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International Labour Standards, 2002.
An overview of international labor laws including international trade agreements and their impact on labor standards.
4,400 words (approx. 17.6 pages), 10 sources, £ 113.95
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This paper analyzes existing international labor laws and discusses these laws in the contexts of globalization. Some of the issues covered in this essay include international trade agreements and their impact on labor standards, international laws regarding unions and worker rights, as well as economic contexts of capitalism and imperialism. This paper also offers strategic solutions for international labor laws as a way to anticipate the problems of labor and globalization.
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An Article Critique: Trade and Labour Standards, 2008.
A critical review of the article "Trade and Labour Standards--Theory, New Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications" by Vivek Dehejia and Yiagadeesen Samy.
804 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 20.95
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The paper examines the article "Trade and Labour Standards--Theory, New Empirical Evidence, and Policy Implications" where the authors discuss labour standards in high standard and low standard countries, potential links between these labour standards and each market's comparative trade advantages and the relationship between labour standards in general and export markets. The paper shows how the authors are adept at proper research methodologies but maintains that they need to refine their topic and make the subject of the research somewhat more useful for the intended audience.
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"Labour standards are an important issue within the context of trade negotiations and the policy formulation which accompanies them. The authors do an excellent job of making the relationship between these two concerns readily apparent to even the average reader that may not be intimately familiar with trade related information. The primary concern regarding labour standards in trade negotiations is how they impact a particular market's ability to leverage comparative trade advantages or in how to construct an equitable tariff structure: "Labour interests in high-standards countries argue that low labour standards are an unfair source of comparative advantage, and that increasing imports from low-standards countries will have an adverse impact on wages and working conditions"(Dehejia & Samy 3)."
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International Labour Standards, 2002.
A look at the positive, normative and strategic analyses of the case for the linkage of labour standards and trade policy.
4,900 words (approx. 19.6 pages), 9 sources, £ 126.95
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This paper is a detailed assessment of international labour standards in the contexts of globalization. This essay produces three analytical methods for the evaluation: positive, normative and strategic analyses. These methods are provided here for studying the case of "linkage" of labor standards, and the impact of this on trade policy.
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Women in the International Division of Labour, 2005.
A discussion of the role of women in the international division of labour, based on the chapter by Maria Mies.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 24.95
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This paper examines the chapter entitled "Housewifization International: Women and the New International Division of Labour", written by Maria Mies. The paper discusses concepts presented in this chapter, such as the role of women in the globalization of labour. The paper presents the writers views on the matter.
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"Women in the International Division of Labour Maria Mies' chapter entitled "Housewifization International: Women and the New International Division of Labour" examines the role of women in the globalization of labour. I found this chapter extremely useful, as I have recently been learning about the evils attendant upon globalization, but I have not learned about the genderized nature of this movement. In fact, I realize that a gender lens has been conspicuously absent from most of what I have read, and therefore this chapter is valuable in terms of filing in that gap."
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Women and Children in the International Division of Labour, 2005.
Examines globalization and its impact on women and child laborers.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, £ 37.95
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The paper studies how globalization has further disadvantaged women and children in the international labor market. The concept of the International Division of Labour (IDL) is discussed. The paper looks at the general effects of globalization on labor and finds that the systematic exploitation of women is an integral part of globalization and the current IDL.
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"The current trend towards globalization has led to a massive shift in patterns of international labour division (IDL). Like all of the changes caused by globalization, these changes have tended to favour the advantaged and further disadvantage the disadvantaged. This means that women and children, who have always been the most disadvantaged in the patriarchal system, have been further disadvantaged by the changes wrought by globalization. This paper will examine this, and will show the systematic exploitation of women is an integral part of globalization and the current IDL. When we talk about the international division of labour, we are talking about the division caused by globalization."
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Fair Labor Standards Act, 2008.
A brief overview of the consequences of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
774 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 19.95
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This paper examines how one of the most important laws concerning child labor was the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. It looks at how with its provisions imposing severe civil and criminal penalties and allowing for confiscation of good made with child labor, the Fair Labor Standards Act forced employers to stop using children in thousands of jobs. With remarkable success, the law simply outlawed child labor.
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"Among the social reform advocates of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, no issue roused more determined calls for action than child labor. Florence Kelly of Hull House was among the first to report on the matter, but soon there were numerous rigorously researched reports, telling of children underpaid, overworked, uneducated, and profoundly unhappy with their lot. While many of the working children were in agriculture, the worst conditions were in manufacturing, whether in southern textile mills, northern canneries, urban tenements, or mountain coal mines. "
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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 2002.
An overview of the FLSA, the Fair Labor Standards Act that protects employees.
1,372 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 32.95
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This paper discusses the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) which was passed by Congress in 1938 to establish a minimum wage, overtime compensation standards, record keeping requirements, child labor provisions and other regulations that affect employers and labor. The law was enacted to meet the economics and social problems of that era. It examines how the intent of the law was to make overtime compensation expensive and to open up more employment opportunities to the working population. It outlines some of the issues relating to the act and some business impacts to consider including a case summary.
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"An employee is not entitled to compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act for overtime hours he claims he worked but never recorded in his payroll book or submitted to management. When he has not created factual issue that would allow finding that employer's time records, prepared by employee himself, were inaccurate or that employee worked more hours than he recorded, and even if his assertions are credited, he has failed to establish that employer knew he had performed uncompensated overtime. The employee claims he failed to record all overtime worked because the employer expected employees to work as long as necessary to complete assignments. Also, because he feared a "big hassle'' if he did report the overtime."
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The Fair Labor Standards Act, 2004.
An examination of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and its implications for American workers today.
6,963 words (approx. 27.9 pages), 19 sources, MLA, £ 110.95
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To determine how effective the Fair Labor Standards Act has been in accomplishing its original purposes and what implications this legislation had on American workers and industries, this paper provides an overview of the Act. The paper presents a comprehensive assessment of the impact this legislation had on the labor market. Finally, an extensive analysis of current and future trends is followed by a summary of the research in the conclusion.
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Introduction
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Current and Future Trends
Conclusion
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"Although most Americans take for granted the wide range of social programs that are in place for their protection, many of these initiatives are fairly recent in origin, but one that has been around for quite some time is the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The legislation established a minimum standard wage and a maximum work week of 40 hours in industries that were engaged in interstate commerce. The implications of the Act were profound, and today, in what has become a classic pattern over the years, calls for increases to the federal minimum wage are followed by impassioned cries from industry leaders that such an initiative will do more to harm business than it will to help minimum-wage workers. Rather than routinely bankrupt America's businesses, though, the federal minimum wage has served as a vehicle with which the nation can help ensure that all workers receive a living wage, but critics have consistently pointed out that the federal minimum wage has been and remains too low for this purpose (Hart, 1994)."
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The Fair Labor Standards Act, 2004.
This paper describes the Fair Labor Standards Act.
1,582 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 39.95
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This paper discusses the Fair Labor Standards Act, its application and the history of its creation and evolution.
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"Employee Safety Health and Welfare Law. Passage of the Fair Labor Standards Act spelled a historical breakthrough in employee coverage according to Hirst Brand, writing for The Bureau of Labor Statistics online. At the time, the Federal minimum wage covered ? percent of all employed male adults and ? percent of all female adults. In similar States laws had covered no men and just ? percent of women."
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Recent Changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act, 2004.
An analysis of how the new FLSA regulations will have a negative impact on the regular working American.
3,491 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 14 sources, MLA, £ 69.95
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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1938 to establish a minimum wage, overtime compensation standards, record keeping requirements, child labor provisions, and other regulations that affect employers and workers. This paper looks at the history and intent of the Fair Labor Standards Act. It also analyzes the changes to the Act and how it impacts the average American worker. The paper also compares and contrasts the views of corporate America, labor, and employee.
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"On April 23, 2004, the Department of Labor?s Wage and Hour Administrator issued a notice of Proposed Rulemaking to change the regulations governing the right to overtime pay for ?white-collar? employees. It is important to examine the potential effect of these proposed changes to determine the full impact to the American employee. For the first time in the history of the FLSA, the ?white collar? exemptions explicitly spell out that ?blue collar? workers are not subject to overtime exemptions. The new regulation also explicitly protects the rights of union members who receive overtime pay pursuant to collective bargaining agreements. (DOL.gov, 2004)"
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Labour's Labor, 2006.
A review of an article discussing the impact and damage of WWII on the British economy.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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This paper discusses how following World War II, the British economy, its social structures, and its infrastructure, were all considerably damaged by the years of war over the European continent. Unions, as Dorfman points out, entered the post-World War II era as one of the nation's policy focal points in what would otherwise have been a political vacuum (par.1). It further discusses how in the decades following the war, Unions provided the citizenry, in the form of workers, with adequate representation within the structures of government and ensured that many policies and programs were enacted that would ensure not only work related rights and assurance but also social programs. The Unions within Britain for three decades held considerable sway over policy decisions as well as policy formulation.
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Standard and Non-Standard Language, 2007.
An analysis of the issues surrounding the use of standard and non-standard language varieties in education.
1,908 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 11 sources, APA, £ 42.95
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The paper attempts to determine the place of standard and non-standard varieties of English in education. It examines how the study of language attitudes has a long history that has expanded across several decades and social scientific disciplines and how it recognises that language is a powerful social force that does more than convey intended referential information. The paper also looks at how a "standard" English has developed over the years and how it has been dictated by association with the social group with the highest degree of power, wealth and prestige.
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"By the 16th century a specific form of English used mainly by the government, and among the most educated, had surfaced and the standardisation of its written form was later encouraged by the development of the printing press. Regional dialects which possessed their own distinctive grammar, vocabulary and accent, continued to be spoken by all classes of society until their rapid decline in the 19th century. The main reason for this decline was related to issues such as geographical mobility, the spread of education, and the mass-readership press. Meanwhile, a standard form of accent, now known as 'received pronunciation' (RP) had emerged and by around 1900 this form, or one very close to it and containing only a few small markers of one's local accent, had come to be widely recognised as the form indicative of 'educatedness' (Honey, 1983)."
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A Global Minimum Wage, 2006.
A look at the rise of international labor rights and international labor laws.
4,500 words (approx. 18.0 pages), 10 sources, £ 126.95
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This paper discusses what factors first gave rise to international labor rights and international labor laws, pointing out that they first came to universal light in the modern era in the context of rapacious multinational corporations (MNCs) that were achieving impossible gains in efficiency at the expense of foreign labor during the 1970s and 1980s. Thus, Americans and consumers from other leading Western economies began to realize their fashion apparel was fabricated, literally, at the expense of someone else's blood, sweat, and tears. The paper also discusses the emergence of labor standards and their implementation as more than just a way of promoting economic growth. They also emerged as a new and important area of concern for socially responsible investors, especially in the "problematic" footwear, apparel, and toy industries. For most investors involved with this issue, the fundamental matter of concern is the protection of human rights in the workplace.
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Polish Labour Migration, 2004.
An examination of the employment possibilities for Polish migrants in the West European labour markets.
14,165 words (approx. 56.7 pages), 35 sources, MLA, £ 176.95
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This paper looks at how international labour migration from Poland to Western Europe has proved to be an effective strategy in overcoming some of the multiple problems of transformation after the communist system collapsed. It argues that Poles generally have access only to the secondary sector of labour economy. It also examines how bilateral intergovernmental agreements, official statistical data and survey results suggest that the labour flows to the primary labour markets are limited due to the structural constraints of European economies as well as migration policies and regulations of receiving societies.
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Introduction
Chapter 1 Theoretical Framework
Segmented Labour Market Theory of International Migration
Some Empirical Applications of Segmented Labour Market Theory
Chapter 2 Historical Roots Of Migration From Poland
Basic Migration Features Before the Communist Period (Up To 1945)
Basic Migration Features During the Communist Regime (1945-1979)Liberalization of the 1980s
Changes Caused by the Transition Period. Migrations After the 1990s
Chapter 3 Analysis of Polish Access to the Economic Sectors of the Western European Labour Markets
Structure of the Analysis and Methodological Considerations
Migration Policy
Bilateral Agreements on Foreign Employment of Poles
Seasonal Work in Germany
Project-Tied Employment by Polish Companies in Germany
Polish Labour Presence In Other Countries Of Western Europe (Employment In Western Europe Beyond the Framework of Bilateral Agreements)
Push Factors Responsible For Current Migration Flows-Migrants Characteristics
Summary of the Results
Conclusions
Bibliography
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"The complexity and diversification of international migration has resulted in the fact that there is no single theory or model which would be able to explain the phenomenon of migration satisfactorily and to capture dynamics of the process and conditions related to its various phases. However, different models were adopted in the attempt to reveal and predict various specific aspects associated with it. Among the most important theories which aim to explain causes of international migration, its development, and why it tends to sustain, are the neo-classical economics, the new economics of migration, segmented labour market theory, world system theory, social capital theory, and cumulative causation. The latter models accentuate different aspects of this phenomenon."
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