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Agriculture Labour
The first Agricultural Labour Enquiry Committee of 1950-51 regarded those people as agricultural workers who were engaged in raising crops…
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Casual workers most exploited
The latest unemployment figures have revealed symptoms of a long rise in inequality and falling living standards for working Australians.…
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Problems of Matrix Organizations
No organization design or method of management is perfect. And any form can suffer from a variety of problems that…
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Advantages & Disadvantages of Hierarchical Structure
What Are the Advantages & Disadvantages of Hierarchical Structure? Large businesses have been moving away from a traditional hierarchy in…
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Hierarchy in organizations
Hierarchy in organizations: when it helps, when it hurts The animal kingdom is filled with hierarchies. The best known is…
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Social Problems: Causes and Solutions
Introduction Sociology seeks to discover, describe and explain the order which characterises the social life of man (Inkeles, 1964 cited…
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SOCIAL ISSUES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Businesses are increasingly required to demonstrate sound understanding and good practice around human rights standards and wider social issues, both…
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Consumer Rights
Right to SafetyMeans right to be protected against the marketing of goods and services, which are hazardous to life and…
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Consumer Court India
Introduction The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (COPRA) was passed by the Indian parliament and came into force on December 1986.…
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National Commission for Minorities
The Union Government set up the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Six religious communities,…
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Violence against children
Types of violence against children Most violence against children involves at least one of six main types of interpersonal violence…
