SOC-S 101 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Church Attendance, Human Capital, Mark Granovetter
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Maximize the productivity of the core employees through long work hours. Replace workforce in the non-core functions with pt, temporary workers. The proportion of employees who work fewer hours than they would like to work have been increasing. 30% of pt retail workers want ft jobs. Official definition: weekly hours less than 35 hours. Part-time for noneconomic reasons - e. g. , family,illness,disability,schooling. Part time for economic reasons - poor business conditions or seasonal demand for occupation (e. g. layoffs, plant closing) More common in service sectors - e. g. , 30% works pt in retail industry. In 2012, 6% pt for economic reasons, 13% pt for noneconomic reasons. More women than men overall --23% of women and 9% of men in 2007. More women than men work part-time for noneconomic reasons. Hourly rate for part-time work is lower than that of ft work. Pt hourly rate 10. 92 (. 9 wages . 02 benefits) Ft hourly rate 17. 92 (12. 25 wages 4. 93 benefits)
