Author: United States. Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
Improving Workplace Protections for New Workers
Author: United States. Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
Improving Workplace Protection for New Workers
Author: Protecting Youth at Work
Author: National Research Council and Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309064139
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
In Massachusetts, a 12-year-old girl delivering newspapers is killed when a car strikes her bicycle. In Los Angeles, a 14-year-old boy repeatedly falls asleep in class, exhausted from his evening job. Although children and adolescents may benefit from working, there may also be negative social effects and sometimes danger in their jobs. Protecting Youth at Work looks at what is known about work done by children and adolescents and the effects of that work on their physical and emotional health and social functioning. The committee recommends specific initiatives for legislators, regulators, researchers, and employers. This book provides historical perspective on working children and adolescents in America and explores the framework of child labor laws that govern that work. The committee presents a wide range of data and analysis on the scope of youth employment, factors that put children and adolescents at risk in the workplace, and the positive and negative effects of employment, including data on educational attainment and lifestyle choices. Protecting Youth at Work also includes discussions of special issues for minority and disadvantaged youth, young workers in agriculture, and children who work in family-owned businesses.
Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care & Social Service Workers
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
The Fissured Workplace
Author: David WeilPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 067472612X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
In the twentieth century, large companies employing many workers formed the bedrock of the U.S. economy. Today, on the list of big business's priorities, sustaining the employer-worker relationship ranks far below building a devoted customer base and delivering value to investors. As David Weil's groundbreaking analysis shows, large corporations have shed their role as direct employers of the people responsible for their products, in favor of outsourcing work to small companies that compete fiercely with one another. The result has been declining wages, eroding benefits, inadequate health and safety protections, and ever-widening income inequality. From the perspectives of CEOs and investors, fissuring--splitting off functions that were once managed internally--has been phenomenally successful. Despite giving up direct control to subcontractors and franchises, these large companies have figured out how to maintain the quality of brand-name products and services, without the cost of maintaining an expensive workforce. But from the perspective of workers, this strategy has meant stagnation in wages and benefits and a lower standard of living. Weil proposes ways to modernize regulatory policies so that employers can meet their obligations to workers while allowing companies to keep the beneficial aspects of this business strategy.
Family Responsibilities Discrimination
Author: Cynthia Thomas CalvertPublisher:
ISBN: 9781617460630
Category : Caregivers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Marginal Workers
Author: Ruben J. GarciaPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814732216
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Undocumented and authorized immigrant laborers, female workers, workers of color, guest workers, and unionized workers together compose an enormous and diverse part of the labor force in America. Labor and employment laws are supposed to protect employees from various workplace threats, such as poor wages, bad working conditions, and unfair dismissal. Yet as members of individual groups with minority status, the rights of many of these individuals are often dictated by other types of law, such as constitutional and immigration laws. Worse still, the groups who fall into these cracks in the legal system often do not have the political power necessary to change the laws for better protection. In Marginal Workers, Ruben J. Garcia demonstrates that when it comes to these marginal workers, the sum of the law is less than its parts, and, despite what appears to be a plethora of applicable statutes, marginal workers are frequently lacking in protection. To ameliorate the status of marginal workers, he argues for a new paradigm in worker protection, one based on human freedom and rights.
Protection of Workers' Personal Data
Author: International Labour OfficePublisher: International Labour Organization
ISBN: 9789221103295
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
An ILO code of practice
Publications of the U.S. Department of Labor, Subject Listing
Author: United States. Department of LaborPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publications of the U.S. Department of Labor
Author: United States. Dept. of Labor. Office of Information and Public AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Employees
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description