Sökning: "Equal Opportunity Act"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade orden Equal Opportunity Act.

1. 1. Konstruktion av genus i rätten och samhället : en tvärvetenskaplig studie av svenska kvinnors rätt till jämställdhet i ett formellt jämlikt rättssystem

   Författare :Eva Schömer; Håkan Hydén; Niklas Bruun; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; construction of gender in law and society; Gender; equality between men and women; equal rights; equal pay; Equal Opportunity Act; labour law; affirmative action; law and society; feminism; feminist legal theory and women s rights; Arbetsrätt; arbetsrätt; Rättsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : On the first of January 1992 the present Equal Opportunity Act came into force. A central aim of this law is to improve the conditions of women's working life. One aspect of the law is the possibility to serve as a mean of shifting the balance of power between the sexes. LÄS MER

3. 2. Searching for Equality : Sex Discrimination, Parental Leave and the Swedish Model With Comparisons to EU, UK and US Law

   Författare :Laura Carlson; Ronnie Eklund; Clare McGlynn; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Swedish employment discrimination law; Swedish Labour Court; EU employment discrimination law; UK employment discrimination law; US employment discrimination law; Equal Opportunity Law; Equal Pay Act; Title VII; Labour law; Arbetsrätt;

   Sammanfattning : Achieving economic equality between men and women is a challenge to every country. The approach taken politically and legally in Sweden is to encourage a greater economic independence of women from the family through paid work, as well encouraging men to assume a greater share of unpaid work, particularly parental leave, resulting in a lessening of the double burden of work for women. LÄS MER

4. 3. Systematisk arbetsvärdering : ett lönesättningsinstrument i närbild

   Författare :Thomas Ericsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Job evaluation; wage determination; work of comparable worth; sex discrimination; equal opportunity; woman worker; labour legislation; food industry; local level; case study; model; statistical table;

   Sammanfattning : The subject of the thesis is systematic job evaluation for purposes of local wage determination for blue-collar jobs within the Swedish industry. The method is examined from a general wage-determination as well as from a gender equality perspective. The thesis is based on e.g. LÄS MER

5. 4. Therapeutic alliance and different treatment formats when delivering internet-based CBT for depression

   Författare :Kristofer Vernmark; Gerhard Andersson; Per Carlbring; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; depression; internet-based treatment; cognitive behavioural therapy; therapeutic alliance; email therapy; depression; internetbehandling; kognitiv beteendeterapi; terapeutisk allians; epostterapi;

   Sammanfattning : Depression är en funktionsnedsättande problematik som påverkar en stor del av den vuxna populationen varje år. Trots ett omfattande behov av hjälp så råder det brist på tillgång till effektiv behandling. LÄS MER

7. 5. The Europeanisation  of gender equality : The unexpected case of Sweden

   Författare :Tanja Olsson Blandy; Christina Bergqvist; Ann-Cathrine Jungar; Helena Stensöta Olofsdotter; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender equality; Europeanisation; state feminism; framing; norm entrepreneurs; actors’ strategies; equality agencies; JämO; femocrats; misfit; domestic change.; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The main objective of this thesis is to analyse how the Swedish Equal Op-portunities Ombudsman (JämO) has used EU legislation as an opportunity for influencing the domestic policy process. Prior to Sweden’s membership in the EU, few pay-discrimination cases had been referred to the Labour Court, and none by JämO. LÄS MER