ECS2604 ASSIGNMENT 3 SEMESTER 1 2024 Discuss the unemployment grant in South Africa as a method of addressing the impacts of unemployment Briefly discuss data on vacancies as a measure of skilled labour shortages and the shortcomings of such an indicato

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Question 1 [10] Discuss the unemployment grant in South Africa as a method of
addressing the impacts of unemployment. ................................................................. 3

Question 2 [10] Briefly discuss data on vacancies as a measure of skilled labour
shortages and the shortcomings of such an indicator................................................. 5

Question 3 [10] You are involved in investigating charges that a large university in a
small town is discriminating against female employees. In your investigation, you find
that, in the School of Social Work, the majority of professors are female and earn 20%
below the average salaries paid to those of comparable rank elsewhere in the
university. Is this university exhibiting behaviour associated with employer
discrimination? Briefly discuss this form of labour discrimination. .............................. 8

References ............................................................................................................... 10




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