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Temporary Labor Programs, 2002.
An analysis of how a temporary business employment service for youths aids the transition from school to the workplace.
1,205 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 66.95
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This paper examines how temporary labor programs have long been utilized as mechanisms to assist businesses accomplish long term goals and help fill temporary labor needs resulting from absent employees or busy employment cycles. It looks at how many youths can benefit from youth employment programs, gaining valuable skills and practical experience that will teach them how to turn classroom skills into lifelong lessons. It proposes a project to teach youths of approximately high school ages 16-18 how to establish a stable career outlook by investing in a temporary employment program.
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Statement of Purpose
Setting of the Problem
History and Background of the Problem
Scope of the Proposed Research Project
Literature Review
Research Method/Design
Data Collection Plan
Data Analysis Plan
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"Temporary employment programs are put into place to help young people gain ?practical experience working for agencies.? As early as 1960 a temporary labor program was established on public lands to employ youths in maintenance and administrative positions in New York City. The assistance of youth labor not only helped youths find practical uses for classroom learned skills, it also facilitated the completion of many outstanding projects. The Mound City Group National Monument utilized temporary employment in 1967 to enhance the existing administrative and maintenance staffs (Hopewell, 2002). Use of temporary employment became much more widespread in the 1970?s, when Manpower, Inc. came about. The temporary agency augmented maintenance operations for organizations such as Mound City Group by as much as 2,871 man-hours (Hopewell, 2002)."
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program (TANF), 2002.
This paper discusses the historical origins, impact and success or failure of the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program enacted into law in 1996.
2,375 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 17 sources, MLA, AU$ 116.95
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This paper discusses that TANF replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Families (AFDC) portion of federally financed welfare assistance and was radically different than it. This paper describes that TANF consists of block grants of fixed amounts of federal funds to the states, which are free to provide welfare assistance to the poor on such terms as they individually see fit, subject to only to constitutional requirements and federal guidelines. The author feels that the aim of the TANF is to reduce the welfare rolls and associated costs by imposing time and other limitations on the availability of welfare benefits and by encouraging the transition of recipients from welfare to work.
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Background
Demands for Welfare Reform in the 1980s
First Three Years of Clinton Administration (1993-1995)
Passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Evaluation of the Impact and Success or Failure of TANF
Conclusion
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"Federal relief was originally intended as a temporary measure designed to alleviate the suffering caused by the economic dislocation produced by the Great Depression. President Franklin Roosevelt said at the time he introduced the Federal Relief Act in 1935 that "continued dependence on relief induces spiritual and moral degeneration." Primary reliance was on make work jobs as a source of income. AFDC was added as supplementary relief for families where the principal breadwinner was dead, absent or disabled. Over time, AFDC was expanded to include survivors and dependent coverage. In 1960s under Lyndon Johnson's anti-poverty program, additional federal and state financial assistance to poor families was provided in the form of free food stamps and school lunches, free or subsidized health care, education and housing, and aid to the elderly and disabled."
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Labour's Labor, 2006.
A review of an article discussing the impact and damage of WWII on the British economy.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, AU$ 42.95
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This paper discusses how following World War II, the British economy, its social structures, and its infrastructure, were all considerably damaged by the years of war over the European continent. Unions, as Dorfman points out, entered the post-World War II era as one of the nation's policy focal points in what would otherwise have been a political vacuum (par.1). It further discusses how in the decades following the war, Unions provided the citizenry, in the form of workers, with adequate representation within the structures of government and ensured that many policies and programs were enacted that would ensure not only work related rights and assurance but also social programs. The Unions within Britain for three decades held considerable sway over policy decisions as well as policy formulation.
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Temporary Aid for Needy Families, 2006.
This paper analyzes the workings of the Temporary Aid for Needy Families program, also known as TANF, which is a federal program of financial assistance for low-income families.
1,891 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, AU$ 97.95
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This paper focuses on the main goals of TANF. TANF is a federal grant program intended to make significant reforms to the U.S. Welfare system by converting traditional welfare into a program of temporary assistance. The writer contends and explains why the TANF is an important transformation in welfare policy. This paper details the various ways in which the TANF aids low-income families. The TANF encourages the creation and maintenance of two-parent families as well as offering aid to families in order to end their dependency on the government. The TANF offers assistance in obtaining long-term employment, while also educating single women on the pitfalls of having children outside of marriage. The writer details the TANF's eligibility requirements, which depends on income, assets, marital status and the number of minor children in the household. This paper examines the views and opinions of those for and against welfare reform and the TANF program. This paper contains a table which lists state-wide TANF recipients over a span of seven years. The writer also presents a graph that illustrates the percentage of the U.S. population on welfare.
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Introduction to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Debate Over TANF: Supporters and Opponents
Future Expectations of TANF
Historical Data
Graph
References
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"TANF was enacted following a bitter debate regarding the characteristics of welfare dependency and the possible impact of culminating the welfare privilege and laying importance on work as an alternative. The conservatives were confirmed as correct that the welfare system itself led to dependence and that several welfare mothers as an alternative measure could hold down jobs or depend on others for help. A work supportive welfare system of narrow, short-term help efficiently took off several mothers off welfare. On a more basic note, the massive decline on dependency on welfare and the growth in work does not appear to have considerably modified the lives of these families. Prior to TANF, state leaders, the conservatives included, also stayed aloof from workforce program due to the expenses and administrative challenges concerned and the political disagreement they produced."
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, 2004.
A look at the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) initiatives of the 1990s and the consequences of operating the resulting programs in terms of a cost-efficiency basis.
2,367 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 116.95
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This paper discusses the creation of TANF, a part of the welfare reform program of President Clinton. The paper explains the purpose of TANF, how it was designed to operate, and the problems that arose as a result of its focus on cost-effectiveness. The paper also looks at the general public's perceptions of TANF, how the social worker must operate within the TANF framework, and outside interests influencing the operation of TANF.
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"Federal programs often operate according to a theoretical standard that tends to account for the reality of future situations in various degrees of viability concerning operation on state and even local levels. Programs begin and end rather arbitrarily in terms of time-lines and may appear exceedingly distant from the public they are intent on serving. On the other hand, without federal initiatives, development in terms of a common vision shared by these programs is lacking. It is a difficult balance between federalism and standardization that often results in the federal program going through a continuous process of being retooled as various powers come and go in terms of drafting, approving, and amending legislation. Welfare reform is not held separate from this process. With the instigation of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, initiatives in the mid nineties, welfare reform was set in terms of cost effectiveness. Since, the economy has undergone a downturn that has resulted in the termination of many workers who started working with the program, which highlights welfare-to-work incentives, and are not able to collect from TANF due to preset time constraints within the system."
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Temporary Workers, 2004.
This paper is a case study about the problems that Arthur Reed had in filling his temporary summer work positions and about the solutions.
845 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 49.95
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The paper discusses that, while there is always a certain amount of turnover in a job that pays relatively poorly and involves a lot of hard physical labor, there are a number of steps that Reed could take to lessen his turnover rate. The author points out that a common flaw of managers is to believe that people should simply be happy to have a job of any sort and not to be too particular about its rewards. The paper suggests many benefits that would help retain the temporary workers, such as that base pay should be supplemented by an increase of $.25 per hour for every 40 hours the temporary employee works, which would give those temporary workers some incentive to stay.
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"The company should provide the steel-toed boots that the workers are required to wear. There will of course be a cost to the company in doing this, but it will be relatively small (since there are only a few temporary workers at a time) and the company can spread the cost over time as more workers (with different-sized feet!) are hired. It is not reasonable to ask temporary workers to buy expensive shoes that they cannot wear in any other situation and since these are a requirement by the company, they should be provided by the company."
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Temporary Workers, 2002.
A study of the use of temporary employees in Europe and England.
860 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 49.95
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This paper examines the European business practice of hiring temporary employees. It looks at the benefit for these businesses in that they can
finance new projects and create new business with this dynamic labor market. The paper describes how temporary employees allow business to circumvent many labor and union laws, and test the employee on the job.
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"According to a 1999 report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Working Conditions, over 7% of the workforce are either employed on a temporary basis or self-employed, up from 5% in 1992. 35% of all workplaces in the United Kingdom with 25 or more employees used temporary or fixed-term contracts of less than 12 months duration, up from 22% in a 1990 survey. A ccording to another survey that was conducted in the West Midlands region, 36% of workplaces in the region employed workers on a temporary basis, 23% on fixed-term contracts and 27% used temporary agency labour. (EFILWC, 2002) The survey goes on to cite an Inland Revenue Service report which concludes that the majority of temporary employees earn as much as part-time workers, and that this narrow gap is continuing to close. "
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The Temporary Office Employee Industry, 2005.
An in-depth analysis of the temporary office employee industry as it pertains to recruiting and retention of those employees.
2,896 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 137.95
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This paper presents a proposal for the recruiting and retention of temporary office workers. The writer is employed as a full time on site recruiter of temporary office workers at one of Wall Street's top financial firms. It looks at how the majority of the temporary help the writer recruits are administrative assistants and other entry level finance positions and how the positions can range from a couple of days to several months in time. It attempts to analyze the industry, the company history regarding temporary employees and future trends to propose methods for the purpose of recruiting and retention of those workers.
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Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Company Specific Problems
Examination of Other Companies
Solutions for Here
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"Temporary employees provide valuable assets to this company by providing consistent short term capable help in all departments as needed. Temporary office workers make up the bulk of the temporary staff here, therefore this proposal will concentrate on the recruiting and retention of them and other entry level financial positions. "
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, 2000.
An examination of the origins, impact, purposes, reform aspects, politics, need for and effectiveness of the program replacing Aid to Families with Dependent Families in 1996.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 17 sources, AU$ 114.95
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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families(TANF)
This research paper discusses the historical origins, impact and success or failure of the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program enacted into law in 1996
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"Temporary Assistance to Needy Families(TANF)
This research paper discusses the historical origins, impact and success or failure of the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program enacted into law in 1996.
TANF is a keystone of the welfare reform legislation passed by a Republican majority in Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 23, 1996. TANF replaced and represents a radical departure from, the Aid to Families with Dependent Families (AFDC) portion of federally financed welfare assistance to the poor. TANF consists of block grants of fixed amounts of federal funds to the states which are free to provide welfare assistance to the poor on such terms as they individually see fit, subject to only to constitutional requirements and federal guidelines. The aim of the latter is to reduce welfare..."
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Difficulties Faced by Temporary Employees, 2000.
An overview of the difficulties faced by temporary workers, even in the face of government attempts to provide fair employment for the disadvantaged.
1,438 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 76.95
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"Government has always tried to be a ?model employer?: with job standards, protection against discrimination, proactive hiring for diversity and benefit to the citizens who tend to need the opportunity, and other considerations which might be better termed idealistic rather than from concern for productivity and efficiency. While government can never be judged in terms of profit, the basic function of jobs within organizations and agencies can be judged in terms of overall mission achievement and the peripheral benefits provided to the public and the employees involved. "
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The Temporary Services Industry, 2001.
Discusses growth of temporary services industry, its history, present situation, effect on businsses, future outlook.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 8 sources, AU$ 50.95
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""Temps" as used in this paper as an abbreviation for "temporary" workers, a phenomenon of the world business scene, which is growing at a consistent rate. Bernstein (1998) points out the staffing industry has changed greatly since it began in the early 1900s, with the emergence of Kelly Services Inc.
"[Kelly] was one of the pioneers, known for many years for its 'Kelly Girls,' whose smiling, wholesome-looking pictures were plastered on the sides of buses and subways in urban areas, including New York City" (Bernstein, 1998, 8). Today, the "Kelly Girl" is as likely to be a male, and can range in career skills from computer programmer to paralegal.
Boroughs gives evidence that the temporary services industry has expanded..."
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Temporary Workforce, 1999.
Growth of the temporary workforce and its advantages for both the employer & worker. Looks at types of jobs, need for and its social consequences.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 14 sources, AU$ 89.95
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"TEMPORARY WORKFORCE
This research paper traces the development of large and growing contingent of temporary labor forces and discusses their origins, problems, challenges and broader implications for society in the future. The use of temporary personnel and the temporary services intermediary business has grown substantially during the past two decades, primarily in response to the restructuring and transformation of modern economies in the age of computerized information and global competition. The advantages of temporary workers to employers are obvious: lower cost and flexibility. By and large, temporary work status has been forced on the individuals involved as their only alternative to full-time employment. Organizations and managers have recently begun to realize the disadvantages of focusing only on the short-.."
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Temporary Workers, 2003.
Discusses the use of contingent workers in American business.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, AU$ 127.95
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Discusses the skills of temporary workers and reasons for using them rather than full-time employees. Provides a profile of contingent workers. Examines the advantages, which include lowering overall costs for staffing and staffing flexibility.
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"In recent years, the practice of hiring contingent or temporary workers to meet situational business needs has gained in significance. For human resource managers (HRM), meeting the myriad ..."
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Temporary Flight Restrictions, 2002.
A discussion on whether the recent implementation of flight restrictions following the Sept 11th attacks are constitutional.
3,810 words (approx. 15.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, AU$ 167.95
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This paper examines why Temporary Fight Restrictions (TFR) are considered unconstitutional by many quarters and how they are seriously hurting economic conditions of the United States aviation. The paper also presents a legal point of view which states that we cannot declare any action taken for security reasons as unconstitutional. This is because the federal government has Congress?s permission to take appropriate measures to ensure security of the country, its landmarks, general public and important public figures such as the president and vice president. The paper asks when these actions cross the limits of justice and start interfering with smooth operations of any industry, and explains that a petition can be filed against them in U.S. courts to determine the legality of those actions. No such action has so far been taken against TFRs, which were imposed in the wake of September 11. The paper studies the issue closely to find out why people feel that TFRs should be declared unconstitutional and how it is contributing towards bad economic conditions in the country.
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Abstract
Introduction
Methodology
Literature Review and Discussion
Condition of Airline Industry after Sept. 11
TFRs and General Aviation
TFRs without Information
TFRs and Business at Busy Airports
TFRs Circles
TFRs and Young Pilots
TFRs: an Ineffective Measure
Conclusion
References
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"Temporary flight restrictions were imposed after September 11 in order to protect America public from terrorist attacks. These restrictions had a huge negative impact on the airline industry in specific and on economy in general. This is the reason why many felt that such restrictions should be declared unconstitutional even if the objective behind such measures is highly constitutional. TFR regulations have been in operation since 1971 but amendments that have taken place over the years have expanded the scope of this regulation. For example while formerly it could be invoked at certain given occasion or days, since September 11, they are being used whenever the government feels a certain site can become potential target for terrorist attacks. In order to understand why temporary flight restrictions were imposed and whether or not they are unconstitutional, we must first take a look at the economic conditions of the country after September 11. This will help us understand why any flight restrictions can further worsen the United States economic downturn. Temporary flights restrictions are issued by Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to protect certain sites from any kind of threat. Before September 11, the main purpose of such restrictions was to protect government military sites from spy planes or to prevent possible collusion of non-participating planes during air shows. But since the tragic incident of September 11, things have changed dramatically for the airline industry as many commercial planes are now being forced to take new routes to reach destination because of FAA flight restrictions."
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Pride is Temporary, Pain is Forever, 2001.
This is a paper about the horrors of war. It uses examples from the book "Company K" to show how horrific WWI was.
2,260 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, AU$ 111.95
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This paper discusses the emotions one feels fighting a war. The author believes that there is not as much pride in fighting a war as there is emotional pain after the war. Included are examples of many war heroes.
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"War has a way of bringing out the best and the worst in people. During the build-up for war, a sense of pride and duty swells in the hearts of those involved, especially those going to do the fighting. They feel a sense of duty, like they are making a difference in the world, and sometimes they are. But sometimes, this pride is unfounded, the people involved are not in fact going to make a difference, and they won't figure this out until the brutal realities are experienced firsthand. These realities have a way of inflicting immeasurable pain in those involved; sometimes this pain is physical and incurable, sometimes the pain is emotional and incurable. The thing that is common is that those involved carry the scars of war long past the signing of a peace treaty, and these scars last much longer than any sense of pride the soldiers once held so dear".
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