In mid-1987, the existing workers’ compensation system in New South Wales was replaced by a new Scheme, called ‘WorkCover’. While WorkCover solved a number of the financial problems that had plagued its predecessor, its enactment created other issues. Furthermore, WorkCover has failed to deal with a number of gaps in providing compensation for occupational injuries, most notably those suffered by independent contractors. By combining a study of aspects of industrial law and industrial relations, this thesis will examine some of those problems and gaps, in particular: (a) Should WorkCover be amended to enable independent contractors to come within its ambit? (b) Should there be additional insurance cover available (known as ‘top-up’ insurance) to insure those parts of workers’ wages presently left unprotected by WorkCover? (c) Should workers be permitted to take out another form of ‘top-up’ insurance to increase the quantum of death cover presently provided by the Scheme? (d) Should independent contractors who arc permitted to enter WorkCover also be permitted to obtain the extended cover set out in (b) and (c) above? Where appropriate, the thesis compares WorkCover to the workers’ compensation schemes in other Australian jurisdictions. It develops each of the matters referred to above by referring to the results of the writer’s survey of members of the Institution of Engineers (NSW Branch) which was conducted in May and June 1991.

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the changes in the inadequate labor force sector of Taiwan before and after the coming Knowledge-Based Economic Time, which is considered as important to this study. The inadequate labor force sector mentioned above consists of inadequate working hours, low paid and mismatches between educational attainment and occupation. The raw data been used was from Manpower Surveys and Manpower Utilization Surveys Taiwan area, Republic of China by Census Bureau in both year 1991 and 2003. The study reveals the following findings. 1.In the inadequate working hours portion Workers who are male, age 35 to 44, married or cohabited, highest educational attainment is primary school or below, private-sector employed, working in north area of Taiwan and taking the roles as agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry & fishing and craft & related trades workers are significantly easier to fall into the inadequate working hours sector. 2. In the low paid portion Workers who are male, married or cohabited, highest educational attainment is primary school or below, own-account workers, workplace is located in middle area of Taiwan, agricultural, animal husbandry, forestry & fishing workers are significantly easier to fall into the low paid sector. 3. In the portion of mismatches between educational attainment and occupation Workers who are male, age 25 to 34, married or cohabited, highest educational attainment is senior high school & vocational school or above, private-sector employed and working in north area of Taiwan are significantly easier to fall into this sector. Especially, workers who take the roles as prod., machine operators and related workers, plant & machine operators & assemblers , and manufacturing share a large proportion. According to the conclusions above, this study provides typical suggestions for government polices toward utilization of labor force. The given comments will be helpful to the relative researchers in the further.

In recent years much has been made of active and productive ageing policies, with the attempt to promote a more positive image of ageing. Despite this, negative representations of ageing and conceptualisations of older people as a ‘burden’ persist. This thesis presents an argument that these negative images are intertwined with common understandings of work, the frequent equating of this to paid employment within the field of social gerontology, and the reliance upon cessation of work in determining the beginning of old age. With reference to the wider literature in the sociology of work, an argument is presented that determines why it is essential to challenge those taken-for-granted assumptions about older people and work. Reflecting upon the findings from an exploratory and qualitative research project, which focuses upon the perspective of the older people themselves, attention is given to the detail of what should be encapsulated into new understandings of work. Within the thesis it is argued that there are many activities undertaken by the older person, which should be thought of as work, including (but not limited to) paid employment, volunteering, care, attendance at social clubs, undertaking sport and physical activity. Some of these activities might more intuitively be thought of as acts of leisure. However, it is evidenced within this thesis that there are fuzzy and blurred boundaries between leisure and work - older people leisure at work and work at leisure. The recognition of these blurring boundaries is one aspect that must be incorporated into re-conceptualisations of work. The thesis demonstrates how the work of older people transcends different socio-economic spheres and there are multiple interrelations existing between different activities. Whilst this last point resonates with the approach of some authors in the sociology of work, they have never been incorporated within the field of social gerontology. Through this analysis, and promoting a new way through which the activities of older people might be incorporated within the rubric of work, it is hoped that ageism might be challenged in a similar vein to the way in which feminist researchers once challenged sexism in relation to work and housework. This thesis reflects upon how we need to identify and conceptualise the third age in light of the findings. It highlights how the working lives of older people are shaped through a process of negotiation between social expectations within current political and economic contexts, influences from key historical events and social changes, and the desire for freedom, autonomy and choice. Age period cohort is crucial in determining the world of work, and more generally how ageing might be experienced. Through its unique approach, and the lessons learnt within this thesis, a theoretical framework is provided to assist in future comprehensive studies of both work and ageing. Overall, this thesis makes significant contributions to understandings of work and ageing following the consideration of two schools of thought (i.e. sociology of work and social gerontology), which previously have been infrequent companions.

This dissertation examines the effects of career interruptions on workers’ wages. In chapter four I examine whether controlling for the type of interruption differently affects men’s and women’s wages and therefore can be used to explain the remaining gender wage differences. The increased participation of married women in the labor force has increased their wages from just 30% of men’s wages in 1890 to nearly 80% as of 2001. Thus, although the gender wage gap has narrowed over time, it has yet to be eliminated. One argument for the persistence of the gender wage gap is that previously researchers have used poor measures of experience to estimate men’s and women’s wages. Although previous studies have made strides in measuring experience, including controls for the timing of work experience, the gender wage gap persists. I extend the wage-gap literature by including controls for the types of interruptions men and women encounter. Because they typically experience different types of interruptions, I examine whether the varying types affect wages differently. I control for the types of interruptions and find similar effects for men’s and women’s wages. My study shows that types of job interruptions do not explain the remaining wage differentials. The fifth chapter extends from the fourth chapter by including controls for all periods of unpaid leave from work. I examine whether wage differences exist between workers who return to their current employer post-interruption versus those who change employers post-interruption. I find differences in the wage effects from different types of unpaid leave for men and women. Chapter six extends from previous chapters by including controls for all periods of paid leave from work in addition to unpaid leaves from work. I examine whether depreciation effects occur when women spend time out of work but receive compensation through paid maternity leaves. I find no evidence that time out of work because of paid maternity leaves depreciates skills.

The restructuring of Canadian health care for more than twenty years has ushered in opportunities for growth in private home care services. Within this socio-economic reality, some seniors and families feeling the impacts of the cutbacks to health and social services have turned to other alternatives of care to fill care gaps. A new type of caregiver, the paid companion, has surfaced in this respect. Operating either independently or through private health care agencies, paid companions resemble surrogate family members or friends who perform a variety of services for the elderly who can afford to pay for private home care and support. My research objective has been to explore and develop an understanding of the experiences and relationships of paid companions and their clients within the context of the political-economic climate of neoliberalism that has supported the development of paid companions. This thesis presents research conducted between 2009 and 2010 in the Greater Victoria area with 30 participants: 15 companions, 8 clients, and 7 key informants. The two qualitative methods of qualitative (semi-structured open-ended) in-person interviews and autodriven photo elicitation were utilized in order to examine the subjective experiences of paid companions and their clients. The research revealed the ambiguity and divergence of opinion around the terms ‘companion’ and ‘paid companion,’ which are inherent in the nature of the work itself. The majority of participants emphasized that friendship and fictive kinship often form the core of a relationship that has been built on caregiving and trust. While paid companions derive fulfillment by providing care for clients, the relationships they develop with them are intrinsically linked to the companionship and care they give. Although clients’ care needs most often stem from general health and mobility issues, the relationships that are gradually formed with their companions often become as important as the task-based assistance their companions provide to them. / Graduate

The patterns of paid and unpaid work adopted by migrants families with dependent children are more or less similar to that of prevailing working pattern of men and women of Australian born couples. A case study with 28 couple families, 14 husbands and 14 wives who migrated from Nepal under "skill" or "professional" category and the literature review on paid and unpaid work of couple families with dependent children show that in both families the trend of change of working pattern in paid and unpaid work is similar. With the increased participation of married women in the paid labour force, men increased participation in household work. There is increased household work for both husbands and wives, but women tend to do more household "inside" and childcare work than men. In the mean time, men tend to do more work in the "masculine" sphere of "outside" work in house maintenance, repair and car care. The only factor that differentiates working pattern of migrant families with Australian born families is the experience of migration and the category that they migrated. The change of working practice of paid and unpaid work of migrant families are affected by the change of family type from extended family to two generational family and their education and previous work experience that they brought along with them. Professional migrants who migrated family as a "unit" migrated spouse and dependent children together and they made their own decision to migrate, unlike other categories of migrants who migrated from political or economic pressure. One of the important experiences of migrant families is that there are new opportunity, new lifestyle, new intimacy and companionship and new sharing of work between husbands and wives after migration. At the same time, there are losses of extended family relatives, close friends and cultural event which affects their day to day lives. There are Australian based friends who provided support in the initial period of migration but these families do not provide regular assistance or support which family relatives provided in Nepal.

Submitted by FRANCILENE SOARES DE MEDEIROS COSTA null (francilenesoares@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-11-14T12:45:17Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TESE_Francilene _Versão_Final.pdf: 7854643 bytes, checksum: 280acccac159e4bc52c17311379d7b5f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luiz Galeffi (luizgaleffi@gmail.com) on 2017-11-16T19:28:39Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 costa_fsm_dr_prud.pdf: 7854643 bytes, checksum: 280acccac159e4bc52c17311379d7b5f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-16T19:28:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 costa_fsm_dr_prud.pdf: 7854643 bytes, checksum: 280acccac159e4bc52c17311379d7b5f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-08-31 / Trata-se de um estudo acerca das implicações do crescente processo de diarização do trabalho doméstico no Brasil sobre a problemática da proteção social das trabalhadoras que atuam como diaristas. A regulamentação recente do trabalho doméstico no país é um avanço inegável para a garantia de melhores padrões de proteção social das domésticas, historicamente deficitário. Entretanto, pelo que se subentende da Lei n. 150/2015, a pessoa que trabalhar até dois dias por semana na mesma residência familiar não é objeto dessa regulamentação, pois nessas condições não se estabelece o vínculo empregatício. Neste caso ocorre uma prestação autônoma do serviço doméstico. Embora as diaristas tenham o direito de acessar a proteção social previdenciária por meio de contribuição individual, identificamos barreiras significativas para o acesso dessas trabalhadoras ao sistema. Nesse caso, as desigualdades regionais representam um importante agravante. Assim, o processo de diarização em curso no país comparece, em potencial, como a nova face da (des)proteção social da trabalhadora doméstica brasileira. A perspectiva metodológica do estudo é quantitativa e qualitativa. Foram utilizadas fontes documentais e bibliográficas, além de dados estatísticos. Para um panorama global sobre o trabalho doméstico remunerado utilizamos os dados compilados pela Organização Internacional do Trabalho (OIT). E para realidade do Brasil, fizemos uso dos microdados da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD/IBGE). Também realizamos entrevistas com diaristas residentes nas cidades de Belém/PA e São Paulo/SP, orientadas pelo uso de roteiro de entrevista semiestruturado, contendo questões abertas e fechadas. / It is a study about the implications of the growing diarisation of domestic work in Brazil on the issue of social protection of daily workers. The recent regulation of domestic work in the country is an undeniable advance for the guarantee of better standards of social protection of domestic, historically deficient. However, according to what is implied by the Law n. 150/2015, the person who works up to two days a week in the same family residence is not subject to this regulation, because under these conditions the employment relationship is not established. In this case there is an autonomous provision of domestic service. Although daily workers have the right to access social security social protection through individual contributions, we identified significant barriers to the access of workers to the system. In this case, regional inequalities represent an important aggravating factor. Thus, the process of diarisation in progress in the country appears, potentially, as the new face of the (un) social protection of the Brazilian domestic worker. The methodological perspective of the study is quantitative and qualitative. Documentary and bibliographical sources were used, as well as statistics data. For an overall view of paid domestic work we used data compiled by the International Labor Organization (ILO). And for the Brazilian reality, we used microdata from the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD/IBGE). We also conducted interviews with daily workers living in the cities of Belém/PA and São Paulo/SP, guided by a semi-structured interview script, containing open and closed questions.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:12:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LucasMO_DISEERT.pdf: 685838 bytes, checksum: ea186e065f1c9c540dfa0f0e776fcf8f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-18 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This study presents a study on Plato's Phaedrus , with the purpose of discussing the possibility of interpreting this dialogue as a discussion on the greek notion of paideia.. We believe to find evidence to support this claim both in the cultural background of the dialogue and in its text. As background evidence, we point to the fact that Rhetoric had become the major disciplined studied in Athens in Plato's time, largely because democratic instituitions favored its practice. As text evidence, we point out that the story of the Phaedrus can be read as the story of how Socrates leads Phaedrus's soul toward philosophy. Therefore, we believe that Plato's main goal with this dialogue is to discuss Rhetoric and present the philosophical perspective on the possibility of an art of speechmaking. In order to achieve this, Plato presents an analyses of current Rhetoric, explains his conception of dialectic, and debate the relation between extemporaneous and written speech. We believe that all those elements serve the larger purpose of providing the background to discuss the cultural education of the Athenians / Essa disserta??o descreve um estudo realizado sobre o di?logo Fedro de Plat?o, com o objetivo de apresentar uma interpreta??o do mesmo a partir da hip?tese de que esse di?logo pode ser lido como uma reflex?o sobre a quest?o da paid?ia. Encontramos ind?cios para justificar essa leitura tanto no contexto cultural da ?poca do di?logo como na pr?pria narrativa do texto. Em rela??o ao contexto cultural, observamos que a ret?rica se tornara a principal disciplina na forma??o dos atenienses, em grande parte por causa das institui??es democr?ticas que favoreciam esse tipo de pr?tica. Em rela??o ? narrativa, observamos que essa ?, em larga medida, a hist?ria de como S?crates guia a alma deFedro para a filosofia. Desse modo, consideramos que o objetivo central de Plat?o ? problematizar essa disciplina e apresentar a perspectiva filos?fica sobre a possibilidade de uma arte dos discursos. Para isso, Plat?o faz uma an?lise da ret?rica, uma apresenta??o da dial?tica e discute a rela??o entre oralidade e escrita. Consideramos que todos esses elementos ganham sentido na medida em que servem para pensar a forma??o cultural dos atenienses

Background: The Internet has developed the world of advertising by giving advertisers the possibility to track specific patterns among their consumers, which shows how consumers are clicking on online advertisements and what translates into sales for the brand. Lately, companies have actively starting to make use of search engines marketing (SEM). The paid advertising on search engines is one option to make a brand’s website visible to its consumers. The attitudes towards advertisements have previously been examined in traditional media and in other online settings, but the research in the context of search engines is limited. Therefore, it calls for deeper insights and knowledge in how consumers hold attitudes towards a brand and its paid advertising on search engines such as Google. Purpose: The purpose is to describe how users’ attitudes towards brands are influenced by the fact that brands have paid for advertising on search engine result pages. This is done through the ABC-model of attitudes. The question asked in this study was: How does paid advertising displayed on search engines affect the attitudes held towards a brand? Methodology: This thesis project used a qualitative approach and was of descriptive nature. The data was gathered through seven unstructured in-depths interviews based on a quota sample considering three criteria: age group, in this case, 18-29-year-olds, and the variable of regular e-commerce buyers, as well as the participants being users of the search engine Google. The researchers verified data saturation at seven interviews. Conclusion: The main finding in this study is that the level of familiarity influences the participants attitudes towards the brand. Previous experience and knowledge with a brand was an affecting factor of how they interpreted the brand’s advertising on Google’s search engine result pages. Knowledge and a positive experience with a brand generated a more positive attitude towards the brand when an unknown brand generated a neutral or more negative attitude towards the brand. Related factors that also influenced the study were the clicking pattern, the landing page, the choices of wording and the intended target groups by the brands. The study also presents a range of recommendations for future research, as well as theoretical and managerial implications.