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  2. Social exclusion - Wikipedia

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    There are countries, Italy for example, that have a legal concept of social exclusion. In Italy, " esclusione sociale " is defined as poverty combined with social alienation , by the statute n. 328 (11-8-2000), that instituted a state investigation commission named " Commissione di indagine sull'Esclusione Sociale " (CIES) to make an annual ...

  3. Social protection - Wikipedia

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    Social protection consists of policies and programs designed to reduce poverty and vulnerability by promoting efficient labour markets, diminishing people's exposure to risks, and enhancing their capacity to manage economic and social risks, such as unemployment, exclusion, sickness, disability, old age.

  4. Exploitation of labour - Wikipedia

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    Exploitation is a concept defined as, in its broadest sense, one agent taking unfair advantage of another agent. [1] When applying this to labour (or labor), it denotes an unjust social relationship based on an asymmetry of power or unequal exchange of value between workers and their employers. [2]

  5. Occupational inequality - Wikipedia

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    Occupational inequality greatly affects the socioeconomic status of an individual which is linked with their access to resources like finding a job, buying a house, etc. [4] If an individual experiences occupational inequality, it may be more difficult for them to find a job, advance in their job, get a loan or buy a house.

  6. Excludability - Wikipedia

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    A classic example of the inefficiency caused by non-excludability is the tragedy of the commons (which Hardin, the author, later corrected to the 'tragedy of the unmanaged commons' because it is based on the notion of an entirely rule-less resource) where a shared, non-excludable, resource becomes subject to over-use and over-consumption, which ...

  7. Equal employment opportunity - Wikipedia

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    President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Equal employment opportunity is equal opportunity to attain or maintain employment in a company, organization, or other institution. Examples of legislation to foster it or to protect it from eroding include the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which was established by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to assist in the protection of United ...

  8. Biden commemorates the 80th anniversary of the repeal of the ...

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    “The repeal of this act was a decision almost wholly grounded in the exigencies of World War II, as Japanese propaganda made repeated reference to Chinese exclusion from the United States in ...

  9. Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 - Wikipedia

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    With regards to government employment, a 1978 study found that the act had little impact on employment of African Americans in the higher levels of the federal civil service. [ 10 ] On January 21st 2025, President Trump officially revoked Executive Order 11246 similarly known as "Equal Employment Opportunity" [ 11 ] , this was briefly mistaken ...