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- 41: Price Policies Have Wider Range of Destructive Demerits
- ... Community average. It was hoped to improve living and working conditions, to protect the environment and to improve processing and marketing of goods. (19) Objective 5b included areas that had a high share of agricultural employment and a low income level. (20) Objective 5a was a regrouping of measures which already existed in CAP i.e. funding for farm improvements, training and social assistance for farmers. (21) A number of reform ... areas in disadvantaged regions, both economically and socially, so that the regions can meet the challenges of modern society. (27) The ESF's aim is to “raise the general standard of living by rendering the employment of workers easier and increasing their geographical and occupational mobility.” (28) It targets in particular the long-term unemployed, those in danger of losing their job, young people, women, handicapped people and the socially excluded. It is governed by Objectives 3 and 4 of the Structural Funds. The ESF also supports the development of SMEs, tourism and diversification in Objective 1, 2 and 5b areas. (29) The ESF improved employment opportunities by implementing vocational guidance and vocational training courses. It also helps in job creation and wage subsidy projects. Finally, it encourages and supports technological development and research. For the period 1994-1999 the ...
- 42: European Studies
- ... Community average. It was hoped to improve living and working conditions, to protect the environment and to improve processing and marketing of goods. (19) Objective 5b included areas that had a high share of agricultural employment and a low income level. (20) Objective 5a was a regrouping of measures which already existed in CAP i.e. funding for farm improvements, training and social assistance for farmers. (21) A number of reform ... regional areas in disadvantaged regions, both economically and socially, so that the regions can meet the challenges of modern society. (27) The ESFÆs aim is to ôraise the general standard of living by rendering the employment of workers easier and increasing their geographical and occupational mobility.ö (28) It targets in particular the long-term unemployed, those in danger of losing their job, young people, women, handicapped people and the socially ... excluded. It is governed by Objectives 3 and 4 of the Structural Funds. The ESF also supports the development of SMEs, tourism and diversification in Objective 1, 2 and 5b areas. (29) The ESF improved employment opportunities by implementing vocational guidance and vocational training courses. It also helps in job creation and wage subsidy projects. Finally, it encourages and supports technological development and research. For the period 1994-1999 the ...
- 43: Religious Freedom Restoration Act
- Religious Freedom Restoration Act In this paper I will describe the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This Act was used to contradict the decision of the court case of Employment Division v. Smith, which allowed the government to forbid any religious act without giving a reason. The RFRA brought back the requirement that the government provide an adequate reason to forbid any religious act. The ... Congress was passed (Religious Freedom, Map of the RFRA). This was the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993 (Religious Freedom, Map of the RFRA). This act was passed to answer the 1990 court case Employment Division v. Smith (Questions and Answers, Map of the RFRA). Employment Division v. Smith was a court case in which the issue was whether “Sacramental use of peyote by members of the Native American Church was protected under the free exercise clause of the First ...
- 44: Affirmative Action Today
- ... years, affirmative action has changed from equal opportunity for everyone to preferential treatment of minority groups. The original concept involved only passive efforts such as encouraging institutions to make deliberate attempts to include minorities in employment and in college enrollment. In recent years, affirmative action has become an aggressive effort that requires and measures minority representation. As a result, affirmative action has produced undesirable problems in the American culture. The term ... was first used in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. He signed Executive Order 10925 that stated "the contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during their employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin" (qtd. in Hall 898). In 1954, the Brown decision [Brown v. Board of Education] required racial desegregation in schools and other public places. The Brown ... systematic discrimination by banks and bank loan officers, wage discrimination in the workplace, and our perception of a `glass ceiling' in the corporate world. (135) Affirmative action was created to give blacks equal educational and employment opportunities. It has helped many black people attend institutions of higher education and obtain better job opportunities, but it has failed to reach the goal of alleviating racial discrimination. Racial discrimination is prevalent in ...
- 45: Affirmative Action: Public OPinion vs. Policy
- ... the first major vehicles for affirmative action named for the first city in which a labor department agreement with federal contractors had been reached. "The plan set specific numerical goals for each of the minority employment and the availability pool." Labor Department officials announced that "because of the deplorably low rate of employment among minority groups" in the industry, they would set up similar plans in other major cities (Gamson and Modigliani 139). Today, without a college degree will definitely decrease the chance of upward mobility. Public universities ... randomly selected sample, one-half of them were asked about black stereotypes— they are irresponsible, they are lazy, they are arrogant. These questions were the immediately followed by a single question about affirmative action in employment. The other half of the sample was asked the same question about blacks, but they were immediately preceded by the question about affirmative action in employment. The data show significantly higher percentages of negative ...
- 46: Work Force
- ... eliminated by the introduction of tractors." Obviously, the effect of the computer revolution and re-engineering of the workplace in manufacturing sector is more than elsewhere. In this article, management consultant Peter Drucker estimates that "employment in manufacturing is going to continue dropping to less than 12 percent of the U.S. workforce in the next decade." Although the workforce continues to decline, manufacturing productivity is soaring. Economists deemed that loss ... nearly 25 percent of banks in the U.S. by the year 2000; secretaries are declining gradually as computers, e-mail, and fax machines produced. On the contrary, optimists counter with the argument that additional employment will be provided by the new products and services of the high-technology revolution and they point to the fact that earlier in the century the automobile made the horse and buggy obsolete but created millions of new jobs. In truth, the new products and services replace much more employment than they provide. As machines takes over more work, Americans fear for their financial futures. So the violent crime is going to increase as the new industrial revolution spreads through the economy. As employment ...
- 47: The Internet and Its Affect On the Economy
- ... of the world are local Internet service providers, or ISP’s, as seen in figure 2. As the usage and demand of these ISP’s increase, the ISP industry is encountering many problems dealing with employment issues, inflation, externalities, employee training, and the distribution of income between the worker of each firm. Unemployment and Full Employment: The Internet service providing industry is growing rapidly, and therefore the employment options are plenty. At this point in time, one who has the correct amount of education in the networking and infrastructure of the World Wide Web will easily be able to receive a well- ...
- 48: Benefit Programs In The Airlin
- ... advantage of paid vacations, as well as the sick leave policy which gives employees time off from work, with pay, when they are ill or unable to work. Continental also provides immediate accident insurance upon employment for all of their employees. Continental does provide many benefits upon the initial employment of their employees; however, some benefit plans are not available until seven months after they have been employed. These include medical and dental insurance, vision insurance, long-term disability plan, and life insurance. Most of ... benefits to working at Southwest is flying for free on Southwest and flying free or at a reduced rate on other carriers with whom Southwest has a pass agreement. Effective from the first day of employment, all employees, their spouses, dependant children, and parents of employees all have unlimited travel privileges on Southwest. An employee may view this as a huge benefit when they decide they would like to travel. ...
- 49: Athletic Trainer
- Athletic Trainer An athletic trainer seeking employment in today's job market is likely to encounter many problems and obstacles along the way. The need for higher education greatly affects the prospect for the athletic trainer with only the baccaulereate degree. Those with this degree are better suited to seek employment in the rehabilitative therapy clinic setting. Many of these clinics have contracts with the local high schools or university thus allowing for more employees and allowing these entry level positions. Clinics also tebd to employ ... is not generally based on the care and concern for the health and well being of the student athlete but is contingent on the budget aspect. The most dismal field for an athletic trainer seeking employment is in the college level. Athletic trainers most certainly need advanced degrees as well as certification of the National Athletic Trainers Association. Most Athletic trainers in this level have accepted employment while in college ...
- 50: Racism
- ... with the exclusion, by the system, to individuals, based on their race, color or gender from opportunities to achieve, develop and contribute. Affirmative Action tries to offer discriminating minorities an equal opportunity of education, health, employment and economic status. Asians have had to face discrimination, prejudice and hate crimes, despite their large gains made while in the U.S. This discrimination is not a new issue, asians have faced it since ... national organization. It has worked through advocacy and legal action in the protection and advancement of the civil rights of nearly 25 million Latinos in the U.S. concentrating in several specific factors like, education, employment, immigrant´s rights, political access, and language discrimination. Affirmative Action which was discussed earlier, was proposed thinking specially in Latinos and the issue of immigration.it´s resolution win would have seroius implications for this ... changes in their life style, concerning the issue of discrimination and their status in society. Women have also suffered strong discrimination by society throughout history. History has shown women being banned from voting, education, political, employment, and health care rights. It wasn´t until the 1960+s that women were aloud to vote in some nations. A convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women was held ...
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