Unemployment: brief study
Case study - 2 pages - Biology
It seems unlikely that we return to suffer the 25% unemployment of the Great Depression. We learned that the government spending - a means of generating demand that was unthinkable in the early 1930s - can stimulate a depressed economy and restore the high level of employment. The...
The causes of the rise in precarious and contingent employment
Presentation - 47 pages - Micro-economy, job-unemployment
Temporary agencies are responsible for the people who are unemployed, under-employed and the people who are struggling to find work. They are given job assignments based on contract work and are paid low wages.
The origins of the rise of precarious employment
Essay - 4 pages - International economy
Today, manpower is the largest employer in the US. This fact highlights the penetration of temp agencies into job markets in most of the capitalist countries. These companies essentially provide temporary, often part-time and low paid jobs with low protections, job insecurity and few carrier...
European labor markets: Characteristics and operation (including the role of trade unions and long term unemployment); impact of European integration and migration
Essay - 7 pages - Economic politics
The labor market is truly a special market because labor is not like any goods. Labor market involves particular regulations and arrangements because what is sold is people's time and skills. Besides the economic goal of performance there is also a social requirement to fulfill. This is why labor...
Managing Employment Relations - Work life balance and the law
Case study - 3 pages - Other law subjects
Work-life balance involves creating an enabling environment for employees to balance between work and personal responsibilities making them work harder and become committed to the organization. Employers should support it to comply with laws to promote equality opportunities by ensuring employees...
Human resources management: the employment interview
Worksheets - 4 pages - Human resources
Recruitment can be described as "those activities in HRM which are undertaken in order to attract sufficient job candidates who have the necessary potential, competencies and traits to fill job needs and to assist the organization in achieving its objectives? (Swanepoel et al. 2003: 259). In this...
Unemployment Situation in France
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
France has a high rate of unemployment since the 1970s, although the unemployment figures began to increase in the 1940s. Unemployment existed before, but its low level was not one an important part of social debates and economic life of the country. With the oil shocks of the 1970s, which...
Unemployment: Case study
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
The unemployment situation in many countries at the moment is worrying. If this continues for a relatively long time, then the countries may have economic constraints in the long run. This will lead to the economic situation being in a very wanting state. Therefore, the economists have to address...
European employment models in flux: Pressure for change and prospects for survival and revitalization- Gerhard Bosch, Steffen Lendhorff and Jill Rubery
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
In this research article, the authors are assessing the changes which European societies are currently going through, and the study their aftermaths. This article is very well crafted; this impression is strengthened by the conclusion, where you see that the four points brought out by the authors...
Information systems management: Employment laws
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Making slave trade illegal, in the R v Knowles, ex parte Somersett, in 1772 and the subsequent abolition of slave trade through the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, acted as impetus to the death of serfdom, which stressed on employee subordination (Summers, 1969). This lend to a new era of employee...
European employment models in flux: Pressure for change and prospects for survival and revitalization- Gerhard Bosch, Steffen Lendhorff and Jill Rubery - publié le 26/02/2013
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
The text is a chapter extracted from a book about employment models in Europe and their evolutions. This is the first chapter of the book so it is a kind of general introduction (although it is long, comprehensive and well-structured) to the rest of the book. This document seems to be a...
Employment at will doctrine: Law, Ethics & Corp. Governance
Case study - 4 pages - Business law
When thinking about privacy laws and the collecting of citizens' private information, there are certainly a few things that come to mind. First and foremost is the technology that helps us in so many facets of life and has brought us closer together, has also began to bring into focus the...
Keynesian theories regarding unemployment
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
According to Samuelson, "Keynes's influence on the course of the economic analysis was the most significant event of economics in the 20th century." In his seminal work, 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936)', we learn just by reading the title, that...
Employment Contract Suspension and Modification
Thesis - 127 pages - Management
Contract modification is a change made by the employer in the work contract of an employee. There is a difference between modification of work contract and change in the working conditions. The work contract is an agreement between the employer (who has the managing power) and the employee. The...
Work, employment and unemployment in the US
Thesis - 2 pages - Theories and economic notions
The working population is an aging population, becoming increasingly diversified ethnically and racially, increasingly female (women now represent 3/5 of all new entrants in the workplace) - women often work in pink collar jobs, i.e., they are teachers, salespersons, nurses, cashiers, etc. Many...
Reasons for drop in unemployment: Portugal
Case study - 5 pages - Human resources
The exercise consists in proposing a model of macroeconomic management for the Portuguese economy. To do this, we have data sources for the period 2000-2003. This model should be implemented for a lower unemployment rate. It was however not clear whether this decline would be relative or...
Employment: Lessons from the British model
Case study - 3 pages - Human resources
While France has been trying to stem high unemployment for almost 2 years, its closest neighbor Britain is at a record low rate of unemployment. Indeed, France with 9.8%, struggles to find a solution to tackle the phenomenon, which has now become the greatest evil of this century. "Thus, after...
The epidemic of unemployment among immigrants
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In times of economic uncertainty, immigrants feel the wave of monetary downturn stronger than any other socio-economic group. Minimum wage and unemployment rates for immigrants rise higher than any other group, as well. This negative relationship for immigrants is not a North American-specific...
Globalization and employment - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
Globalization is one of the most controversial topics in today's world. Globalization raises fears and apprehensions and the most prominent one that stands out is the growing power of multinational firms that bestows them with the right to retract jobs whenever and wherever they want....
The European employment strategy - publié le 11/05/2009
Thesis - 21 pages - European union
The European Union is the most accomplished multinational organization in the world. Since it's beginning in 1950, with the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Union has been integrating more and more, becoming a unique. The European Union was at first, based on economic performances....
Organizations: Behavior, structure and process - Gibson, Ivancevich, Donnelly and Konopaske: Employment opportunities in multinational firms
Thesis - 2 pages - Management
According to the Exhibit 3 which deals with the question of Japanese expatriates and American in executive positions in Japanese firms in the United States, 69.4% of employees in a top executive echelon or in a middle management branch are Americans. For example, 76.5% of employees from the...
Gender related differences in patterns of employment in Sweden, and the effects of the parental leave in a woman's employment - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 15 pages - Human resources
Sweden is very often taken as a model when a conversation comes to any gender or equity related question. It is said to be, not without any reason, one of the most if not the most advanced country in the world as far as equality of chances or the cause of women are concerned. Tough, it had long...
Gender equality and employment in the European Union - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 29 pages - European union
Gender equality is among the fundamental principles and the common values of the European Union. In the 2nd Article of the Treaty of the European Community, it is even mentioned as a “task” to perform for the Community, and again in Article 3(2) TEC. But two questions already appear:...
Microeconomics, main concepts for an economy study: capital formation, production, consumption, employment, credit multiplier, money demand, money supply, prime rate, Keynesian transmission mechanism, exports, imports and government expenditures - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
Financial investment and interest rates have a positive relationship. Financial investment represents investment in bonds or shares or money saving in the bank. If the interest rate increases, the return of investment will be better. You will get more return on shares (or bonds) and earn more...
Distinguish between equilibrium and cyclic unemployment, and outline the private and social costs associated with each type - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Unemployment is seen as a plague in many countries. Plus, we are often told about how to tackle it and given some figures spelling the number of unemployed people. But what does this really mean? Governments do not tell much about unemployment's features and the real consequences it entails....
Distinguish between equilibrium and cyclic unemployment, and outline the private and social costs associated with each type
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
Unemployment is seen as a plague in many countries. Plus, we are often told about how to tackle it and given some figures spelling the number of unemployed people. But what does this really mean? Governments do not tell much about unemployment's features and the real consequences it entails....
Why do firms alter labour hours just before employment?
Case study - 4 pages - Management
The model of labour demand in terms of hours worked by employees assumes that firms instantly adjust their employment when the economic environment or business cycle changes. A firm looking to change the size of its work force will always find that it is costly to make spontaneous changes...
Microeconomics, main concepts for an economy study: capital formation, production, consumption, employment, credit multiplier, money demand, money supply, prime rate, Keynesian transmission mechanism, exports, imports and government expenditures
Essay - 14 pages - Theories and economic notions
Financial investment and interest rates have a positive relationship. Financial investment represents investment in bonds or shares or money saving in the bank. If the interest rate increases, the return of investment will be better. You will get more return on shares (or bonds) and earn more...
The European employment strategy
Essay - 22 pages - Political science
The European Union is the most accomplished multinational organization in the world. Since it's beginning in 1950, with the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Union has been integrating more and more, becoming a unique. The European Union was at first, based on economic performances....
Organizations: Behavior, structure, process" - Gibson, Ivancevich, Donnelly, and Konopaske: Chapter 3 -Employment opportunities in multinational firms
Text commentary - 2 pages - Management
According to the Exhibit 3 which deals with the question of Japanese expatriates and American in executive positions in Japanese firms in the United States, 69.4% of employees in a top executive echelon or in a middle management branch are Americans. For example, 76.5% of employees from the...
