The vulnerability of workers has been prevalent in the workplace for many years, with those classified as ‘young’ workers being the most vulnerable when it comes to exploitation. This essay addresses the exploitation many young workers have to deal with in the workplace, as well as touching on exploitation of mature age workers. Also the essay will look at the responses to this exploitation by the state, unions and employers. It is with these responses that we will be able to attain an understanding on the extent of exploitation that young workers face on a daily basis, and will allow to conclude that young workers are indeed more vulnerable to exploitation.

In the context of this essay, young workers can be defined as those people in the workforce that fit into the 15-24 years age bracket (McDonald et al, 2007), with mature age workers being those that usually fall into the 45-64 age brackets (Encel, 2003). At times this essay will refer to Generation Y; those in the......

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Title: Employment Relations
Approximate Word Count: 2035
Approximate Pages: 9 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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