The simple calculations (4 journeys per 8-hour work shift; income from a journey - maximum 3000 dram; 4*3000 dram = 12000 dram) show that income under normal conditions of work and without the above permitted standard passengers, is practically impossible. To earn this sum the drivers contrary to the labor legislation work 12-16 hours per day and 6-7 days per week, including all holidays, without the right of annual holidays and the medical certificates on disability. The transportation of the passengers above permitted standard (30-50%) at rush hours alongside with off-hour work are other bas...

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History of Women in the Labor Force The United States economy has endured many changes throughout history. It was once primarily based on agriculture. In this era crops were grown and sold in the marketplace as a means of income. This agricultural industry was a time in which men took on certain roles and women took on others. Typically men and boys were responsible for doing the heavy farm work and working with the large stock animals, while women and girls worked in the gardens and homes. ...

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Introduction An economy is a state of a country or region that manufactures and consumes good and services as well as the supply of money. The economy could increase or fall at any at period, so particular strategies need to be used to get through the difficult situations. It depends on the where t...

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In January 1994, the United States, Mexico, and Canada implemented the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The goal of NAFTA is to create better trading conditions through tariff reduction, removal of investment barriers, and improvement of intellectual property protection. NAFTA continues to gradually reduce tariffs on set dates and aims to eliminate all tariffs by the year 2004. Before NAFTA was established, investing in Mexico was a difficult process. Investors needed the Mexican Government's approval and were also required to meet specific investment guidelines. ...

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This is in spite of the fact that the standard work week, by law, is six days a week, eight hours a day (a total of 48 hours per week) follow by a paid day of rest. ... Embassy in Nicaragua - Economic and Commercial Section) This may all seem quite generous until one realizes that the minimum wage is approximately $0.35 per hour - the lowest wage in Central America. ...

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In Daniel Defoe's novel, "Robinson Crusoe," the titular character struggles to remain moral in a society which places great significance on the attainment of power and wealth. At first, Crusoe can be characterized as a man who is in large part a product of his environment and the ideals of current s...

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During the 1990s, literature on the international political economy was dominated by the idea of globalization. Dramatic decreases in transport costs and the rise of fast and cheap telecommunications technology have made geography less relevant and facilitated massive increases in global trade and n...

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(Boyd, 2002) pointed quoted a point from (The Copenhagen Centre for Partnership Studies,2002) stating that Social Partners and Social Partnership can be defined as: Social Partnership can be defined as a tri or multi-partite arrangement involving employers, trade unions, public authorities (the stat...

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benefits and threats of globalisation Introduction There are processes in the international order--driven by revolutions in communication and information technology--that exhibit seemingly inexorable globalising tendencies while, at the same time, there are a range of actions, adopted by states and non state actors alike, that attempt to resist these often ill defined phenomena captured by the all embracing notion of 'globalisation'. For example, the long term tendency towards freer trade, electronic commerce and the seemingly uncontrollable power of deregulated capital markets do...

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