Essays about: "employment contracts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words employment contracts.

  1. 1. Sport, pregnancy, and fixed-term contracts: Is sports a blanket exception in labour law?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Beatrice Anna Klingener; [2022]
    Keywords : Sport; pregnancy; fixed-term contracts; EU law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the successive use of fixed-term contracts under Clause 5 of the Framework Agreement in the sector of sports and whether such usage provides protection from dismissal for pregnant workers. This was done by using a legal dogmatic method in the field of EU law. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Theoretical Analysis of Labour Exploitations in the New British Readymade Garment Industry using the 'Sweatshop Regime' Theory

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Eilidh Dempsey; [2022]
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    Abstract : The recent phenomena of reshoring apparel manufacturing back to the UK has developed economic opportunities for the British garment industry alongside worsening labour conditions and social costs for its workers. Historic and ongoing international debates and research that have focused on the topic of labour conditions of global apparel manufacturing have been achieved and published using the sweatshop regime theory, which here is defined as the unjust and socially oppressive labour system of garment manufacturing. READ MORE

  4. 3. Agricultural Labor Structures: Interlinking Agricultural Transformation with Local Agricultural Labor Structures in Ghana

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Hedvig Lagercrantz; [2022]
    Keywords : Ghana; Agricultural labor; Agricultural Transformation; Casual labor; Cassava; Migration; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Agricultural transformation is regarded as a prerequisite for economic growth and development to be sustainable in the long run. However, agricultural workers are among the most disadvantaged workers as well as they are a distinct occupational group that forms an important part of sustainable agricultural development in terms of skills, knowledge, and experience. READ MORE

  5. 4. Does Work Sharing Work? A Two-Step Analysis on the French Work Time Reduction Experience Using Macro and Micro Data

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Shannon Felländer Tsai; Valter Frankenberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Work Sharing; Work Time Reduction; Employment; Counterfactual Prediction; Synthetic Control;

    Abstract : Hours per worker have steadily declined since the Industrial Revolution, which can partly be attributed to work time reduction policies. In recent years the debate and proposals of such policies have become increasingly popular. READ MORE

  6. 5. Formalising the informal : a qualitative case study of the formalisation of domestic work in Vietnam

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Lisa Elamson; [2020]
    Keywords : Vietnam; domestic work; informality; formalisation; social insurance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Domestic workers are an essential part of Vietnam’s urban labour market. However, many are in informal employment, which means they lack needed legal and social protections. In 2014, legal protections were introduced to formalise domestic work in Vietnam. READ MORE