Serea Amalia

In modern day’s society, employers benefit from a great range of advancements in the
marketing business. However, along with the start of technological improvements and a greater
freedom of speech, employees have also begun to express their personal ideas. One of the aspects
they disagree with, nonetheless, is the value of national minimum wages – insignificant, in their
opinion. Given this issue of topicality, should governments consider increasing its amount?
One of the first methods in the process of increasing the national minimum wage is
enforcing laws making companies pay living wages. This is one of the most obvious ways as it
would tremendously urge businesses to follow a required legal procedure. If the law was not
respected entirely, enterprises could face serious charges that would eventually lead to their
economical downfall. This factor may also motivate staff to be more productive and involved, as
bonuses may also increase along with the living wage. Not only would employees benefit to the
company’s productivity as a whole, but they would also earn a greater salary based solely on their
abilities.
Another method that should be taken into consideration when deciding whether or not to
increase the minimum wage for all workers is reducing the takes on companies who give their
lowest-earning employees raises. It is common knowledge that enterprises would spend an
additional considerable amount of financial resources on their employees if the minimum wage
were to be raised. This is why I believe that governments should cut down on their contributions
to the state as a reward for treating each and every worker equally, economically speaking.
Moreover, this reason could also make businesses increase the value of their lowest raise based on
their respective income, thus motivating workers to apply for a position in the said enterprise.
Both methods are successful in the process of increasing the minimum wage for all
workers. However, in my opinion, the alternative that would engage a faster procedure is reducing
the taxes on companies, simply because this method does not require strict laws to be applied and
respected. It is true that the first way would force companies to do the job, but the second
alternative is a lighter, much needed approach. Governments need to realise that the relationship
between the national administration and enterprises should be based on mutual help and respect.
Finally, taking into consideration the aforementioned arguments, it is a fair conclusion that
increasing the national minimum wage is a tough process. However, this would rather cause an
increase in the national economy as a whole, as there does not exist a better method to reward
employees than paying them more for their labour.