A recent report from Accenture found that businesses are not prioritizing entry - level jobs, nor are they catering to
the demands of younger workers.)
Not exact matches
Indeed, this
younger cohort will be in
demand to fill the shoes
of baby boomers and even older
workers aging out
of the workforce.
Employer
demands for a two - tier wage system is a fact
of life in the present economy, condemning
younger workers to a permanent low - wage existence.
The image
of a woman who is battered for 20 years by her clergyman husband and who would forgive him, «because the Bible tells her to,» the image
of a
young mother and father who can not understand why their three - year - old daughter was sexually abused in the day care center to which they had entrusted her each morning; the image
of a woman who was sacked from the women's program
of her church because she refused to comply to the request
of the president
of the church that she and the other women vote for him in his election campaign; the image
of a 14 - year - old migrant domestic
worker who faces the death sentence on trumped up charges, because she would not give in to the sexual
demands of her employer; the image
of a male priest
of a church saying that every time he beats his wife she should thank him, because she is one step closer to salvation; or the priest who would make sexual advances on a woman who out
of vulnerability turns to the church for pastoral comfort... these are but a glimpse
of the many such images that are gathered during the course
of this Decade.
The unions are also highlighting the serious workplace and social problems that will accompany the enforced longer working age for public sector
workers, particularly those with strenuous or
demanding jobs like construction
workers, cleaners, nurses, paramedics and teachers, including an increasingly frail workforce and the exclusion
of younger workers from the labour market.
But was it the legal intervention that drove local behavior, or the pervasive spread
of expectations and more -
demanding norms, seeping out to states that lagged behind (in this case, urban states where
demand for
young workers had long suppressed school enrollment)?
Perhaps our local business leaders are tired
of filling their highest paid positions with
young workers from out
of state because our children are not qualified to accept the
demanding jobs
of today's economy.
While cities welcome the inflow
of young professionals, artists and tech
workers, suburbs are grappling with a shrinking tax base and potential decreased
demand for existing homes.
If it is true that
younger generations are in search
of benefits and higher wages, rejuvenating the home building sector and adapting it to the
demands of 21st century
workers can prove to be a game changer.