September 2014 - Smlr_net

Correction: U.S. unemployment decrease reflects more workforce dropouts
by Eugene McElroy 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* Title: U.S. unemployment decrease reflects more workforce dropouts Source: PBS NewsHour *Date:* Sept 7, 2014 *Summary: *According to Friday's jobs report, the unemployment rate dropped from 6.2 percent to 6.1 percent. However, the number of Americans dropping out of the workforce rose. Sudeep Reddy, an economics editor at the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to talk about the long-term effects these exits may have on the nation's economy. *Link: http://to.pbs.org/1q7kRAD <http://to.pbs.org/1q7kRAD>* *Related: * *New job growth doesn’t indicate a strong labor market* http://to.pbs.org/1usEdzu -- Eugene McElroy Library Associate School of Management and Labor Relations SMLR Library Rutgers University 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (*848*) 932-9513

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Workplace Prof: Labor and Employment Roundup
by SMLR Library 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* Title: Labor and Employment Roundup <http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/2014/09/labor-and-employmen…> Source: Workplace Prof *Date:* Sept 7, 2014 *Link:* http://bit.ly/1w7RL6K ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <https://rumail.rutgers.edu/zimbra/?view=compose&to=smlrlibrary@work.rutgers…> http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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NewsHour: U.S. unemployment decrease reflects more workforce dropouts
by SMLR Library 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* Title: U.S. unemployment decrease reflects more workforce dropouts Source: PBS NewsHour *Date:* Sept 7, 2014 *Summary: * According to Friday's jobs report, the unemployment rate dropped from 6.2 percent to 6.1 percent. However, the number of Americans dropping out of the workforce rose. Sudeep Reddy, an economics editor at the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to talk about the long-term effects these exits may have on the nation's economy. *Link:* http://to.pbs.org/ZeBEXf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <https://rumail.rutgers.edu/zimbra/?view=compose&to=smlrlibrary@work.rutgers…> http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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NY Times: The Motherhood Penalty vs. the Fatherhood Bonus
by SMLR Library 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* Title: The Motherhood Penalty vs. the Fatherhood Bonus Author: Claire Cain Miller Source: NY Times *Date:* Sept 7, 2014 *Summary: * One of the worst career moves a woman can make is to have children. Mothers are less likely to be hired for jobs, to be perceived as competent at work or to be paid as much as their male colleagues with the same qualifications *Link:* http://nyti.ms/1ojsDSl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <https://rumail.rutgers.edu/zimbra/?view=compose&to=smlrlibrary@work.rutgers…> http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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NYT: Officials in Qatar Confirm Detention of Britons Researching Migrant Labor
by SMLR Library 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* Title: Officials in Qatar Confirm Detention of Britons Researching Migrant Labor Author: Source: NY Times *Date:* Sept 6, 2014 *Summary: * Qatar has confirmed that it is holding two Britons who went missing while researching migrant labor issues, saying that the men are being questioned about possible illegal activities in the country. *Link:* http://nyti.ms/1tEIhyN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <https://rumail.rutgers.edu/zimbra/?view=compose&to=smlrlibrary@work.rutgers…> http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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PBS NewsHour: No boss, no office, no problem! The rise of the freelance workforce
by SMLR Library 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* Title: No boss, no office, no problem! The rise of the freelance workforce Author: Simone Pathe Source: PBS NewsHour *Date:* Sept 6, 2014 *Summary: * Thirty-four percent of the American workforce freelances, according to a survey commissioned by the Freelancers Union <https://fu-web-storage-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/content/filer_public/7c/45/7c4…> and “online workplace” site Elance-oDesk, which was released Thursday. That’s 53 million Americans. A decade ago, the General Accountability Office found 42.6 million “contingent workers.” *Link:* http://to.pbs.org/1qBYVvo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <https://rumail.rutgers.edu/zimbra/?view=compose&to=smlrlibrary@work.rutgers…> http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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NYT: Two Publicly Gay Men Buck a Trend in the C.E.O. Office
by SMLR Library 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* Title: Two Publicly Gay Men Buck a Trend in the C.E.O. Office Author: James Stewart Source: NY Times *Date:* Sept 6, 2014 *Summary: * There have long been gay chief executives at American corporations, including some who lead relatively open lives. How many remains a subject of speculation. Among current chief executives of publicly traded corporations, Mr. Grenfell-Gardner and Mr. Burgess are the first who are willing to be publicly identified as gay. Both said they weren’t aware of any others. *Link:* http://nyti.ms/WnMloB ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <https://rumail.rutgers.edu/zimbra/?view=compose&to=smlrlibrary@work.rutgers…> http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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NYT: Why Don’t Americans Take Vacation?
by SMLR Library 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* Title: Why Don’t Americans Take Vacation?Source: NY Times *Date:* Sept 2, 2014 *Summary: * According to a new report <http://traveleffect.com/sites/traveleffect.com/files/OverwhelmedAmerica_Ful…>, four in 10 American workers allow some of their paid vacation days to go unused. Why aren’t we taking time off? Is it because we’re a culture of workaholics or are companies not doing enough to accommodate paid vacation? *Link:* http://nyti.ms/1qtwOQ5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <https://rumail.rutgers.edu/zimbra/?view=compose&to=smlrlibrary@work.rutgers…> http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- AUGUST 2014
by SMLR Library 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* Title: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- AUGUST 2014 Author: supplied by Stuart Basefsky Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics *Date:* Sept 2, 2014 *Links: * <http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm> http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf [full-text, 39 pages] and Supplemental Files Table of Contents http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <https://rumail.rutgers.edu/zimbra/?view=compose&to=smlrlibrary@work.rutgers…> http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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The Dark Side of Private Equity Firms
by SMLR Library 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and human resource management.* Title: the Dark Side of Private Equity Firms Source: Pacifica Evening News *Date:* Sept 2, 2014 *Summary: * Brian Edwards-Tiekert interviews Eileen Appelbaum, a senior economist at the Center for Economist and Policy Research and author of Private Equity at Work: When Wall Street Manages Main Street, for her take on the economic impact of private equity. *Link:* http://bit.ly/YepYDP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <https://rumail.rutgers.edu/zimbra/?view=compose&to=smlrlibrary@work.rutgers…> http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library

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