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2010 update of the European inventory on validation of non-formal and informal learning - final report / by Hawley, Jo | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training | Souto Otero, Manuel | Duchemin, Claire. Publisher: Thessaloniki, Greece European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training 2011Description: PDF.Online Access: Electronic copy Notes: Bibliography pp. 37-38Summary: The European Inventory provides a unique record on how validation is already being used at national, regional and local level to address issues relating to lifelong learning, employment and social exclusion. This is particularly important in the context of the current economic crisis, which has accelerated the importance of validation drivers identified in the 2007 Inventory, such as the need for effective re-deployment of the adult population into employment. A number of countries have recognised the role validation has to play in addressing skills shortages and in supporting those facing redundancy to identify and pursue an alternative career pathway. Other initiatives recognise the role of validation in combating social exclusion, by empowering 'the low qualified' and other disadvantaged groups to identify and understand their own competences and potential.Availability:
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A bridge between two worlds : leadership among resettled Sudanese youth in an American city / by Gale, Lacey | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Publisher: Geneva, Switzerland United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 2011Description: PDF.Other title: New issues in refugee research. Research paper ; no. 211.Online Access: Electronic copy Notes: June 2011 Bibliography pp. 22-26Summary: Humanitarian efforts are often focused on children in conflict, since the international legal definitions create a practical framework for addressing child-specific needs. Youth have different needs than children, however, and possess more potential to influence both the society around them and their home communities. Resettled youth face multiple transitions simultaneously, from conflict to third country resettlement and from child to adult. Their needs include not only the legal aspects of protection, but also the social and economic aspects, noted in UNHCR's Age, Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming strategy as the spheres in which most rights violations of persons of concern occur. The goal of this case study is to map resettled refugee youth participation and leadership in a particular context and to discuss how these findings apply to a broader humanitarian youth agenda. It became apparent over the course of this project that UNHCR is in the process of defining a discrete policy for youth. This case study identifies a cohort of young leaders in Maine who, along with their peers in the United States as well as other resettlement countries, have the potential to contribute to the formulation of UNHCR's policy on youth.Availability:
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A casestudy of the `Workfare' welfare reforms in Wisconsin since 1986. / by Hardy, Peter. Publisher: unpub. 2001Description: 15 leaves.Online Access: DOWNLOAD PDF Notes: This was undertaken as part of fourth year (Honours) in Sociology at LaTrobe University, Bundoora. Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-15)Availability: Items available for loan: Brotherhood of St Laurence (1).
Items available for reference: BSL Archives (1).
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A good time for making work pay? : Taking stock of in-work benefits and related measures across the OECD / by Immervoll, Herwig | Pearson, Mark. Publisher: Paris, France OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs 2009Description: PDF.Summary: The twin problem of in-work poverty and persistent labour market difficulties of low-skilled individuals has been one of the most important drivers of tax-benefit policy reforms in OECD countries in recent years. Employment-conditional cash transfers to individuals facing particular labour-market challenges have been a core element of make-work-pay policies for some time and are now in use in more than half of the OECD countries. They are attractive because they redistribute to low-income groups while also creating additional work incentives. But like all social benefits, they have to be financed, which creates additional economic costs for some. This paper discusses the rationale for in-work benefits (IWB), summarises the main design features of programmes operated in OECD countries, and provides an update of what is known about their effectiveness in terms of reducing inequalities and creating employment. As policies aiming to promote self-sufficiency, wage subsidies and minimum wages share a number of the objectives associated with IWB measures. We review evidence on the effectiveness of minimum wages and wage subsidies and discuss links between these policies and IWBs. Finally, we outline some potential consequences of weakening labour markets for the effectiveness of make-work-pay policies.Availability: Items available for loan: Brotherhood of St Laurence (1).
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A new design framework for remote Indigenous housing / by Fien, John | Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute | Charlesworth, Esther | Lee, Gini | Morris, David. Publisher: Melbourne, Vic.AHURI research and policy bulletin Issue 101 May 2008 2008Description: PDF.Other title: Flexible housing design for Indigenous communities.Online Access: Electronic copy Availability: Items available for loan: Brotherhood of St Laurence (1).
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A qualitative study of apprenticeship pay: an ippr report to the Low Pay Commission / by Lawton, Kayte | Institute for Public Policy Research | Norris, Emma. Publisher: London, U.K. Institute for Public Policy Research 2010Description: PDF.Online Access: Electronic copy Notes: January 2010 Bibliography : p. 61 SCHOOL TO WORKSummary: Although most apprentices are employed, the majority are exempt from UK National Minimum Wage legislation, and pay rates for apprentices vary significantly across different industries and by gender and age. The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has been asked by Government to consider how apprentice pay could be brought under the National Minimum Wage framework. This report, commissioned by the Low Pay Commission, examines variations in apprentice pay across the UK and the role of apprentice pay in young people?s decisions to start and complete an apprenticeship. The report also considers the potential responses of employers to the introduction of a national minimum wage for apprentices.Availability:
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Aboriginal employment, native title and regionalism / by Finlayson, Julie | Australian National University. Centre for Aboriginal conomic Policy Research. Publisher: Canberra, A.C.T. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University 1995Description: 22 p.Online Access: Electronic copy Notes: An earlier version of this paper was presented in the native title seminar series at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research.Summary: This paper describes a commercial tourism venture in north Queensland which employs local Aboriginal people. The importance of the Tjapukai Dance Theatre is not simply its commercial success, or the fact that it operates without government subsidies, but that these result from a partnership between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.Availability:
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An analysis of labour market programs. / by Stretton, Alan | Australian National University. Centre for Economic Policy esearch | Chapman, Bruce J. (Bruce James). Publisher: Canberra, A.C.T. Australian National University, Centre for Economic Policy Research 1990Description: 65 p.Online Access: Electronic copy Notes: "Paper prepared for the National Board of Employment, Education and Training conference `A clever country? Australian Education and Training in perspective', 1-3 November 1990, Coffs Harbour, N.S.W." - t.p.Availability:
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And we quickly saw results in the first 12 months / by Victoria. Department for Victorian Communities. Publisher: 2006Description: p. 5-6.Notes: Rec. no. for book: B13234 indexed chapterAvailability: Items available for loan: Brotherhood of St Laurence (1).
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