Employment & unemployment
Climate Change and Gender in Rich Countries
Climate change is at the forefront of ideas about public policy, the economy and labour issues. However, the gendered dimensions of climate change and the public policy issues associated with it in wealthy nations are much less understood. Climate Change and Gender in Rich Countries covers a wide range of...
New Perspectives on Health, Disability, Welfare and the Labour Market
By Bent Greve
Bringing together researchers from the fields of social policy, economics, sociology and clinical psychology, this book offers new evidence on the inter-related problems faced by disability claimants, and identifies important lessons for policy.
Issues in Pension Funding
By David Blake
First published in 1992, this book explains how pension funds work in order to highlight their impact on the economy as a whole. David Blake explores the different systems in operation at the time of writing, both state run and private sector, and describes policy initiatives such as personal pension...
Does Regulation Kill Jobs?
Does Regulation Kill Jobs? analyzes the effects of regulation on employment and offers suggestions for improved economic analysis and regulatory decision making.
Towards Better Work
Preparing for Today\'s Global Job Market: From the Lens of Color
By Christopher Robinson-Easley
From the Lens of Color identifies and delineates a methodology for effectively positioning and/or repositioning oneself in today's global job market that moves significantly beyond strategies associated with simply developing a resume, cover letter or business plan.
Degraded Work: The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor Market
By Marc Doussard
Drawing on fieldwork in Chicago, Degraded Work examines changes in two industries in which inferior job quality is assumed to be intrinsic: residential construction and food retail. Arguing that a growing service sector does not have to mean growing inequality, Marc Doussard proposes creative policy and organizing opportunities to improve...
Employment and Work
By Linda Barrington
Explores issues facing people with disabilities in employment and the work environment.
Intern Nation
By Ross Perlin
The first no-holds-barred expose of the exploitative and divisive world of internships.
Struck Out: Why Employment Tribunals Fail Workers and What Can be Done
By David Renton
Why we can't rely on the employment tribunal system to protect workers' rights.