JOB MARKET AND JOB DISCRIMINAITON

JOB MARKET AND JOB DISCRIMINAITON:

JOB MARKET AND JOB DISCRIMINAITON BY YOGESH K. UPADHYAY

LABOUR MARKET:

LABOUR MARKET Labour economics - the functioning and dynamics of the market for labour Labour economics looks at the suppliers of labour services (workers), the demanders of labour services (employers), and attempts to understand the resulting pattern of wages, employment, and income. Labour Market - Process by which supplies of a particular type of labour and the demand for the same are balanced Labour markets function through the interaction of workers and employers.

LABOUR MARKET:

LABOUR MARKET Labour Market – it is an abstraction and does not refer to any geographical place. on the other hand it can be viewed as trading centre or some other geographical area.

FUNCTIONS OF LABOUR MARKET:

FUNCTIONS OF LABOUR MARKET To fix wages and other terms of employment. To allocate labour among occupations, job and employers .

CHARACTERSISTICS OF LABOUR MARKET:

CHARACTERSISTICS OF LABOUR MARKET Common a place of buyers and seller. Relationship of buyer and seller Temp v permanent Personal traits Lack of perfect mobility Wage fixing influence of TU Less fluctuation of wages More complex market – Bargaining power of individual worker v individual employer Development of Institutionalized rules

CLASSIFICATION OF LABOUR MARKET:

CLASSIFICATION OF LABOUR MARKET Perfect Market. The Neo – Classical market Natural Market The Institutional Market The Management Market Structure and unstructured Market

INDIAN LABOUR MARKET:

INDIAN LABOUR MARKET Dominated by casual / badli labour . No committed Industrial Labour Migratory Character of labour Pressure on cities / Land Health and sanitation problem Lack of training due frequent changes Unhealthy trade union Sharpening & broadening of minds of rural Changing settlements

WORKFORCE DIVERSITY:

WORKFORCE DIVERSITY Gender Diversity. Cultural Diversity. Age Diversity Language Diversity

JOB DISCRIMINATION:

JOB DISCRIMINATION Positive Discrimination Negative Discrimination

JOB DISCRIMINATION:

JOB DISCRIMINATION Religious Discrimination Racial Discrimination Geographical Discrimination Gender Discrimination Professional Discrimination Employment of Handicapped Employment of Children/Adolescent Employment of Older people Son of the soil Medical Discrimination

FIGHTING DISCRIMINATION:

FIGHTING DISCRIMINATION Re-examination of discrimination / prejudices Self Awareness or Knowledge Training and Education Religious Tolerance Change in Attitude and Perception Legal Provisions