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29 Feb '12

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[From: eugene mcelroy] The payroll tax law's best measure
by guardian.co.uk 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

eugene mcelroy spotted this on the guardian.co.uk site and thought you should see it. To see this story with its related links on the guardian.co.uk site, go to http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb/27/payroll-tax-… The payroll tax law's best measure Tucked in the small print of the payroll tax bill is a work-sharing plan that could save more than a million jobs this year Dean Baker Monday February 27 2012 guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/feb/27/payroll-tax-… One of the little-noticed items attached to the extension of the payroll tax cut was a provision that would promote work-sharing [http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/02/us-payroll-tax.html] as part of state unemployment insurance systems. The provision, which is based on a bill introduced in the Senate by Jack Reed and in the House by Rosa DeLuaro, would reimburse states for money spent on work-sharing programs that are part of their unemployment insurance system. It would also provide funds for the states that do not currently have work-sharing systems to establish them. This provision is a rare victory of bipartisanship and commonsense. The basic logic of work-sharing is straightforward. Under the current system of unemployment insurance, workers who lose their jobs can get roughly half of their pay in benefits. However, if a worker has their hours cut back because of inadequate demand, they don't get in any way compensated for the lost pay. This effectively encourages employers to go the route of layoffs, rather than shortening work hours, since that is the only way that workers can benefit from unemployment insurance. Work-sharing gets around this asymmetry. It allows workers to be compensated for part of their lost pay when their employer reduces their work hours. This means that if an employer decides to reduce the work hours of 50 workers by 20%, as opposed to laying off 10 workers, the 50 workers can get half of their lost pay (10% of their total pay) covered by unemployment insurance. This means that workers will end up working 20% fewer hours for roughly 10% less pay. This is an outcome that is likely to better for workers, employers, and the economy as a whole. It is better for workers because it keeps them on the job and in a situation where they can be continually upgrading their skills in accordance with changes in the workplace. By contrast, workers who are unemployed for long periods of time have great difficulty getting re-employed. Employers are reluctant to hire workers who have been out of the workforce for one to two years or longer. Unfortunately, a large number of workers now fall into this category. Work-sharing can also be beneficial to employers as many firms that have gone this route have discovered. By keeping workers on the job these firms are able to ramp up production quickly to meet new demand. If they had gone the layoff route, they would be forced to go through a costly and time-consuming process of hiring and training new workers. The expense associated with employee turnover can be considerable [http://www.cepr.net/calculators/turnover_calc.html], even for the least skilled positions. Finally, the work-sharing route is by far the better route from the standpoint of the economy and society. It is a personal disaster for workers who end up permanently shut out from the labor force, but it also an enormous loss to the economy and society. We want to take to be able to use the skills that people have developed over a working lifetime, not throw them in the garbage. And, needless to say, the family of a worker who is unable to find unemployment will also suffer considerable hardship. It is much more difficult to raise children in a situation where a primary breadwinner suffers through a long period of unemployment. The provision in the tax bill will go far towards promoting the increased use of work-sharing, but there is still a long way to go. At the moment, there are less than 50,000 workers nationwide on work sharing programs. The extent to which this number increases will depend on efforts by states to promote the program and also their willingness to allow employers flexibility in its use [http://www.cepr.net/index.php?option=com_content&id=5353&view=artic…]article]. The potential impact of work-sharing on unemployment is enormous. While the economy as a whole is adding jobs, we still have an enormously high level of churn every month: roughly 4 million workers leave their jobs, with 2 million leaving involuntarily. If the number of people being laid off can be reduced by 5%, this would be equivalent to adding 100,000 additional jobs each month, which translates to 1.2m by the end of a year. Work-sharing has been used successfully elsewhere. Germany's unemployment is 1.5 percentage points lower today than it was at the start of its recession. This is not due to Germany's growth performance, which actually has been somewhat worse than the US. Rather, the difference is that Germany has been successful in persuading employers to keep workers on the job, even when this has meant a shortening of hours. We might not have the same success with work-sharing as Germany, but if we can generate 1-2m additional jobs by promoting shorter hours, this would be a really big deal. The bill passed by Congress and signed by President Obama last week [http://articles.cnn.com/2012-02-22/politics/politics_obama-payroll-tax_1_ta…] is a big step in this direction. 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Public Sector Labor Law in the Age of Obama
by Eugene McElroy 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

*from Workplace Prof. click here for preview of article, which includes a link to the full-text of the article. http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/2012/02/slater-on-public-se… * <http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/>*Abstract: * The attacks on public sector collective bargaining rights during the past year have arguably been the most important development in U.S. labor and employment law in recent memory. While the most famous and radical moves took place in Wisconsin and Ohio, over a dozen states have enacted significant restrictions on the rights of government employees and their unions. This is important, not least because public sector workers now comprise more than half the total number of union members in the U.S., and because of the broader political implications of “defunding” and otherwise crippling a major constituent of the Democratic Party. This article, based on a symposium paper, discusses not only these developments but also other key events in public sector labor relations in recent years: the battle for collective bargaining rights at the Transportation Safety Administration; and recent cases interpreting a 2007 decision of the Missouri Supreme Court which held that the Missouri Constitution provided a right to collective bargaining for all public employees in the state (without defining what that right specifically entails). -- Eugene McElroy Library Associate School of Management and Labor Relations SMLR Library Rutgers University 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 932-9513

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USAS panel shares experiences with sweatshops in NJ, globally - The Daily Targum: News:
by mcelroy＠work.rutgers.edu 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

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[IWS] SSA: THE AMERICAS 2011: SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD [27 February 2012]
by Eugene McElroy 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

*IWS Documented News Service* _______________________________**** Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach**** School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies**** Cornell University**** 16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky**** New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau* *** ________________________________________________________________________**** ** ** Social Security Administration (SSA)**** ** ** *Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2011* [27 February 2012]**** http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2010-2011/americas/index.html* *** [go to this URL for Country Summaries]**** or**** http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2010-2011/americas/ssptw11ame… **** ** ** ** ** [full-text, 201 pages]**** ** ** [excerpt]**** This fourth issue in the current four-volume series of Social Security Programs Throughout the World reports on the countries of the Americas. The combined findings of this series, which also includes volumes on Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and Africa, are published at six-month intervals over a two-year period. Each volume highlights features of social security programs in the particular region.**** ** ** The information contained in these volumes is crucial to our efforts, and those of researchers in other countries, to review different ways of approaching social security challenges that will enable us to adapt our social security systems to the evolving needs of individuals, households, and families. These efforts are particularly important as each nation faces major demographic changes, especially the increasing number of aged persons, as well as economic and fiscal issues.**** ** ** *Table of Contents* Guide to Reading the Country Summaries, including:**** •Table 1. Types of social security programs**** •Table 2. Types of mandatory systems for retirement income**** •Table 3. Demographic and other statistics related to social security, 2011* *** •Table 4. Contribution rates for social security programs, 2011**** -- Eugene McElroy Library Associate School of Management and Labor Relations SMLR Library Rutgers University 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 932-9513

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[IWS] GLU: THE CRISIS: THE RESPONSE OF THE EUROPEAN TRADE UNIONS [20 February 2012]
by Eugene McElroy 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

*IWS Documented News Service* _______________________________**** Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach**** School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies**** Cornell University**** 16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky**** New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau* *** ________________________________________________________________________**** ** ** Global Labour University (GLU)**** ** ** *The Crisis: the Response of the European Trade Unions* Monday, February 20, 2012**** by Bernadette Ségol**** http://column.global-labour-university.org/2012/01/crisis-response-of-europ… **** or**** http://www.global-labour-university.org/fileadmin/GLU_Column/papers/no_88_S… **** ** ** ** ** [excerpt]**** The unanimous political response to the crisis across Europe today is that of austerity and budgetary discipline. Cutting pay and social welfare, attacking bargaining mechanisms and making employment contracts ultra-flexible: that is the current paradigm, the Berlin/Brussels consensus, offered as the only way forward.**** ** ** This solution is not working and will not work. It stifles growth and blocks the way to job creation. We can no longer ignore its disastrous social consequences and the rise of nationalism in many European countries bringing into question our essential values based on solidarity. **** ** ** We need to change the narrative.**** ** ** Official voices are increasingly being raised against austerity, but mainly from outside Europe. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) say that austerity without growth is a dangerous dead-end. International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde has expressed concerns on behalf of the IMF. Even credit rating agencies – self-serving oligopolies that they are - have joined in the chorus.**** But the message isn’t getting through to the finance ministers. While lip service is being paid in the European Council to the need to foster growth and employment, concrete proposals commensurate with the disaster we are facing are missing, in stark contrast to the sharp minutiae of the fiscal plans before us. The ETUC is for sound budgets. But the fiscal compact calls for a balancing social contract.**** ** ** NOTE: Bernadette Ségol is the Secretary General of the European Trade Union Confederation. Previously she was the head of UNI Europa, the European trade union federation for services and communication which represents 7 million workers and 330 affiliated trade unions. One of her main focuses is wage equality in Europe.**** ** ** ** ** ________________________________________________________________________ -- Eugene McElroy Library Associate School of Management and Labor Relations SMLR Library Rutgers University 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 932-9513

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Playing a key role in actors union merger
by mcelroy＠work.rutgers.edu 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

This story was sent to you by: eugene -------------------- Playing a key role in actors union merger -------------------- Susan Schurman led SAG and AFTRA leaders to consensus in Hollywood pact. By Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times February 21 2012 When members of Hollywood's two biggest actors unions gathered at the National Labor College in Maryland last summer, it was hardly a love fest. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-schurman-20120221,0,7146773.story Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com

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27 Feb '12

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NYTimes.com: True Innovation
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 26 Feb '12

26 Feb '12

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. OPINION | February 26, 2012 Opinion: True Innovation By JON GERTNER A study of Bell Labs offers a number of lessons about how our country's technology companies - and our country's longstanding innovative edge - actually came about. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/opinion/sunday/innovation-and-the-bell-la… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2012 The New York Times Company

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NYTimes.com: Why Are Harvard Graduates in the Mailroom?
by ciudadviejo＠yahoo.com 25 Feb '12

25 Feb '12

This page was sent to you by: ciudadviejo(a)yahoo.com. MAGAZINE | February 26, 2012 It's the Economy: Why Are Harvard Graduates in the Mailroom? By ADAM DAVIDSON More industries are following Hollywood's lottery system, offering potential wealth in exchange for terrible hours and low pay. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/magazine/why-are-harvard-graduates-in-the… ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help(a)nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2012 The New York Times Company

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