Industrial Relations‚ Labour Productivity and National Development in Nigeria: The Roles of Labour Unions in Nigeria By: Abbas Bashir Department of Geography Modibbo Adama University of Technology‚ Yola E-mail: bashirmafindi@yahoo.com Abstract: The aim of this Paper is to briefly examine historical and conceptual bases of industrial relations and the role of labour unions in the process of national development in Nigeria. In doing so we regard Industrial Relation (IR) as an essential part of management
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Essay on Child Poverty: “Examine the characteristics and circumstances of children living in poverty‚ and assess the main responses of social policy towards improving their lives” Poverty is the greatest threat to the well being of children‚ it can affect every area of a child’s development social‚ educational and personal. There are currently 3.8 million children living in poverty in the UK according to (Barnardos 2011). The UK has one of the worst rates of child poverty in the industrialised
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takes‚ the marriage will be short lived. Child marriage is a violation of human rights whether it happens to a girl or a boy‚ but it represents perhaps the most prevalent form of sexual abuse and exploitation of girls. The harmful consequences include separation from family and friends‚ lack of freedom to interact with peers and participate in community activities‚ and decreased opportunities for education. Child marriage can also result in bonded labour orenslavement‚commercial sexual exploitation
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are the days when children were considered as gifts from God and women were revered as mothers and sisters. Now girl children have sadly become lucrative business options for many in India’s most literate state. The alarming rise in the number of child rape cases is a pointer in that direction. Children as young as 4 years are being raped and brutally killed and the convicts walk free for want of evidence or exploiting the shoddy rape laws. As many as 174 cases of rape of the minor girls were registered
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What is child marriage? Child/Early marriage refers to any marriage of a child younger than 18 years old‚ in accordance to Article 1 of the Convention on the Right of the Child. While child marriage affects both sexes‚ girls are disproportionately affected as they are the majority of the victims. Their overall development is compromised‚ leaving them socially isolated with little education‚ skills and opportunities for employment and self-realisation. This leaves child brides more vulnerable to
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2014 Child Labor Child Labor has been a global issue for many years this issue promotes economic growth for the developing countries employing children in jobs condition that our horrifying. According to a 1997 report by the international labor organizing‚ more than 250 million children between the ages of five and fourteen are forced to work in 100 countries ‚ most performing dangerous tasks. Although this crisis has been going on throughout the world some major problem with child labor is
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Vertical Occupational mobility of labour and organizational commitment; Banking Sector of Pakistan ABSTRACT The study of my topic i.e. vertical occupational mobility of labour and Organizational commitment comes under Human Resource Management (HRM). HRM itself by its name describes that it is an approach of people working in an organization which play an important role in achieving organization’s objective. This subject area basically helps in managing workforce to acquire maximum
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Labour is the human element in the production process. It is the intellectual and physical effort of people in production. The labour market is a factor market where the demand and supply of labour interact to determine the wage rate and the allocation of labour resources in the economy. The demand for labour is derived form the demand for the goods and services that labour is used to produce. The demand for labour is influenced by the level of economic activity‚ the productivity of labour and relative
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amend further the Bangladesh Labour Act‚ 2006 (Act No. 42 of 2006) Since it is obliged and important to bring further amendments to the Bangladesh Labour Act‚ 2006; Therefore‚ the following Act is adopted thereby:1. Short Title and Introduction. (i) This Law shall be called the Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act‚ 2013. (ii) It shall be applicable immediately. 2. Amendment to Section 1 of the Act No. 42 of 2006. - The Sub-Section (4) of Section 1 of The Bangladesh Labour Act‚ 2006 (Act No. 42 of 2006)
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XLRI‚ Jamshedpur Pranabesh Ray LABOUR IN THE UNORGANISED SECTOR: ISSUES AND CONCERNS Sarath Davala Problems of Definition The bulk of the Indian labour force is employed in what is loosely referred to as unorganised sector. Most of them are neither organised nor hive any access to social security. Their employment is unprotected‚ their wages are extremely low‚ and a large section of them live under conditions below the poverty line. The developmental efforts by the state have done little to improve
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