"I can assure (the workers) that government will do all in its power to make appropriate advice and guidance on alternative employment and training opportunities available, " she said.

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And he said that there had been a demand for "plainer guidance" on how employment law applied in schools.

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An especially surreal detail of U.S. law is the 1999 "guidance" issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which bars employment discrimination against the illegals.

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Without parental guidance, a place to live and lack of employment prospects, their lives were destined for the inescapable cycle of poverty.

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Although there are common elements in vocational guidance wherever practised, there are also important differences in terms of culture, education, employment practices and occupational structures from country to country.

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