Labour Employment category: 1020 books
The Invention of Free Labor
The Employment Relation in English and American Law and Culture, 1350-1870
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Examining the emergence of the modern conception of free labor--labor that could not be legally compelled, even though voluntarily agreed upon--Steinfeld explains how English law dominated the early American colonies, making violation of al labor agreements punishable by imprisonment. By the eighteenth...
Social Citizenship and Workfare in the United States and Western Europe
The Paradox of Inclusion
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2004
This book compares workfare policies in the United States and 'active labor policies' in Western Europe that are aimed primarily at the long-term unemployed, unemployed youth, lone parents, immigrants and other vulnerable groups often referred to collectively as the 'socially excluded'. The Europeans...
by Robert G. Vaughn
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
This authoritative volume guides you in practicing before the Merit Systems Protection Board and helps you understand the intricacies of the Civil Service Reform Act. It describes the organization and structure of the Board and sets out the rules of practice before it, including the recovery of attorney's...
Genetic Discrimination
Transatlantic Perspectives on the Case for a European Level Legal Response
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
As genetic technologies advance, genetic testing may well offer the prospect of detecting the onset of future disabilities. Some research also forwards that certain behavioural profiles may have a strong genetic basis, such as the determination to succeed, or the propensity for risk-taking. As this...
by Andrew Hambler
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
The workplace is a key forum in which the issue of religion and its position in the public sphere is under debate. Desires to observe and express religious beliefs in the workplace can introduce conflict between employees and employers. This book addresses the role the law plays in the resolution...
Only One Place of Redress
African Americans, Labor Regulations, and the Courts from Reconstruction to the New Deal
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2001
In Only One Place of Redress David E. Bernstein offers a bold reinterpretation of American legal history: he argues that American labor and occupational laws, enacted by state and federal governments after the Civil War and into the twentieth century, benefited dominant groups in society to the detriment...
by Marcine A. Seid, Daniel Brown, Charles M. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2019
Foreword by Ira J. Kurzban
"[A] major contribution to our field" and "a public service to all of us laboring in the fields of employment, labor, and immigration law."
—Ira J. Kurzban
ABA Immigration Compliance and Best Practices provides the private bar with hard-to-find information...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2016
The effective utilization of available resources is a pivotal factor for production levels in modern business environments. However, when resources are limited or in excess, this effects organizational success, as well as the labor market. The Handbook of Research on Unemployment and Labor Market Sustainability...
by Lawrence D. Taplah
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Working at Lincoln Industries is apparently a choice we made. This choice protects our vested interests in the indulgence of employment at will. Our choice to work is overwhelmingly protected by the constitution of the United States, even though that constitution makes no specific reference. There...
by Marco Biasi
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Il presente contributo prende ispirazione dalla lettura della suggestiva opera di Paola Saracini dal titolo “Contratto a termine e stabilità del rapporto” e si pone l’obiettivo di valutare se il canone interpretativo coniato dall’Autrice in riferimento allo scenario italiano “pre-Jobs Act”1...
by Heather Krull, Mustafa Oguz
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
The Wounded Warrior Project has developed programs to help care for injured service members and veterans. This report describes how project alumnus respondents are faring in domains related to mental health and resiliency, physical health, and employment and finances.
Masculinity at Work
Employment Discrimination through a Different Lens
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
In late October 2013, the Miami Dolphins’ player Jonathan Martin walked out on his team and checked into a mental health institution. The original story implied that Martin could not take the professional pressure. Within days, the story changed. News sources reported that Martin’s teammates had...
1000 Questions and Answers About Settlement in Canada
The Complete Newcomer's Guidebook
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2017
A complete guidebook for newcomers to Canada providing in-depth information about settlement. Topics include education, employment, health care, government assistance and settlement programs. Less
The book is designed for all classes of immigrants: skilled workers and professionals and their...
by Douglas Brodie
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
Theories of enterprise liability have, historically, had a significant influence on the development of various aspects of the law of torts. Enterprise liability has impacted upon both statutory and common law rules. Prime examples would include laws on workmen's compensation and products liability....