首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Age Discrimination By the year 2000 nearly half the workforce in Europe are over 40 and yet throughout Europe there is a dee
Age Discrimination By the year 2000 nearly half the workforce in Europe are over 40 and yet throughout Europe there is a dee
admin
2013-01-28
35
问题
Age Discrimination
By the year 2000 nearly half the workforce in Europe are over 40 and yet throughout Europe there is a deep ambivalence(犹豫)—if not outright suspicion-towards the capabilities of older workers.
Those over the age of 40 generally take longer to find new employment, but European governments have done little to protect their employment rights. Only Germany, with incentives to business to encourage the employment of older people, and France, with the introduction of legislation making it illegal to use age barriers in recruitment-or to make employees redundant because of their age done anything substantive to combat age discrimination.
Yet even in these two countries, there has been no noticeable improvement in the lot of the older workers; indeed, in France, job advertisements flout(轻视, 反对)the law openly by asking for applicants of a certain age. So, should France and Germany be tightening up their laws and should the rest of Europe follow suit?
Bill Robbins, a careers consultant said, "Legislation against age discrimination has been in existence for well over ten year in the U.S. and Canada, but has had no effect. Employers will always be able to find some reasons for turning down an older applicant without appearing to break the law."
Ironically, it was governments which played a leading role in hardening business culture against older workers in the first place. In the late 1970s, many European countries were extremely concerned about the levels of youth unemployment, and France, Germany and Belgium even initiated incentive schemes for businesses to encourage older employees to take early retirement provided that younger trainees were taken on in their place. As more and more employees took early retirement, often willingly, a new, youth-oriented culture permeated business throughout most of Europe-even in those countries that had taken no active measures to promote it.
Demographic(人口统计学的)trends mean that governments are now anxious to slow down the policy of early retirement as they realize that they simply do not have the funds to meet their pension promises. But reversing business attitudes is no easy matter. Dianah Worman a policy adviser said, "There is a widely held belief that older people are less adaptable and trainable. This is just not true: research has shown that differences in capability are as wide within age groups as they are between them."
This passage is aimed to______.
选项
A、create more job opportunities for older workers
B、tell older workers how to solve their problems
C、call for European governments’ concern about older workers’ problem
D、reveal the importance of legislation against age discrimination
答案
C
解析
文章第一段和第二段第一句话都明确指出年龄大的人在求职时面临的问题,但欧洲各国并没有努力去保障他们的就业权利,由此可见文章是在呼吁各国政府关注这一问题。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/gYLd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语理工类A级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语理工类A级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
AllthefollowingqualitiesarementionedinthepassageEXCEPT______.Whatistheauthor’sopinionaboutthenewTV?
TVGoesDigitalComingsoontoyourTV:viewsofthehottestlivebasketballplaysfromanyseatinthestadium.Whatabetterl
AAttractionsofTravellingBLanguageProblemWhenEatingOutCRevolutionCausedbyJetsDHowTravellers’ConcernsAreMe
AUndeniableMiffsAchievementsBRewardsFollowingtheUSFinancialInjectionCMir’sProblemYearDMirRegardedasa
Ambitionisacharacteristicofallsuccessfulbusinessmen.
Theyhavebeentighteningtheirbeltsformonths,adaptingthemselvestoawareconomy.
Hundredsofyearsagocloveswereusedtoremedyheadaches.
A.rarelyissuccesssomysteriousB.largerewardsfollowC.IeliminatethecandidateD.weshoulddropthemandmovetosometh
Earthismentionedbytheauthorasanecessityforhydroponics.Theoriginalhydroponicsgardensmerelyconsistedofplantsfl
Europa’sWateryUnderworldEuropa,oneofJupiter’s63knownmoons,looksbrightandicyonthesurface.Butappearancescan
随机试题
(2007年10月)法理型统治是一种_________的权威。
A、保暖、喂养及预防感染为主B、以喂养和预防感染为主C、以保证营养和预防意外、预防感染和教育为主D、以加强教育,增强体格锻炼为主E、重视心理卫生教育,及时进行性知识教育学龄期的保健重点是()
解剖学方位的描述,错误的是
男性,17岁,学习游泳不慎误入深水区,溺水,经抢救出水,当即发现心搏、呼吸已停。现场首先的处理是
A.补阳还五汤B.血府逐瘀汤C.镇肝息风汤D.地黄饮子E.牵正散治疗中风语言不利,肾虚精亏证,应首选()
某镇政府正在编制本镇规划。根据《城乡规划法》,下列哪些建设项目应当在规划时予以优先安排?
2018年4月,某市统计局公布了2017年该市居民消费购买力为600亿元,其中国产手机在消费品中的比重为4‰,国产手机的平均价格为2500元/台。预计在今后三年内无大的变动,居民消费品购买力在今后三年(2018年、2019年、2020年)每年递增5%,国产
国务院国发[2004]2号文《关于进一步加强安全生产工作的决定》,明确了国家安全生产监督管理部门将通过新闻发布会、政府公告、简报等形式,()公布一次,对各省(区、市)安全生产控制指标完成情况。
根据增值税法律制度的规定,下列各项中,不属于增值税征税范围的是()。
不需另外预计现金支出和收入,直接参加现金预算汇总的预算是()。
最新回复
(
0
)