Chapter 1. --1970s. Fruit industry restructures after freeze disaster --Chapter 2. --1980s. Setbacks for world economy and Washington State fruit industry --Chapter 3. --1990s. New challenges and opportunities --Chapter 4. --2000s. A new regime emerges --Chapter 5. --Increasingly intrusive...

In 2000, the Howard Liberal-National Coalition Government enacted the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act. This Act exempted employee records from privacy protection, and was justified by the Government on the ground that employee records protection was better addressed under workplace...

A nationwide survey of exporters of high-value products was conducted in the summer of 1998. The purpose of the survey was to ascertain the extent of activity by U.S. exporters in offshore markets and to identify which firms were most likely to benefit from targeted government assistance...

Increased consolidation in the retail food industry, retail discount stores'Â’ expansion into food, and the use of information technology have created a new breed of retail grocery establishments that are rapidly capturing a growing share of the retail food business. In order to study the...

A nationwide survey of exporters of high-value products was conducted in the summer of 1998. The purpose of the survey was to ascertain the extent of activity by U.S. exporters in offshore markets and to identify which firms were most likely to benefit from targeted government assistance...

Background Evidence shows incapacity benefit claimants (those off sick 26 weeks) are at greatest risk of long-term job loss. Aim To develop a screening tool to select those at risk of job loss, defined as failure to return to work among those off sick. The screening tool was for use in the Job...