Unfair Dismissal of Agency Workers or Unfair Legislation in the UK for Businesses using Agency Workers? Abstract The contribution encapsulates a legal discussion on the controversial figure of the agency workers‚ from the judicial debate blossomed during the last decade in the British courts‚ as regards their legal characterization‚ until the most recent developments‚ particularly the legislative framework passed in Britain‚ the Agency Workers Regulations. On such footings‚ the investigation focuses
Premium Temporary work Recruitment Employment agency
of some $40 million. The firm has nearly 300 workers‚ with another 200 or so running "satellite" businesses that operate as subcontractors to Semco‚ and were set with its help. The Portuguese-language edition of Maverick‚ Semler’s account of the unorthodox management practices he has experimented with at Semco‚ has sold almost half a million copies. The English-language edition‚ from which this article is adapted‚ is published this fall by Warner Books. Finally‚ a firm where the boss has taken
Premium Ricardo Semler Assembly line
Work Agenda March 2007 What is a Knowledge Worker‚ Anyway? by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham In our consulting and research work we spend a lot of time exploring how the emergence of knowledge work as the primary driver of economic activity is changing the nature of the workplace and even basic organizational and management practice. Recently one of our clients asked us a very basic question: Just what is a knowledge worker?” As he said‚ “Everyone uses that term but it certainly doesn’t seem very
Premium Knowledge management Peter Drucker Knowledge worker
Managerial theories of the firm Managerial theories of the firm place emphasis on various incentive mechanisms in explaining the behaviour of managers and the implications of this conduct for their companies and the wider economy. According to traditional theories‚ the firm is controlled by its owners and thus wishes to maximise short run profits. The more contemporary managerial theories of the firm examine the possibility that the firm is controlled not by its owners‚ but by its managers‚ and
Premium Management Profit maximization
OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS We have already discussed about the issues and problems regarding foreign workers in Malaysia‚ hence we need to overcome the problems in order to prevent it from affecting our country and making the condition even worse then it already is. Measures should be taken in order to overcome this condition. Our first problem is language. Language has become a barrier for foreign workers to communicate with their employer and fellow employees. Hence‚ the best way to overcome this language
Premium Law Employment Domestic worker
The Role Of The Social Worker In The Long-Term Care Facility Edited by Novella Perrin and Joanne Polowy Printed by the Missouri Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program 2008 Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................ 2 Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................... 4 Social Worker Ad Hoc Committees ....
Premium Social work Nursing home Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
THE THEORY OF THE FIRM Notes by:Ramon Somar THE THEORY OF THE FIRM Even though managerial economics is not concerned solely with the management of business firms‚ this is its principal field of application. To apply managerial economics to business management‚ we need a theory of the firm‚ a theory indicating how firms behave and what their goals are. The concept of the firm plays a central role in the theory and practice of managerial economics. An understanding of the reason for the existence
Premium Economics Profit maximization
Nobel Prize in Economics in 1991. Coase is best known for two articles in particular: "The Nature of the Firm" (1937)‚ which was written at his age of 27‚ lets even say his quite early economic age. This article‚ which was a brief but highly influential essay‚ Coase introduces the concept of transaction costs to explain the size of firms. Resume Introducing his analysis of ‘The nature of the firm’‚ Coase refers to D.H. Robertson who points out that we find “islands of conscious power in this ocean
Premium Economics Contract
future. My future career as a social worker will ensure just that. I chose this profession because of my own history. Growing up‚ I’ve had my share of social workers in my house. I experienced them as people who helped my family during a hard time. This is a career where I can fight for people’s rights. I will also be able to protect those who are vulnerable and give support to those who need it. I want to be able to have a positive impact on others as social workers have had on my family. According
Premium Sociology Social work International Federation of Social Workers
Assignment 2 (a)Outline the main forms of flexibility as defined in Atkinson’s (1984) model of the flexible firm (b) What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the Atkinson model? ANSWER PLAN: Introduction/Background o What are the aims of flexibility o Guest (1987) de-centralisation helps to create flexibility o What are the main forms of flexibility that modern organisation need Body: 4 types of flexibility o Functional/Temporal/Numerical/Financial Body 2: Atkinson’s
Premium Outsourcing Part-time Organization