'Half Empty or Half Full?' The Importance of the Definition of Part-Time Sick Leave in Evaluating Its Effects

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Andren
Keyword(s):  
Sick Leave ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Definition Of

The Concept of Nontraditional Student

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-60
Author(s):  
Treinienė Daiva
Keyword(s):  
Nontraditional Students ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Nontraditional Student ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Older Students ◽  
Learning Differences ◽  
Status Characteristics ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University

Abstract Nontraditional student is understood as one of the older students enrolled in formal or informal studies. In the literature, there is no detailed generalisation of nontraditional student. This article aims to reveal the concept of this particular group of students. Analysing the definition of nontraditional students, researchers identify the main criteria that allow to provide a more comprehensive concept of the nontraditional student. The main one is the age of these atypical students coming to study at the university, their selected form of studies, adult social roles status characteristics, such as family, parenting and financial independence as well as the nature of work. The described features of the nontraditional student demonstrate how the unconventional nontraditional student is different from the traditional one, which features are characteristic for them and how they reflect the nontraditional student’s maturity and experience in comparison with younger, traditional students. Key features - independence, internal motivation, experience, responsibility, determination. They allow nontraditional students to pursue their life goals, learn and move towards their set goals. University student identity is determined on the basis of the three positions: on the age suitability by social norms, the learning outcomes incorporated with age, on the creation of student’s ideal image. There are four students’ biographical profiles distinguished: wandering type, seeking a degree, intergrative and emancipatory type. They allow to see the biographical origin of nontraditional students, their social status as well as educational features. Biographical profiles presented allow to comprise the nontraditional student’s portrait of different countries. Traditional and nontraditional students’ learning differences are revealed by analysing their need for knowledge, independence, experience, skill to learn, orientation and motivation aspects. To sum up, the analysis of the scientific literature can formulate the concept of the nontraditional student. Nontraditional student refers to the category of 20-65 years of age who enrolls into higher education studies in a nontraditional way, is financially independent, with several social roles of life, studying full-time or part-time, and working full-time or part-time, or not working at all.

scholarly journals Gender Influence on Part-time Working

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
Aslı Beyhan Acar
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Candidate Country ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Gender Influence ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Statistical Purpose ◽  
The Eu

In this empirical study, it’s investigated differences of part-time working rates between men and women in the period of 2000-2012. 17 members of the EU and Turkey -as a candidate country- are participated in the study. Turkey is participated into the study too, because Turkey must adapt the most of the regulations of EU as a candidate member of the Union. The data are collected from OECD and World Bank statistics web site. Beyond that many database indicate part-time employment rates for both common and national definition of part-time working for statistical purpose. According to this it’s aimed to determine whether there is a significant difference between part-time working rates that are based on common and national definition. In the literature, there are some studies that investigate fertility rates and part-time employment rates of women. The correlation of these two variables that are belonged the years 2000-2012 is tested and the findings are indicated in the study. Furthermore, it’s analyzed the rate differences of part-time working for men and women in the period of 2000-2012.

scholarly journals Legislative change enabling use of early part-time sick leave enhanced return to work and work participation in Finland

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 447-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eira Viikari-Juntura ◽  
Lauri J Virta ◽  
Johanna Kausto ◽  
Ilona Autti-Rämö ◽  
Kari-Pekka Martimo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sick Leave ◽  
Return To Work ◽  
Work Participation ◽  
Legislative Change ◽  
Part Time

Consequences of "part-time sick leave" for colleagues and management

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Sieurin ◽  
E. Vingard ◽  
M. Josephson
Keyword(s):  
Sick Leave ◽  
Part Time

Employer provided health benefits among cancer survivors in the United States.

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (27_suppl) ◽  
pp. 155-155
Author(s):  
Zhiyuan Zheng ◽  
Xuesong Han ◽  
Matthew P. Banegas ◽  
Jingxuan Zhao ◽  
Ashish Rai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Sick Leave ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Survivorship Care ◽  
Work Limitations ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Paid Sick Leave

155 Background: Nearly 40% of cancer survivors are of working age in the U.S. Access to high quality diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship care requires both health insurance coverage and sick leave, key components of employer health benefits. This study examines work limitations, paid sick leave, and employer offered health insurance among cancer survivors. Methods: We used the National Health Interview Survey (2001-2017) to identify cancer survivors aged 18-64 years. Work limitations were asked among all cancer survivors regardless of work status (n = 15,247), and categorized into unable to work, limited in type/amount of work, and not limited at all. Paid sick leave and employer offered health insurance offered were asked of cancer survivors who were working in the last week (n = 8741). We used generalized ordinal logistic regressions to examine work limitation and employer health benefits among cancer survivors, controlling for demographic characteristics, time since cancer diagnosis, number of cancer diagnoses, income, and comorbidities. Stratified analyses by type of workplace (private sector, federal/state/local government, and self-employed), and hours worked per week (full time with 35+ hours per week vs part time < 35 hours per week) was conducted. Results: Among cancer survivors aged 18-64 years, 10.7% and 5.3% reported unable to work at all and limited in types/amounts of work, respectively; 57.7% and 67.6% of those working in the last week received paid sick leave and employer offered health insurance, respectively. In stratified analyses, government jobs were associated with the highest paid sick leave and employer insurance (85.7% and 85.6%, respectively), followed by private sector (58.3% and 70.7%, respectively), and self-employed (8.3% and 15.7%), respectively. Moreover, full time jobs had higher paid sick leave (65.2% and 21.9%, respectively) and employer insurance (75.7% and 29.1%, respectively) then part time jobs. Conclusions: Cancer survivors experience work limitations and many working cancer survivors do not receive paid sick leave or health insurance from their employers. Evaluation of the effects of employer-based health benefits on survivorship care and outcomes will be important for future research.

PART-TIME JOB AND COMBINATION OF DUTIES: DISTINGUISHING SIGNS OF CONCEPTS IN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENSE

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Vasyl Franchuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Aspect ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
State Control ◽  
Successful Operation ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Basic Features ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
Consolidate State

Analysis of some practical and theoretical issues of administrative responsibility for violation of limitations on part-time job and combination of duties with different types of activity was made. Research on certain features of current corruption-related offenses was done. Prominent existing issues of current administrative legislation provisions on definition of constitutive signs of violation of limitations on part-time job and combination of duties with different types of activity were detected. Fight against corruption is a tight, combined and long-lasting case that can be solved in case of compliance of legislation which determine an order, as well as of successful operation of authorities responsible for anticorruption and judicial sphere. One of the reasonable steps to consolidate state control on activity of official, who performs functions of state or local government was to provide liability for violation of limitations on parttime job and combination of duties with different activity. Given this, to assure other law subjects to exactly applicate similar law there is a need to have a clear and expressive legislative concept. It was determined that some basic features of concepts of part-time job and combination of duties are of joint nature and some of features vary. Administrative law provisions theoretical aspect and Ukrainian legislation that defines �part-time job� and �combination of duties� concepts were analyzed. In conclusion, part-time job and combination of duties mainly differs in that that: during combination of duties person can work in different occupation, post, unlike part-time job; extra job is performed during combination at the same firm, agency or institution, when part-time job can be performed at another agency or institution;during combination of duties performance of different duties should be on the regular basis; combination of duties is realizable only in free from main job time, unlike part-time job; during part-time job payment for other job is individual, unlike combination of duties, where for combination of duties of certain position (post), as well as of temporarily absent worker only additional pay is provided to the salary on the main post.

scholarly journals Physicians’ use of information from sickness certification guidelines: A nationwide Swedish survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
V Svärd ◽  
K Alexanderson
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Sick Leave ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Clinical Importance ◽  
Work Capacity ◽  
Occupational Health Services ◽  
Sickness Certification ◽  
Part Time

Abstract Background Sickness certification guidelines, introduced in Sweden 2007, are to support physician’s work with sickness certification of patients. Our aim was to explore the clinical importance of the guidelines, by studying what kind of information from guidelines the physicians use, and if this differ between type of clinics. Methods Data from a questionnaire sent to all 34 718 physicians in Sweden in 2017 were used (54% response rate). The study is based on answers from the 13 750 physicians who had sick-leave consultations. Results Half of the respondents used the guidelines at least once a month, and this was most common in primary healthcare (72%), occupational health services (64%) and psychiatry (61%). The type of information used differed; 53% used recommendations about suggested sick-leave duration and 29% about degree (full- or part-time) of sickness absence. Using information about function respectively work capacity was more common within psychiatry (42 and 42%), primary healthcare (37 and 38%) and occupational health services (35 and 41%) and less common among physicians in surgery and orthopaedic clinics (12 and 12%) who more often used information about duration (48 and 53%). In total, 74% reported that the guidelines to some extent were problematic to apply while 29% reported that they improved the quality of how they handled sickness certification tasks. Half (47%) experienced that the guidelines facilitated their contacts with patients. Conclusions The use of sickness certification guidelines varied between type of clinic and a majority experienced to some extent that the guidelines were problematic to apply. Further studies are needed to assess what information physicians in different settings need and what developments of the guidelines that are warranted. Key messages Half of the physicians used the sickness certification guidelines every month, but the type of information used varied with type of clinical setting. As many as half of the physicians stated that the sickness certification guidelines facilitated their contacts with patients, but a majority found them somewhat problematic to apply.

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