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Explain the Structure of Power in American Society

address different stakeholders’ perspectives on the regulation and negotiation of reward.
Australian regulation provides that the Fair Work Commission is required to review modern award minimum wage and to make a national minimum wage order. This work is conducted by the Minimum Wage Panel. The Panel is required to conduct an annual wage review in each financial year. Any determination made varying minimum wage in modern awards in the review must come into operation on 1 July in the next financial year, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
The Fair Work Act sets out some important process requirements for the review. They include provision of a reasonable opportunity for all persons and bodies to make written submissions, publication of the written submissions and a reasonable opportunity for submissions to be made in reply.
Traditionally, these submissions reflect stakeholders views as to the reference of minimum wage regulation.

The approach to minimum wage determination provided in the FWA is a hybrid of two key theoretical approaches to wage determination. The hybrid approach provided for the FWA aims to benefit the interest of both employees and employers. The 2017-18 minimum wage review decision of the FWC demonstrates that the aims of the FWA have been achieved.
Critically evaluate this assertion with reference to:
• – The contrasting interests to minimum wage determination reflected in the submission of the (ACTU) Australian Council of Trade Union on one side and (Ai Group) Australian Industry Group and Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) on the other side.

• – The extent to which this tripartite agreement approach on minimum wage determination aligns with contemporary reward management to preserve both business competitiveness and fair work conditions.
A minimum of 8 academic references are required. These references are in addition to the Fair Work Commission decision and stakeholders’ submissions.

Historians work with two types of sources: primary and secondary. Primary sources are letters, diaries, films, photographs, newspaper articles, and any other artifacts that were produced by people living through the events of a historical period. Historians study and draw on these sources in order to recreate the past for the current generation. These recreations are called secondary sources. Secondary sources are books, articles, and websites that historians and other authors write about the past—A People and a Nation is an example of a secondary source.

four time periods in United States history:

• English Colonization and the Road to Revolution

• The Early Republic and the American Civil War

• Reconstruction and the Age of American Imperialism

• The Making of Modern America

he adoption of the Constitution in 1787 established a strong federal government for the United States and codified the principles of a country that balanced the interests of divergent political, social, religious, and economic groups. The logistical necessities of organizing these interests on a federal level contributed to the establishment of national political parties during George Washington’s first term in office. Though President Washington warned of the dangers of factionalism in his farewell address, the advantages these organizations possessed for achieving their policy goals made parties an integral part of the political system. During the first half of the nineteenth century, the United States experienced a period of tremendous territorial expansion. The challenges resulting from the spread of political and social institutions—most notably, slavery—across the continent deepened sectional divisions into a national crisis by the 1850s. The Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American history, and the war and its aftermath profoundly altered the political, social, and economic characteristics of the United States.

the United States matured into a country with interests and influences extending beyond North America. Following the upheaval of the Civil War, Americans tried to reassemble their country and bring the states of the former Confederacy back into the Union. The decade of Reconstruction was characterized by contentious legislation and attempts to integrate African Americans into the political, economic, and social frameworks of the United States. The Second Industrial Revolution reached its height during the second half of the century as well. New innovations in manufacturing, transportation, and communication accelerated the growth of consumer culture and changed the standard of living in the United States. As the nineteenth century drew to a close, the United States became an overseas empire, fighting wars with European powers over territorial influence and acquiring colonial possessions of its own.

examine the legal and social changes that took place during Reconstruction in the United States. You will also consider the ways that industrialization and imperialism contributed to the emergence of the United States as an international power during the late nineteenth century.A. Discuss three major changes in race relations (i.e., laws, amendments, labor arrangements, working conditions, migration patterns, socioeconomic changes) that resulted from Reconstruction (suggested length of 1–2 pages).

B. Describe two consequences of industrialization on American politics and/or society (suggested length of 1–2 pages).

C. Explain the rise of the Progressive movement (suggested length of 1–2 pages) by doing the following:

1. Describe the role of religion and social morality in promoting Progressive reforms.

2. Describe two reform movements that helped to define the Progressive Era.

3. Discuss one impact of the Progressive movement on American politics (i.e., amendments, legislation, diplomatic decisions).

D. Explain (suggested length of 1–2 pages) the role of American imperialism in leading the United States into two of the following conflicts:

• Hawaiian Annexation

• War in the Philippines

• Spanish-American War

• World War I

E. Provide acknowledgement of source information, using in-text citations and references, for quoted, paraphrased, or summarized content.