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flexible employment
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Fair Employment Practices Committee
Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC), established (1941) within the Office of Production Management by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was created to promote the fullest employment of all available persons and to eliminate discriminatory employment practices.... Read more |
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Fair Deal 1945-1953
FAIR DEAL FAIR DEAL was the phrase adopted by President Harry S. Truman to characterize the program of domestic legislation his administration sought to pass through Congress. In September 1945 Truman sent to Congress a twenty-one point program, based in part on the Democratic platform... Read more |
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National Industrial Recovery Act
National Industrial Recovery Act (1933) James G. Pope When Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated in March 1933, almost 13 million workers—about 25 percent of the workforce—were unemployed. Industrial production was barely half what it had been in 1929. While millions faced starvation,... Read more |
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Legislative bills
PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON'S CIVIL RIGHTS BILL VETO (1866) Emancipation and the Thirteenth Amendment provided former slaves with freedom, but no laws protected them from the quasi-slavery of the Black Codes and similar state legislation. In an attempt to offer freedmen equal protection under the... Read more |
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Officer
OFFICER An individual with the responsibility of performing the duties and functions of an office, that is a duty or charge, a position of trust, or a right to exercise a public or private employment. A public officer is ordinarily defined as an individual who has been elected or appointed to... Read more |
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Wage gap
Equal Pay Act of 1963 Lawrence Schlam The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) (P.L. No. 88-38, 77 Stat. 56, 59) prohibits employers from discriminating on the basis of gender by compensating workers differently for jobs that require equal skill, effort and responsibility. In adopting the EPA, an... Read more |
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Medicare
Medicare national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65 and over and the disabled. It was established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and is now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Coverage for the disabled began in 1973.... Read more |
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Employment Act of 1946
Employment Act of 1946 Louis Fisher Excerpt from the Employment Act of 1946 The Congress hereby declares that it is the continuing policy and responsibility of the Federal Government to use all practicable means consistent with its needs and obligations and other essential considerations of... Read more |
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Tom Daschle
Tom Daschle (Thomas Andrew Daschle) , 1947-, U.S. senator from South Dakota (1987-2005), b. Aberdeen, S.Dak. A Democrat, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978, where he served four terms; he was first elected to the Senate in 1986. A low-key centrist with a reputation as a... Read more |
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Bridging the Skills Gap - Part I
...organizations may have skill gaps, they will not be...low- wage, low-skills jobs," notes Carnevale...more education and skill. Growth of these...salaries and providing costly technological infrastructure...cautiously to fill skill gaps that they couldn...that pressure to fix ... |
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Got skills? A coming wave of jobs - no, really - will mean 'help wanted'...
...Washington. By 2030, the gap could widen to 35...literacy and computer skills or a flair for management...When it comes to bridging the skills gap, some people...Fowler about the skills gap in Holyoke and...their mistakes got costlier. If something is... |
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Bridging the gap
...Certifying and Licensing Military Skills for Civilian Jobs WITH THE STOCK...must demonstrate professional skills that were unheard of only a...competency in job-related skills," Borrego states. "Private...the figures. TRAINING OFTEN COSTLY Courses of 10 months or longer... |
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Development's false divide: giving Internet access to the world's poorest...
...ubiquitous service will be a costly mistake. Some argue that...also relates to deficits in skills and the broader economic environment...speaker would gain nothing. Bridging the gaps in language and technical skills as well as basic literacy... |
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Balancing banking staff deficits
...staff. However, a new charity is bridging the gap with talent drawn from the long...employers to bridge their so-called skills gap. Forsyth, 43, said 7000 people...roles within 12 months - a very costly rate of attrition. The Royal Bank... |
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The VITA Program: A Catalyst for Improving Accounting Education
...ability to learn skills. Professors are...with business. Skill development. There...at the expense of skill development - skills students need in...information were still costly. Focusing on information...the expectation gap in accounting professionals...education, while also ... |
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Doctors making an effort to bridge cultural gaps // Gilson DaSilva Health...
...Syme loves to use his diagnostic skills to figure out patients' medical...malpractice insurers. As they see it, bridging cultural gaps isn't just a nice idea - it might...membership, save money and avoid costly medical disasters. This spring... |
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Case study of American Healthways' diabetes disease management...
...et al., 2003). These gaps in care are so large that...reduce the risk of avoidable costly events in the future (Baker...but rather lower costs by bridging gaps in care and helping participants...development of patient self-care skills |
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Drafting a 'dream team' to prevent e-discovery nightmares: RIM professionals...
...from negligence by bridging the gaps between legal, IT...develop a new set of skills and value within...and it is the most costly and time-intensive...information, it is a costly process. If the...risk in that another costly and time-consuming... |
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Avoid homegrown Web-to-mainframe solutions.(Industry Trend or Event)
...Reinventing the wheel is costly, and the idea of...own organizational skills and strengths. Having...in production? * Bridging the gap. Out-of-the...technological philosophy by bridging the communication and generation gaps that often exist...tend to widen the gap because one ... |
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