Critical Issues in Work and Employment

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from Social Science; or 3 credits from COMM 2311, FGST 1001, WGST 1001; or permission of the Department This course examines contemporary issues of differential access to decent quality work. Drawing from critical employment scholarship, this course addresses the meaning and nature of job quality; examines the consequences of poor quality work for individuals, families and society; and considers employer practices, and organizational and structural enablers of differential job/employment quality. It considers issues of precarious and 'non-standard' work, emotional and aesthetic labour, harassment in the workplace, and occupational and labour market segregation through an intersectional lens, including issues of gender, race, age, ability, class, and immigration status. [Note: This course is listed as an elective for the Minor and Major in Feminist and Gender Studies] (Format: Seminar 3 Hours) (Exclusion: COMM 3991 Critical Issues Work & Labour Markets)