Question: Australia has to date not legislated for paid maternity leave‚ unlike most other countries. Assess who should take responsibility for paid maternity leave. Explain the reasons for your response. Paid maternity leave is defined as income replacement to compensate for the leave from paid employment necessary around child-birth (Baird‚ 2002a:2). In the developed world today‚ many western countries have designed a legislated for paid maternity leave such as Sweden‚ Germany‚ United Kingdom
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2.2.5. Divergence of Urban Assessment Actors By referring to the different stages‚ the lands were state owned until the year of 2000. The policy of nationalization of lands (12) during 1963 has secured the state lands right‚ which then became an important actor on land distribution (fig.23). The household incomes and the social status were the government selective criteria to either living in the European houses or being evicted. For the excluded groups‚ the government has started some housing
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money that they are paid. Being debatably the most hardworking people alive on this planet‚ the companies they work for make billions of dollars in revenue every year‚ they should at least be earning a sliver of the companies income. Along with that‚ these athletes make good use of the money they earn‚ by donating to charities‚ and giving back to their communities. Companies like the NHL and the NBA are multi million dollar or even billion dollar companies. Athletes are paid what they deserve because
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As a British tax-collecting Loyalist living in the colonies‚ it would be an understatement to say I do not feel safe in my own home. After the Parliament approved the Stamp Act on March 22‚ 1765 a measure that imposed a tax on all printed materials for commercial and legal use—including papers that ranged from wills and deeds to playing cards—as a means to pay for the deep debt Great Britain had incurred protecting the American colonies from French and Native American forces during the war‚ which
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have experienced the college athletics process usually believe that players should be paid. Former Quarterback of the Alabama Crimson Tide‚ AJ McCarron as well as South Carolina’s former Defensive End‚ Jadeveon Clowney‚ believe that players should be given some money. These two players understand the amount of time and effort required to perform at a Division 1 level. However‚ these ideas are generated without much background knowledge and understanding of the financial requirements it would take
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for them. For only when we come to understand the individual experience and its subjective interpretation that we begin to understand why social actors behave in particular ways. For example‚ Weber argued that the emergence of capitalism could partially be explained by the ‘doctrine of predestination’. Weber stated that only when we understood social actors’ meanings and their interpretations that we could explain why Protestant countries were first to develop capitalist relations and practices. It
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Women play an essential role in the economy and in their families. Despite that‚ the United States is the only high income country without paid maternity leave (Messer). Maternity leave is the vital time a mother takes off of work to take care of herself and her newborn after childbirth. However‚ eighty-eight percent of women in America do not have access to paid maternity leave (Shortall). American women are forced to put their careers and financial stability at risk simply because they want to have
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College Athletes Be Paid Money? Athletes with very little time on their hands are not making money off their beloved job. Over decades‚ there have been athletes pouring their heart and soul into their sport that they have worked for. For years‚ the love of the game has gotten almost each and every elite athlete to a university where they can showcase their ability and talent. However‚ for the Division 1 level it is more or less a business‚ and your job is to bring in as much profit to your university
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defending a football. Football players make more money than soldiers do‚ they get thousands of dollars every game‚ hit‚ touchdown‚ or kick-off of each season. The Atlanta Falcons’ quarterback‚ Matt Ryan‚ gets paid $11‚500‚000 just as a base salary‚ while the highest ranking Officer‚ O-10*‚ gets paid $20220.07 each year after serving for a little less than 38 years. This means that the average athletic player receives about $11‚479‚779.93 more than the highest ranking officer in the army does. How could
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The Ball and Chain The term‚ “student athlete” is a polarizing one. In today’s America‚ college sports -- particularly football and basketball‚ are as much a part of the sports enthusiast’s landscape as is any professional sport. In any case‚ with enthusiasm comes money. In this case‚ billions of dollars are generated by television viewership‚ merchandise sales and university boosters. College athletes are the driving force behind an industry where television executives‚ university presidents‚ athletic
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