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Trade Unions and the Law (Hardcover): Horatio Vester, Anthony H. Gardner Trade Unions and the Law (Hardcover)
Horatio Vester, Anthony H. Gardner
R2,584 Discovery Miles 25 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1955, this book describes in a clear and concise way the nature of a Trade Union in England from the legal point of view, the particular aspects of the Law which make it possible for Trade Unions to carry on their activities and the restraints which the Law place on them for the protection of their members and the community. It briefly reviews the history of Trade Union Law, describes the Acts of Parliament which made the modern Trade Union possible and deals with those aspects of the Law which are important for those who have industrial relations with Trade Unions.

Comparative Labour Law (Hardcover): Anne Trebilcock Comparative Labour Law (Hardcover)
Anne Trebilcock
R9,952 Discovery Miles 99 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This comprehensive research review discusses an array of distinguished papers from within the sphere of comparative labour law, covering the subject's most compelling and thought-provoking questions. Topics include the uses and limits of comparative labour law, the enforcement of labour rights and the methods of comparative labour law. Prefaced with an original introduction by the editor, this collection promises to be a useful research tool for scholars and practitioners, as well as a fascinating read for those interested in the field.

Health and safety law - what you should know foldable pocket cards (pack of 25) (Paperback): Great Britain. Health And Safety... Health and safety law - what you should know foldable pocket cards (pack of 25) (Paperback)
Great Britain. Health And Safety Executive
R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

HSE has published a new, simplified version of the Health and Safety Law Poster. It tells workers what they and their employers need to do in simple terms, using numbered lists of basic points. As an employer, you are required by law to either display the HSE-approved poster or to provide each of your workers with this equivalent 'pocket card'. This is more durable and better suited to the workplace than the previous leaflet.

Digital Labour Markets in Central and Eastern European Countries - COVID-19 and the Future of Work (Hardcover): Beata... Digital Labour Markets in Central and Eastern European Countries - COVID-19 and the Future of Work (Hardcover)
Beata Wozniak-Jechorek, Kamilla Marchewka-Bartkowiak
R3,769 Discovery Miles 37 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on changing labour markets and accelerating digitalisation of the workplace in Central and Eastern Europe. It provides an innovative and enriching take on the work experience from the pandemic times and discusses the challenges of ongoing changes in labour markets and workplaces in a way that is not covered by the extant literature. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and digitalisation on labour market outcomes is analysed throughout 12 chapters, by 34 labour market experts from various CEE countries. Most chapters are based on empirical methods yet are presented in an easy-to-follow way to make the book also accessible for a non-scientific audience. The volume addresses the three key goals: to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the adoption of workplace digitalisation in the selected labour markets in CEE countries and the potential trade-offs facing those who do and do not have access to this benefit to complement the labour market research by incorporating the outputs of changing demand for skills to contribute new insight into policies and regulations that govern the future of work The book argues that the recent COVID-19 pandemic was a sombre reminder of the relevance and necessity of digital technology for a variety of sectors and market activities. It concludes that to downside the risks of vanishing jobs, as well as to minimise the threats and maximise the opportunities of digitalisation in CEE countries, labour market partners need to consider an effective governance tool in terms of inclusive access to the digital environment, re-skilling, and balanced regulations of the more problematic facets of digital work. The book will be of interest to postgraduate researchers and academics in the fields of labour economics, regional economics, and macroeconomics. Additionally, due to the broader policy implications of the topic, the book will appeal to policymakers and experts interested in labour economics. The Introduction, Chapters 4 and 12 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Law and Economics of Discrimination (Hardcover): John J. Donohue III Law and Economics of Discrimination (Hardcover)
John J. Donohue III
R13,218 Discovery Miles 132 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This important title introduces the reader to the key theoretical and empirical issues concerning the topical field of law and economics of discrimination. The book begins with readings from Gary Becker's seminal work on the economics of discrimination followed by a series of papers that try to evaluate the degree of discrimination in labour markets and the extent to which government intervention has reduced this discrimination. In addition to examining discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and sexual orientation in the labour market, Professor Donohue explores the problem of discrimination in various consumer markets, in the criminal justice sphere, in education and in health care.

Discrimination, Vulnerable Consumers and Financial Inclusion - Fair Access to Financial Services and the Law (Paperback):... Discrimination, Vulnerable Consumers and Financial Inclusion - Fair Access to Financial Services and the Law (Paperback)
Catalin-Gabriel Stanescu, Asress Adimi Gikay
R1,218 Discovery Miles 12 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book addresses the questions of discrimination, vulnerable consumers, and financial inclusion in the light of the emerging legal, socioeconomic, and technological challenges. New technologies - such as artificial intelligence-driven consumer credit risk assessment and Fintech platforms, the changing nature of vulnerability due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the sophistication of digital technologies, which help circumvent legal barriers and protections - necessitate the continuous study of the existing legal frameworks and measures that are capable of tackling these challenges. Organized in two major parts, the first addresses, from multiple national angles, the idea of a human rights approach to consumer law, in order to replace the mantra of economic efficiency that characterizes financial services with those of human dignity and freedom from discrimination and from debt-induced servitude. The second tackles the challenges posed by increased usage of technology in connection with financial services, which tends to solve, but also creates, additional issues for consumers in general, and for vulnerable groups in particular.

Fighting for Farming Justice - Diversity, Food Access and the USDA (Hardcover): Terri R. Jett Fighting for Farming Justice - Diversity, Food Access and the USDA (Hardcover)
Terri R. Jett
R1,500 Discovery Miles 15 000 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book provides a detailed discussion of four class-action discrimination cases that have recently been settled within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and have led to a change in the way in which the USDA supports farmers from diverse backgrounds. These settlements shed light on why access to successful farming has been so often limited to white men and/or families, and significantly this has led to a change for opportunities in the way the USDA supports famers from diverse backgrounds. With chapters focusing on each settlement Jett provides an overview of the USDA before diving into a closer discussion of the four key settlements, involving African American farmers (Pigford), Native Americans (Keepseagle), Woman famers (Love) and Latino(a) farmers (Garcia), and the similarities between each. This title places and emphasis on what is happening in farming culture today, drawing connections between these four settlements and the increasing attention on urban farming, community gardens, farmers markets, organic farming and the slow food movement, through to the larger issues of food justice and access to food. Fighting for Farming Justice will be of interest to scholars of food justice and the farming arena, as well as those in the fields of Agricultural Economics, Civil Rights Law and Ethic Studies.

Individual Employment Law (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Geoffrey England Individual Employment Law (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Geoffrey England
R1,687 Discovery Miles 16 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Individual Employment Law" has been significantly revised and updated to include legislative and caselaw developments from 2000 to 2008. It gives an overview of employment contracts and employment relationships as they are dealt with both by common law and statute, including human rights issues, occupational health and safety, and industrial standards legislation. The book treats obligations of both employers and employees, the enforcement of employment rights in multiple forums, and contains an in-depth examination of termination of employment.

The Church and Employment Law - A Comparative Analysis of The Legal Status of Clergy and Religious Workers (Hardcover): John... The Church and Employment Law - A Comparative Analysis of The Legal Status of Clergy and Religious Workers (Hardcover)
John Duddington
R3,783 Discovery Miles 37 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the current law on the employment status of ministers of religion together with religious workers and volunteers and suggests reforms in this area of the law to meet the need for ministers to be given a degree of employment protection. It also considers the constant theme in Christian history that the clergy should not be subject to the ordinary courts and asks whether this is justified with the growth of areas such as employment law. The work questions whether it is possible to arrive at a satisfactory definition of who is a minister of religion and, along with this, who would be the employer of the minister if there was a contract of employment. Taking a comparative perspective, it evaluates the case law on the employment status of Christian and non-Christian clergy and assesses whether this shows any coherent theme or line of development. The work also considers the issue of ministerial employment status against the background of the autonomy of churches and other religious bodies from the State, together with their ecclesiology. The book will be of interest to academics and researchers working in the areas of law and religion, employment law and religious studies, together with both legal practitioners and human resources practitioners in these areas.

Employment Law and Intellectual Property Law (Hardcover): Ann L Monotti Employment Law and Intellectual Property Law (Hardcover)
Ann L Monotti
R10,397 Discovery Miles 103 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This research review discusses themes that arise at the points at which employment and intellectual property laws converge. Topics include historical perspectives on employee inventions; rationales for default rules; allocation of ownership of employee creation; restraints and employee mobility and discusses university approaches and issues.

Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration - An Examination of Domestic Work and Domestic Workers' Experiences in... Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration - An Examination of Domestic Work and Domestic Workers' Experiences in Singapore and Hong Kong (Hardcover)
Shih Joo Tan
R3,771 Discovery Miles 37 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drawing on original empirical research from Singapore and Hong Kong, Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration interrogates women migrant domestic workers' experiences of work and workplace exploitation. It examines the ways in which these women negotiate everyday security and safe work against the backdrop of affective employment relations and institutional structures of labour and migration law. It challenges the current emphasis on the language of exploitation and legal approaches to identifying, understanding and rectifying poor employment conditions for women migrant domestic workers. This book addresses the limited research literature that examines the extent to which regulatory or criminal justice responses are relevant to, and utilised by, women migrant domestic workers in their everyday negotiation of safe work and offers a unique contribution to the field. An accessible and compelling read, it will be of interest to researchers from across the fields of criminology, sociology, labour migration studies and women's studies.

Labor Law (Hardcover, 17th Revised edition): Robert A Gorman, Matthew W. Finkin, Timothy P. Glynn Labor Law (Hardcover, 17th Revised edition)
Robert A Gorman, Matthew W. Finkin, Timothy P. Glynn
R8,377 Discovery Miles 83 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Seventeenth Edition makes a number of significant changes to its predecessor, reflecting the evolution of the law relating to employers, employees, and unions in a dynamic economy and polarized political environment. This edition includes new decisions of the National Labor Relations Board appointed by President Trump, which has departed in many, significant ways from the approach of the Board under the Obama Administration. The Trump Board's starkly different outlook on the role of labor law in the contemporary workplace is reflected in its overturning or reversing precedents on many key issues, such as protections for employee electronic communications, accountability for employers in "fissured" enterprises, and treatment of various other employer restrictions on collective employee activity. The book also contains judicial decisions addressing these developments, evincing the growing conflicts over the role of labor unions in society. This edition supplies a comprehensive revision in light of major legal shifts occurring from 2016 through 2020, notably Newly revised NLRB representation election rules SuperShuttle and more, addressing the distinction between employees and independent contractors The Boeing Company, adopting a new and markedly different framework for analyzing whether facial neutral workplace rules interfere with Section 7 rights, including rules addressing matters such as employee use of cameras in the workplace and workplace civility standards Caesars Entertainment, reverting to the Board's prior approach (under The Register Guard) to rules on employee use of employer email for concerted activity The NLRB General Counsel's advocacy of stricter limitations on neutrality agreements Newly enacted rules overturning Browning-Ferris and narrowing the scope of joint employer status Alstate Maintenance, seemingly narrowing the scope of concerted activity for mutual aid or protection Epic Systems, in which the Supreme Court rejected the Board's decision in Murphy Oil, thereby unwinding protection against contractual waivers of the capacity to participate in group arbitration or adjudication of employment-related claims General Motors, adopting a new approach to determining when allegedly abusive conduct loses protection under Section 7. MV Transportation, abandoning the "clear and unmistakable" standard for determining whether a CBA waives the duty to bargain and replacing it with a "contract coverage" standard. New discussion problems and exercises throughout the text offer students the opportunity to engage with this new material, illustrating how exciting and challenging the study of labor law is today.

Economically-dependent Workers as Part of a Decent Economy (Hardcover): Claudia Schubert Economically-dependent Workers as Part of a Decent Economy (Hardcover)
Claudia Schubert
R5,154 Discovery Miles 51 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book contains 11 country reports that outline the legal bases for the protection of economically-dependent workers in labour and social security law. In addition, a comparative analysis explores the characteristics of such workers and the regulatory models for their legal protection as well as pointing out protection gaps. Further contributions evaluate the impact of international law and European law on the legal protection of economically-dependent workers and highlight the need for future developments.

Tolley's Health & Safety at Work Handbook 2022 (Paperback, 35th edition): An expert team of lawyers and health and safety... Tolley's Health & Safety at Work Handbook 2022 (Paperback, 35th edition)
An expert team of lawyers and health and safety practitioners
R7,306 R6,917 Discovery Miles 69 170 Save R389 (5%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This essential title provides an authoritative reference source covering key aspects of health and safety law and practice. Adopting a user-friendly A-Z format, the handbook presents clear narrative on the latest legislative changes, how to comply with current law and practice, and how they affect the role of the health and safety manager. Leading experts in health and safety offer insight and guidance on a range of subjects, from accident reporting, welfare facilities, mental ill-health, an aging workforce, absenteeism, travel safety and personal safety. This essential handbook also provides an authoritative reference source covering key aspects of health and safety law and practice, as well as related environmental and employment information. Updated annually, this title fully equips busy practitioners with everything to deal with day-to-day issues quickly.

The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws (Paperback, 7th ed.): Lisa Guerin, Sachi Barreiro The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws (Paperback, 7th ed.)
Lisa Guerin, Sachi Barreiro
R1,291 R1,029 Discovery Miles 10 290 Save R262 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Labour Relations N5 (Paperback): B. Dworzanowski-Venter Labour Relations N5 (Paperback)
B. Dworzanowski-Venter
R344 R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Save R26 (8%) Ships in 6 - 10 working days
Employee Rights in Corporate Insolvency - A UK and US Perspective (Hardcover): Hamiisi Nsubuga Employee Rights in Corporate Insolvency - A UK and US Perspective (Hardcover)
Hamiisi Nsubuga
R3,833 Discovery Miles 38 330 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book analyses corporate rescue laws, processes and policies prescribed in corporate insolvency or bankruptcy laws, and employment laws of the UK and the US, with a particular focus on how extant employee rights are treated when a debtor employer initiates corporate insolvency proceedings. The commencement of formal insolvency proceedings by an employer affects employees' rights and interests. Employment laws seek to protect employees' rights and interests, while insolvency laws seek to promote corporate rescue, which may entail workforce changes. Consequently, this creates a tension between whose interest insolvency law should give primacy of protection. The book analyses how corporate rescue processes such as administration, pre-pack business sales, company voluntary arrangements, receivership and liquidation impact employee rights and protection during corporate rescue proceedings in both jurisdictions. It goes on to address how the federal system of government in the US and the diffusion of power between federal and state law jurisdictions impact a uniform code of employee protection during Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganisation proceedings. The book considers how an interpretative approach to law (Dworkin's Interpretative Theory of Law) may be used to balance both employee protection and corporate rescue laws during corporate insolvency in the UK and the US. Of interest to academics, students and employment law practitioners, this book examines the tension between corporate rescue laws and employment protection laws during corporate insolvency in the US and the UK and how this tension may be remedied or balanced.

How Antitrust Failed Workers (Hardcover): Eric A. Posner How Antitrust Failed Workers (Hardcover)
Eric A. Posner
R860 R799 Discovery Miles 7 990 Save R61 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A trenchant account of an unacknowledged driver of inequality and wage stagnation in America: the abandonment of antitrust law, which has allowed corporations to combine into a smaller number of massive conglomerates whose market dominance robs workers of their bargaining power. The consequences of the massive consolidation wave in corporate America that began decades ago are now increasingly apparent: labor markets are no longer competitive. Since the 1970s, Americans have seen income and wealth inequality skyrocket-and job opportunities stagnate. There are many theories of why this happened, including the decline of organized labor and the introduction of tax policies that favored the rich. However, another crucial event was the precipitous decline in antitrust enforcement that began in earnest during the Reagan administration. With ever-increasing combination and consolidation, workers had fewer options to turn to. In How Antitrust Law Failed Workers, Eric Posner documents the role of antitrust in our economy and why it failed. Only through reforming antitrust law can we shield workers from employers' overwhelming market power. As Posner explains, antitrust laws were created to protect the labor market by attacking monopolies, like Facebook and Google today, that are able to either charge high prices or degrade the quality of their services because customers cannot switch to competitors. Antitrust laws are also used to attack business cartels that can fix prices. In recent years, it has become clear that firms with market power not only charge higher prices; they also suppress wages and output. Many employers use anticompetitive devices-like covenants not to compete for workers and no-poaching agreements-to advance their market power at the expense of workers. Posner shares stories that illustrate how the problem is playing out on the ground, and then contextualizes what is going on via a concise history of the American economy and labor relations since the 1980s. Essential reading for anyone interested in fighting economic inequality, How Antitrust Failed Workers also offers a sharp primer on the true nature of the American economy-one that is increasingly uncompetitive and tilted against workers.

Law, Migration and Precarious Labour - Ecotechnics of the Social (Paperback): Anastasia Tataryn Law, Migration and Precarious Labour - Ecotechnics of the Social (Paperback)
Anastasia Tataryn
R1,303 Discovery Miles 13 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Providing a radical new approach to labour migration, this book challenges the prevailing legal and political construction of the figure of the irregular migrant labourer, whilst at the same time reimagining this irregularity as the basis of an alternative, post-capitalist, sociality. The text draws on the work of contemporary philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, and more specifically his term 'ecotechnics', in order to examine how economic, political, and juridical norms deny the full legal status of certain people who are deemed to be irregular. This ostensible irregularity is revealed as a regular feature of labour market practice, and a necessary support for the conceptual foundations of capitalist legality. As this book shows, however, this legality - and with it, the technological subordination of life to the circulation of capital as if this were the only possibility for our being in the world - is not insurmountable. The book's consideration of the figure of the irregular migrant labourer comes to provide an alternative basis for reimagining our relationship not only with migration and with labour itself, but ultimately with each other. This powerful analysis of contemporary labour migration is of considerable interest to legal and political theorists, philosophers, labour lawyers, migration experts, and others with theoretical, political, or policy interests in this area.

The Regulation and Management of Workplace Health and Safety - Historical and Emerging Trends (Paperback): Peter Sheldon, Sarah... The Regulation and Management of Workplace Health and Safety - Historical and Emerging Trends (Paperback)
Peter Sheldon, Sarah Gregson, Karin Sanders, Russell Lansbury
R1,256 Discovery Miles 12 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book provides a collection of cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research-based chapters on work, workers and the regulation and management of workplace health and safety. Featuring research from Australia, Europe and North America, the chapters traverse important historical examples and place important, emerging contemporary trends, like work in the gig economy, into wider international and historical perspectives. The authors are leading authorities in their fields. The book contributes to advancing our knowledge - empirical and theoretical - of the ways in which labour market dynamics, management strategies, state regulation and public policy, and union organisation affect outcomes for workers. It features in-depth exploration of, and reflection on, some of the major labour market challenges facing workers, and analysis of strengths and weaknesses of responses to those challenges, whether via management, state regulation or collective employee voice. The chapters highlight shifts in in/equality of outcomes; access to security and flexibility at work; genuine access to workplace voice and decision-making; and the implications of different avenues and mechanisms for regulating work and employment. The text is aimed at researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students in work and organisational studies, industrial/employment relations and human resource management, workplace (or occupational) health and safety, employment law, and labour history. It will also be of particular interest to policy makers and practitioners working in the field of workplace health and safety.

International Aviation Labour Law (Hardcover): Andrea Trimarchi International Aviation Labour Law (Hardcover)
Andrea Trimarchi
R4,067 Discovery Miles 40 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

International Aviation Labour Law explores the status quo of the international regulation of labour and employment within the air transport industry and provides a detailed analysis of the regulatory endeavours undertaken at the international, European and domestic level to harmonise aviation labour regulations and ensure adequate labour standards for aircrew members. Offering an original insight into the regulation of labour in the aviation sector and airline industry, it analyses regulatory endeavours undertaken at the international, European and domestic level, exploring the main challenges arising from non-uniform and fragmented regulation of labour standards in the air transport sector. In particular, it investigates whether aviation labour regulations are sufficiently harmonised at an international level to ensure adequate labour standards for aircrew members. Key concerns relating to aviation labour are dealt with from a regulatory and practical perspective, and the current normative gaps are examined in view of potential future regulatory trends and solutions via a thorough analysis of the applicable legislation, landmark court decisions and the use of practical examples, to provide an overview of the various nuances of the topic. The book identifies and explore the main implications and repercussions of regulatory asymmetry and highlights the critical role of labour for air transport and how discrepancies in labour regulation may affect the practice of flying and the essence of aviation safety. It emphasises a strong need for international regulatory coordination and is a key reference for a varied audience of students, academics, professionals and rule-makers involved in the air transport arena and for all those who have an interest in the regulation of labour and employment in aviation.

What Every Manager Needs to Know About Sexual Harassment (Paperback, Special ed.): Darlene Orlov, Michael Roumell What Every Manager Needs to Know About Sexual Harassment (Paperback, Special ed.)
Darlene Orlov, Michael Roumell
R618 Discovery Miles 6 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Can you say anything about sex at the office anymore? Yes, maybe, but read this first. Sexual harassment is a malign specter hovering over workplaces everywhere. One touch of its foul breath can devastate businesses, causing them to lose millions of dollars, not to mention waste bundles of time and energy. Needless to say, organizations are running scared. This book provides managers with vital information to protect themselves and their companies from lawsuits, bad publicity, decreased employee morale, and other associated miseries. Topics covered include: * laws and court decisions (including the most recent Supreme Court rulings) * what behavior is acceptable--and what isn't * preventive policies and staff training * investigating complaints, and more. With one of every three cases filed with the EEOC involving a sexual harassment claim, managers need help. This complete answer book--with real-life scenarios, self-help quizzes, checklists, and thoughtful analysis--gives them just the guidance they need.

The Judiciary, Discrimination Law and Statutory Interpretation - Easy Cases Making Bad Law (Paperback): Michael Connolly The Judiciary, Discrimination Law and Statutory Interpretation - Easy Cases Making Bad Law (Paperback)
Michael Connolly
R1,216 Discovery Miles 12 160 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In 1856, the US Supreme Court denied Dred Scott, now free of slavery, his Constitutional rights, solely because he was black. According to the Court, when the Constitution was drafted, some 60 years earlier, its authors would not have intended that 'a subordinate and inferior class of beings' qualified as citizens of the United States. Thus, the meaning of language drafted over half a century before was frozen in time. This case, perhaps more than any other, demonstrates that the matter of statutory interpretation is critical, technical, and, sometimes, highly emotive. The case is not a mere nugget from history to indulge our disgust with values of another age, and with it a satisfaction of our progress to today's higher moral ground. It is the unfortunate case that the senior courts of England continue to produce highly contentious interpretations of our equality and discrimination laws. This book examines these cases from the perspective of statutory interpretation, the judge's primary function. The scrutiny finds the judgments technically flawed, overcomplicated, excessively long, and often unduly restrictive. As such, this book explains how the cases should have been resolved - using conventional methods of interpretation; this would have produced simpler, technically sound judgments. Rather like the case of Dred Scott, these were easy cases producing bad law.

Systemic Bias - Algorithms and Society (Hardcover): Michael Filimowicz Systemic Bias - Algorithms and Society (Hardcover)
Michael Filimowicz
R1,586 Discovery Miles 15 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Systemic Bias: Algorithms and Society looks at issues of computational bias in the contexts of cultural works, metaphors of magic and mathematics in tech culture, and workplace psychometrics. The output of computational models is directly tied not only to their inputs but to the relationships and assumptions embedded in their model design, many of which are of a social and cultural, rather than physical and mathematical, nature. How do human biases make their way into these data models, and what new strategies have been proposed to overcome bias in computed products? Scholars and students from many backgrounds, as well as policy makers, journalists, and the general reading public will find a multidisciplinary approach to inquiry into algorithmic bias encompassing research from Communication, Art, and New Media.

Vetting and Monitoring Employees - A Guide for HR Practitioners (Paperback): Gillian Howard Vetting and Monitoring Employees - A Guide for HR Practitioners (Paperback)
Gillian Howard
R1,005 Discovery Miles 10 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Most employers will at some time need to monitor, record and read e-mails sent and received by their staff, or check on their employees' use of the telephone and internet, or access business correspondence received at work but addressed to a member of staff. There may also be clear cases where covert surveillance either by video camera or private investigators is considered as a means to collect evidence of criminal activity on site. The law in this area is complex and, in some cases, contradictory. Gillian Howard aims to set out the law clearly and give practical guidance, both to employers as to their legal rights, and to employees as to what safeguards to their privacy the law gives them. She provides precedents and useful examples of policies and procedures for monitoring employees at work. Vetting staff before taking them into employment can be equally fraught with legal issues. The Data Protection Act 1998 requires employers to obtain explicit consent from an employee before seeking and using certain sensitive information. This book gives guidance in this difficult area of employment law with practical advice, precedents and policies, and details of legal interpretations of the law by the Courts and Employment Tribunals.

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