“The fact that girls do better than boys is more to do with factors outside of the school rather than factors inside of the school.” To what extent do you agree with this view? If we look at exam results such as GCSEs and A levels there is a clear picture of girls outperforming boys. Girls are also more likely to pass their A levels and go on to university. These gender and differential educational achievement have been explained by the influence of factors both inside and outside of the school
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employment contract/statute protecting employees • WAGE/HOUR LAWS Fair labor standards act- minimum wage & overtime pay (1.5 times regular pay) o Child labor Age 14-15+ allowed to work (restrictions= hours per day and per week, no hazardous) Age 16-18 no restriction on working times/hours No restrictions on 18+ o Wages/hours Minimum wage Overtime- work over 40 hrs/week- paid 1.5x regular pay for all hours over o Overtime exceptions- executive, administrative, professional employees;
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Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Issues HCS 341 April 4, 2011 Abstract Legal, Safety, and regulatory issues all have a large impact on the human resources process as they relate to the statement “Common sense and compassion in the workplace has been replaced by litigation.” In today’s society litigations seem to be an increasing greatly, and administrators do their best to create human resources processes that avoid any possible litigations on them and or their organization. I completely
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organization: * Values * Ethical Culture * Expectation for appropriate conduct Mandated Boundaries is achieved through . . . * Compliance * Corporate Governance * Risk Management & * Voluntary Activities COMPLIANCE * The act of complying with a wish, request, or demand CORPORATE GOVERNANCE * Refers to the system by which corporations are directed and controlled. * Corporate Governance involves balancing the interest of the many stakeholders in the company.
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avail of further unpaid maternity leave. The Maternity Protection Act 1994, provides statutory minimum entitlements in relation to maternity at work, including maternity leave. Pregnant female employees, are entitled to 26 weeks’ maternity leave, with 16 further unpaid maternity leave. Entitlement to pay, and superannuation during maternity leave, depends on the terms of the contract of employment. Employers are not obliged to pay women on maternity leave. Maternity Benefit, which is a Department
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replaced by litigation. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a law that was put into effect to protect individuals from being discriminated against during hiring processes. The Civil Rights Act has three sections which include equal opportunity, affirmative action, and sexual harassment (Cliff Notes, 2011). These three sections have an impact on the human resources department and it is important that human resources managers comply with these laws. The Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws protect
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for employers to pass labor cost increases on to consumers by raising product or service prices. 5. Skill-based pay sets the wage rate according to a job's title (type). 6. Wages and other economic benefits represent income to employees, costs to an employer, and a basis for tax revenue to the government. 7. The majority of private sector union contracts contain a two-tier pay plan. 8. Union leaders favor job evaluation more than managers for use in designing the wage structure. 9. If
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Ferguson in order to see the true importance of it. In 1890, Louisiana passed an act named the Separate Car Act. The law stated that all rail companies carrying passengers in Louisiana had to have separate but equal seating arrangements for white and non-white passengers. Also under this law declared that those who violated the act were to pay a fine or spend 20 days in jail. People especially blacks at the time felt that this act was unfair and unconstitutional. So one day a name by the name of Homer Plessy
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on time. LOCOG will also be putting together test events before the Games, overseeing the four-year Cultural Olympic leading up to the Games and recruiting and training volunteers (London Committee, 2011). The legacy embedded in LOCOG is having an equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion. Practices of the Human Resource Management that relates on building up London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympics Games are “planning”, “recruitment and downsizing”, “training and learning”, “performance
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5/18/11 Final Paper: Gender Discrimination in HR Gender discrimination has been an issue for many years in our society. Gender, is referred to “the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female or male” (Macionis, 2008). Throughout history and till this day, there has been unequal distribution of power, wealth, and privilege among men and women especially in the work place. A functionalist might say that there is a function for the gender differentiation
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