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This article reviews "Labour Economics : Wages, Employment and Trade Unionism" by Allan N. Cartter and F. Ray Marshall.
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This article attempts to describe, briefly, the present manpower situation in the Atlantic Region of Canada vis-a-vis the policies pursued by the federal and provincial government agencies in connection with the manpower problems of the region. Our purpose is twofold: First, to state reasons for the necessity of forecasting manpower requirements at the regional level and the relevance of manpower projections to the problems of manpower utilization. Second, to describe the methodology of forecasting manpower requirements and training needs for the Nova Scotia Department of Labour to illustrate what can and needs to be done at the regional level. Research and data gaps in the forecasting of manpower requirements and supply along with some concluding remarks form the evaluative part of this article.
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The purpose of this article is to highlight the disadvantaged status of visible minorities in public and private sector organizations and the need for affirmative action/employment equity programs to ameliorate their disadvantaged statut, to describe and analyze public policy on employment equity at the federal and provincial levels, to evaluate the effectiveness of the federal EE initiatives; and to provide policy implications and recommendations for strengthening public policy initiatives.
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Reviewing existing police recruitment and selection policies across Canada, the author identifies systemic barriers faced by visible minorities in entering police forces and makes recommendations in order to increase the representation of such minority persons in Canadian police departments.
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After having examined three theoritical approaches, the author présents public policy relating to race and sex discrimination in employment and analyzes 74 cases decided by the boards of enquiry and courts.
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This paper examines the factors considered in proving sexual harassment and in determining compensation and remedies
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This article traces the number of legal cases concerning gender, race and other forms of discrimination in the US, Canada and Britain where there is now up to a quarter of a century's experience. Substantial differences in the extent to which the legislation is used across countries and by different groups within each country are revealed.
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Despite a continuing growth of fringe benefits as a proportion of the total wage bill, few employees have any definite knowledge of what fringes employees really prefer. This article reports the results of a study which attempted to measure employees preferences for alternative forms of compensation in six organizations located in Ontario, Canada.
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In this paper some of the factors leading to renewed interest in Manpower in the 1960's are enumerated ; the present course of Federal Manpower Programs is examined and the objectives of these programs are evaluated. It is suggested that the emphasis of the Federal Manpower Programs on economic growth and stabilization of the economy is misguided ; that the Department of Manpower and Immigration has failed to foresee shifts in labour market composition ; and that in the face of counter-productive fiscal policy, manpower programs and objectives as originally conceived do not have the capability to resurrect a sick economy.
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