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2. International Standard Classification of Occupations - Wikipedia

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   The International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) is an International Labour Organization (ILO) classification structure for organizing information on labour and jobs. It is part of the international family of economic and social classifications of the United Nations. [1] The current version, known as ISCO-08, was published in ...

3. Standard Occupational Classification System - Wikipedia

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   The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System is a United States government system for classifying occupations. It is used by U.S. federal government agencies collecting occupational data, enabling comparison of occupations across data sets. It is designed to cover all occupations in which work is performed for pay or profit, reflecting ...

4. Precarious work - Wikipedia

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   Precarious work is a term that critics use to describe non-standard or temporary employment that may be poorly paid, insecure, unprotected, and unable to support a household. [1] From this perspective, globalization, the shift from the manufacturing sector to the service sector, and the spread of information technology have created a new ...

5. Employment - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Employment Policies Institute - Wikipedia

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   Employment Policies Institute. The Employment Policies Institute is a fiscally conservative, non-profit American think tank that conducts and publishes research on employment issues, particularly aimed towards reducing the minimum wage. It was established in 1991 by Richard Berman, [2][3] and it has been described as "a nonprofit research group ...

7. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 - Wikipedia

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   The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 U.S.C. § 203 [1] (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. [2][3] It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppressive child labor". [4] It applies to employees engaged in interstate commerce ...