International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 7 Issue 4

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The Need for Anti‐Discrimination Policies in the Labour Market

Barrie O. Pettman

It will be argued here that the need for anti‐discrimination policies in the labour market — while patently obvious to the present audience — can also be reinforced via an…

Wages Councils, The Equal Pay Act and Retail Distribution

Olive Robinson, John Wallace

The purpose of this article is to examine the extent to which implementation of the Equal Pay Act 1970 in retail distribution has been influenced by the wages regulation orders of…

Racial Minority Group Unemployment: Trends and Characteristics

Brian Showler

This contribution seeks to examine the nature of registered unemployment in Britain amongst racial minority group workers as defined for the purposes of the Department of…

Religious Discrimination and Disadvantage in the Northern Ireland Labour Market

Robert D. Osborne

Accusations of religious discrimination in employment in Northern Ireland have long been made and have included both the public and private sectors. In view of the volume and…

Age Limits on Job Vacancies

James Jolly, Stephen Creigh, Alan Mingay

The United States has attempted to remove the comparative disadvantage of people over 40 in the labour market by legislation against any age discrimination in the employment of…

Cover of International Journal of Social Economics

ISSN:

0306-8293

Online date, start – end:

1974

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Professor Terence Garrett