<p> Participation of colorectal cancer survivors (CRC) in the workforce has been described by clinicians, survivors, and researchers as a way to improve mood, quality of life (QOL), and survival. Maintaining self-esteem and financial independence have also been attributed to continued employment of the CRC survivor. The purpose of this cross-sectional survey was to describe patterns of employment of the CRC survivor and to examine the individual, disease, and work-related factors that influence presenteeism and perceived adequacy of sick pay (ASP) policy. The Conceptual Model of Nursing and Health Policy and the Pathways to Work Life Recovery guided the design, selection of variables, and specification of the relationship between variables. The study included 97 CRC survivors who were employed at the time of diagnosis and who had completed treatment &ge;6 months and &lt; 7 years to survey. Among working subjects, at-work limitations ("presenteeism") were measured by the Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) consisting of four scales: Time Management, Physical Tasks, Mental-Interpersonal Tasks, and Output Tasks scales. The EORTC QLQ-C30 V3 was used to measure quality of life and the PHQ-9 for depression. The majority of gaps in employment occurred within the first year of diagnosis (21%) and attributed to poor health (56%), having been fired or laid off due to cancer (11%) or retirement (33%). A total of 27% had gaps in employment by 3 years; 13% were intermittent. The unemployment rate for cancer survivors in this study was 18.6% at the time of survey. Slightly over 25% of those who experienced a gap in employment did so involuntarily. Higher education (OR = 0.346, p=.006) was the only variable that significantly associated with a gap in employment. Having insurance (p=.03), QOL (p=.01), and depression (p=.003) significantly contributed to increased presenteeism. Earlier stage (OR=0.330, p=.050) and professional occupation (OR=3.281, p=.040) significantly contributed to perceptions of having an ASP policy. The importance of measuring continued employment of CRC survivors is supported in this study. The provision of an ASP policy may avoid disruption of work and create an easier transition for continued employment of the CRC survivor.</p>

<p> Over the past few decades US businesses have increasingly turned toward flexible employment relationships made up of temporary workers who do not receive the benefits and rights of standard full-time employment. Temporary labor agencies, which operate by leasing workers out to client businesses, form one component of this shift toward flexible labor and previous researchers have called for more study on this group of formalized employment. My research thesis explores the employment relationships between temporary labor agencies and temporary laborers in order to understand the ways in which this type of labor arrangement affects workers' lives. I performed my research in Flagstaff, Arizona and my study population is primarily comprised of temporary laborers. I conducted participant observation, questionnaires, interviews, time budgets, and archival research to perform my research. I interpret my data through a combination of political economy, performance theory, and anthropology of the body approaches. My findings reveal how people end up working temporary labor, the daily challenges they face, their strategies to increase their job security, and the effects temporary labor has on their lives and bodies. </p>

This thesis will explore the various legal, administrative and ethical issues arising out of the situation in which nurse is HIV-positive or has AIDS. In contrast to the situation of patients suffering from AIDS or HIV, there has been little in the literature, whether legal or medical, on nurses who are infected. The rights and duties of these nurses, testing of nurses for the presence of HIV infection or AIDS and the issue of discrimination are among the matters discussed with reference to relevant legislation and ethical principles.

Thesis (Master of Military Studies)-Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. / Title from title page of PDF document (viewed on: Feb 5, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

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abstract: Wage theft is a national epidemic that only recently became the focus of increasing research, critical public questioning, and activism. Given the socio- political climate in Maricopa County, Arizona and the heightened national attention on the state, this study answers important questions about the work experiences of immigrant workers in the region. Through an analysis of interviews with 14 low-wage Mexican workers from a local worker rights center, I explore workers' access to traditional recourse, the effects of wage theft on workers and families, and the survival strategies they utilize to mitigate the effects of sudden income loss. By providing an historical overview of immigration and employment law, I show how a dehumanized and racialized labor force has been structurally maintained and exploited. Furthermore, I describe the implications of two simultaneous cultures on the state of labor: the culture of fear among immigrants to assert their rights and utilize recourse, and the culture of criminality and impunity among employers who face virtually no sanctions when they are non-compliant with labor law. The results indicate that unless the rights of immigrant workers are equally enforced and recourse is made equally accessible, not only will the standards for pay and working conditions continue to collapse, but the health of Latino communities will also deteriorate. I assert that in addition to structural change, a shift in national public discourse and ideology is critical to substantive socio-political transformation. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.A. Social Justice and Human Rights 2011

abstract: The Phoenix area had no sizable Mexican presence before the U.S. took over the territory. Some assumed that the region was founded completely by whites from the outset. Whites and Mexicans actually held nearly equal populations throughout the first two decades of settlement. Though they did not hold equal status, their cohabitation was largely characterized by mutual interdependence and respect. Transforming the Salt River Valley's desert terrain into a regional agricultural hub depended on the Sonorans' preindustrial skills. As the town modernized, a new class of resident sought large scale projects to integrate Phoenix into the U.S. economy. Two pivotal projects achieved this. First, railroad spur lines made Phoenix accessible for migrants, as well as allowing farmers to supply commercial markets profitably. Second, the massive Roosevelt Dam secured a stable water supply for valley farmers. While these projects provided the foundation for development, it was cotton that brought commercial success. Throughout World War I, valley cotton growers capitalized on the booming cotton market by expanding their average acreage from 400 acres in 1912 to 130,000 acres in 1920. This rapid escalation to meet wartime demands depended upon a massive seasonal labor force from Mexico. While this boom brought prosperity to valley farmers, it solidified the Mexican's role in the Salt River Valley as little more than a laborer. Valley cotton growers impressively managed all labor issues through a well-organized collective association. Over-recruitment and wage setting kept workers from collective bargaining for better wages. The cotton growers' hegemony crashed along with cotton prices in 1921. Though the industry recovered fairly quickly, the cotton growers faced a new challenge in the rising national clamor to restrict Mexican immigration to the U.S. Though growers fought restrictions in Congressional hearings throughout the decade, the economic crash of 1929 finally ended widespread Mexican immigration. By the time of the crash, most Mexicans who remained lived in the agricultural peripheries or scattered urban barrios. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. History 2012

The amount of labor law arbitrations has significantly increased through the last years. This has concurred with a legal modification that establishes specific causes for facultative arbitration.In this paper, the author analyzes this normative change while clarifying the polemics over its juridical nature and inquiring about its future effects regarding labor relationships disputes resolution. / En los últimos años se ha incrementado de manera notable el número de arbitrajes laborales. Esto ha coincidido con la promulgación del Decreto Supremo 014-2011-TR, que modifica el Reglamento de la Ley de Relaciones Colectivas de Trabajo especificando causales de procedencia específicas para el arbitraje potestativo.En el presente artículo, el autor analiza esta modificación normativa esclareciendo las polémicas en torno a su naturaleza jurídica e indagando sobre sus efectos a futuro en la resolución de disputas relativas a relaciones laborales.

Why do employees vote for or against union representation? A survey of the scholarly literature and an investigation of National Labor Relations Board sponsored elections among Southern industrial workers were conducted to help answer this question. Four hypotheses were proposed to reveal the most important factors. No universally applicable laws were developed by the dissertation study. Although the hypotheses were supported, the response rate was very low in the field research study of sensitive issues. The field research did provide additional empirical evidence to support most of the previous research studies concerning union representation election voting behavior.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-29T14:09:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_4995_.pdf: 1046089 bytes, checksum: c8a84ec6ac6200eba2aa975e0c72f91a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05-25 / A discussão sobre o tema competências tem ensejado diversas pesquisas no mundo acadêmico e também no meio empresarial. Na prática organizacional esse sistema de gestão é utilizado sistematicamente, sendo considerado um modelo eficaz na gestão de pessoas para ganho de lucratividade (DUTRA, 2004). As pesquisas no Brasil apontam para uma gama diversificada de debates da noção de competências e sua relação com algumas variáveis, como por exemplo, a aprendizagem organizacional e a remuneração, que carecem de debates teóricos e averiguações empíricas (RUAS et al., 2010; DIAS et al., 2010). No entanto, é perceptível a (in) existência de trabalhos acerca do dimensionamento dos reflexos da noção de competências nas relações de trabalho. Motivo pelo qual se evidencia a continuidade da pesquisa acadêmica acerca dessa realidade, possibilitando elucidar as transformações que estão ocorrendo no mundo do trabalho e compreender as novas tecnologias de gestão e seus impactos no trabalho. Nesse contexto, o presente trabalho tem por objetivo, analisar a lógica de competências em modelos de gestão de pessoas e do trabalho, tendo em vista os reflexos nas relações de trabalho, por meio de estudo de caso. Para isto pretende-se discutir a categoria trabalho como fundante da práxis social, bem como, sua posição no sistema capitalista de produção em razão da divisão manufatureira do trabalho (MARX, 1989; BRAVERMAN, 1987; ANTUNES, 2000, 2005; LUCKÁCS, 2010) e sua relação com a lógica de competências (ZARIFIAN, 2001, 2003; LE BOTERF, 2003; SCHWARTZ, 2004), contribuindo para a constituição de elementos teóricos que permitam a compreensão da complexidade do tema competências, sua materialidade e aplicabilidade em modelos de gestão nas organizações contemporâneas. A principal contribuição deste trabalho se dá principalmente em evidenciar a necessidade de discutir questões que implicam as relações de trabalho e problematizar os conflitos existentes elucidando os impactos da noção de competências e de que forma a gestão compreende essas mudanças. E isto mediado por autores pouco utilizados na administração, que têm como proposta teórica a discussão do trabalho na formação da práxis social. A pesquisa será realizada por meio de estudo de caso único em uma empresa alimentícia local. / In organizational practice management system for competence is used systematically, and is considered an effective model in the management of people to gain productivity (DUTRA, 2004). Research in Brazil point to a diverse range of discussions of the concept of competence and its relationship with some variables, such as organizational learning and reward, which lack theoretical debates and empirical investigation (RUAS et al., 2010; DIAS et al., 2010). However, it is noticeable shortage of studies on the dimensioning of the reflections of the concept of skills in labor relations, which shows the continuity of academic research on this reality. This thesis aims to analyze the application of the concept of competence in models of personnel management and labor in order to elucidate the changes that occur in hierarchical of work, through a qualitative research, a case study organization. We investigated the productive reality of a food industry through semistructured interviews. We discussed the work category as the founder of social practice, as well as its position in the contemporary system of production because the manufacturing division of labor (MARX, 1989; BRAVERMAN, 1987; ANTUNES, 2000, 2005; LUCKÁCS, 2010), and its interrelation with the notion of competence (ZARIFIAN, 2001, 2003; LE BOTERF, 2003), contributing to the formation of theoretical elements that allow the understanding of the complexity of the subject expertise, their materiality and applicability of management systems in organizations contributing to the formation of theoretical elements that allow the understanding of the complexity of the subject expertise, their materiality and applicability of management systems in contemporary organizations. Before this analytical context, made the following questions: To what extent the notion of skills included in the strategies people management determines the Chocolates Garoto the configuration of the hierarchical relationships work? The direction taken by this configuration makes it possible to bring back work to the worker (highlighting their knowledge) or characterized as just another strategy for mobilizing people to meet business objectives? Thus, after analyzing the reality, can say that on the screen has the connotation of bringing back the work to the worker. And while pointing or some changes in reporting relationships work, can not be said come from the integration of skills, first because they are tied to a performance assessment tool that focuses on results. Second, besides being very recent, the company undergoes other changes arising from the multinational company that bought it. Thus, it contributes to the discussion of the contradictions between theory and practice of the concept of skills and points to future research on the construction of its application in organizations become truly flexible, approaching, in fact, implementation of their design work, emptying the abstract work, emptying the abstract work and reproducing its ontological aspect. KEY- WORDS: Work, Skills, labor relations, Division of Labor; Management.