Homework: Refer to business of your choice‚ explain the division of labour within that business with visuals if possible. Explain the relevant advantages and disadvantages of specialization in the business to choose. INTRODUCTION TO FOXCONN All the Apple products‚ including Apple iPods‚ iPhones‚ and MacBook series are manufactured globally‚ but the biggest factory with which Apple contract to make products is Foxconn Technology Group in Shen Zhen‚ China. Foxconn Technology Group‚ also known as
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Case on Child Labour Gap Admits Possible Child Labor Problem Journalist Videotapes Conditions at Subcontractor Plant; Gap Official Tells ABC News‚ ’This Is Completely Unacceptable’ By HILARY BROWN‚ LONDON‚ Oct. 28‚ 2007 The multi-billion dollar global fashion company Gap has admitted that it may have unknowingly used child labor in the production of a line of children’s clothing in India. This followed allegations by an investigative reporter based in Delhi‚ whose story was splashed across two
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In terms of section 185(b) of the LRA every employee has the right not to be subjected to unfair labour practices. According to the first statutory definition‚ an unfair labour practice was “anything the industrial court deemed to be an unfair labour practice”. The current definition of “unfair labour practice” reads as follows: (2) “Unfair labour practice” means any unfair act or omission that arises between an employer and an employee involving— (a) unfair conduct by the employer
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9-906-414 REV: NOVEMBER 14‚ 2006 CHRISTOPHER A. BARTLETT VINCENT DESSAIN ANDERS SJÖMAN IKEA’s Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A) In May 1995‚ Marianne Barner faced a tough decision. After just two years with IKEA‚ the world’s largest furniture retailer‚ and less than a year into her job as business area manager for carpets‚ she was faced with the decision of cutting off one of the company’s major suppliers of Indian rugs. While such a move would disrupt supply and
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Labour law also known as employment law deals with the body of laws‚ administrative rulings and precedents which addresses the legal rights of and restrictions on working people and their organizations1. The direct function of labour law is that it deals with the rules governing employment relationship. Labour law functions through the role accorded by common law‚ legislation and is helped also by the extra legal sources such as the customs and collective bargaining. Labour law is divided in to two
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Alienation of labour is constantly occurring in capitalist societies whether or not we think it is. In order to understand what alienated labour is one must first understand the difference between labour and labour power. Labour is the purposive human activity whereas‚ labour power is the power to labour over an agreed period of time‚ typically in exchange for wages. Braverman explains that capitalism compels people to enter the market for survival and to make decisions based on calculations
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Paper presented at a seminar on Integrated Social Work Practice for students of social work in Maharashtra CHILD LABOUR IN MAHARASHTRA CONTENT: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM 3. THE CONCEPT OF CHILD LABOUR 4. THE IMPACT OF CHILD LABOUR 5. STRATEGIES FOR ERADICATING CHILD LABOUR 6. SYSTEMIC INTERVENTION 7. CONCLUSION 8. SUGGESTIONS 9. BIBLIOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION Children are blooming flowers of the garden of society. It is therefore a duty
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a) Distinguish clearly between Old Labour and New Labour (5) "New Labour" was first termed as an alternative branding for the Labour Party‚ dating from a conference slogan first used by the Labour Party in 1994‚ which was later seen in a draft manifesto published by the party in 1996‚ called New Labour‚ New Life For Britain. It is also the turning point of Old Labour changed to New Labour with a symbolic of new aims/value of the Labour party which called New Clause 4‚ published at the 1994. The
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nonetheless‚ even in the wake of these gigantic inflations‚ those hot Nike shoes remain at a steady price of $85. How? Answer: Child Labour. Child labour is work undertaken by a child that is harmful to them in some way. The labour could be harmful by making them sick‚ stopping them from getting an education or damaging them emotionally. The worst forms of child labour include using children as slaves or prostitutes‚ forcing them to sell drugs or commit crimes‚ setting them on fire for fun‚ using
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1.The UNCRC was instituted in 1991 to specifically counter this abuse 2. Are highly detrimental to their welfare 3. in certain particular context‚ work formed a part of the training process of the child and prepared him for adult life and did not involve exploitation. ( Weiner‚ M. 1991) 4. In India there is law that children under the age of 18 should not work but‚ there is no outright ban on child labor‚ and the practice is generally permitted in most industries except those deemed "hazardous"
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