留学生作业需求：employers and unions to the ‘proble
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Topic: Some commentators argue that young workers are more vulnerable than older workers to exploitation regarding pay, working conditions and other workplace issues. Critically analyze this view, and in doing so evaluate the major responses by the state, employers and unions to the ‘problem’ of young workers. By tracing changes in the philosophies underpinning youth work, it is clear that the circumstances of young people have changed considerably in recent years. (Furlong et al, 1997 p.5). So what is young
In fact, the group of vulnerable young worker is the people who have low level of payment and condition, low level of skills and experience and the high level of exploitation. (McDonald, P et al, 2007, pp.63-64). In many respects, youth work is characterized by confusion and uncertainty, it is aims are ambiguous and potentially conflicting and workers are frequently unable to adopt long-term strategies due to the lack of a statutory base and the consequent financial uncertainty in a time of economic restrictions. (Furlong et al, 1997, p.29). The young workers can not determine their own value and can not choose the suitable work conditions which include pay, work hours and .Some of them can just find a job with fewer wages, for example some service industries welcome to hire young workers to do the
To be an employer, you have a responsibility to ensure the employees work safety and have a good health in the workplace. (European Agency for safety and Health at Work 2006, p. 1). Many youth people are facing to the problem of injury in the work place. From the statistics, it is clear to see that there are more than 40 percentages of young workers who had injuries in the workplace and about 7.4 percentages of people were serious accidence. (NSW Commission For Children and Young people 2005, p. 103). It has many types of injuries, for example burns, sprains and open wounds. The workers injure different types of accident from the different industry, for instance, the food industry, the young workers are dangerous to use the hot temperature equipment or prepare for the food with cutting. Moreover, youth employers were required to carry or move the heavy things in the delivery work. This is easily to sprain in the work. Why the youth employment have more injury than the old ones. The common reasons are the young workers have less experience, lack of training and awareness. When they work for the new knowledge, they does not as proficient as the old worker. In addition, the work hours are sometimes affecting the risk of injury, for example, when the employee worked too long time, they will feel tired at that time and then increase the risk of injury. The young workers are still a vulnerable group in the workplace, with low organization, poor working conditions and unsatisfied pay. (McDonald & Dear 2005, p.15). However, the labour market should remove these exploitations from the young workers. In order to provide a safety and health workplace to the youth employees, they need to change the situation from some parts of the society which include states, unions and employers. Firstly, the states should publish kinds of legislation to protect the right of the young workers. For example some government do not limit the age of the people who work in the labour. (McDonald & Dear 2005, p.11). Many young workers do not go to school and do the part-time or full-time job. Due to these children have less social experience, they were exploited by the employees. What’s more, the law can protect youth workers when they are unequal, for instance the poor work condition, low pay and some unfair phenomenon in the workplace. From the Work Choices law can ensure the agreements in the workplace, it supplies a workplace agreement which can not allow the employers decrease the fair earnings and conditions standard. (McCallum 2007, p. 439). Secondly, the unions also have duty to defend the right of young workers because the law can not guarantee comprehensively. Unions have collectively supported for improved work conditions and protect the rights of the employees who are their members. (Mcdonald & dear 2005, p.12). In order to improve work environment to the youth employees, the unions should increase the membership among the youth workers. If the young workers have some troubles in the workplace, the unions can deal with that case to them. Moreover, some unions are providing the websites resource to the workers who were exploited in the work. And the resources separate many different parts from the program in order to make them more convenience. Thirdly, employers can not get young workers to work in any risky environment, for example expose to toxic substances or harmful radiation. The employers should also restrict on the hours that young worker can work. Even though the measure can not be completely, it also have some ways to decrease the risk of the youth employment by the employers, for instance the manager can offer training to the new staffs because it can help them to familiar with the new skills. What’s more, the supervisor must be strictly enforced the rules and pay the suitable money to the youth. Thus, the employers have responsibilities to protect the youth workers at least the same health and safety protection as themselves. (European Agency for safety and Health at Work 2006, p.2).#p#分页标题#e# In short, although the young workers lack of experiences and knowledge, they will be existed in the workplace all the time. Many employees do not follow the law to protect the youth workers. List of reference European Agency for Safety and Health at Work 2006, ‘OSH in figures: Young workers- Facts and figures’, viewed 3 May 2008, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work 2007, ‘Young worker safety - advice for employers’, viewed 3 May 2008, Furlong, A, Cartmel, F, Powney, J & Hall, S 1997, ‘Evaluating Youth Work with Vulnerable Young People’, The Scottish Council for Research in Education, UK. McCallum, R 2007, ‘Australian labour law after the Work Choices avalanche: developing an employment law for our children’, Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 436-454, McDonald, P, Bailey, J, Oliver, D & Pini, B 2007, ‘Compounding vulnerability? Young workers’ employment concerns and the anticipated impact of the WorkChoices Act’, Australian Bulletin of Labour, vol.33, no.1, pp. 60-88
<http://www.kids.nsw.gov.au/director/resources/publications/specialreports.cfm?itemID=78FB286FE1FC4D521F46B908A2374156>. Oliver, D 2006, ‘An expectation of continued success: the work attitudes of Generation Y’, Labour and Industry, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 61-84 |