Confronting Discrimination, Exploitation, and Burnout in Modern Employment

Examining the critical challenges facing today’s workforce, this incisive book analyzes key topics from systemic discrimination to the physical and psychological impacts of modern work culture. By addressing these interconnected workplace issues holistically, it establishes a blueprint for transforming employment practices.Bringing together cutting-edge research and real-world cases studies, Aharon Tziner and Hadara Bar-Mor investigate issues ranging from transgender discrimination and elder care exploitation to gender pay disparities and burnout. Chapters combine theoretical frameworks with practical tools, enabling organizations to implement evidence-based solutions that promote equity, health, and well-being. Confronting Discrimination, Exploitation, and Burnout in Modern Employment closes with the conviction that a labor market worthy of a democratic society must protect employees’ rights, dignity, voice, health, and lives.This book is highly beneficial to scholars and students in business studies, organizational and occupational psychology, law and legal studies, and employment law. Providing actionable strategies for creating more equitable, humane, and sustainable workplaces, its insights are also valuable to organizational leaders, policymakers works council and employee representatives, and practitioners in human resources, management and sustainability, organizational behavior, decent work, and economic growth.