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A trade union (or labor union) is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve common goals such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, achieving higher pay and benefits such as health care and retirement, increasing the number of employees an employer assigns to complete the work, and better ...
Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) [2] not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the reference period. [3] Unemployment is measured by the unemployment rate, which is the number of people who are ...
According to Alakh Sharma, the causes of high unemployment and under-employment in India are the subject of intense debate among scholars. A group of scholars state that it is a consequence of "restrictive labour laws that create inflexibility in the labour market", while organised labour unions and another group of scholars contest this proposed rationale.
Grameen Bank ( Bengali: গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক) is a microfinance specialized community development bank founded in Bangladesh. [4] [5] It makes small loans (known as microcredit or "grameencredit") [6] to the impoverished without requiring collateral. Grameen Bank is jointly operated by its borrower members and the government.
Employee benefits in the United States include relocation assistance; medical, prescription, vision and dental plans; health and dependent care flexible spending accounts; retirement benefit plans (pension, 401 (k), 403 (b) ); group term life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance plans; income protection plans (also known ...
Gig worker. A Deliveroo cycle delivery worker in Manchester, England. Gig workers are independent contractors, online platform workers, [1] contract firm workers, on-call workers, [2] and temporary workers. [3] Gig workers enter into formal agreements with on-demand companies to provide services to the company's clients.
The unemployment rate is low and the Great Resignation is still hot, indicating that employees have the upper hand and should feel encouraged to speak up and get what they want from their ...
Bengali (বাংলা Bangla) is one of the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, which evolved from Magadhi Prakrit, native to the eastern Indian subcontinent. [1] The core of Bengali vocabulary is thus etymologically of Magadhi Prakrit origin, with significant ancient borrowings from the older substrate language (s) of the region.