ADMS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Unpaid Work, Inequality Of Bargaining Power, Human Resource Management

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Indira Somwaru

Document Summary

Organization of work and employment can influence canada"s society and economy. Many people would agree to work for free via an unpaid internship students starting out, for example. However, student union from u of t argues that some 300,000 entry-level jobs are being misrepresented as internships, trainee positions, or nonemployee work so that companies can avoid paying people. Ministry of labour doesn"t regulate or keep stats about interns or internship programs largely unregulated. Many people do internships with the aim of obtaining full-time employment eventually, but some people do not they just worked for free and their experience may still be overlooked. Some scholars draw difference between volunteer work and internships. While providing students with experience is worthwhile, increasing number of unpaid internships can be bad for economy. Unpaid work can drive wages down and lead to higher unemployment levels. Graduates face 18% unemployment rate 2x as high as national average.