Social Activity → Employment
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Description
Employment is a relationship between two parties regulating the provision of paid labour services. Usually based on a contract, one party, the employer, which might be a corporation, a not-for-profit organization, a co-operative, or any other entity, pays the other, the employee, in return for carrying out assigned work. Employees work in return for wages, which can be paid on the basis of an hourly rate, by piecework or an annual salary, depending on the type of work an employee does, the prevailing conditions of the sector and the bargaining power between the parties. Employees in some sectors may receive gratuities, bonus payments or stock options. In some types of employment, employees may receive benefits in addition to payment. Benefits may include health insurance, housing, and disability insurance. Employment is typically governed by employment laws, organization or legal contracts.
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Organizations relating to Employment
Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management
Confederación Latinoamericana de Empleo / Bogota, Colombia
European Confederation of Inclusive Enterprises / Est. 2017
European Committee of the Regions / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1993
International Employment Law, Pensions and Employee Benefits Alliance / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 2001
Land Healers Foundation / Est. 2018
Forests and Livelihoods: Assessment, Research, and Engagement / Ann Arbor MI, USA
Arab Centre for Labour Administration and Employment / Tunis, Tunisia / Est. 1993
ECTI - Professionnels Seniors Bénévoles / Paris, France / Est. 1974
Ieder Voor Allen / Leuven, Belgium / Est. 1964
Dienst voor Internationale Samenwerking aan Ontwikkelingsprojecten / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1961
Confédération européenne pour l'emploi des handicapés / Nottingham, UK / Est. 1990
European Community / Est. 1958
Special Relief Operations Service / Est. 1973
Internationaler Bund der Opfer des Krieges und der Arbeit / Est. 1919
Inter-Agency Task Force on Employment and Sustainable Livelihoods for All / Est. 1996
Administrative Tribunal of the United Nations / Est. 1949
Fédération Européenne du Portage Salarial / Brussels, Belgium
AEGIS Europe / Brussels, Belgium
International Handicappers' Net / Phoenix OR, USA / Est. 1958
Institut européen des juristes en droit social / Levallois-Perret, France / Est. 1989
Society for the Promotion of Human Rights in Employment / Hamilton ON, Canada / Est. 1997
European Work and Employment Research Centre / Manchester, UK / Est. 1994
Commonwealth Ministers of Employment / Labour Meeting / London, UK
Convention Concerning the Age for Admission of Children to Non-industrial Employment, 1932 / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1932
Convention Concerning Benefits in the Case of Employment Injury / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1964
Convention Concerning Fee-charging Employment Agencies, 1949 / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1949
Convention Concerning the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment Underground in Mines / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1965
Convention Concerning Medical Examination of Young Persons for Fitness for Employment Underground in Mines / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1965
Convention Concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1973
Convention Concerning the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment as Fishermen / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1959
Convention Concerning Employment Policy / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1964
Agreement Regarding Rules for Recognition of Contribution Periods and Periods of Employment in the Case of Persons Covered by Unemployment Insurance Who Remove from One Country to Another / Est. 1959
Convention Concerning the Abolition of Penal Sanctions for Breaches of Contract of Employment by Indigenous Workers / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1955
Convention Concerning the Age for Admission of Children to Non-industrial Employment, 1937 / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1937
Convention Concerning Migration for Employment / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1949
Convention Concerning Medical Examination of Children and Young Persons for Fitness for Employment in Non-industrial Occupations / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1946
Convention Concerning the Maximum Length of Contracts of Employment of Indigenous Workers / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1947
Convention Concerning Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1983
Convention Concerning Employment and Conditions of Work and Life of Nursing Personnel / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1977
Convention Concerning Employment of Women During the Night, 1919 / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1919
Convention Concerning the Employment of Women before and After Childbirth / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1919
Convention for Establishing Facilities for Finding Employment for Seamen / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1920
Convention Concerning the Regulation of Written Contracts of Employment of Indigenous Workers / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1939
Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for the Admission of Young Persons to Employment as Trimmers or Stokers / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1921
Convention Fixing the Minimum Age for Admission of Children to Industrial Employment, 1919 / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1919
Convention Concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1958
Convention Concerning Penal Sanctions for Breaches of Contracts of Employment by Indigenous Workers / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1939
Convention Concerning the Employment of Women on Underground Work in Mines of all Kinds / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1935
Convention Concerning Employment of Women During the Night, 1934 / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1934
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World Problems relating to Employment
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialGender stereotyping of employment
Inadequate employment grievance procedures for sexual harassment
Discrimination against women in employment
Occupational stress
Lack of job satisfaction
Dependence on social welfare
Exploitation of child labour
Elimination of jobs by automation
Unethical practices by employees
Discrimination against men in employment
Inadequate maternity protection in employment
Discrimination against women executives
Abuse of project-tied migration
Sexual harassment in the workplace
Employment of criminals in policy-making contexts
Denial of the right to work to refugees
Structural rigidities in labour markets
Redundancy trauma
Obsolete vocational skills
Underdevelopment of manufacturing industries
Exploitation of indigenous populations in employment
Denial of right to economic security during periods of unemployment
Inequality of employment opportunity
Transfer of industries to low-wage countries
Antagonism between employment policy and technical advance
Action Strategies relating to Employment
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialHiring
Honouring right livelihood
Enhancing vocational training capacity
Integrating employment, development and environmental concerns
Renting services
Hiring contract staff
Preventing occupational accidents
Increasing employment through transnational corporation activity
Supporting participation of women in work force
Controlling employee absenteeism
Establishing equal opportunity for women in employment
Promoting equality of opportunity for migrant workers
Improving working conditions of salaried employees
Promoting women's economic self-reliance
Improving employment of rural women
Exchanging information on alternative livelihoods
Offering flexible employment
Increasing clerical employment
Researching women's role in the economy
Increasing employment in accounting sector
Improving job security
Increasing employment in caring professions
Studying impact of demographic factors on traditional livelihoods
Strengthening private sector's potential to create new jobs
Expanding labour market information systems on environmental job and training opportunities
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