Essays on Income Security

The case Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP addresses the scope of the retaliation provision under Title VII that enables protection for the employees against the illegal actions of the employers. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 permits retaliation cases in order to decrease the exposure to the discriminatory activity in actions of the employees. Meanwhile, this article states that the retaliation should be understood as the situation when the employee of the firm was fired or reassigned as well as he was deprived of the certain range of the benefits if the employer considered them ...

MEMORANDUM

Dear Sir, This memo is written to address the problems faced by the Big Corp. as a result of the bankruptcy of its subsidiary Sub Corp. the memo discuss the different statutory and regulatory matters applicable in this matter. It also recommends the solution on whether the dividends paid by the company should be treated as a return on capital or ordinary dividends. At first, it is important to understand the basic difference between preferred and ordinary stocks. Preferred shareholders have a preferred claim to the earnings and profits of the company. When the company has excessive cash and ...

Abstract

The transformation of the Primary Care Practices (PCP) into The Patient- Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model is expected to improve patient’s care, comprising even the ones with complex needs. According to Rich et.al (2012), PCMH is expected to reduce the risks associated with fragmented care and poor outcomes. The paper will also address factors as whether or not patient health care needs and even preferences are being met, whether the care is appropriate for the illness, timeliness, and procedures involved. Moreover, it will comprehensively address the state of provider contracting and its direction in the future. Nonetheless, the ...

Introduction

In this report, we will put into the use the bond valuation technique so learnt by us. In addition, for the purpose of valuation, we will use the excel spreadsheet as and when needed. In other part, we will discuss and compare the interest rate risk and re-investment risk followed by measures to manage each of them. We are hopeful that by the end of this report, we will be gaining a handful experience over the concepts of bond valuation and various risk associated with them.

Part A

Answer 1)

1.a) Using the Present Value function in the excel spreadsheet for cash ...

Review of the 21st Century Elderly in India

A casual observation reveals that current senior citizens in India lead healthy, honorable, and satisfying lives. After retirement from regular job, they work full day or part-time. Many have sufficient savings, travel to places, learn and use computers, use empowering technology like internet, and live with integrity as active members of the community. On the other side, it is observable that many elderly retire without a pension, provident fund or even savings. Some are exposed to health hazards, lack access to basic healthcare, and suffer abuse and neglect from their kith and kin. This pathetic situation is unacceptable, and should ...

Introducing the Scenario

Investment analysis is always been a challenge for the analysts, as it has a large trade-off related to return and risk. The management of investment is a topic which is high in demand from number of years, as it has the most important significance associated with it, which is yield. In the field of financial management, a yield is referred as an output or return which ultimately emerged as one of the essentials for the analyst or a researcher (Chandra, Comora & Cole, 2003). There are two different kinds of investors are there, Active Investor and passive investor. An Active Investor is an investor ...

Introduction

The Australian construction industry has been for the past few years encountered many challenges starting from the economic restrictions construction industry. Many construction companies that aim at flourishing in this industry have claimed to encounter a similar problem through inefficiency. Inefficiency has been noted in all areas of the company’s activities that vary from inefficiency in business processes, supply chain, communication channels. All these forms of inefficiency incur huge costs on the Australian construction companies. Achieving efficiency remains one of the major goals of the Australian companies in that the most efficient companies receive huge benefits. Efficiency within a company ...

Abstract

The United States also has its fair share of employment conflicts and issues that have shook its sheer foundation throughout the years. Some Americans and overseas employees found themselves discriminated for various reasons: from their race up to their health; others would be paid in extremely meager wages despite their overtime work or their capacity to work despite their disabilities. With these issues and complications in mind, the US federal government and the US legislative assemblies had created several laws, which not only gives power to the employment sector, but also outlines the rights, benefits and services that should ...