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This paper intends to intensively and extensively look discuss in details the xenophobic treatment and approach of the european union that is basically rooted in very complex historical, political, social and economic contexts.... This research is governed by the following research questions, which will aid in attaining objectives and aim of the research: To what extent does the european union policy of free movement of persons discriminate against the non-European 'others'?...
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In proportion of all kinds of temporary work, ratio of agency work is rising in a steep manner, for instance, 13 per cent of agency workers in 1997 increased to 17.... Considering the increasing importance of temporary agency workers' sector in Britain and beyond, the European Commission (EC) has introduced proposals for a European directive in order to prevent the discrimination against agency temps (EC, 2002a cited in Forde and Gray, 2005, p.... Only 50,000 workers in mid-1980s (Casey, 1988) increased to more than one per cent of all employees' jobs that amounts to about 270,000 workers (cited in Forde and Gray, 2005, p....
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North America and the european union have been depending more and more on immigrant laborers to meet their workforce needs.... the european union has made it mandatory for its member nations, 'a 'duty of equality' in regard to pay' (Healy and Heery, 2004: p.... It cannot be assumed that union revitalization will happen hassle-free.... But a new phenomenon that is emerging is the structural changes that have been happening on the union front, and if viewed from the backdrop, it can be argued that there is union revitalization in a new form in Europe and UK....
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Consequently, the number of temporary workers in the global labour market greatly increased which correspondingly created a new type of employment relationship within firms.... As a result, non-standard employment relations like temporary agency work have become increasingly dominant modes of organising work in recent years (Nienhser & Matiaske, 2003, p.... enerally, there have always been employment relations that did not fit in to the normative prototype of full-time work (Peck, 1996) and this is quite true even for temporary agency work that initially surfaced in the United States after the Second World War (Mitlacher, 2004, p....
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But in the last few years, there has been an increasing dependence on contract workers in the fields like medical writing, communications, sales, and marketing of the products of pharmaceutical companies.... The paper "Important Methods of Systematising Unusual Employment Relations" states that european governments have recently passed legislation making it easier for firms to introduce short-term employment contracts.... Several european employment firms have preferred to deviate from the conventional model in which several employers were associated with their employees on a permanent, almost enduring basis....
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The number of ‘atypical workers' has been rising in recent years in the european union.... The broad class of an atypical worker in the EU includes workers on fixed term contracts, construction industry workers, agency workers etc.... These forms include part time work, self employed work, temporary agency work, and others.... The number of atypical workers has grown significantly throughout the globe in the last two decades; however, it is still termed as ‘atypical' work.
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Although the european union (EU) has been highlighted as the most advanced system of regional integration of labor (Craig & Lynk 2006, p 20), it has not escaped criticism in regard to a plethora of issues concerning workers in the Member States.... "european union Labour Laws" paper focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the EU legal framework regarding workers and their families.... The 1997 Posted Workers Directive is a controversial aspect of the european Labour Law, which imposes a notable weakness on the law (Hardy, Staff & Butler 2007, p 21)....
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Only 50,000 workers in the mid-1980s increased to more than one per cent of all employees' jobs that amounts to about 270,000 workers.... Considering the increasing importance of temporary agency workers' sector in Britain and beyond, the European Commission (EC) has introduced proposals for a European directive in order to prevent the discrimination against agency temps.... According to the study, irrespective of the differences in sources which categorize agency workers' in sectors and occupations, agency workers are most likely to be hired in professional, secretarial, process/plant/machine operations, administrative occupations, and personal services, such as, social careers, workers in hospitality....
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