Women Workers And Working Conditions In Retailing

Download Women Workers And Working Conditions In Retailing full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Women Workers And Working Conditions In Retailing ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Where Bad Jobs Are Better

Where Bad Jobs Are Better
Author :
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Total Pages : 323
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781610448703
ISBN-13 : 1610448707
Rating : 4/5 (707 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Where Bad Jobs Are Better by : Francoise Carre

Download or read book Where Bad Jobs Are Better written by Francoise Carre and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retail is now the largest employer in the United States. For the most part, retail jobs are “bad jobs” characterized by low wages, unpredictable work schedules, and few opportunities for advancement. However, labor experts Françoise Carré and Chris Tilly show that these conditions are not inevitable. In Where Bad Jobs Are Better, they investigate retail work across different industries and seven countries to demonstrate that better retail jobs are not just possible, but already exist. By carefully analyzing the factors that lead to more desirable retail jobs, Where Bad Jobs Are Better charts a path to improving job quality for all low-wage jobs. In surveying retail work across the United States, Carré and Tilly find that the majority of retail workers receive low pay and nearly half work part-time, which contributes to high turnover and low productivity. Jobs staffed predominantly by women, such as grocery store cashiers, pay even less than retail jobs in male-dominated fields, such as consumer electronics. Yet, when comparing these jobs to similar positions in Western Europe, Carré and Tilly find surprising differences. In France, though supermarket cashiers perform essentially the same work as cashiers in the United States, they receive higher pay, are mostly full-time, and experience lower turnover and higher productivity. And unlike the United States, where many retail employees are subject to unpredictable schedules, in Germany, retailers are required by law to provide their employees notice of work schedules six months in advance. The authors show that disparities in job quality are largely the result of differing social norms and national institutions. For instance, weak labor regulations and the decline of unions in the United States have enabled retailers to cut labor costs aggressively in ways that depress wages and discourage full-time work. On the other hand, higher minimum wages, greater government regulation of work schedules, and stronger collective bargaining through unions and works councils have improved the quality of retail jobs in Europe. As retail and service work continue to expand, American employers and policymakers will have to decide the extent to which these jobs will be good or bad. Where Bad Jobs Are Better shows how stronger rules and regulations can improve the lives of retail workers and boost the quality of low-wage jobs across the board.


Where Bad Jobs Are Better Related Books

Where Bad Jobs Are Better
Language: en
Pages: 323
Authors: Francoise Carre
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-16 - Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Retail is now the largest employer in the United States. For the most part, retail jobs are “bad jobs” characterized by low wages, unpredictable work schedu
Retail Clerks Advocate
Language: en
Pages: 1020
Authors:
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1916 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Retail Clerks International Advocate
Language: en
Pages: 1048
Authors:
Categories: Clerks (Retail trade)
Type: BOOK - Published: 1921 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Flexible Working in Food Retailing
Language: en
Pages: 217
Authors: Christophe Baret
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-15 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book makes use of a four country research programme, covering France, Germany, Great Britain and Japan. Investigations and interviews at store, company and
Retail Nation
Language: en
Pages: 321
Authors: Donica Belisle
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-02-15 - Publisher: UBC Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The experience of walking down a store aisle -- replete with displays, advertisements, salespeople, consumer goods, and infinite choice -- is so common that we