Employment
hideEmployment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as: "A person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, where the employer has the power or right to control and direct the employee in the material details of how the work is to be performed." Black's Law Dictionary page 471 (5th ed. 1979).
In a commercial setting, the employer conceives of a productive activity, generally with the intention of generating a profit, and the employee contributes labour to the enterprise, usually in return for payment of wages. Employment also exists in the public, non-profit and household sectors. To the extent that employment or the economic equivalent is not universal, unemployment exists.
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News tagged with workplace
Workplace literacy schemes are too short to improve skills
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Nov 25, 2009 |
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The five billion pound Skills for Life programme is based on the assumption that an improvement in literacy and numeracy will increase people's earning potential, as well as their productivity and employability. However, ...
Bosses who feel inadequate can turn into bullies
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Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bosses who are in over their heads are more likely to bully subordinates. That's because feelings of inadequacy trigger them to lash out at those around them, according to new research from UC Berkeley and ...
Web-based in-service training requires new skills
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Mona Nilsen from the Department of Education and Didactics, University of Gothenburg, has analysed continued professional development within the food production industry, a sector with a generally low level ...
Workplace bullying is associated with sleep disturbances
Sep 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Sept.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that current or past exposure to workplace bullying is associated with increased sleep disturbances. Associations also were found between observed bullying and sleep ...
Renewable energies will benefit US workers
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Expansion of renewable energies should appreciably improve the health status of the 700,000 US workers employed in the energy sector, according to a commentary by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers, in Milwaukee. Their ...
A real eye-opener -- Researchers uncover which gender is losing sleep
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Aug 10, 2009 |
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Even with growing progress toward gender equality in the workplace, women continue to carry the most responsibility for family care, a load that according to a new study could indicate why women report more sleep disruption ...
Female supervisors more susceptible to workplace sexual harassment
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Aug 08, 2009 |
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Women who hold supervisory positions are more likely to be sexually harassed at work, according to the first-ever, large-scale longitudinal study to examine workplace power, gender and sexual harassment.
Young workers push employers for wider Web access
Jul 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Ryan Tracy thought he'd entered the Dark Ages when he graduated college and arrived in the working world.
Password-protected comments off limits to boss, jury rules
Jun 25, 2009 |
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In a time when chat rooms, social networking and online forums are commonplace, how far can a company go in monitoring them for negative comments from discontented employees before they are guilty of "cybersnooping"?
Bullies have harassed 14 percent of workers over past 6 months
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Jun 04, 2009 |
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avid Gonzalez and Jose Luis Grana have carried out a comprehensive study into the phenomenon of workplace abuse or bullying in Spain. The study includes data on 2,861 workers from various sectors, and confirms some commonly-held ...
Microsoft, HP expand workplace tools partnership
May 19, 2009 |
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Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard announced plans on Tuesday to expand their partnership designed to create tools and products that improve workplace communications and efficiency.
Research: even in hostile working environments, employees reluctant to leave jobs
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May 14, 2009 |
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She never gets invited to lunch with the rest of her co-workers. He always gets publicly criticized for his mistakes.
Perceptions of similar language may prevent understanding of sexual harassment policies
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Mar 19, 2009 |
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Although the Society for Human Resource Management reports that 97 percent of U.S. companies have a written sexual harassment policy, a recent University of Missouri study indicates that those policies might not be effective ...
New study on biethnicity in the workplace
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Mar 17, 2009 |
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New research carried out at the University of Leicester suggests that Barack Obama has become a 'glorious mascot' for biethnic people seeking to achieve in the workplace.
Work stress associated with adverse mental and physical health outcomes in police officers
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Exposure to critical incidents, workplace discrimination, lack of cooperation among coworkers, and job dissatisfaction correlated significantly with perceived work stress among urban police officers, according to a study ...
