the candidate received in his or her district. But then this form of electoral system attracted number of critics regarding the biases it constituted in the government. According to critics‚ only the large political parties (Conservative and the Labour Party) benefit in this scenario; those with equally strong support in different districts‚ gain more seats rather than those who concentrated on one area alone and; the small parties suffered the consequences of having weak and widespread support
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education policy The terms of the debate on education policy used to be presented as Labour championing equal opportunity while the Conservatives were defenders of priviledge for the minority. Labour attacked the gramar schools on the grounds that the children who failed the 11-plus were "written off." Labour also attacked independent schools - even proposing to outlaw them in their 1983 election manifesto. Given that Labour no longer propose to ban independent schools how do they now believe that equality
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a lot of popularity amongst the public but before the Conservatives were in government with Thatcher‚ the Labour party had a few difficulties (such as the winter of Discontent) whilst in power‚ which is possibly why the Conservatives won the General election. However this win could be purely down to the conservatives and their new policies or it could’ve been down to the failure of the Labour party. I believe that it was combination of the two that led to the Conservatives win but the win‚ as much
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combined both US and India employment laws for consistency in compliance aligned with company policies and guidelines in the US. Below is a list of applicable employment laws and consequences for noncompliance: 1. Minimum Wages Act 1948 2. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act‚ 1986 3. Equal Remuneration Act‚ 1976 4. Delhi Shops and Establishments Act 1954 Minimum Wage Act 1948 The US Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides standards for the basic minimum wage and overtime pay for private
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in the formalised labour market. As stated by Australian bureau of statistics‚ 2008‚ a range of cultural and economic shifts in recent decades has seen a dramatic increase in the proportion of women participating in the labour force. According to Smith (1995)‚ this has been caused as a result of improved access to a wider range of education‚ the increase availability of suitable jobs‚ and improved access to training and
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scientific inventions because of work. If people had not worked‚ we would never built railways‚ motors‚ ships aero planes‚ radios‚ televisions‚ etc. If the farmers do not plough the soil‚ there will be no crops. If the masons‚ carpenters and weavers do not labour‚ there will be no houses or shelter and no clothes to cover our bodies. The English ruled the sub-continent for about one hundred year. They employed the local people as cooks‚ bearers‚ valets etc. The Pakistan and the Indians also began copying
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Child labour and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labour of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty‚ you will have both poverty and child labour to the end of time. (Grace Abbott)
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CASE STUDY 1) A study was conducted ( V.V.Giri National Labour Institute 2007) in Brass Industry‚Moradabad city Uttar Pradesh where 64 male and 5 female children worked in artisan units and 30 male and 2 female children worked in multi-process units. Why child labour? Children were put to work mostly because they were out of school. Their early entry into the workforce was a natural trap due to their reduced working capacity after 30 years. Highest productive capacity of an artisan was at the
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Human Resource Planning Human resource planning (HRP) in simple words could be defined as planning for the future personnel needs of an organization‚ taking into account both factors in the external environment and internal workforce. It is the process by which an organization ensures that it has the right number and kinds of people‚ at the right place‚ at the right time‚ capable of efficiently completing those tasks that will help the organization achieve its overall objectives. HRP is an important
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The term labour force is a general way to refer to all the people willing and able to work. For an organization‚ the internal labour force consists of the organization’s workers - its employees and the people who have contracts to work at the organization. This internal labour force has been drawn from the organization’s external labour market‚ that is‚ individuals who are actively seeking employment. The three major trends today in the change in labour force are: 1. An aging workforce‚ 2. A diverse
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