Essays Tagged: "labour force"
Child Labour
Child labour is one of the topic that presents strong emotions, beliefs and opinions. Most people are oppo ... ts strong emotions, beliefs and opinions. Most people are opposed to the involvement of children in labour force activities when they are at an age when other activities, such as education and play, s ... r activities, such as education and play, should be the central role in development. However, child labour represents an extremely difficult and complex issue which often extends beyond emotions, beli ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Women In The Workforce
Women In The Labour ForceThe past decades their has been a dramatic increase of womenparticipating in the labour ... . By 1980 this percentage had doubled, and women areexpected to make up more than 44 percent of the labour force bythe end of this century.The increase in female participation started occurringduring ... occurringduring the 1970's. This increase also caused the largest babyboom that the Canadian female labour force had ever witnessed.In North America it is common for women to have part-time orsummer j ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
Canadian Public Policy and Administration - Employment Equity Act, a short paper evaluating the success of the Act.
e historically been underrepresented there.' Today those designated groups, underrepresented in the labour force include women, Aboriginal peoples, disabled people, and persons who are, because of the ... ate the success of the 'Act' and will argue that although some progress has been made, the Canadian Labour force still does not reflect the demographic composition of Canada as the Act had targeted.Fo ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Rifkin's "The End of Work"
wrote The End of Work in order to warn people about what he foresees may be happening to the global labour force because of a rapid increase in the use of automation in the workplace. He identifies wh ... y and it's impacts on organizations, it's structure and design and it's direct effect on the global labour force. In particular, organizations are using the concept of re-engineering and replacing hum ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The Economic Impact of Telecomunications Deregulation in Canada
erCanada has been transformed in recent years into an information based society. Nearly half of the labour force in Canada works in occupations involving the collection and processing of information. ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Economic Picture of Great Britain 2003 This is an economic report on the United Kingdom going into details using current 2002 stats.
orkforce Composition18Stability of economy18Unemployment Rate18Employment Rate19Participation Rate19Labour Force by Occupation/sector20Trade barriers20Works Cited:21Bibliography:22Laws on investment/ ... isa you must first have confirmation of employment in the United Kingdom. This is one difference in Labour Laws between the two countries as in Canada you can receive a working visa without arranging ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges
The traditional nuclear family is a vital institution in producing and maintaining a healthy society in Britain.
or family life in the UK. These views are often reflected within the Government and the economy and labour force, religious leaders, politicians, editors of newspapers and also often reflected upon in ... lism because it rears the future workforce at little cost to the capitalist state. Women's domestic labour and sexual services also help to maintain the present work-force's physical and emotional fit ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Did women have a big impact in Canada during World War II?
t especially remember the women who stayed home and were major contributors to holding together the labour force. As well their volunteering in society helped push Canada through the War. By temporari ... in society helped push Canada through the War. By temporarily assuming non-traditional roles in the labour force and in society, Canadian women became an important part of the war effort from 1939-194 ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
Is U.S.A developing?
n alarming rate of 5.2% a year.70% of Haitians rely on the income of the agriculture section of the labour force which includes mostly small-scale survival farming and employs about two-thirds of the ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
India: A Lesser Developed Country,
Their standard of living depends directly on what they produce themselves. Only 23% and 17% of the labour force is taken up with occupations in services and industry irrespectively. India has a large ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Tipes of organizations.
nd continuously. As years goes by we see that Malta is becoming a more service oriented economy.The labour force amounts to 148,818 (2003). The gainfully occupied population totals to 137,758 (2003) o ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Child Labour
Child labour is one of the topic that presents strong emotions, beliefs and opinions. Most people are oppo ... ts strong emotions, beliefs and opinions. Most people are opposed to the involvement of children in labour force activities when they are at an age when other activities, such as education and play, s ... r activities, such as education and play, should be the central role in development. However, child labour represents an extremely difficult and complex issue which often extends beyond emotions, beli ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights
How Work Affects Family Life
w there are more dual-income families, single-parent families, and there are many more women in the labour force. This poses a great change to family life, and many parents are working a "double day". ... from work. The predicament between work and family arose when women began participating more in the labour force during and after World War I. Their involvement in the labour force has steadily increa ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Canada in the Great Depression
o world trade that Canada suffered so greatly. At the height of the depression, in 1933, 30% of the labour force was unemployed and 20% of all Canadians were dependent on government relief for surviva ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History
World War 2 made a significant impact on Australia and its people
d the male jobs back home needed to be taken over. There was a serious need to bring women into the labour force, the government encouraged women to take over the male jobs. Some people could not come ... security act was amended to give the federal government to require all citizens to contribute their labour and property to assist the defence of Australia. This war was becoming a great expense for th ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History
Analysis of singapore
Standard of livingSingaporeans enjoy a high standard of living for the past few years in 1997 , the labour force comprised 64.2% per cent of the population aged 15 years and over. The per capital indi ... tter Education facilities / Better Education Level.More Public TransportationMore housing were builtLabour force increaseSmaller families1.1 IncomeIncome of each family increase due to the increase of ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Nicholas 2, how much was he responsible for Russia's downfall
at would normally live in the cities. The rapid growth of industrialization had created a new urban labour force whose living and working conditions were very poor, this that the Tsar Nicholas chose t ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
This is an essay about the New Women's Movement in the United States that emerged in the 1960s. The question: What did the New Women's Movement seek to achieve and was it successful?
New Women's Movement emerged in the 1960s with a reconditioned society. Women were moving into the labour force, their education levels were increasing, the birth rate was decreasing and the divorce ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
The evolution of families
years families have gone through many rapid change. Trends like dual earner families, women in the labour force, increases in divorce rates, and economic hardship all support the argument that a stab ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Karl Marx and His Theory of Alienation: How It Can be Applied to Modern Society.
Spot.At the core of much of twentieth century political theory, is the concept of the alienation of labour, brought into prominence by the writings of Karl Marx. The oft mentioned Mr.Marx, is perhaps ... ntury, and in this post-industrial age, the validity of his theories continue to questioned. As the labour force in developed countries dwindles in favour of off-shore production and the increased rel ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory