The Chamber of Commerce, the Labor Policy Association, the National Federation of Independent Business, and other business associations have fiercely opposed such labor and social legislation as the Family and Medical Leave Act and national health insurance. The Republican party and active minorities of...
In the Philippines, there are social welfare legislations that make it mandatory for employers and employees to register and pay contributions. These legislations include the Social Security Act, the Employees' Compensation and State Insurance Fund, the Home Development and Mutual Fund ("HDMF" or ...
5.7Labor unions and resistance to labor legislation reform A classic dilemma that exists in any capitalist economy deals with the degree of regulation in thelabor market.Labor lawshave as their objective the immediate improvement of the worker’s quality of life, defining minimum pay, regulating the...
Such plan shall not contain terms and benefits which are less favourable than those in the Standard Plan, save for the exception as may be approved by the Government from time to time. Statutory Plan means a plan required in terms of any legislation, including but not limited to, any ...
“This could have been fun, but making it mandatory was a bad idea, especially since it was a social event and an employee had already expressed discomfort,” Locklear explained. Though the scenario was farfetched, it holds a number of important lessons for employers, Locklear added. “One is...
Informality also occurs as a reaction by formal businesses to unionized workers, government regulations of the economy in the form of taxes and social legislation, global competition, and the transformation of the process of industrialization to include chains of subcontracting and flexible practices. ...
In Chicago, Florence Kelley became a resident at Hull-House -- "resident" meaning that she worked as well as lived there, in a community of mostly women who were involved in neighborhood and general social reform. Her work was part of the research documented inHull-House Maps and Papers(18...
and increasingly the politics of environmental resourcing. States (national and local) alter competitive potential. Development agencies foster local, city, regional, and national competitiveness, while other agencies build social and physical infrastructure. Taxation, labor, welfare, education, cultural, ...
Citizenship is seen as a signal to employers that the person in search of work intends to stay and settle permanently in the country and is prepared to invest in both human and social capital. In other words, employing someone who is naturalized is regarded as less risky relative to an ...
When the South opposed this, Douglas introduced legislation that would allow people in those states to choose their status – extending popular sovereignty to the Missouri Compromise area. The Kansas Nebraska Act passed, but the debates on this subject shattered the party alignment that had been ...