scholarly journals The COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons on building more equal and sustainable societies

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin van Barneveld ◽  
Michael Quinlan ◽  
Peter Kriesler ◽  
Anne Junor ◽  
Fran Baum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Sustainable Societies ◽  
First Nations People

This discussion paper by a group of scholars across the fields of health, economics and labour relations argues that COVID-19 is an unprecedented humanitarian crisis from which there can be no return to the ‘old normal’. The pandemic’s disastrous worldwide health impacts have been exacerbated by, and have compounded, the unsustainability of economic globalisation based on the neoliberal dismantling of state capabilities in favour of markets. Flow-on economic impacts have simultaneously created major supply and demand disruptions, and highlighted the growing within-country inequalities and precarity generated by neoliberal regimes of labour market regulation. Taking an Australian and international perspective, we examine these economic and labour market impacts, paying particular attention to differential impacts on First Nations people, developing countries, women, immigrants and young people. Evaluating policy responses in a political climate of national and international leadership very different from those in which major twentieth century crises were addressed, we argue the need for a national and international conversation to develop a new pathway out of crisis. JEL Codes: E18, HO, I1, J64, J88

scholarly journals CONCEPTUAL BASES OF IMPROVING THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC MECHANISM OF STATE LABOR MARKET REGULATION IN RURAL AREAS

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Anna Pivtorak
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Economic Mechanism ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Labour Market Regulation

Introduction. In Ukraine, it is important to form a national labour market based on sectoral economic characteristics, strategic goals of sectoral transformation and taking into account international experience and models of this market regulation, including the labor market in rural areas. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to substantiate the conceptual foundations for improving the organizational and economic mechanism of state regulation of the labor market in rural areas. Methods: In disclosing the subject of the research, the theoretical basis of the article was a dialectical method of cognition and a systematic method for studying the components of improving the organizational and economic mechanism of state regulation of the labour market in rural areas. The study used general scientific methods of cognition, namely: methods of analysis, synthesis, analogies are used to identify elements of improving the organizational and economic mechanism of state regulation of the labor market in rural areas; the method of generalization to form the conclusions of the study. Results. The starting points and the reference point of labour market regulation in rural areas are determined, the results of the SWOT-analysis of its regulation are presented, and priority goals of labour market regulation in rural areas have been identified. The conceptual scheme of improvement of the organizational and economic mechanism of the state regulation of the labor market in rural areas is substantiated. More expedient at the current stage of reform, mechanisms of supply and demand at the labour market are substantiated according to four defined priority goals. Discussion for further research are to agree on the stages and organizational and economic mechanisms of state regulation of the labour market in rural areas in the context of the implementation of four identified priority goals of labour market regulation. Keywords: conceptual bases, improvements, labour market, rural area, state regulation, organizational and economic mechanism.

scholarly journals Institutional environment of the National Qualifications System in the Russian Federation

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 637-642
Author(s):  
Olga Poryadina ◽  
Lidia Chernyakevich ◽  
Yurii Andrianov
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Training System ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
The Russian Federation

Methodological approaches to the organization of social and labour relations are systematized. The dynamics of the institutional environment of the labour market and vocational training system interaction in Russia is revealed. The peculiarities of the Russian experience of institutionalization of labour relations in the field of qualifications are shown. Post-industrial development of socio-economic systems, the processes of globalization, the transition of the Russian economy to an innovative model of development, the knowledge economy, the acceleration of scientific and technological progress and other objective challenges have necessitated the development of new human resource management mechanisms. In modern conditions the staff of an organization is considered to be the human capital, i.e. the field for strategic investments, a key factor in ensuring the competitiveness and sustainable development of the country, the region, the sector, the company rather than the costly part of the economy. Currently, one of the main problems of human resourcing for economic growth in the European Union and the Russian Federation is professional and qualification imbalance of supply and demand on the labour market. The National Qualifications System is aimed at solving the problems of linking the labour market with vocational training. Problematic aspects of development of the Russian National Qualifications System are marked.

scholarly journals The fourth industrial revolution and labour market regulation in Singapore

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-363
Author(s):  
Peter Waring ◽  
Azad Bali ◽  
Chris Vas
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Autonomous Systems ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Jel Codes ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Labour Market Regulation ◽  
Social Safety Nets ◽  
Large Survey

The race to develop and implement autonomous systems and artificial intelligence has challenged the responsiveness of governments in many areas and none more so than in the domain of labour market policy. This article draws upon a large survey of Singaporean employees and managers (N = 332) conducted in 2019 to examine the extent and ways in which artificial intelligence and autonomous technologies have begun impacting workplaces in Singapore. Our conclusions reiterate the need for government intervention to facilitate broad-based participation in the productivity benefits of fourth industrial revolution technologies while also offering re-designed social safety nets and employment protections. JEL Codes: J88, K31, O38, M53

scholarly journals COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: Implications for workers and unions

2021 ◽  
pp. 002218562110000
Author(s):  
Michele Ford ◽  
Kristy Ward
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
First Year ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
The Public ◽  
Market Effects ◽  
Export Orientation ◽  
Health Measures

The labour market effects in Southeast Asia of the COVID-19 pandemic have attracted considerable analysis from both scholars and practitioners. However, much less attention has been paid to the pandemic’s impact on legal protections for workers’ and unions’ rights, or to what might account for divergent outcomes in this respect in economies that share many characteristics, including a strong export orientation in labour-intensive industries and weak industrial relations institutions. Having described the public health measures taken to control the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam, this article analyses governments’ employment-related responses and their impact on workers and unions in the first year of the pandemic. Based on this analysis, we conclude that the disruption caused to these countries’ economies, and societies, served to reproduce existing patterns of state–labour relations rather than overturning them.

scholarly journals Cultural safety for First Nations people in aged care

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Linda Michelle Deravin ◽  
Judith Anderson ◽  
Nicole Mahara
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Cultural Safety ◽  
Nations People ◽  
First Nations People

scholarly journals Patient/Consumer Codesign and Coproduction of Medical Curricula: A Possible Path Toward Improved Cultural Competence and Reduced Health Disparity

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110168
Author(s):  
Warren Kealy-Bateman ◽  
Georgina M. Gorman ◽  
Adam P. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Education Professionals ◽  
First Nations People ◽  
Diverse Groups

There is often a sociocultural distance between medical practitioners and patients. We bridge that gap in the therapeutic alliance via improved cultural competence and an understanding of the person in their context. The traditional approach in medical education has been of learning via expert-designed curricula, which may tend to mirror the knowledge and needs of the experts. This places individuals at risk who come from culturally and linguistically diverse groups (CALD) with known health disparities: minority groups (e.g., African American); First Nations’ people; immigrants and refugees; people who speak nondominant languages; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people. The authors briefly review the complex area of cultural competency and teaching delivery. The authors survey the Australian population to provide a tangible example of complex cultural diversity amid curriculum challenges. An evidence-based approach that recognizes specific health inequity; the inclusion of CALD stakeholders, students, care professionals, and education professionals; and codesign and coproduction of curriculum components is recommended. This method of people’s own stories and collaboration may be applied in any international context, correctly calibrating the learning experience. The aim is for medical students to improve their knowledge of self, others, others within groups, and recognition of unconscious biases to achieve better health outcomes within their specific communities.

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