Equity, Diversity & Canadian Labour
ISBN: 9780802089564 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, the Canadian labour movement has undergone fundamental change in response to demands for greater inclusion and representation by women, visible and sexual minorities, and people with disabilities. Equity, Diversity, and Canadian Labour explores the specific challenges put to outmoded attitudes and practices, charting the efforts made by organized labour in Canada towards addressing discrimination in the workplace and within unions themselves. While there has been a fair amount of progress in this regard, persistent impediments to equity and uneven responsiveness... In recent years, the Canadian labour movement has undergone fundamental change in response to demands for greater inclusion and representation by w... |
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375,72 zł |
International Labor Standards: Globalization, Trade, and Public Policy
ISBN: 9780804746908 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this age of globalization, countries and corporations are under increasing pressure to adopt and follow international labor standards. This book provides the most thorough empirical assessment to date of the impact of international regulation on labor standards and conditions, and critically analyzes the common race-to-the-bottom view that globalization and international competition can only further degrade labor standards. The authors examine current standards and regulations, along with recent proposals to compel developing countries to adopt labor standards. They also consider other...
In this age of globalization, countries and corporations are under increasing pressure to adopt and follow international labor standards. This book pr...
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340,18 zł |
Discrimination at Work: The Psychological and Organizational Bases
ISBN: 9780805852073 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume in the SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series brings together top scholars in Industrial and Organizational Psychology with social psychologists to explore the research and theory relating to the various areas of workplace discrimination. The review is based on race, age, sexual orientation, gender, physical appearance, disability, and personality. Factors on the organizational as well as individual group levels were considered. The book will facilitate future research and theory.
This volume in the SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series brings together top scholars in Industrial and Organizational Psychology with social psycholog...
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685,43 zł |
Drowning in Laws: Labor Law and Brazilian Political Culture
ISBN: 9780807855270 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since 1943, the lives of Brazilian working people and their employers have been governed by the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT). Seen as the end of an exclusively repressive approach, the CLT was long hailed as one of the world's most advanced bodies of social legislation. In Drowning in Laws, John D. French examines the juridical origins of the CLT and the role it played in the cultural and political formation of the Brazilian working class.
Focusing on the relatively open political era known as the Populist Republic of 1945 to 1964, French illustrates the glaring contrast... Since 1943, the lives of Brazilian working people and their employers have been governed by the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT). Seen as the end of ...
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297,61 zł |
Gender Myths V. Working Realities: Using Social Science to Reformulate Sexual Harassment Law
ISBN: 9780814799178 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Both the courts and the public seem confused about sexual harassment--what it is, how it functions, and what sorts of behaviors are actionable in court. Theresa M. Beiner contrasts perspectives from social scientists on the realities of workplace sexual harassment with the current legal standard. When it comes to sexual harassment law, all too often courts (and employers) are left in the difficult position of grappling with vague legal standards and little guidance about what sexual harassment is and what can be done to stop it. Often, courts impose their own stereotyped view of how women... Both the courts and the public seem confused about sexual harassment--what it is, how it functions, and what sorts of behaviors are actionable in c... |
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248,79 zł |
Safety Made Easy: A Checklist Approach to OSHA Compliance
ISBN: 9780865871625 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you're new to the safety field, or if you've just been given safety responsibilities, making sense of your compliance responsibilities can be overwhelming This newly updated and easy-to-read guide is your key to understanding and complying with the Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 1900-1910.END. It addresses common OSHA regulations in alphabetical order and helps eliminate the regulatory circles that make compliance difficult. Filled with illustrations, recommendations, and sample documents, this reference contains 34 sections on selected topics from the CFRs that all...
If you're new to the safety field, or if you've just been given safety responsibilities, making sense of your compliance responsibilities can be overw...
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757,84 zł |
The Law and Occupational Injury, Disease, and Death
ISBN: 9780899304106 / Angielski / Twarda / 199 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With more than 11,000 deaths and over two million injuries and diseases attributed to workplace-related hazards each year, the prevention of injuries, death, and disease in the workplace has been of increasing concern to lawyers, labor unions, government officials, insurance companies, and legal scholars. In this volume, noted legal specialist Warren Freedman presents both a comprehensive exposition of common workplace hazards and a detailed survey of the applicable statutes, case law, and court decisions that have developed in this growing field of litigation and regulation. The author... With more than 11,000 deaths and over two million injuries and diseases attributed to workplace-related hazards each year, the prevention of injuri... |
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457,22 zł |
Employment Dispute Resolution and Worker Rights in the Changing Workplace: Aesthetic Alternatives for the Ends of Art
ISBN: 9780913447772 / Angielski / Miękka / 305 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have the speed, informality, and low cost of the grievance and arbitration system deteriorated? Has the system become too adversarial? Has it lost its problem-solving character? This book examines the nature and degree of change in workplace dispute resolution in the context of ongoing changes in work and in labor relations.
The volume begins with an editors' introduction that provides context and offers a political perspective on the current state of dispute resolution in the workplace. The chapters that follow contain critiques of the existing legal framework surrounding mandatory... Have the speed, informality, and low cost of the grievance and arbitration system deteriorated? Has the system become too adversarial? Has it lost its...
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132,92 zł |
Handbook of Employment Discrimination Research: Rights and Realities
ISBN: 9781402033704 / Angielski / Twarda / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is much to understand about employment discrimination law as a social system. What drives the growing trend toward litigation? To what extent does discrimination persist and why does it vary by organizational and market context? How do different groups perceive discrimination and what, if anything, do they do about it? How do employers respond to discrimination law? What is the effect of broader political and legal currents? What is the relationship between anti-discrimination law and social inequality? This book presents answers, from a distinguished group of scholars, and social... There is much to understand about employment discrimination law as a social system. What drives the growing trend toward litigation? To what extent... |
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778,22 zł |
Employment Law: The Workplace Rights of Employees and Employers
ISBN: 9781405134088 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Employment Law, 2nd edition examines the relevant statutes, judicial decisions, executive orders, and administrative policies that shape the respective rights of managers and workers at the workplace. It goes well beyond simply stating what is legal and what is illegal, assuming that the student or professional needs to understand the principles underlying the law so that he or she can evaluate an organization's decisions against those principles.
Employment Law, 2nd edition examines the relevant statutes, judicial decisions, executive orders, and administrative policies that shape the re...
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170,97 zł |
Women and Sexual Harassment: A Practical Guide to the Legal Protections of Title VII and the Hostile Environment Claim
ISBN: 9781560230403 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is a valuable guide that saves researchers investigating sexual harassment in the workplace enormous amounts of time and money. Focusing on the hostile environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Women and Sexual Harassment is a complete resource tool. In one easy-to-use volume, it provides a detailed background and history of the hostile environment claim as well as an extensive guide on how to use and where to find the best resources available on this topic. Unlike some legal books, Chan's book does not require cover-to-cover reading to access pertinent...
Here is a valuable guide that saves researchers investigating sexual harassment in the workplace enormous amounts of time and money. Focusing on the h...
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126,88 zł |
Managing Diversity -- The Courage to Lead
ISBN: 9781567202694 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. White women and people of color now constitute the majority of the U.S. workforce, yet ninety-seven percent of senior managers of Fortune 500 and Fortune 1,000 industrial companies remain white men. It's clear that leaders of American organizations are requited to play key roles in a world that has become strange to them, says Cross. To succeed in an increasingly competitive global environment, our organizational leaders must have the courage to act outside their comfort zones--to try to understand, interact with, motivate, develop, and retain a work force that is alien to them. Cross'... White women and people of color now constitute the majority of the U.S. workforce, yet ninety-seven percent of senior managers of Fortune 500 and F... |
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577,47 zł |
Mediation in the Workplace: A Guide for Training, Practice, and Administration
ISBN: 9781567203363 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A workplace mediation program supplements or replaces institutional grievance processes in order to increase job satisfaction, boost productivity, reduce employee turnover, and decrease the chances of legal action. Weinstein, a social worker and a labor and employment lawyer, provides a powerful administrative, educational, and training tool for human resource professionals, administrators, peer and professional mediators, and students of mediation. Mediated resolutions to conflict in the workplace are designed to last because they seek to address underlying causes and they rely on the... A workplace mediation program supplements or replaces institutional grievance processes in order to increase job satisfaction, boost productivity, ... |
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842,01 zł |
Understanding Affirmative Action: Politics, Discrimination, and the Search for Justice
ISBN: 9781589010895 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For some time, the United States has been engaged in a national debate over affirmative action policy. A policy that began with the idea of creating a level playing field for minorities has sparked controversy in the workplace, in higher education, and elsewhere. After forty years, the debate still continues and the issues are as complex as ever. While most Americans are familiar with the term, they may not fully understand what affirmative action is and why it has become such a divisive issue. With this concise and up-to-date introduction, J. Edward Kellough brings together... For some time, the United States has been engaged in a national debate over affirmative action policy. A policy that began with the idea of creatin... |
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256,54 zł |
Disability Rights in Europe: From Theory to Practice
ISBN: 9781841134864 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the range of legal strategies which have been adopted, both nationally and internationally, to achieve equality for disabled people and facilitate their inclusion into mainstream society.
This book explores the range of legal strategies which have been adopted, both nationally and internationally, to achieve equality for disabled people...
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406,18 zł |
Die Europäische Sozialcharta: Ein Leitfaden
ISBN: 9783540432739 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ziel des Buches ist die Vermittlung kompakter und genauer Informationen ber die Funktionsweise der Sozialcharta und ihr berwachungssystem sowie ber die Hauptthemenbereiche der Rechtsprechung des Europ ischen Sozialrechtausschusses. Dar ber hinaus handelt ein wichtiger Teil des Buches unmittelbar vom Einfluss der Sozialcharta in den Staaten, die sie ratifiziert haben oder die nun die Ratifikation vorbereiten. Es wird abgerundet durch praktische Informationen, insbesondere Antworten auf h ufig gestellte Fragen zur Sozialcharta. Die Erarbeitung von Konventionen und Vertr gen ist der sichtbarste...
Ziel des Buches ist die Vermittlung kompakter und genauer Informationen ber die Funktionsweise der Sozialcharta und ihr berwachungssystem sowie ber di...
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145,41 zł |
Rechtslage des Arbeitnehmers bei Insolvenz seines Arbeitgebers
ISBN: 9783899492477 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Das vorliegende Handbuch gewahrt eine vollstandige und aktuelle Ubersicht uber die Rechtslage des Arbeitnehmers bei Insolvenz seines Arbeitgebers. Dabei werden die Rechte der Arbeitnehmer sowohl im Rahmen des gesetzlichen Insolvenzverfahrens wie auch bei Vermogensverfall ohne Eroffnung eines Insolvenzverfahrens betrachtet. Ebenfalls in die Darstellung aufgenommen wurde die Untersuchung der Lage der Arbeitnehmer im Insolvenzplanverfahren. In einem weiteren Abschnitt werden die Rechte der Arbeitnehmer bei Masseunzulanglichkeit beleuchtet. Das Werk enthalt ferner Hinweise auf die Problematik im...
Das vorliegende Handbuch gewahrt eine vollstandige und aktuelle Ubersicht uber die Rechtslage des Arbeitnehmers bei Insolvenz seines Arbeitgebers. Dab...
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478,18 zł |
EUropean Labour Law and Social Policy
ISBN: 9789041112798 / Angielski / Twarda / 735 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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1779,93 zł |
Codex: International Labour and Social Security Law: International Labour and Social Security Law
ISBN: 9789041117205 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Inevitably, numerous international regulations and conventions pertaining to labour and social security have followed in the wake of the onrush of economic globalisation, greatly augmenting the considerable legal regime developed by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations (UN) during the mid and late twentieth century. It is clearly time to codify this now vast body of law. This groundbreaking book presents as complete and up-to-date a codification as possible of international labour and social security law, with texts of the most important documents and direct...
Inevitably, numerous international regulations and conventions pertaining to labour and social security have followed in the wake of the onrush of eco...
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1208,76 zł |
Flexible Work Arrangements: Conceptualizations and International Experiences: Conceptualizations and International Experiences
ISBN: 9789041119476 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the world of work as it exists today, the old standards of fixed hours and location have been substantially weakened. Most employers, in fact, prefer to maintain a flexible system of work arrangements that gives them more control over rate of production, assignment of tasks, and economic circumstances. The global development of these new and extensive conditions of employment variously characterized as nonstandard, alternative, peripheral, contingent, or atypical has reached a point at which its significance for both employers and employees (as well as for society in general) can be...
In the world of work as it exists today, the old standards of fixed hours and location have been substantially weakened. Most employers, in fact, pref...
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1389,13 zł |