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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Part-time workers"”.
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Occupational health and safety of young, part-time workers in the United Kingdom and Canada
… new risks have emerged for less skilled young workers in flexible labour markets (Mills 2004; Taylor-Gooby 2004). This is highlighted in the fast food industry, renowned for its employment conditions such as low pay, irregular work hours and part-time work (Reiter 2002; Royle 2002). A threat to …
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Full- and part-time work and wages : an application to two countries
… differentials between females working full- and part-time in Australia and the United States, the causes of these differentials and the effect these differentials have on the aggregate ratio of female to male wages in both countries. The thesis contributes to existing knowledge in three ways. …
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Full- and part-time work and wages : an application to two countries
… differentials between females working full- and part-time in Australia and the United States, the causes of these differentials and the effect these differentials have on the aggregate ratio of female to male wages in both countries. The thesis contributes to existing knowledge in three ways. …
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Assessing the effects of two agricultural minimum wage shocks in South Africa
… following major strikes and protests among farm workers in theWestern Cape, the prescribed agricultural minimum wage was increased by a considerable 52 percent from R69 per day to R105 per day, significantly more than the usual inflation rate increases. This paper investigates the impacts of …
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More and Less: Perceptions and Experiences of the Professional Part-Time Employee
… plethora of flexible work options, including flextime, telecommuting, and part-time employment. Until recently, most part-time workers were those who worked in low-level, low-paying jobs. However, with the influx of women in the workplace, as well as the desire for more leisure time and the need …
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The regulation of irregular work in Japan : from collusion to conflict
… clearly segmented between regular and irregular workers. Regular workers enjoy employment stability, good wages and promotion, and access to good pensions and health plans. Irregular workers-contract, dispatch and part time workers-can be fired easily, are paid less, and don't have access to …
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The Motivation and Challenges of Part Time Employment in the Private Secondary Schools: a Case Study of Private Secondary Schools in Dar Es Salaam
This study examined how part-time employment is perceived as an aspect of organizational change and how it challenges the management of the selected private secondary schools in the region of Dar-es-Salaam. It was necessitated by the need to determine the responses of school organizations to change …
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Under Threat: An Empirical Test of the Social Identity Theory of Psychological Safety
… four weeks. I collected data from 386 Prolific workers employed at least part-time for an organization with more than ten employees. Results modeled using random intercept cross-lag panel modeling found significant bi-directional causal relationships between social identity threat and …
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Occupational Skills and Gender Wage Gap
… tail ("in" occupations) have more immigrant workers, more part-time workers, and less female workers. In addition, the wage gaps between domestic/immigrant, full-time/part-time, and male/female workers are also larger in "in" occupations. The opposite facts hold true in the occupations moving …
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The extent of the regulation of atypical employment relationships in Ethiopian law, with comparative reference to South African labour law
Universally, workers’ protection is centred on the standard employment relationship (full-time,indeterminate employment) based on the distinction between ‘employee’ and ‘independent contractor’; nonetheless globalization coupled with advances in technology and other related processes such as …
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The extent of the regulation of atypical employment relationships in Ethiopian law, with comparative reference to South African labour law
Universally, workers’ protection is centred on the standard employment relationship (full-time,indeterminate employment) based on the distinction between ‘employee’ and ‘independent contractor’; nonetheless globalization coupled with advances in technology and other related processes such as …
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On the Lower Levels of the Ivory Tower: What Color Collars do Adjunct Faculty Wear?
… have steadily increased their reliance on full-time adjunct faculty over the last two decades. Part-time adjuncts, meanwhile, were hired in great numbers before and during the Great Recession, as student enrollment increased, but have steadily declined since 2012, as college enrollment waned. …