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India that provide fall back mechanisms and evaluates how they compare with systems in selected comparator countries and …
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In this paper, we undertake an evaluation of the laws governing wages in India, identify their shortcomings and offer … regulations in India do not measure up to the standards adopted in peer countries and in some respect fall short of the … recommendations in ILO Conventions. Some of our laws are very complex and this makes enforcement difficult. The Code on Wages Bill …
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cross-section of the Top 20 fast food restaurants in the US, we find that total back-wages (wage repayment equal to the …,265 larger than at a comparable company-owned outlet, which is roughly four times average back-wages. This franchise effect grows …
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This paper explores empirically the economic validity of the relatively limited approach to the regulation of …
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The United States Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to workers’ rights in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, 584 U.S. __ (May 21, 2018) when it held that employers may require employees to waive their rights to class or collective action. Employees had hoped the Court would find that mandatory...
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It is now well established fact that the present policies need to change to give priority to sustainable development. Various measures of satisfaction with life or happiness in developed countries appear not to have risen in recent years despite developed countries' high per capita incomes. The...
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Regulating labor standards in the apparel industry has been a problem for more than a century. However, changes over the last decade in the relationships between retailers and apparel manufacturers have altered the product market forces governing the apparel industry. This paper explores how new...
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occupational licensing can raise the wages of members of both occupations, but the duration of state occupational licensing …
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The debate about mandatory retirement is fundamentally a moral issue, about human rights, but one strongly related to several major economic issues. Mandatory retirement is a form of age discrimination that seems to be strictly prohibited by section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights. But...
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