Other Features of Employment Structures

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Other Features of Employment Structures

• Age child, working age, old.
• Gender male / female
• Full / Part Time
• Formal / Informal

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Pakistan has a per-capita income of 1,900 per
year -meaning a typical person survives barely on
5 per day.
    Recently if you go to a shop to a new soccer
ball there is a good possibility that the ball
has been made by someone your child's age or even
younger. About half of the world's soccer ball
are made in Pakistan, and each one of them
involves child labour.
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BQ urges British businesses to declare ageism
redundant
On the eve of Age Positive Week, BQ, well known
for employing older workers, surveyed 3,000 of
its employees aged over 50 for its biggest ever
study of workers in this age group1 .
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Women have accounted for the entire growth of the
European Union's workforce over the last 10-15
years.
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Women in Africa work toward Millennium
Development Goal 1, "Eradicate extreme poverty
and hunger."
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How to Set Up a Filing System
Sexism Health issues
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ICT women Dextrous Lower paid Short
contracts Long hours kidney / eye problems
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Steelworkers Heavy industry Past and Present
Traditionally Male dominated Except in
Communist countries
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MEDCs people not having as much work (working
hours) as they would like.
Varies over time Varies from place to place
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Seasonal work
Farming
Tourism
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• Employees today, no matter the circumstances -
  dual earner with children, caregiver for elderly
  parents, single parent - are challenged to
  balance work and personal responsibilities.
• At the same time, the nature of work and the
  workplace has changed dramatically over the last
  few decades.

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M.E.D.C.s Mainly formal employment

• Tax deducted at source
• health and safety rules
• set hours
• proper contract
• holiday pay
• etc

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• Informal work in MEDCs
• is tax paid?
• cash in hand?
• no sick pay?
• no set hours?
• customer protection?

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• LEDCS informal work
• street vendors
• personal services
• recycling