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Patterns And Trends For Age (YOUNG) Flashcards

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1
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What are the disadvantages for young people in WORK & EMPLOYMENT ?

A

Discrimination and Exploitation

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What is discrimination?

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

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What are the examples for discrimination ?

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  • limits on working hours
  • the minimum wage
    -rejection
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What does limits on working hours say for discrimination?

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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

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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 ?

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More than 12 hours during a school week

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

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Even you’re under 13

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why is limiting working hours discrimination?

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Young people feel excluded because of this law

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

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£6.40

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

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£11.44

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whose minimum wage is £6.40 according to discrimination ?

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16 year olds

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Whose minimum wage according to discrimination is £11.44?

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Adults over 21

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why do young people face discrimination due to minimum wage ?

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

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

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A third

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

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CV-Library

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

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Over half

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

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Told by buisness they didn’t have enough experience

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What is exploitation ?

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

18
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What are the examples for exploitation for discrimination?

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  • zero hour contract
  • 38% of these contracts held by 16 to 24 year olds
  • unpaid internships
19
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What is a zero hour contract ?

A

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

20
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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?

A

801,000

21
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According to the ONS 801,000 employed workers were on the zero hour contract when ?

A

In the quarter to last December

22
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According to the ONS , the result of 801,000 is up by what and compared to when ?

A

Up by 15% the same period of 2014

23
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With 38% of these contracts being held by 16-24 year olds what does it mean for the young ?

A

Significant proportion of the young workforce without guaranteed incomes

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

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38%

25
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Why is zero hour contract convenient for young people ?

A

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

26
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why is zero hour contract not suitable for young people ?

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If young people want stable jobs they cannot get them

27
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What is unpaid internship ?

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

28
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What sector is unpaid internships common ?

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Fashion, journalism, politics and art

29
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According to Sutton Trust what percentage of graduate internship are unpaid ?

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31%

30
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Using government figures , how many interns are working for nothing and being exploited?

A

22,000

31
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What are the three areas of inequality for young people ?

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

32
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Area 2: poverty

What is absolute poverty?

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

33
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What is relative poverty?

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  • 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
34
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According to the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) , currently how many children live in poverty?

A

3.5 million

35
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According to the CPAG how many children living in poverty have a family which someone works ?

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63%

36
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Area 3 : family

What is age patriarchy?

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  • Adults are more powerful than children and young people
  • law gives parents authority over children
37
Q

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

A

Radford et al

38
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Radford et al, produced a report for who, who found out children experienced a range of abuse ?

A

NSPCC

39
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According to NSPCC children receive what abuse ?

A

Physical , emotional and sexual abuse

40
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According to NSPCC , how many children have experienced severe maltreatment

A

1 in 5

41
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According to NSPCC , what happened to 1 in 20 children ?

A

Have been sexually abused

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