Persistent Unpredictability: Analyzing Experiences with the First Statewide Scheduling Legislation in Oregon

ILR Review ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 001979392110649
Author(s):  
Larissa Petrucci ◽  
Lola Loustaunau ◽  
Ellen Scott ◽  
Lina Stepick
Keyword(s):  
Limited Evidence ◽  
Fair Scheduling ◽  
Adequate Funding ◽  
The Law ◽  
Depth Interviews

Based on 98 in-depth interviews with workers and managers, the authors analyze the effectiveness of Oregon’s Fair Workweek Act, the first statewide scheduling legislation. Overall, findings show limited evidence of the law’s efficacy to improve workers’ schedules. The authors discuss three factors that are likely to explain this shortcoming: lack of adequate funding for education about the law and for enforcement, the inclusion of provisions that undermine the intent of fair scheduling legislation, and the ability of employers to interpret the law with substantial leeway. In this context, the authors consider the persistence of unpredictable scheduling practices a form of “flexible discipline,” even under Fair Workweek legislation. This article contributes to the literature on unpredictable scheduling by showing that in order to address this problem, legislation must include robust funding for education, implementation, and enforcement and must avoid options for workers to waive their rights to predictability pay, which as part of the act is intended to compensate employees for last-minute schedule changes.

scholarly journals Psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on university students: Understanding apprehensions through a phenomenographic approach

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0251641
Author(s):  
Sumbal Shahbaz ◽  
Muhammad Zeshan Ashraf ◽  
Rubeena Zakar ◽  
Florian Fischer ◽  
Muhammad Zakria Zakar
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Limited Evidence ◽  
Psychosocial Effects ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Outcome Space ◽  
Depth Interviews

Limited evidence exists to help understand the experiences of university students in relation to the long-term lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For that reason, we conducted a study using a phenomenographic approach in order to understand how university students perceive COVID-19 and the associated lockdown. Data were collected from 25 students in Pakistan. They were asked to demonstrate the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in illustrations. In addition, in-depth interviews were conducted with these students, to gain further insights into their perspectives on the psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis revealed four interlinked directions for understanding students’ experiences. These themes were: 1) escape into peace, 2) hope for personal freedom, 3) fear of becoming a victim of COVID-19, and 4) concerns regarding education, future career, and opportunities. All four themes were analyzed and condensed into an outcome space, which further gathers the perceptions of students under one theme as “Hope for life while paradoxically living with fear”. Studying the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on students not only highlighted their concerns, but also emphasized the importance of starting regular psychological evaluations and stress-releasing sessions, along with online education to overcome growing depression.

Government Supervision In Overcoming Problems Drinking Tuak At The Gunung Meriah Aceh

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1313
Author(s):  
Khairuddin Khairuddin
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
The People ◽  
Government Supervision ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Government ◽  
Depth Interviews

<div class="translate-tooltip-mtz hidden"><div class="header"><div class="header-controls"><em>The people of Gunung Meriah still find many addictions to drinks that can be intoxicating, such as drinking tuak. Therefore, this study aims to find out how the supervision of the government and the community in minimizing wine drinkers and sellers in Gunung Meriah District and Islamic views on the law of drinking tuak, as well as how to sanction those who drink it. To complete this research, the writer uses qualitative research. The techniques used in data collection are observation and in-depth interviews with informants. The result of the research shows that some of the people of Gunung Meriah like to drink tuak, both from officials and ordinary people. 25% of Mount Meriah people are addicted to this tuak drink, it is drunk on certain occasions such as parties or other days. The government does not pay much attention to the problem of tuak drinks, which can be seen from the lack of cases of drinkers and sellers of wine being appointed and given appropriate punishments, only a few people have reached the stage of punishment. Likewise, the community does not interfere too much in dealing with the problem of tuak drinkers and sellers, even though this problem is very serious. Drinking tuak, in the perspective of Islamic law, is a drink that is prohibited because it is intoxicating.</em></div></div><div class="controls"> </div></div>

Sexual and reproductive health and philanthropic funding in Australia

Sexual Health ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Gill-Atkinson ◽  
Cathy Vaughan ◽  
Hennie Williams
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Limited Evidence ◽  
Research Grants ◽  
Government Grants ◽  
Grant Applications ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background Australia’s philanthropic sector is growing and could support efforts to improve sexual and reproductive health (SRH). However, philanthropy is often misunderstood in Australia and there is limited evidence of philanthropic support for SRH initiatives. Methods: We aimed to understand the barriers and facilitators to philanthropic funding of SRH initiatives in Australia. A qualitative approach was used and involved 13 in-depth interviews with professionals from the philanthropic sector, and from organisations and services involved in SRH. Results: Barriers to organisations in seeking philanthropic funding for SRH activities included insufficient resources for writing grant applications and the small financial value of philanthropic grants. Facilitators to seeking philanthropic funding for SRH included a perception that government funding is shrinking and that philanthropic research grants are less competitive than government grants. Philanthropic participants identified that barriers to funding SRH include the sensitive nature of SRH and the perceived conservative nature of philanthropy. Facilitators identified by these participants in supporting SRH initiatives included networking and relationships between grant-makers and grant-seekers. All participants agreed that philanthropy does and could have a role in funding SRH in Australia. Conclusions: The findings of this research suggest that barriers to philanthropic funding for SRH in Australia exist for organisations attempting to access philanthropic funding. Philanthropic organisations could provide more financial support to Australian SRH service providers, as happens in countries such as the United States and United Kingdom. Addressing these barriers and promoting the facilitators could lead to increased awareness of SRH by Australia’s philanthropic sector.

scholarly journals Internalization Multicultural Education for the prevention of Children`s Problem Against the Law

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatwa Nurul Hakim ◽  
Drajat Tri Kartono ◽  
Argyo Demartoto
Keyword(s):  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Character Development ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Continue Development ◽  
A Value ◽  
Object Based ◽  
The Law ◽  
Depth Interviews

<p>Children are next generation of nations need to get education can be used as capital to continue development. Ironically cases of children facing the law is increasing. Implemented school education does not character changes for children. So that the curriculum is needed in which there is knowledge of mutual respect, tolerance and understanding culture between communities. This study aims to reveal the internalization of multicultural education in schools in order to prevent the case of children facing the law. The method used in this study using descriptive qualitative which is intended to deepen the multicultural education is applied and implemented by the students. Data were collected by in-depth interviews with teachers, students involved in criminal cases, the Foundation for Child Protection and parents. Data analysis using descriptive interpretation detail in to the data that have been collected and then done the interpretation, information data that has been collected in the analysis with descriptive interpretative technique that is done interpretation (interpretation) of the object based on data obtained then taken conclusion. The results of this study reveal that the curriculum of moral character development in children is minimal. The child's output at school is merely a value, not looking at the elements of character, behavior and feelings.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p>

scholarly journals Oral history as a tool of legal analysis: women in the margins of Israeli society

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-350
Author(s):  
Shimrit Lee
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Legal Consciousness ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Marginalised Groups ◽  
The Law ◽  
History Narratives ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Legal Attitudes ◽  
Development And Evolution

Researchers in the field of legal consciousness have traditionally relied on surveys, ethnographies, or in-depth interviews to gauge the ways in which individuals engage, avoid, or resist the law. This paper explores how oral history is able to enrich the study of legal consciousness in ways inaccessible to other methodologies. Oral history offers an intertemporal perspective, allowing researchers to trace the development and evolution of legal attitudes and interactions over time. To illustrate the unique function of oral history, I examine the oral history narratives of three Palestinian-Israeli women as they relate their experience with the law over the course of their lifetime. I suggest that combining the oral history technique with the more targeted approach of in-depth interviewing can most aptly capture individual legal consciousness. Research through oral history can further be used in the field of critical legal theory by drawing attention to collective historical grievances of marginalised groups.

scholarly journals ‘Placing’ the other: final year law students’ ‘imagined’ experience of rural and regional practice within the law school context

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Trish Karen Mundy
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Research Study ◽  
School Context ◽  
Law School ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Law ◽  
Depth Interviews

This paper discusses the partial findings from a research study involving a narrative analysis of in-depth interviews with twelve final year law students. The research explored student attitudes to, and perceptions of, legal practice in rural, regional and remote (RRR) communities – that is, their ’imagined experience’. The research findings suggests that, at least in the context of the non-regional law school, the rural/regional is both absent and ‘other’, revealing the ‘urban-centric’ nature of legal education and its failure to adequately expose students to rural and regional practice contexts that can help to positively shape their ‘imagined’ experience. This paper argues that all law schools must take up the challenge of rural inclusiveness by integrating a sense of ‘place-consciousness’ into the law curriculum.

The prosecution of insider trading: Obstacles to enforcement

1989 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Tomasic ◽  
Brendan Pentony
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Insider Trading ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Criminal Sanctions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Securities Industry ◽  
The Law ◽  
Depth Interviews

Insider trading has been criminalised in Australia for over a decade. Yet there have been few prosecutions in respect of such conduct, and none of these have been successful. There is little doubt that insider trading in Australia is extensive and is to be found across many sectors of the securities industry. Despite this, the law has not proved to be an effective vehicle for the social control of insider trading or for the deterrence of such conduct. It seems that the criminal sanctions for insider trading have been largely symbolic in nature. This article explores the obstacles to enforcement of criminal laws in this area by reference to findings from a national empirical study funded by the Criminology Research Council. The study involved in-depth interviews with almost 100 key figures in the Australian securities industry (brokers, lawyers, merchant bankers etc) and of officials involved in its regulation (from the Corporate Affairs Commissions and the Australian Stock Exchange). Problems in detection, proof and punishment, in the nature and extent of regulatory resources devoted to this area and in the content of the law itself are identified and discussed.

scholarly journals The Approval of the Guardians of Children Resulted from the Marriage of Pre-marrital Pregnancy Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
Rahli Lamatande ◽  
Saifullah Bombang ◽  
Akbar Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Woman ◽  
Biological Father ◽  
Data Presentation ◽  
Reduction Techniques ◽  
Marriage Contract ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Central Sulawesi ◽  
Depth Interviews

This research deals with the approval of the guardians of children resulted from the marriage of pre-married pregnant women (Case Study at the Office of Religious Affairs in Palasa District, Parigi Moutong, Central Sulawesi). This study uses qualitative research methods, through observation and in-depth interviews and document reviews. The data obtained were analyzed by data reduction techniques, data presentation, data verification, and drawing a conclusion. The results show that the procedure for implementing the guardian of a child resulted from the marriage of a pre-marital pregnant woman is carried out as a procedure for a general marriage. The first step is to register the marriage contract date within a period of 10 days, complete the requirements that have been set, namely in the form of N1. The guardian of children resulted from a pre-marital pregnant marriage can be approved if the requirements are fulfilled, the marriage principles, even though the act of adultery committed by his parents remains an act of adultery. When the requirements of the law of the state have been fulfilled, then there is no obstacle of his biological father to become the guardian of the child(daughter) resulted from pre-marital pregnant woman marriage. The legal basis for the implementation of the guardian of a child resulting from the marriage of a pre-marital pregnant woman is based on the regulations stated in the Law No. 1, 1974, (KHI) the articles 99 and 103.

Illegal Hunting and Angling:The Neutralization of Wildlife Law Violations

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Eliason
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Illegal Activity ◽  
Illegal Hunting ◽  
Descriptive Account ◽  
The Law ◽  
Depth Interviews

AbstractThis study provides a descriptive account of rationalizations for poaching used by wildlife law violators. There has been little research on motivations for poaching. This study uses qualitative data obtained from surveys and in-depth interviews with wildlife law violators and conservation officers in Kentucky to examine rationalizations used by wildlife law violators to excuse and justify participation in this type of illegal activity. Comments from conservation officers and violators revealed widespread use of rationalizations, with denial of responsibility being most common. The study also used claims of entitlement, defense of necessity, and denial of necessity of the law. Findings contribute to our knowledge of why people illegally take wildlife resources.

British Industrial Relations Policy Transformed: The Thatcher Legacy

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
The Political ◽  
Union Power ◽  
Limited Evidence ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
The Law

ABSTRACTIt is widely believed by political scientists that the Thatcher Governments transformed British industrial relations and ‘curbed union power’. In contrast, most industrial relations scholars have argued that despite the legislative onslaught relatively little has changed on the shopfloor. This paper examines both claims. Much has changed in Britain since 1979. In particular, the political role of unions has altered substantially. Unions in 1991 are infrequently consulted and have very little influence. In addition, the legislative framework within which unions operate is very different; their activities are much more circumscribed by the law than previously. But much less has changed on the shopfloor; for example, there is limited evidence of a major move to derecognise unions or restrict collective bargaining. Governments can only set the legislative framework within which shopfloor industrial relations operate; it cannot determine outcomes.

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