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Gorgievski, M. J., Bakker, A. B., & Schaufeli., W. B. (2010). Work engagement and workaholism: Comparing the self-employed and salaried employees. The Journal of Positive Psychology , 5 (1), 83-96.
Marjan J. Gorgievski and Arnold B. Bakker are both members of the Industrial and Organizational Psychology Department at Erasmus University in the Netherlands. As for the Wilmar B. Schaufeli, he is a member of the Social and Organizational Department at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Therefore, the authors have the relevant experience and qualifications to carry out research related to Human Resources (HR)
In the journal article, the authors sought to compare the workaholism and work engagement of salaried employees and that of self-employed people. The results of the study show that self-employed people are more passionate about their work than salaried employees. Self-employed individuals reported higher work engagement. They were also found to work more excessively. On the other hand, salaried employees scored less on both working excessively and work engagement. In addition, for both groups, working compulsively was associated with less innovative behaviors.
The article is important for the field of HR in that practitioners can integrate the aspects self-employment in the workplace to boost engagement. In addition, the HR practitioners get to know that working compulsively does not contribute to innovative behaviors among employees. I find this article informative and rich of information relevant for the HR field particularly on the issue of work engagement. Given that work engagement is an important HR aspect, I find the article relevant and important.
Taylor, P. S. (2014, October 15). Canada’s outdated laws on overtime pay make absolutely no sense. Retrieved October 12, 2017, from Canadian Business: /blogs-and-comment/canada-overtime-laws-make-no-sense-anymore/
Peter Shawn Taylor is a journalist with the Rogers Digital Media and has written extensively on HR issues in Canada. Taylor has written on topics such as unemployment, inequality, the rise of temporary jobs, unions, among others. Therefore, he possesses the right experience to author credible HR articles.
In the article, Taylor writes about the overtime pay laws in Canada. There have been multimillion-dollar class action lawsuits that have been prevalent in the country for years. Companies such as KPMG and Scotiabank have paid million of dollars in compensation in lawsuits related to overtime pay. While labor laws are different from one province to another, a person who works for over 40-44 hours in a weeks has to be paid overtime which is 1.5 times the normal rate. The law, however, does not make a distinction in regards to which type of employees are entitled although it has traditionally been understood to refer only to hourly wage workers. This legal gap is being exploited by class-action lawyers. However, there exist many exceptions to the rule for professions such as architect, dentist, and lawyer. The workers that are suing firms for overtime accepted their benefit and wage packages knowing they were not going to be paid overtime.
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