Labour economics

As globalization remains to be a dominant factor in the global economy, labour markets around the world continue to be affected by forces of change. A few months ago, Bill Morneau, the Canadian Finance Minister made a speech stating that short-term work is the new normal for the younger generations and that we ought to get used to this “job-churn” as precarious work is here to stay. Precarious employment has become a widespread term that highlights the job insecurity not only in Canada, but…

that workers and labour were not treated as solely a commodity designed to be spent, but as individuals with needs and livelihoods. Decommodification of workers would be a priority of these workers, with the intent of improving their lives, rather than just the value of the work they bring, at the center of a union’s mind. In Sweden, further focus on centralization, with national negotiations between the firms and unions, permitted for a flexible yet efficient development of the labour market,…

AGE GROUP There is no specific recommendation on the age group. However the employee must be of 18 years of age and less than 50 years of age. DESIGNATION Most of the employees are having a lower rank designation that needs to handle operational issues such as cooking, taking orders, delivery. Nine persons will be as ground staff who will perform job of customer service and food preparation, two as supervisors and one as store manager. Back office will have one manager, two assistant for…

Abstract In Canada, youth face a number of challenges in the labour market. Research has pointed a few issues, which this population faces. Notably, health and safety needs in youth are not sufficiently addressed thereby increasing the likelihood of young workers accruing work-related injuries. Additionally, there is significant difference between youth and adult unemployment rates. A review of sources shows that there is a constant pattern of high rates of unemployment in youth compared to…

It was found that structural employment is a major hindrance to youth in the labour market. Among the main concerns are the underutilization of opportunities in the field of skilled trade workers, as well as under employment. Young adults are sellers of their services; but doing so within a perfectly competitive market. With many…

It is very important to be educated because in the future competition is going to be very strong in the job market, as our parents always want us to be secure in every way even the economic crisis. Nowadays, there are many children in the world whose parents want their children to get higher education as possible, as in the future there is going to be a lot of competition for each other than the previous generation. The development…

ideology has played a large part in the New Zealand legislation to pass Act in the parliament. The political ideologies are someone’s viewpoint on the world; their beliefs with regards to how the country should run, nature of humans and the country’s economic policy. Overall the essay will include defining ideology, the period between 1984 – 2015 and political changes, how the political groups influence the formation of legislation and…

traditional Labour policies such as nationalisation and interventionist economics. It will also be the case that these changes were made for electoral purposes, due to the legacy of the Thatcher government, which changed the voting preferences of the electorate, and not due to globalisation, and hence we will not see the same reaction across a great number of other countries. Let us first consider New Labour’s attitude to nationalisation; an important aspect of New Labour's change in economic…

Electoral Strategy That Won British Women the Vote,” by Dawn Langan Teele, outlines the path to women’s inclusion in voting. The reading conveys how the struggle, in which the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies formed a coalition with the Labour Party, eventually lead to women’s suffrage. By doing this, suffragists allowed women’s suffrage to be included in the 1918 Representation of the People Act. This path was not easy as it took years of hard work, determination, and the help of…

Child Labour: A Solution According to the International Labour Organization, there is an estimated 250 million children working in the developing countries, of whom at least 120 million are working full time (Child Labour, 2018). This estimate of child labour is variable as what governments constitute as child labour is different across parts of the world. However, no matter which estimate we look at, it is an indisputable fact that child labour is a troubling issue. There are children who are…