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The Debate about Mandatory Retirement in Ontario Universities: Positive and Personal Choices about Retirement at 65
Munro, John H. A. - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2005
The debate about mandatory retirement is fundamentally a moral issue, about human rights, but one strongly related to several major economic issues. Mandatory retirement is a form of age discrimination that seems to be strictly prohibited by section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights. But...
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Arbeit – Politik – Recht: Das Recht(ssystem) als Forschungsdesiderat in den Arbeitsbeziehungen – Einleitung zum Schwerpunktheft
Rehder, Britta; Vogel, Berthold - In: Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift fuer Arbeit, … 22 (2015) 1, pp. 8-12
hoch umstrittenen Re-Regulierung des Arbeitsmarktes zu erwarten sind. Im Ergebnis raet er dazu, politische Hoffnungen oder …
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Legislating for Labour Protection: Betting on the Weak or the Strong?
Manning, Chris - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2004
mounting evidence that regulation of setting labour standards in the modern sector benefits the few with 'better' jobs. It …
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The effect of overtime regulations on employment
Oaxaca, Ronald L. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) October, pp. 1-10
Regulation of standard workweek hours and overtime hours and pay can protect workers who might otherwise be required to … work more than they would like to at the going rate. By discouraging the use of overtime, such regulation can increase the … female workers. However, regulation of overtime raises employment costs, setting in motion economic forces that can limit …
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From deregulation to re-regulation : trend reversal in German labour market institutions and its possible implications
Walwei, Ulrich - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2015
respect to the overall improvement of the German labour market and shifts in the employment structure? How could re-regulation … structure but definitely not the only one. This result suggests that with regard to the potential effects of recent re-regulation …
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Expanding Family and Medical Leave to Small Firms
Jorgensen, Helene; Appelbaum, Eileen - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) gives eligible employees the right to take job-protected, unpaid leave to bond with a new child, care for a family member or military service member, or for one’s own serious illness for up to 12 weeks in a year. About 60 million private sector...
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Expanding Federal Family and Medical Leave Coverage: Who Benefits from Changes in Eligibility Requirements?
Jorgensen, Helene; Appelbaum, Eileen - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
The Family and Medical Leave Act provides job-protected, unpaid leave to employees in firms with 50 or more employees. However, coverage and eligibility restrictions result in 49.3 million employees (44.1 percent) in the private sector being ineligible for leave in 2012. This paper looks at...
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The Affordable Care Act: A Family-Friendly Policy
Baker, Dean; Jorgensen, Helene - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
Most of the discussion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has focused on the extent to which it has extended health insurance coverage to the formerly uninsured. This is certainly an important aspect of the law. However by allowing people to buy insurance through the exchanges and extending...
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Business As Usual: New Jersey Employers’ Experiences with Family Leave Insurance
Lerner, Sharon; Appelbaum, Eileen - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
This study examines New Jersey employers’ experiences with employees who need time off to care for a seriously ill child or family member or to bond with a new baby since 2009, when the state began offering paid family leave through the statewide Family Leave Insurance (FLI) program. This...
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Documenting the Need for a National Paid Family and Medical Leave Program: Evidence from the 2012 FMLA Survey
Jorgensen, Helene; Appelbaum, Eileen - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
The United States is the only high-income country that does not mandate paid family and medical leave. Instead American workers rely on a patchwork of employer-provided benefits, private insurance, state programs, public assistance, and savings to make ends meet during a leave event. About 30...
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