back to its normal form and forced labor has been eradicated. Luckily, people of today do not have to experience the same think as they had.

On the other hand, no matter how good our states are in protecting the rights of every citizen. We cannot hide the fact that because of poverty, there are still some people suffering from forced labor, or in worse term slavery. Forced labor is the rendering of work against the will of a person subject of such, either with or without pay.

Being that said, such form of slavery is indeed prohibited and in fact a violation against the inherent right of a person. We cannot deny that our society nowadays continues practicing this kind of illegal practice. We may just not see it but it exists actually. Politicians and other high ranking persons is the most common to be involved of this problem.

It is very disappointing that persons who came from a poor family are being discriminated because they have a very low status. Most people choose to ignore the importance of every citizen for the progress of economy. Indeed, over population is already considered as a drag to our country but if they are utilized properly growth is normally to be expected.

In any case, we have to consider the stability of a certain city or country before we think of salary or wage. Indeed, minimum wage greatly depends on the income of a city. Legislators cannot simply enact law prescribing the minimum rate of salary without taking into account the economic standing of a country.




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