Labour category: 1663 books
The Gulf
High Culture/Hard Labor
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
On Saadiyat Island, just off the coast of Abu Dhabi, branches of iconic cultural institutions, including the Louvre, the Guggenheim, the British Museum and New York University, are taking shape to the designs of starchitects such as Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid, and Norman Foster. In this...
Class Action
The Landmark Case that Changed Sexual Harrassment
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2003
The true story of Lois Jenson, a petite single mother, who was among the first women hired by a northern Minnesota iron mine in 1975. In this brutal workplace, female miners were relentlessly threatened with pornographic graffiti, denigrating language, stalking, and physical assaults. Terrified of...
Contested Communities
Class, Gender, and Politics in Chile’s El Teniente Copper Mine, 1904-1951
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 1998
In Contested Communities Thomas Miller Klubock analyzes the experiences of the El Teniente copper miners during the first fifty years of the twentieth century. Describing the everyday life and culture of the mining community, its impact on Chilean politics and national events, and the sense of self...
Healing Together
The Labor-Management Partnership at Kaiser Permanente
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Kaiser Permanente is the largest managed care organization in the country. It also happens to have the largest and most complex labor-management partnership ever created in the United States. This book tells the story of that partnership-how it started, how it grew, who made it happen, and the lessons...
The Strike That Changed New York
Blacks, Whites, and the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
On May 9, 1968, junior high school teacher Fred Nauman received a letter that would change the history of New York City. It informed him that he had been fired from his job. Eighteen other educators in the Ocean HillBrownsville area of Brooklyn received similar letters that day. The dismissed educators...
The Limits of Expertise
Rethinking Pilot Error and the Causes of Airline Accidents
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Why would highly skilled, well-trained pilots make errors that lead to accidents when they had safely completed many thousands of previous flights? The majority of all aviation accidents are attributed primarily to human error, but this is often misinterpreted as evidence of lack of skill, vigilance,...
Seasons of Change
Labor, Treaty Rights, and Ojibwe Nationhood
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
From the 1870s to the 1930s, the Lake Superior Ojibwes of Minnesota and Wisconsin faced dramatic economic, political, and social changes. Examining a period that began with the tribe's removal to reservations and closed with the Indian New Deal, Chantal Norrgard explores the critical link between...
Power in Coalition
Strategies for Strong Unions and Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The labor movement sees coalitions as a key tool for union revitalization and social change, but there is little analysis of what makes them successful or the factors that make them fail. Amanda Tattersall—an organizer and labor scholar—addresses this gap in the first internationally comparative...
Pre-Accident Investigations
An Introduction to Organizational Safety
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2019
Time-pressed, professionals looking for practical guidance to shape their current or future safety programs should use this book. Pre-Accident Investigations: An Introduction to Organizational Safety helps to identify complex potential incidents before they take place. Based around the ’New View’...
by Manel Bestratén Belloví, Xavier Baraza Sánchez, August Corrons Giménez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
La ética ha de impregnar todas las decisiones de directivos y personal con mando -ya que siempre afectan a alguien- y formar parte consustancial de la cultura de empresa. Los principios éticos realistas y objetivos deben comprometer y orientar el desarrollo y la búsqueda de la excelencia humana,...
Mental Illness in the Workplace
Psychological Disability Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
The extent of mental illness concerns in the workforce is becoming increasingly apparent. Stress, depression, anxiety, workplace bullying and other issues are costing businesses billions every year in lost productivity, poor treatments and employee retention. Unless appropriately addressed, issues...
by Barry Cushway
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
The Employer's Handbook 2017-18 has established itself as a source of reliable, unambiguous guidance for all small- to medium-sized employers in the UK, clearly identifying the legal essentials and best-practice guidelines for effective people management. It is a comprehensive source of hands-on advice...
Unequal
How America's Courts Undermine Discrimination Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
It is no secret that since the 1980s, American workers have lost power vis-à-vis employers through the well-chronicled steep decline in private sector unionization. American workers have also lost power in other ways. Those alleging employment discrimination have fared increasingly poorly in the...
Pennsylvania Human Resources Manual
HR Compliance Library
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
A comprehensive HR guide to Pennsylvania and federal labor laws for employers, HR professionals and managers
Authored by Cozen O'Connor attorneys; updated December 2015
Written in plain English and easy to understand
Contains easy-to-follow tips and techniques to manage employees and stay compliant
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