The Ballroom Tango of Youth Temporary Employment

This paper outlines the experience of the tango of temporary casual employment for youth in Australia. A case study of a large Australian supermarket chain is used to examine the costs and benefits of this form of employment for both parties to the employment relationship. The paper argues that the firm’s lack of commitment to their casual labour force is mirrored in their employee’s casual approach to employment with the firm. As in the ballroom tango which fails to connect the upper torsos of the dancers, youth casual workers are joined in an employment relationship, but the commitment does not extend to the head and the heart

Teaching Casual Random Blood Glucose Screening to Second-Year Dental Students

In our project, archived casual random blood glucose levels of second-year dental students who were taught the mechanics of self-testing were retrieved. Material data were analyzed by calculating means, medians, standard deviations, and ranges for 161 dental students screened by this casual and random self-monitoring of blood glucose levels as described by the American Diabetes Association’s 2008 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes. Three types of data were assessed in this study. The first was the casual blood glucose levels of second-year dental students. The second was the data retrieved from student questionnaires regarding the value of teaching casual random blood glucose screening. The third was the U.S. dental schools’ responses regarding inclusion of casual blood glucose screening in their current curricula. Second-year dental students self-reported hypoglycemia in three instances and hyperglycemia in eight, based on current American Diabetes Association standards. Students agreed or strongly agreed that the value of teaching was informative (92.3 percent), beneficial (95 percent), and something that might be included in their practices (78.2 percent), with 19.2 percent being neutral on the inclusion. Only six U.S. dental schools reported teaching casual random glucose screening

Casual mobile screen sharing

The concept of casual screen sharing is that multiple users can cast screen images from their personal hand-held devices on to a large shared local screen. It has applications in personal and business domains where documents or images need to be discussed in a shared environment. The ‘casual’ qualifier implies that the overheads of this sharing should be minimal. Implementation of casual screen sharing poses two general problems: sending content from multiple devices with minimal or no authentication/authorisation, and displaying this content on the larger screen. This paper proposes a solution and describes the development of a prototype, CasualShare

The Casual Dress of the 1950s Woman and the Casual Dress of Today\u27s Woman

The casual dress of American women has changed dramatically from the 1950s to the present. In the 1950s, the style was undeniably feminine, with fitted waists and full skirts ending below the knee. The style of young women today has become significantly more casual and androgynous, with pants and leggings taking prevalence in casual wear. The style of dresses has also changed significantly, as has the standard of modesty. This work will discuss and evaluate the changes in casual dress from the 1950s to the present, including the influences on style in both time periods. The change from only wearing dresses to wearing mainly pants, the changes in dress designs, and the shift in the standard of modesty among young American women will be discussed

Work hard, party harder:drug use and sexual behaviour in young British casual workers in Ibiza, Spain

Background: Every summer, young people flock to nightlife-focused holiday resorts around the world to find casual work. Despite being exposed to hedonistic environments, often for several months, little is known about their substance use, sexual activity and health service needs over this extended amount of time abroad. Methods: A short anonymous questionnaire examining alcohol and drug use, sexual behaviour and use of health services was administered to young British casual workers aged 16–35 in San Antonio, Ibiza (n = 171). Results: 97.7% of casual workers used alcohol in Ibiza, and the majority (85.3%) used drugs. Almost half (43.5%) of all participants used a drug in Ibiza that they had never used in the UK. Most casual workers arrived in Ibiza without a partner or spouse (86.5%). Of these, 86.9% had sex during their stay and 50.0% had unprotected sex; often while under the influence of alcohol. Only 14.3% of those having unprotected sex with a new partner sought a sexual health check-up in Ibiza, although 84.1% intended to do this on their return to the UK. Conclusion: Substance use and sexual risk taking is widespread among young British casual workers in Ibiza. Such international nightlife resorts represent key settings for substance-related health and social problems, and for the international spread of sexually transmitted infections. Addressing the health needs of casual workers and the environments that permit and promote their excessive behaviour requires collaboration between authorities in home and destination countries and the tourism industry

The Diversity of Casual Contract Employment

„X The ABS definition of a ¡¥casual employee¡¦ includes: ƒ{ many workers who do not have a casual employment contract; ƒ{ a large group whose work is not casual (in the sense of being occasional, irregular or short term); and ƒ{ aggregates across distinct groups of casual contract employees who have very different entitlements and work arrangements. „X In August 1999, more than one in ten people categorised as casual employees by the ABS were in fact owner managers. This upward bias in the data has increased since the late 1980s and is most evident for people working full-time. „X Using alternative data from a new irregular ABS survey, it is estimated that there were 1.5 million casual contract employees in August 1998 (equivalent to 17.7 per cent of employed persons, compared to 23.2 per cent who would have satisfied the ABS definition of a casual employee). „X In August 1998, 95 per cent of casual contract employees had an implicit contract for ongoing employment, only 4 per cent had a job which their employer had indicated was short term, and many perceived that they were able to progress to an ongoing contract job. „X More than a third of casual contract employees had an implicit contract for ongoing employment and regular earnings in August 1998. Many of these ¡¥ongoing casuals¡¦ have been granted entitlements associated with ongoing employment (such as long service leave) because the true nature of their work is ongoing. „X However, 80 per cent of casual contract employees in August 1998 were not protected by unfair dismissal laws, 62 per cent had irregular earnings (excluding overtime), and 40 per cent wanted to work more hours. They were also concentrated in low skill occupations „X The welfare impacts of particular job traits will depend on the preferences of those affected. Casual contract employees tend to be young, female, and full-time dependent students. A large minority (29 per cent in August 1998) are aged over 24 and have dependants, although this group is more likely to have employment conditions closer to ongoing contract employees. „X Hence, whether an employee has a casual contract provides little information about his or her welfare. Where the concern is about so- called ¡¥precarious¡¦ employment, analysts need to identify such employment on the basis of work arrangements rather than the type of employment contract.casual contract employment - casual employees - forms of employment survey - job traits - employee welfare