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report from Queens Park Womens job status needs counselling By JULIAN MPP Burlington Career Count tiling for women It s now widely accept that appropriate career coun selling is essential to the provision of equal opportunity for Iho increasing numbers of women entering the paid labour force If women arc to move bey and the traditional areas and gain equal access to oil aspects the workplace they must be made of all available options Yet in recent years particularly over the past decade it has been difficult for career counselling to keep pace with the rapid changes In the workplace participation of women in the labour force there Is little evidence that the status of working women has Improved significantly Hon legislation and the encouragement of equal opportunity affirmative action programs have had only minor impact on the wage gap and have done little to diminish occupational segregation There is widespread concern about the mismatch between skill requirements of Industry and the people seek Ing employment and the full potential of the female labour force can no longer bo over looked Women with scientific and technical ability must be encouraged to consider traditional nations In business industry and construction Women who seek career counselling today vary widely In their needs and expects lions During the 60s and 70s career programs were develo ped primarily to meet the needs of the large number of women wanting to reenter workforce economy was expanding and women were needed to fill Jobs In sales service and the clerical sector Special program for women usually Included consciousness raising career planning and upgrading Today however career programs must adapt to the rapidly changing needs of working women While child care and the special problems of reentry women ore still very Important issues there is a growing awareness of the dual difficulties of women who are poor handicapped or over These as well as grant or native women can suffer double discrimination when they seek training and employment Other Issues facing women arc blocked career paths barriers to better paying skill Jobs and inadequate options for retirement pensions A wide variety of career counselling services are avail able to women Ontario In almost every community there local centres run by the federal government In addition to basic job place ment available to provide personal assessment testing Mechanics liens extra remedy when collecting due debts Legally Speakings a publication By Zocker LLM The law provides a variety of remedies to help people collect money that someone else owes them This article is about one remedy In particular a Mechanics lien The rights to a Mechanics Lien are given to people involved in the construction Industry either as contractors subcontractors workmen at material supplier This remedy is law You can stilt sue lor the money The Mechanics Lien Act provides an extra remedy Roughly the Act provides that the owner of the property that Is being worked on and every contractor and subcontractor must keep a small fund a percentage of the money owed on a project until days after work Is completed This fund is kept for contractors subcontract work suppliers just in case these people are not paid by the person who hires them Once the days have gone by the holdback can be paid However a lien no further payments can be made until the lien has been paid off or settled or until the cose is taken to court What gives Ihe Act Its muscle Hen is registered It is filedon the title to the property This means that the owner of the property have clear title full ownership of his or her property until the lien claimants the people who filed Ihellens are paid what they To sum up The Mechanics lien gives a kind of insurance thai if you are a person working In the you will be paid at least part of what you ore owed or your work as long as you claim your lien properly and In time and as long as the work is properly done This is true even If for example the person who should pay you has gone bankrupt Once a lien has been lied the owner of the property may be notified He or she may then determine whether or not to pay off the Hen the owner disputes the amount owing or the quality work performed he or she can pay thedlsputedamount the lien vacated or removed from the title to the property The case will then be heard In Court and your claim will be paid If he Judge decides it should be For more information on this and other topics contact Community Legal Education Ontario Suite Toronto M5C1S3 or contact the Halton Hills Legal Aid Clinic at 5 St and Information on occupa A variety of Job search and skill training programs are oho available on a limited basis Career II Is a special workshop for women re entering Iho workforce INTO Introduction to Non Traditional Occupations Is an program for women interested In exploring traditional jobs in Industry Every Canada Employment Centre has a women employ coordinal or specifically assigned to help women with difficult job search or training problems All community colleges and universities In Ontario have counselling services for students Mony offer special courses n career exploration In some cases there are programs and counselling services for women Some communities hove serving both women and men or offering special services for women only For Information on these services women can enquire at their local Information centre library or W C A They can also con act the Career Consultant at the Women Bureau The Bureau located at 400 University Avenue In Toronto telephone number 416 IS37 A number of publlca lions are available from the Bureau on the subject of career counselling or example Career Selector Seven booklets listing approximately occupations with Job descriptions and information on working cond lions train requirements and re pre pay levels Job Search A self help workbook that takes a person through the process of for a career Sample 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