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- 331: Assistive Technology
- ... a vital difference. We need to give students the opportunity to learn how to use technological devices so that they are provided with the benefits of new technology. These benefits include a greater diversity in employment opportunities and an inclusion in the educational, social and recreational activities available on the "information highway". Researchers and educators today recognize four types of technology: the technology of teaching, medical technology, instructional technology, and assistive ... considered for every individualized education program (IEP) developed. Assistive technology can be used to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act which, among other things, makes it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities in employment or school practices. Often, a reasonable accommodation can be made using assistive technology and, accordingly, should be considered in every individualized written rehabilitation plan, or IWRP. Having the technology does not mean that it will ...
- 332: Fair Labor Act Of 1938
- ... of 1938 (FLSA). Against a history of judicial opposition, the depression-born FLSA had survived, not unscathed, more than a year of Congressional altercation. In its final form, the act applied to industries whose combined employment represented only about one-fifth of the labor force. In these industries, it banned oppressive child labor and set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and the maximum workweek at 44 hours.1 Forty ... was popular, and one family in Darby, Penn., christened a newborn daughter Nira to honor it. 5 As an early step of the NRA, Roosevelt promulgated a President's Reemployment Agreement "to raise wages, create employment, and thus restore business." Employers signed more than 2.3 million agreements, covering 16.3 million employees. Signers agreed to a workweek between 35 and 40 hours and a minimum wage of $12 to $15 ...
- 333: The Internet
- ... looking through job listings that don't pertain to their area of interest or location of preference. Alas, if students fail to find job openings they are interested in, they can post their resumes to employment service Web sites which try to match employers with those seeking employment. The Web can also be a useful place for high school students applying to college or college graduates who wish to delay their job hunt by going to graduate school. Many colleges and universities around ...
- 334: European Union 2
- ... making processes. Some future objectives of the Union are: - to implement the Treaty of Amsterdam, which revises the basic treaties on which the EU is founded. It contains new rights for citizen, freedom of movement, employment, strengthening of institution. - to enlarge the EU, to include countries from central and eastern Europe as well. This was specified in 'Agenda 2000', a detailed strategy for 'strengthening growth, competitiveness and employment, for modernizing key policies and for extending the Union's borders through enlargement as far eastwards as the Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova' (President Santer Jacques in the Agenda 2000). This Agenda is the Commission's ...
- 335: Early 1900s In N. America
- ... without it there would not be as many advertising agencies or as many positions in this field. Without T.V., advertising agencies would also face the same consequences. T.V. provides millions of people with employment in commercials, T.V. shows, and movies. Baseball was the most popular sport in the United States where the World Series began in 1903. Tom Longboat was born in Brantford, Ontario and was known for ... people immigrated to Canada from Europe, Britain and the United States. Due to the population growth, in 1905 Alberta and Saskatchewan became apart of the Confederation. The railway boom in 1903-1904 helped elevate the employment. Materials needed to build the railways and the transporting of the materials started the industrialization. Urbanization led to a serious problem of overcrowding. The three economic classes were the rich, average, and the immigrants. With ...
- 336: Computer Crime
- ... better position to steal. Because we rely more and more on computers, we also depend on those who make them and run them. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the fastest growing employment opportunities are in the field computers and data- processing. Since money is a common motive for those who use their computing know-how to break the law, losses from computer theft are expected to grow ... for viruses on a regular basis, not sharing your password or giving out your credit card number on online services (ie: Internet). Also, employers can restrict access employees have to computers at the place of employment. This would dissipate most computer crimes executed by employees. If new laws and enforcement of those law are not soon established, along with heightened security measures, the world will have a major catastrophe as a ...
- 337: Costs and Contributions: The Wave From South of The Border
- ... difficult" jobs that local people refuse. This was spotlighted in the United States in 1993 when the presidential nomination for Attorney General was found to have employed an illegal immigrant. She was not alone: the employment of women in the United States is critically underpinned by 350,000 illegal immigrants working as domestic help. Despite the continuing international debate on the impact of immigration on employment, the argument that workers take jobs from existing residents has usually been shown to be without grounds for accusation. Immigration can help rejuvenate the population, though it would have to take place on a really ...
- 338: Sexual Harassment
- ... sexual harassment. One classification was Quid pro quo which means this for that. Quid pro quo is defined as all situations in which submission to sexually harassing conduct is made a term or condition of employment or in which submission to or rejection of sexually harassing conduct is used as a basis for employment decisions affecting the individual who is the target of such conduct. The movie Disclosure follows the basis of Quid pro qou. Michael's job was at stake for not participating in sexual relations with his ...
- 339: How Affirmative Action Effects
- ... professor stated, "It seems ludicrous that the university can rectify its failure to engage in affirmative action on the backs of its male faculty." Twelve of the men took their complaints to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The commission sided with the men and are even planning to bring the university up on charges themselves (Magner 18). Giving an employer the power to discriminate only towards minorities is unfair and ... us turn our sites on poverty, poor family life, poor schooling, for these problems are colorblind, and can hinder an individuals chances for success more than anything else. To equal the opportunity of minorities for employment we should educate and prepare them, not force them into the work force or universities. Guadalupe Quintanilla, the assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs for the University of Houston, stated, "Affirmative action has been distorted ...
- 340: Henry Charles Carey
- ... who owned these transportation agencies would profit greatly from the use of international trade, therefore, they would have influence over the farmers. As a result the international division of labour would cause an increase in employment and neglect production. "The more people engage in transportation, the worse for society, for the transportation of goods does least to promote development of the mind or improvement of the heart"(Oser, 235). Due to ... of power of association and combination to which alone man is indebted for the ability to subjugate the more productive soils. As he descends the hills and meets his neighbor man, the efforts are combined, employment's are dived, individual faculties are stimulated into action, property becomes more and more divided, equality grows, commerce becomes enlarged, and persons and property become more secure; and every step in this direction is but ...
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