Smlr_net December 2015

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Danger: Building Construction Site
by SMLR Library 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Danger: Building Construction SiteSource: NY Times *Date:* Dec 3, 2015 *Summary:* “Safety Citations and Anonymous Deaths <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/27/nyregion/rise-in-new-york-construction-de…>” (front page, Nov. 27) provides a detailed account of an underground sector of the construction industry that operates with no accountability and often puts the lives of workers (and the public) at risk in pursuit of profit. Link: nyti.ms/21xV9WH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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After being fired for smoking pot, what do I tell potential employers?
by SMLR Library 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: After being fired for smoking pot, what do I tell potential employers? Author: Nick Corcodilos Source: PBS NewsHour *Date:* Dec 2, 2015 *Summary:* “*Question:* I’m going through a messy divorce and my estranged husband sent a video of me smoking pot to my employer. I was fired for violating their no-drug policy. Now that I’m searching, how do I respond to the application and interview question, “Why did you leave your former employer?” I believe in the truth, but in this case I feel that would be detrimental to getting a job.” Link: to.pbs.org/1Nqr3Ow ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Curtailing Employee Suits
by SMLR Library 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Curtailing Employee Suits <http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/2015/12/by-now-were-used-to…>Source: Workforce Prof *Date:* Dec 2, 2015 *Summary:* By now, we’re used to the idea that employees can sign away their rights to a court forum in favor of an arbitral tribunal, but we’re not so used to the idea that contract law, even without the aid of the Federal Arbitration Act, can be deployed to deprive employees of statutory rights they would otherwise have. A case raising these issues in a dramatic fashion is set for argument today before the New Jersey Supreme Court. Link: bit.ly/1MW8aBA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Exchange rate policies, not high wages, are why U.S. lags China and Germany in export performance
by SMLR Library 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Exchange rate policies, not high wages, are why U.S. lags China and Germany in export performanceAuthor: Robert E. Scott Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) *Date:* Dec 2, 2015 *Summary:* The decline of manufacturing in the United States over the past 15 years has been well documented: 5.4 million manufacturing jobs and over 82,100 manufacturing establishments were lost between 1997 and 2013. There is a common but incorrect idea that high wages in U.S. manufacturing are causing growing job losses and declining U.S. export competitiveness. Link: bit.ly/1SwnnuF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Imagining a World Without Growth
by SMLR Library 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Imagining a World Without Growth Author: Eduardo Porter Source: NY Times *Date:* Dec 2, 2015 *Summary:* Could the world order survive without growing? It’s hard to imagine now, but humanity made do with little or no economic growth <http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/maddison-project/publications/wp4.pdf> for thousands of years. In Byzantium and Egypt, income per capita at the end of the first millennium was lower than at the dawn of the Christian Era. Much of Europe experienced no growth at all in the 500 years that preceded the Industrial Revolution. In India, real incomes per person shrank continuously from the early 17th through the late 19th century. Link: nyti.ms/1OwY6BB ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Ehrenrich: America’s Blue-Collar White People Are Dying at an Astounding Rate
by SMLR Library 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: America’s Blue-Collar White People Are Dying at an Astounding Rate Author: Barbara Ehrenreich Source: In These Times *Date:* Dec 1, 2015 *Summary:* The white working class, which usually inspires liberal concern only for its paradoxical, Republican-leaning voting habits, has recently become newsworthy for something else: according to <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/health/death-rates-rising-for-middle-aged…> economist Anne Case and Angus Deaton, the winner of the latest Nobel Prize in economics, its members in the 45- to 54-year-old age group are dying at an immoderate rate. While the lifespan of affluent whites continues to lengthen, the lifespan of poor whites has been shrinking. As a result, in just the last four years, the gap between poor white men and wealthier ones has widened by up to four years. The *New York Times* summed up the Deaton and Case study with this headline: “Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/business/income-gap-meet-the-longevity-ga…> .” Link: bit.ly/1YFCvJP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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WashPost: Why wage and hour litigation is skyrocketing
by SMLR Library 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Why wage and hour litigation is skyrocketing Author: Lydia DiPillis Source: Washington Post *Date:* Dec 1, 2015 *Summary:* It's no doubt a rare thing for America to become *less* litigious on any given issue. But the growth in lawsuits under one law in particular — the Fair Labor Standards Act <http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/hrg.htm>, which sets the nation's minimum-wage and overtime levels — has been particularly dramatic. Link: wapo.st/1jx4viX ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Women's earnings compared to men's earnings in 2014
by SMLR Library 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Women's earnings compared to men's earnings in 2014 Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics *Date:* Dec 1, 2015 *Summary:* In 2014, women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $719. Women’s median earnings were 83 percent of those of male full-time wage and salary workers ($871). Link: 1.usa.gov/1OBY8WU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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NPR: From Pocket Lining To Jeans, A Niche Means Survival In LA Fashion
by SMLR Library 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: From Pocket Lining To Jeans, A Niche Means Survival In LA Fashion Author: David Greene and Kelly McEvers Source: NPR *Date:* Dec 1, 2015 *Summary:* Los Angeles is a region better known for Hollywood, but it actually has more manufacturing jobs than any other metro area in the U.S. Of the more than half-million manufacturing jobs in the region, about 50,000 of them are in the garment industry. Link: n.pr/1NkI5ZY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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CUNY Faculty Authorizes a Strike Vote
by SMLR Library 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: CUNY Faculty Authorizes a Strike Vote Author: Carlos Ballesteros Source: The Nation *Date:* Dec 1, 2015 *Summary:* Half a decade after working without a contract or a pay raise, City University of New York faculty and staff have had enough. Link: bit.ly/1lscLlM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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