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    achieve their objectives sustainably. The inequality between men and woman in the labor forces caused by the way that women allocate their time. The number of Korean women who have to do housework and childcare is greater. Most companies choose to hire a man because it is thought that a man can do more tasks than women without considering their education. There is an analysis that the inequality of gender impacts the labor market and economic growth. Corporate social responsibility Corporate

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    In today’s society women have more access to doing the same thing as men such as working in higher positions. However, women are getting paid fifty five cents of every dollar that men make. The way society treat women with employment is unfair because as women we do the same work or sometimes twice as more. Even though time have change equality for the workplace only change by 6% of a 100% scale. We as individuals have so much work to do when it comes to improving our workplace not for just men but

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    Workforce Flexibility

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    environment. The external changes are as Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (2011) stated: Population aging, a strong economy, and historically low unemployment pose new challenges in terms of skill and labor shortages, productivity, and worker retention. Furthermore, high female labor force

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    There is no doubt that the business world is changing rapidly and that many factors are also simultaneously interacting. Perhaps these factors are created by cultural diversity. The online dictionary source, http://en.wiktionary.org defines diversity in the social context as a business strategy encouraging differences in order to compete in a marketplace with a heterogeneous customer base. Diversity in the general population, the work force and the market place give many benefits for organizations

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    Introduction Workers are always searching for a higher paying job to help support themselves and their families, even if it means moving to a different country. Economic benefit is one the main reasons why people would immigrant to the US. Others may seek economic losses if it meant that they would gain political freedom or reunification with their families. The US has historically been an immigration country, with new waves coming from different regions throughout generations. The first wave occurred

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    1) The National Labor Union was the first labor federation in the united states and it paved the pathway for the Nights of Labor and the AFL. The National Labor Union was led by William H. Sylvis and was in response to unsuccessful efforts to form a national coalition of local trade unions. The National Labor Union wanted instead to bring together all of the national labor organizations, as well as the "eight-hour leagues" which pressed for the eight-hour day, to create a national federation that

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    Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta born April 10, 1930 in Dawson, New Mexico is an American labor leader and civil rights activist who was co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, and later the United Farm workers. Huerta has received many awards and accolades and has remained a role model and voice to many in the Latino community. Huerta had been born to Juan Fernandez and Alicia Chavez; they divorced when Huerta was just three years old. Both Huerta’s parents were active in the rights of

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    Introduction Gender roles is a very controversial topic in today’s society, especially when it comes to working. 100 years ago, in Europe, women were working long hours in factories. Women also worked as nurses, cleaned wealthy people 's homes, and were craftswomen. Meanwhile, 100 years ago in the United States women were expected to stay home and take care of the family/home, while the men went out and worked an average of ten hours a day for six days a week, compared to the traditional five day

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    If men are being paid even a penny more than women for the same work, then that suggests an attitude of disrespect for women. For years the average women income was solely passed on how much her male partner made; allowing her to be the stay at home parent. Women a far more likely now a days likely to deal with the dual demands of household work and job work. Of course there are great examples of women who have successfully carried out both, however, statistics show that women make about 80-82 to

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    The Gender Pay Gap

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    From 1960 to the early 1970s the movement of married women workers accounted for almost half of the total labor force, and women were staying on their jobs longer before starting families. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 promised equal pay for equal work, so it is hard to believe that in 2017, we are still talking about the gender pay gap. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “in 2010, women on average earned 81 cents for every dollar men earned, While the wage gap has narrowed considerably

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