Xochitl's Employers Are Able to Pay Her Less Than Minimum

question 18

Multiple Choice

Xochitl's employers are able to pay her less than minimum wage primarily because ______.

• A) what she earns is still much more than she could earn in her home country
• B) her culture discourages her from asking for more
• C) she is part of an informal economy
• D) her salary is similar to other nannies in the neighborhood

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Definitions:

Installation Costs

Expenditures associated with setting up equipment or machinery for its intended use.

Fixed Assets

Long-term tangible assets that a company owns and uses in its operations to generate income, not expected to be converted into cash within a year.

Long-Term Assets

Assets owned by a company that have a useful life of more than one year, such as property, plant, and equipment.

Current Assets

Current assets are assets that are expected to be converted into cash, sold or consumed within a year or within the normal operating cycle of the business, such as cash, inventory, and receivables.