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People at work
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Public Sector | people who are employed by the state: cicil servants, teachers, gardaí, county coucil |
| Pivate Sector | people who are not employed by the state: engineers, carpenters, plumbers, accountants |
| Primary Employment | Agriculture: people emplyed in farming, fishery, forestry |
| Why has the primary sector fallen? | 1. new technology and machinerymeans less people are need to work. 2. young people not as interested in a career in agriculture 3. a lot of agriculture products are imported meaning less is produced in ireland by workers. |
| Secondary Employment | Industry: people who are employed by firms that manufacture goods as well as those firms involoved in building and construction enterprise ireland |
| Tertiary services | those who work for firms and other organisations providing services to the consumer |
| Labour force | all people who are available for work, doesnt include: retired people, children, students |
| Unemployment | when people who are able and willing to work cannot find a suitable job. |
| Jobseekers benefit | A sum of money paid to unepmloyed people each week |
| Help for unemployment? | jobseekers benefit, retraining, perks |
| Reasons for unemployment | recession:fewer goods and services produced, workers are let go new tech: competition: some businesses have to close down or lose workers to reduce costs |
| Redundancy | Sometimes firms must let staff go because there is no work for them. recession, new tech. |
| Unemployment: solving the problem | !. more people emigrate 2. import substitution 3. eliminate overtime and create new job 4. job sharing 5.Irish firms need to be competitive and sell on to foreign markets. 6. retraining. 7. encourage enterprise 8. attract foreign firms eg intel |
| Self Employment | People who work for themselves. |
| Self employment? | 1. own business, own decisions 2. more money and keep all profits 3.idea/hobby: business idea 4. people made redundant |
| time rate | a person is paid according th=o the amount of time they work |
| Shareholders | They own the company. They expect dividends from company profits. |
| Board of directors | appointed by shareholders, they set the company policy |
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