Smlr_net September 2013

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WOW: Economic Insecurity and Retirement
by SMLR Library 26 Sep '13

26 Sep '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management * * * Title: Economic Insecurity and Retirement *Source:* Wider Opportunities for Women *Author: *Mary Gatta *Date:* Sept 2013 Abstract: * *Imagine spending your career working as a 6-figure a year executive vice president at major companies, including Oral-B, only to find yourself at 77 years old spending your “retirement years” working 2 minimum wage food service jobs to survive. This is the realty for Tom Palome. His story<http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-23/why-100-000-salary-may-yield-retir…>, featured this week in Bloomberg News, may have surprised many readers. Many wondered: How one could work—in a good job—and still not be able to retire with economic security. But the reality is that his story is not unique. An increasing number of seniors—across various demographic groups— face economic insecurity as they age. These older Americans find themselves without the income and savings needed to meet their basic expenses. * Link: *http://bit.ly/19J2bJS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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BLS: THE TENURE OF AMERICAN WORKERS
by SMLR Library 26 Sep '13

26 Sep '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management *** * * Title: THE TENURE OF AMERICAN WORKERS *Source:* Stuart Basfesky *Author: *Bureau of Labor Statistics *Date:* Sept 2013 *Abstract:* * *Information on employee tenure—the length of time that workers have been with their current employer—may not grab headlines or get mentioned in social media as frequently as other measures of the labor market, such as employment growth, the unemployment rate, or earnings trends. Nevertheless, measures of employee tenure can be useful in understanding long-term trends in the labor market. A number of factors can affect the median tenure of workers, including changes in the age profile among workers, as well as changes in the number of hires and separations. This Spotlight on Statistics examines trends in employee tenure by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, and highlights some of the factors that affect these trends for the period from 1996 to 2012. * Link: *http://1.usa.gov/1h5577E ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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HR Magazine Book Blog
by SMLR Library 26 Sep '13

26 Sep '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management *** * * Title: HR Magazine Book Blog *Source:* HR Magazine *Author: *Compiled by Leigh Rivenbark** *Date:* Sept 2013 *Abstract:* Each month, *HR Magazine* online publishes summaries of books on contemporary HR topics and disciplines. Link: http://bit.ly/18rAjNr ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Economix: To Address Gender Gap, Is It Enough to Lean In?
by SMLR Library 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management *** * * Title: To Address Gender Gap, Is It Enough to Lean In? *Source:* NY Times Author: Eduardo Porter *Date:* Sept 24, 2013 *Abstract:* Seven years later, women’s participation in the job market has continued to drift. Men’s employment has been declining for decades and took another severe hit in the recession. Still, 82.5 percent of men in the prime working ages of 25 to 54 have a job, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Only 69.5 percent of women do. Link: http://nyti.ms/19zRue3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Workplace Prof: EEOC and OFCCP win big in recent cases
by SMLR Library 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management *** * * Title: EEOC and OFCCP win big in recent cases *Source:* Workplace Prof blog ** *Date:* Sept 2013 *Abstract:* Two unusual big wins have been buzzing around the news in the last few days--a settlement between the EEOC and Abercrombie and Fitch, and an order by an administrative law judge at the Department of Labor to pay almost $2.2 million to African American job seekers who the judge found had been discriminated against. Link: http://bit.ly/18Wuh9z ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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CPER: Implications of Financial Capitalism for Employment Relations Research: Evidence from Breach of Trust and Implicit Contracts in Private Equity Buyouts
by SMLR Library 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management *** * * Title: Implications of Financial Capitalism for Employment Relations Research: Evidence from Breach of Trust and Implicit Contracts in Private Equity Buyouts *Source:* Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Author: * *Eileen Appelbaum, Rose Batt and Ian Clark** *Date:* Sept 2013 *Abstract:* An increasing share of the economy is organized around financial capitalism, where capital market actors actively manage their claims on wealth creation and distribution to maximize shareholder value. Drawing on four case studies of private equity buyouts, this article published in the *British Journal of Industrial Relations* challenges agency theory interpretations that they are ‘welfare neutral’ and show that an alternative source of shareholder value is breach of trust and implicit contracts. It also shows why management and employment relations scholars need to investigate the mechanisms of financial capitalism to provide a more accurate analysis of the emergence of new forms of class relations and to help us move beyond the limits of the varieties of capitalism approach to comparative institutional analysis. Link: http://bit.ly/1dIY70H ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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BLS: Workplace Homicide
by SMLR Library 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management * * * Title: Workplace Homicide *Source:* Stuart Basefsky Author: * Bureau of Labor Statistics* *Date:* Sept 17, 2013 *Abstract:* According to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 375 workers were killed in shootings while on the job in 2012. Robbers were the assailants in 33 percent of the workplace homicides involving shootings in 2012, while coworkers accounted for 13 percent. There were two incidents in 2012 where at least 5 people were killed in workplace shootings; a total of 12 workers died in these two incidents. >From 1992 to 2012, 140 government workers were shot and killed by a coworker while on the job. Link: http://1.usa.gov/182rAjL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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NYT: Exposing the Pay Gap
by SMLR Library 25 Sep '13

25 Sep '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management *** * * Title: Exposing the Pay Gap *Source:* NY Times Author: * Editorial Board* *Date:* Sept 25, 2013 *Abstract:* Of all the provisions in the vast and complex Dodd-Frank financial reform law, one of the most far-reaching is also the most direct and easily understood. It requires public companies to compute and disclose the ratio of a chief executive’s pay to that of a typical employee. Link: http://nyti.ms/15tbLEX ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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WSJ: Robots May Revolutionize China's Electronics Manufacturing
by SMLR Library 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management *** * * Title: Robots May Revolutionize China's Electronics Manufacturing *Source:* Wall Street Journal * * Author: * Paul Mozur and Eva Dou* *Date:* Sept 24, 2013 *Abstract:* A new worker's revolution is rising in China and it doesn't involve humans. With soaring wages and an aging population, electronics factory managers say the day is approaching when robotic workers will replace people on the Chinese factory floor. A new wave of industrial robots is in development, ranging from high-end humanoid machines with vision, touch and even learning capabilities, to low-cost robots vying to undercut China's minimum wage Link: http://on.wsj.com/1b2xJOj ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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Moyers & Co: Escape from an L.A. Sweatshop: How Modern-Day Slaves Become Lobbyists
by SMLR Library 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management *** * * Title: Escape from an L.A. Sweatshop: How Modern-Day Slaves Become Lobbyists *Source:* (PBS) Moyers & Co. * * Author: * *Christa Hillstrom** *Date:* Sept 24, 2013 *Abstract:* Flor Molina thought it was her lucky break. At 28, she had just lost her youngest child and was working two jobs in Puebla, Mexico, but not making enough money to feed and clothe her surviving children. At night, she took sewing classes, hoping to one day earn enough money to properly care for them . “I was so afraid that what happened to my baby would happen to my other three children,” she remembers. Link: http://bit.ly/1alncg8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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