scholarly journals Looking Neat on the Street. Aesthetic Labor in Public Parking Patrol

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorte Boesby Dahl
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Service Encounters ◽  
The Public ◽  
Labor Theory ◽  
Aesthetic Labor ◽  
Organizational Ethnography ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Public Sector Service

Research on aesthetic labor has been confined to service encounters in private sector industries. Aesthetic labor theory is critical of the commercialism that drives management of service labor and points to the discrimination of employees on the grounds of their “looks” that this entails. Considering the common conception today of the public sector as a service provider, application of the theory of aesthetic labor is relevant to public sector service work. But the public sector has many other purposes and mechanisms than those pertaining to increased revenues that may influence the use of aesthetic labor. This paper analyzes the aesthetic labor of Danish parking attendants in an organizational ethnography. A change management process in this organization has applied the principles of aesthetic labor actively for the purposes of diversity and health and safety. The paper shows how managers apply aesthetic labor principles to promote health and safety and workforce diversity, but also that the use of aesthetics has ambivalent purposes. Aesthetic labor is not as unequivocally applied for commercial purposes as hitherto assumed.

The Relationship between Disability Non-Discrimination Law and Quota Schemes

2019 ◽  
pp. 94-117
Author(s):  
Lisa Waddington
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Common ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter explores the relationship between disability quota schemes and non-discrimination law in Europe. While at first sight they seem to sit uneasily beside each other, the chapter reveals how, in some instances, quota schemes can serve to facilitate compliance with non-discrimination legislation. At the same time, the chapter explores seeming incompatibilities between the two approaches and considers whether there are differences between common and civil law jurisdictions in this respect. Tentative conclusions suggest that there is a greater willingness to establish quota schemes through legislation in civil law jurisdictions compared to common law jurisdictions, and that quota schemes in civil law jurisdictions are more likely to provide for the imposition of a levy in the case that employers fail to meet their quota obligations through employing the required number of people with disabilities. There also seems to be some indication that there is greater awareness of the potential for conflict or tension, in various forms, between non-discrimination law and quota schemes in common law jurisdictions than in civil law jurisdictions. Finally, the two schemes operating in the common law states are only applicable to the public sector—whilst in civil law states quotas are generally applied to both public and private sector employers. This may indicate different perceptions regarding the role of public sector employers and the legitimacy of imposing quota requirements.

Between government unilateralism and corporatist bargaining: public sector pension reforms in the UK and Ireland, 2000s–2010s

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-124
Author(s):  
Sung Ho Park
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Welfare Reform ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Pension Reforms ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Unions ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Uk

AbstractStudies on welfare reform in advanced European countries have identified two established paths to welfare retrenchment: government unilateralism and corporatist bargaining. This study explores a more complicated path to welfare reform, wherein governments pursue ‘non-corporatist’ bargaining by actively combining features of unilateralism and negotiation. Such a hybrid case is explained by employing an ‘insider-outsider’ framework for public policy reform. The key argument is that the presence of exclusive insiders complicates the reform process, disqualifying both unilateralism and corporatist bargaining as feasible options for benefit cuts. The author demonstrates the validity of this claim by examining three cases of public sector pension retrenchment in the UK and Ireland during the 2000s and 2010s. Defying the common expectation that benefit cuts in residual welfare states would be promoted with government unilateralism, the public sector pension reforms in the UK and Ireland exhibited more complicated features which combined governments' unilateral initiatives andad hocnegotiations with public sector unions. Future studies may build on this finding to examine hybrid reform cases in a general European context.

But They Said Their Payroll Program Complied with the FLSA.…?

2002 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-93
Author(s):  
Brian P. Walter
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Law

This article examines FLSA compliance problems faced by public employers in selecting a computer payroll system. The article provides an overview of the FLSA and how it has come to be applied to the public sector. The common FLSA deficiencies of payroll programs for public sector employers are discussed with an explanation of the law. The article offers guidance to public employers on steps to ensure that their payroll system is designed and implemented in compliance with the FLSA.

scholarly journals Experience of Postsocialist Transformation in the Slovak Republic

2020 ◽  
pp. 172-189
Author(s):  
I. Tkachenko
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The Public ◽  
Western Model ◽  
Communist Ideology ◽  
Market Relation ◽  
The Common

In the article the experience of post-socialist transformation in the Slovak Republic after the Velvet Revolution and gaining of independence after the collapse of Czechoslovakia in 1993 was examined. The process of reforming of the society and state, the transition from the communist to the western model of economy, the role of public sector on the path to EU and NATO accession were investigated. It was defined that the reforming of authorities, society and the state, which had already begun in the common state of Czechs and Slovaks under the leadership of V. Havel in 1990-1992, had a great value for the formation of independent Slovakia, because, despite some differences, the European destination became a key point which determined the process of accelerated modernization and the transition from planned socialism to a free market relation. It was determined that the «peaceful divorce» with Czech Republic had become one of the most important steps on the way for successful European integration of Slovakia. The key role of civil society in the transforming of Slovak state and overcoming the negative consequences of the dominance of communist ideology on the path of European and Euro Atlantic integration was represented. The public sector has become a driving force that guided Slovak society towards accelerated modernization in 1998-2006. It was shown the process of struggle of the European choice supporters with pro-Russian policy of V. Meciar, whose period should be generally considered as a «Slovak kuchmism». The final victory of pro-European forces in the 1998 elections led to the acceleration of modernization processes in Slovakia, implementation of required changes in society and state managing necessary for EU and NATO accession.

Crisis as change strategy in public organizations

2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude Rochet ◽  
Olivier Keramidas ◽  
Lugdivine Bout
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Change Strategies ◽  
Change Strategy ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Vision

According to the common vision, the public sector is strongly change-resistant. Is this justified? In this research, we adopt the Northian distinction between institutions and organizations by focusing on the latter and their capability for change. We try to identify the strategically most effective lever to operate an organizational change in the public sector. We first review the literature on change strategies and their setting in the context of public organizations. Then, we synthesize the conclusions of four case studies around a question: `Is building public organizations capable of co-evolution with their environment feasible?' We will present some strategies of evolution for public organizations, in response to a state of crisis, constituting a vector of organizational change. We conclude on the interest of considering crisis as a vector of organizational change in public organizations. Points for practitioners The public sector is commonly said to be change-resistant. Through case studies we prove this opinion to be false and that change aptitudes are identical to other organizations. We emphasize crises that provide particular opportunities that allow us to offset the absence of performance evaluation and the lack of feedback from the market, and we underline possible change strategies.

scholarly journals Estudio relativo a los principios de la potestad sancionadora y a la tramitación del nuevo procedimiento sancionador común, a la vista de su regulación en las leyes 39/2015 y 40/2015 y de la jurisprudencia reciente

2018 ◽  
pp. 315-357
Author(s):  
Sonia GAVIEIRO GONZÁLEZ
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Optimal Time ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common ◽  
One Year

LABURPENA: Administrazio Publikoen Administrazio-prozedura Erkidearen 39/2015 eta Sektore Publikoaren Araubide Juridikoaren 40/2015 Legeak duela urte bat baino gehiago indarrean sartu dira. Ondorioz, Administrazio Publikoen lankidegoak bi arau horiek praktikara eramateko aukera izan du eta, horregatik, badirudi momentu egokia heldu dela analisi kritikoa egiteko. Hain zuzen, lan honen helburua zehapen-prozedura da (printzipioak, izapideak, …); baina, bereziki, balizko aldaketak, prozeduraren lege berri horiek indarrean sartu eta gero. Halaber, saiatuko gara ikuspuntu kritikoak eta irteera posibleak ematen, oraindik aplikagarriak diren epai-erabakiak behin aztertuta. RESUMEN: Tras haber transcurrido más de un año desde la entrada en vigor de las Leyes 39/2015 de Procedimiento Administrativo Común de las Administraciones Públicas y 40/2015 de Régimen Jurídico del Sector Público, el personal de las Administraciones Públicas hemos tenido ocasión de poner en aplicación ambas normas y, por ello, parece que ha llegado un momento óptimo para realizar un análisis crítico. En concreto, es objeto de este trabajo el procedimiento sancionador (principios, trámites,…), destacando posibles cambios tras la entrada en vigor de estas nuevas leyes de procedimiento, pero intentando aportar un punto de vista crítico y posibles soluciones a la vista de pronunciamientos jurisprudenciales que siguen resultando aplicables. ABSTRACT: After more than one year after the entry into force of the Laws 39/2015 of the common administrative procedure of the Public Administrations and 40/2015 of legal regime of the public sector, the personnel of the Public Administrations have had opportunity to implement both standards and, therefore, it seems that there has been an optimal time to conduct a critical analysis. In particular, the sanctioning procedure (principles, processes,...) is the subject of this work and, specially, we want to analyze possible changes after the entry into force of these new procedural laws, but trying to provide a critical point of view and possible solutions in sight of jurisprudential pronouncements that continue to be applicable.

scholarly journals Understanding the Challenges Facing Occupational Health Services in the Swedish Public Sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Schmidt ◽  
John Sjöström ◽  
Ann-Beth Antonsson
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health Services ◽  
External Resources ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Organizations

According to Swedish Work Environmental Act, all organizations are required to implement Occupational Health and Safety Management (OHSM). In support of this and when competence within the employer’s own organization is insufficient, regulations state that the employers are required to employ external resources such as an Occupational Health Service (OHS) provider. The aim of this study was to explore how public sector organizations utilized services and support from their OHS provider in preventive OHSM. Eleven public sector organizations were studied, 100 of respondents (politicians, managers, HR, safety representatives, and OHS professionals) interviewed, and the data collected qualitatively and thematically analyzed. The results showed that the OHS providers do not support the public-sector organizations with preventive OHSM according to the intentions of the legislation. A significant conclusion is that the HR department has an important role in the collaboration and for the utilization of preventive services in OHSM.

Knowledge Management Initiatives in Indian Public Sector

2014 ◽  
pp. 53-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeta Baporikar
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Km Strategy ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Impact

Today, knowledge management has come to be accepted and recognized as a source of competitive advantage in the private sector. Although Knowledge Management (KM) has been gaining attention all over the world, KM as a discipline is still in its infancy, and adoption of KM is still at its nascent stage when it comes to the Public Sector. It is vital for any organization to understand the concept of KM so as to align its KM strategy with the organization’s strategy. This is all the more important when it is the Public Sector because the impact of Public Sector organizations directly affects the common man. Knowledge creation, generation, and application are a continuous process. Without thorough understanding and awareness of KM, the Public Sector may not be able to reap true and full benefits. This chapter aims to bring a comprehensive understanding of KM application to the Public Sector and through cases recognizes the initiatives of KM in the Indian Public Sector.

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