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| Author | : Kathleen Barker |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Contract system (Labor) |
| ISBN | : 9780801484056 |
The successful 1997 strike by the Teamsters against UPS, and the overwhelming support the American public gave the strikers highlighted the impact of contingent work--an umbrella term for a variety of tenuous and insecure employment arrangements. This book examines the consequences of working contingently for the individual, family, and community.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 462 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Labor laws and legislation |
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Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.
| Author | : Belinda Leach |
| Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2002-11-23 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1442690887 |
Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives examines the repercussions of economic globalization on several manufacturing-dependent rural communities in Canada. Foregrounding a distinct interest in the 'grassroots' effects of such contemporary corporate strategies as plant closures and downsizing, authors Anthony Winson and Belinda Leach consider the impact of this restructuring on the residents of various communities. The authors argue that the new rural economy involves a fundamental shift in the stability and security of people's lives and, ultimately, it causes wrenching change and an arduous struggle as rural dwellers struggle to rebuild their lives in the new economic terrain. Beginning with broader theoretical and empirical literature on global changes in the economy and the effects of these changes on labour, the text then focuses exploration on manufacturing in Ontario with an analysis of five community case studies. Winson and Leach give considerable attention to the testimony of numerous residents; they report on in-depth interviews with key respondents and blue-collar workers in five separate communities, ranging from diverse manufacturing towns to single-industry settlements. The result is an intimate contextual knowledge of the workers' lives and their attempts to adapt to the tumultuous economic terrain of 1990s rural Canada. Winner of the John Porter Prize for 2003, awarded by the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association.
| Author | : Seth Kahn |
| Publisher | : CSU Open Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : College teachers, Part-time |
| ISBN | : 9781607327653 |
"Composition scholars and activists have long documented the exploitative conditions of adjunct faculty. While documentation matters, continued data-collecting too often precludes movement towards equitable treatment. This collection highlights actions and describes efforts that have led toward improved adjunct working conditions in English departments"--Provided by publisher.
| Author | : Edoardo Ales |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 325 |
| Release | : 2017-02-23 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1782258701 |
Labour and social security law studies have addressed the topic of the decline of the standard employment relationship mainly from the point of view of the growing number of atypical relationships. Only a limited number of studies have examined the issue from the perspective of the differentiation between core and contingent work. Such an examination is necessary as the increase in contingent work leads to complicated legal questions which vary between European states depending on the type of contingent arrangements that have become most prevalent. This book analyses, using a comparative approach, these different types of contingency from a national and EU perspective touching on the work relationship from a labour as well as a social security point of view. The aim of the book is to identify and analyse those questions adopting an innovative approach and to put forward proposals for safeguarding social cohesion within undertakings and European society.
| Author | : Carl E. Van Horn |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 780 |
| Release | : 2003-12-15 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1576076776 |
The first comprehensive analysis of work and the workforce in the United States, from the Industrial Revolution to the era of globalization. This comprehensive two-volume reference book is the first to analyze the central role of work and the workforce in U.S. life from the Industrial Revolution through today's information economy. Drawing on a variety of disciplines—economics, public policy, law, human and civil rights, cultural studies, and organizational psychology—its 256 entries examine key events, concepts, institutions, and individuals in labor history. Entries also tackle tough contemporary questions that reflect the conflicts inherent in capitalism. What is the impact of work on families and communities? On minority and immigrant populations? How shall we respond to changing work roles and the growing influence of the transnational corporation? Work in America describes and evaluates attempts to address social and class issues—affirmative action, occupational health and safety, corporate management science, and trade unionism and organized labor—and offers the kind of comprehensive understanding needed to discover workable solutions.
| Author | : United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Labor |
| ISBN | : |
Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews.
| Author | : Vincent N. Parrillo |
| Publisher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 1209 |
| Release | : 2008-05-22 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1412941652 |
From terrorism to social inequality and from health care to environmental issues, social problems affect us all. The Encyclopedia will offer an interdisciplinary perspective into these and many other social problems that are a continuing concern in our lives, whether we confront them on a personal, local, regional, national, or global level.
| Author | : Adam Gibson |
| Publisher | : Kogan Page Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 365 |
| Release | : 2021-01-03 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1789666066 |
As business priorities change and focus shifts to address arising issues, HR professionals need to be able to reorganize talent swiftly and plan for future needs to enable the business to succeed. It covers how to forecast organizational demand for people, resources and skills, analyze the gap between supply and demand and most importantly, how to fill this gap. This book explains how to use agile workforce planning to achieve this. Agile Workforce Planning is a practical guide for HR and organization development practitioners needing to align their staff, skills and resources with evolving company goals. This book also covers how to identify the skills needed in the workforce, where these skills are already available and when they're missing, how to decide whether to buy, borrow or build them. Agile Workforce Planning explains how to collect data to calculate and predict staff churn as well as how to use qualitative and quantitative demand modelling to forecast for future needs and provides strategies to address these including lateral internal recruitment. There is also expert guidance on horizon scanning, scenario planning and how to secure stakeholder buy in and engagement for an agile workforce plan. Supported by case studies from companies including Apple, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, NATO and the UK National Health Service, this is essential reading for HR and OD professionals needing to continuously align the talent and capabilities in their workforce with the overall business strategy
| Author | : Kerstin Isaksson |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2005-12-11 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0306471817 |
The background for the international research conference “Health Hazards and Challenges in the New Working Life” was the emerging questions concerning the health and social effects of the rapid changes in the labour market leading to increasing long-term unemployment, temporary employment and irregular employment contracts. We knew that other countries have had this development at the labour market for a much longer time than Sweden has and it seemed a good idea to invite interested researchers and practitioners to an international seminar to share the relevant research findings and discuss future research needs. Thus, the first international, interdisciplinary research conference on “Health Hazards and Challenges in the New Working Life” was arranged in Stockholm during the last year of the 2nd millennium but was directed towards the foreseen development during the next millennium. We were very pleased that more than 200 participants came to a cold and dark country just after New Year’s Eve, and that it was a truly multidisciplinary setting. It became very obvious that it is necessary for the occupational health and safety research community to reach out to the public health research community as well as to the social and political sciences in order to understand the determinants and to perform comprehensive analyses at several levels in this new labour market situation.
