Patterns And Trends For Age (YOUNG)

Question 1

What are the disadvantages for young people in WORK & EMPLOYMENT ?

Answer 1

Discrimination and Exploitation

Question 2

What is discrimination?

Answer 2

refers to the prejudicial or unfair treatment of a person depending on some trait characteristics such as age , race or gender.

Question 3

What are the examples for discrimination ?

Answer 3

• limits on working hours
• the minimum wage
  -rejection

Question 4

What does limits on working hours say for discrimination?

Answer 4

If your 14 or 15 in the UK , you cannot work more than 12 hours during a school week and if your under 13 you are not allowed to do paid work at all

Question 5

According to limiting working hours for discrimination you cannot work for more than how many hours if you’re 14 or 15 and during when ?

Answer 5

More than 12 hours during a school week

Question 6

According to limiting working hours in the Uk for discrimination, you cannot work when ?

Answer 6

Even you’re under 13

Question 7

why is limiting working hours discrimination?

Answer 7

Young people feel excluded because of this law

Question 8

According to minimum wage for discrimination, what is the minimum wage for 16 years olds ?

Answer 8

£6.40

Question 9

According to minimum wage for discrimination, what is the minimum wage for adults older than 21?

Answer 9

£11.44

Question 10

whose minimum wage is £6.40 according to discrimination ?

Answer 10

16 year olds

Question 11

Whose minimum wage according to discrimination is £11.44?

Answer 11

Adults over 21

Question 12

why do young people face discrimination due to minimum wage ?

Answer 12

Older people are likely to be picked due to work experience and young people are seen as cheap labor

Question 13

According to rejection for discrimination, according to CV-Libary how many workers have been rejected due to their age ?

Answer 13

A third

Question 14

according to rejection for discrimination, who said a third of workers say they had been rejected due to their age ?

Answer 14

CV-Library

Question 15

According to Rejection for discrimination, how many UNDER 18’s felt they’re not taken seriously at work

Answer 15

Over half

Question 16

According to rejection for discrimination, under half were told what ?

Answer 16

Told by buisness they didn’t have enough experience

Question 17

What is exploitation ?

Answer 17

Unfair or cruel treatment in order to benefit from another persons labour

Question 18

What are the examples for exploitation for discrimination?

Answer 18

• zero hour contract
• 38% of these contracts held by 16 to 24 year olds
• unpaid internships

Question 19

What is a zero hour contract ?

Answer 19

Contract between employer and worker , where the employer is not obliged to provide any minimum working hours

Question 20

According to the ONS for how many workers employed in UK workforce we’re on the zero-hour contract in the quarter to last December?

Answer 20

801,000

Question 21

According to the ONS 801,000 employed workers were on the zero hour contract when ?

Answer 21

In the quarter to last December

Question 22

According to the ONS , the result of 801,000 is up by what and compared to when ?

Answer 22

Up by 15% the same period of 2014

Question 23

With 38% of these contracts being held by 16-24 year olds what does it mean for the young ?

Answer 23

Significant proportion of the young workforce without guaranteed incomes

Question 24

What percentage of 16-24 year olds have these contracts ?

Answer 24

38%

Question 25

Why is zero hour contract convenient for young people ?

Answer 25

zero hour contract are convenient for students who can work part-time whenever it suits them (flexible)

Question 26

why is zero hour contract not suitable for young people ?

Answer 26

If young people want stable jobs they cannot get them

Question 27

What is unpaid internship ?

Answer 27

The position of students or trainees who work in an organization in order to gain work experience for qualification or employability

Question 28

What sector is unpaid internships common ?

Answer 28

Fashion, journalism, politics and art

Question 29

According to Sutton Trust what percentage of graduate internship are unpaid ?

Answer 29

31%

Question 30

Using government figures , how many interns are working for nothing and being exploited?

Answer 30

22,000

Question 31

What are the three areas of inequality for young people ?

Answer 31

Area 1: work and employment
Area 2: poverty
Area 3: family

Question 32

Area 2: poverty

What is absolute poverty?

Answer 32

Household income is below a certain level so impossible to meet basic needs of life e.g food , shelter

Question 33

What is relative poverty?

Answer 33

• relates to a comparison to other household
• household receive 50% less than average household incomes , so have money but not enough money to afford anything above the basic

Question 34

According to the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) , currently how many children live in poverty?

Answer 34

3.5 million

Question 35

According to the CPAG how many children living in poverty have a family which someone works ?

Answer 35

63%

Question 36

Area 3 : family

What is age patriarchy?

Answer 36

• Adults are more powerful than children and young people
• law gives parents authority over children

Question 37

Who produced a report for the NSPCC who found children experience a range of abuse ?

Answer 37

Radford et al

Question 38

Radford et al, produced a report for who, who found out children experienced a range of abuse ?

Answer 38

NSPCC

Question 39

According to NSPCC children receive what abuse ?

Answer 39

Physical , emotional and sexual abuse

Question 40

According to NSPCC , how many children have experienced severe maltreatment

Answer 40

1 in 5

Question 41

According to NSPCC , what happened to 1 in 20 children ?

Answer 41

Have been sexually abused