Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Precarious Work, Living Wage, Flexicurity
13 Feb 2017
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Gain an understanding of the impact of employment on health. Engaged employees work with a passion and feel a profound connection to their company, driving innovation and move the organization forward: eg. teachers, entrepreneurs, apple inc. , google (nice/fun environment, tons of benefits; not just financial incentives/pensions) Not-engaged - employees are essentially checked out , sleepwalking through their workday, putting time, but not energy or passion into their work: eg. factory workers, office work (no sense of autonomy or importance, repetitive duties, slob [lazy]) Actively disengaged employees aren"t just unhappy at work, busy acting out their unhappiness, undermining what their engaged coworkers try to accomplish everyday companies want to move on from, but are unable too. Actively disengaged may have high job security because of unions (not necessarily liking their jobs) Not a clear 1:1 ratio relationship employment and employee. Active labour force anyone employed in the population: eg. full time or part time jobs, seasonal, contract, self-employed.
