Smlr_net January 2023

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January 17, 2023
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17 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 17, 2023* *Title:* As France Moves to Delay Retirement, Older Workers Are in a Quandary *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Liz Alderman *Date:* January 17, 2023 *Summary:* A measure to raise the retirement age to 64 from 62 is expected to expose more people to age discrimination: “Companies in France won’t hire them.” *Link:* http://bit.ly/3IOxkXU *Title:* Spy Software Found a Worker Wasn’t Working as Much as She Said. Now She Must Repay Her Wages *Source:* CBS News *Author:* Megan Cerullo *Date:* January 13, 2023 *Summary:* A Canadian accountant has been ordered to repay her employer for "time theft" after the company's tracking software determined that she was performing personal tasks while she claimed to be working. The court ruling marks one of the first instances in which such technology has been used to order a worker to repay an employer for slacking off on the job. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3kh80iZ *Title:* Teachers To Strike in England and Wales *Source:* BBC News *Author: * Vanessa Clarke *Date:* January 16, 2023 *Summary:* Teachers will strike over pay in England and Wales on seven dates in February and March, the National Education Union (NEU) has announced. National strikes are scheduled for 1 February, 15 and 16 March. There are several regional dates too. The NEU is the UK's largest education union, and says the strike will affect 23,400 schools in England and Wales. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3iCswKE *Title:* Michigan Democrats Promise Right-to-Work Repeal Amid Staunch Republican Opposition *Source:* MLive *Author:* Jordyn Hermani *Date:* January 16, 2023 *Summary:* Democratic lawmakers this week introduced a trio of bills which would undo a ban on compulsory payment of union dues for public- and private-sector workers. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3CUTq7n *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 13, 2023
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13 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 13, 2023* *Title:* Many Workers Barely Recall Signing NonCompetes, Until They Try To Change Jobs *Source:* NPR *Author:* Andrea Hsu *Date:* January 13, 2023 *Summary:* Researchers estimate that one in five workers in the U.S. — some 30 million people — have signed noncompete agreements, prohibiting them from taking jobs at similar businesses or starting a rival business of their own within a certain time period, typically six months to two years. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3H1Es1C *Title:* The House GOP’s Questionable Attempt To Shut Down Congressional Unions, Explained *Source:* Vox *Author:* Li Zhou *Date:* January 12, 2023 *Summary:* As outlined by the Republican rules, the unionizing regulations passed last year by Democrats would have “no force or effect” in the 118th Congress. That language, ultimately, may not be sufficient to actually stop staffers from organizing because it doesn’t change the underlying law that establishes their right to unionize or put forth an explicit new rule preventing such activities. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3WdAtmV *Title:* Professors Brace For Job Losses as N.J. College Prepares To Merge With Montclair State *Source:* NJ Advance Media for NJ.com *Author: * Rob Jennings *Date:* January 12, 2023 *Summary:* Professors at the college have until Jan. 20 to submit their resumes, a spokesperson for Montclair State University said. Bloomfield College faculty union officials said they are concerned about possible job losses for professors as the small private college merges with the large public university. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3QC95hq *Title:* State and Local Governments Should Use ARPA Pandemic Funds in 2023 To Rebuild the Public Sector and Support Working Families and Children *Source:* Working Economics Blog – Economic Policy Institute *Author:* Dave Kamper *Date:* January 11, 2023 *Summary:* The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 created a $350 billion state and local fund to help fight the pandemic and support an economic recovery. Sadly, more than $150 billion remains unspent and is sorely needed to bolster public-sector employment and the care economy. *Link:* http://bit.ly/3QJu8ig *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 12, 2023
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12 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 12, 2023* *Title:* Amazon Loses Bid to Overturn Historic Union Win on Staten Island Warehouse *Source:* NPR *Author:* Alina Selyukh and Giulia Heyward *Date:* January 11, 2023 *Summary:* On Wednesday, the National Labor Relations Board's Region 28 regional director, Cornele Overstreet, dismissed Amazon's allegations that labor-board officers and union organizers improperly influenced the union vote. In the spring, the upstart Amazon Labor Union won the right to represent some 8,000 workers at the massive New York warehouse. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3CJj2nr *Title:* New York Nurses Strike Ends After Tentative Deal Reached With Hospitals *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Chris Boyette and Artemis Moshtaghian *Date:* January 12, 2023 *Summary:* The union said the deal will provide enforceable “safe staffing ratios” for all inpatient units at Mount Sinai and in the ER at Montefiore, “so that there will always be enough nurses at the bedside to provide safe patient care, not just on paper.” At Montefiore, the hospital agreed to financial penalties for failing to comply with agreed-upon staffing levels in all units. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3XhZizq *Title:* More and More Employers Are Using an Overtime Loophole to Pay People Less *Source:* Time *Author: * John Simons *Date:* January 11, 2023 *Summary:* Employers are increasingly giving workers phony job promotions and creating lofty-sounding managerial titles to avoid paying overtime wages. That’s according to new research from a trio of economists at Harvard University and the University of Texas-Dallas who reviewed online job postings and compensation data from 2010 through 2019. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3XlmAVv *Title:* Microsoft Will Stop Tracking Vacation Time for US Salaried Employees, Internal Memo Shows *Source:* Business Insider *Author:* Ashley Stewart and Britney Nguyen *Date:* January 11, 2023 *Summary:* In addition to the unlimited time off policy, salaried US employees will get 10 corporate holidays off, can take leaves of absence, and have other days off for illness and mental health, jury duty, and bereavement. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3XtJNo1 *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 11, 2023
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11 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 11, 2023* *Title:* French Government Unveils Plan to Raise Retirement Age to 64 *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Aurelien Breeden *Date:* January 10, 2023 *Summary:* President Emmanuel Macron is focusing on cutting costs in France’s pension system, but labor unions, which fiercely oppose the measure, have promised a showdown. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3GvhD57 *Title:* Here’s the Just 100 Ranking of Companies that Focus on Workers, Wages and Social Issues *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Eric Rosenbaum *Date:* January 10, 2023 *Summary:* Tech stocks have been humbled after years of outperformance, and now there’s one more comedown for the recent market leaders: losing the top ranking in the 2023 Just 100 list, an annual analysis from nonprofit Just Capital on the issues that Americans say matter most to them when it comes to corporate leadership. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3vSwdyE *Title:* Verit Advisors’ First Survey of ESOP CEOs Shows Their Deep Satisfaction with Employee Ownership *Source:* Forbes *Author: * Mary Josephs *Date:* January 11, 2023 *Summary:* To determine how C-suite executives feel about ESOPs and employee ownership, we at Verit Advisors® decided to ask them. We commissioned original research by Greentarget, an independent survey firm, that polled 200 company founders and C-suite executives across a broad range of industries. They comprised 90 companies with a full or partial ESOP, 80 companies considering an ESOP and 30 companies not considering one. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3WYS6rY *Title:* Making Hope and History Rhyme: A New Worker Movement from the Shell of the Old *Source:* New Labor Forum *Author:* Marilyn Sneiderman and Stephen Lerner *Date:* December 2022 *Summary:* The article draws important lessons for a new crop of activists now spurring a wave of strike actions and union drives around the country. Lerner and Sneiderman see the present moment as one of both great promise and grave peril. On the positive side, public support for unionization currently stands at 68%, the highest it has been in half a century. And, during the past two years, labor organizing has surged – among Starbucks baristas, journalists, museum staff, and employees of Amazon, Chipotle, and Trader Joe's, among others. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3CEFj5U *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 10, 2023
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10 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 10, 2023* *Title:* As Infrastructure Money Lands, the Job Dividends Begin *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Lydia DePillis *Date:* January 10, 2023 *Summary:* Trillions of dollars in government spending will profoundly affect the labor market, but in ways hard to measure, and mostly under the surface. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3VXyK5d *Title:* U.S. Justices Appear to Back U.S. Labor Agency Oversight of State Militias *Source:* Reuters *Author:* Daniel Wiessner *Date:* January 9, 2023 *Summary:* Ohio's top lawyer on Monday struggled to convince justices on the U.S. Supreme Court that a U.S. labor agency that oversees the federal workforce lacks the power to force the Ohio National Guard and other state militias to bargain with unions. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3XgkDsO *Title:* Bob Iger Demands Disney Employees Return to the Office 4 Days Per Week *Source:* Yahoo!Finance *Author: * Alexandra Canal *Date:* January 9, 2023 *Summary:* According to an internal memo obtained by Yahoo Finance, Iger told Disney's hybrid employees they will be required to be in an office at least four days a week beginning March 1. Monday through Thursday will be the preference for in-person workdays. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3GQO67o *Title:* As Asian Societies Age, ‘Retirement’ Just Means More Work *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Motoko Rich and Hikari Hida *Date:* January 7, 2023 *Summary:* Across East Asia, populations are graying faster than anywhere else in the world, and while younger generations shrink, older workers are often toiling well into their 70s and beyond. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3IEpjEO *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 9, 2023
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09 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 9, 2023* *Title:* This Giant Economy Wants Its Workers to Get Inflation-Busting Pay Rises *Source:* CNN Business *Author:* Emiko Jozuka, Kathleen Benoza and Michelle Toh *Date:* January 9, 2023 *Summary:* Japan is grappling with a record drop in salaries, even as inflation continues to soar. The world’s third largest economy reported its worst real-wage decline in more than eight years on Friday, a day after its leader asked businesses to hike workers’ pay at a level above inflation. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3ZjfJgu *Title:* UK PM Sunak Seeks ‘Constructive’ Union Talks as Government Readies Contentious Anti-Strike Laws *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Elliot Smith *Date:* January 9, 2023 *Summary:* The legislation, which Sunak’s government plans to introduce in Parliament within the next few weeks, would allow bosses to sue unions for disruption and sack employees who participated in industrial action. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3ZnRb68 *Title:* Nurses Set to Strike at 2 of NYC’s Largest Hospitals *Source:* NBC News *Author: * Chantal Da Silva *Date:* January 9, 2023 *Summary:* As many as 3,500 nurses at the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx were expected to participate in a walkout starting at 6 a.m. Monday, along with around 3,600 nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, The Associated Press reported. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3WYdRIn *Title:* CNH Industrial Union Workers at Two U.S. Plants Reject Proposed Contract *Source:* Reuters *Author:* Bianca Flowers *Date:* January 9, 2023 *Summary:* The union did not disclose how many workers at the two plants rejected the four-year deal, which included wage increases of 25% to 38% according to CNH on Sunday. Still, union members said the proposed contract failed to provide enough of a raise to combat inflation, additional vacation days or better healthcare coverage. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3CvzeJ6 *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 6, 2023
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06 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 6, 2023* *Title:* U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in Labor Contracts *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Noam Scheiber *Date:* January 5, 2023 *Summary:* A sweeping proposal by the Federal Trade Commission would block companies from limiting their employees’ ability to work for a rival. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3ZfdJ8S *Title:* Private Payroll Growth Surged By 235,000 in December, Well Above Estimate, ADP Reports *Source:* CNBC *Author:* Jeff Cox *Date:* January 5, 2023 *Summary:* The jobs market closed out 2022 on a high note, with companies adding far more positions than expected in December, payroll processing firm ADP reported Thursday. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3k0a3rK *Title:* Driven by Economic Injustice, Gen Z Deemed ‘Most Pro-Union Generation’ in US *Source:* Common Dreams *Author: * Julia Conley *Date:* January 5, 2023 *Summary:* Saddled with student debt and, in many cases, spending the early years of their professional lives working during the Covid-19 pandemic, members of Generation Z are proving to be the most pro-worker generation in the United States today, according to recent research. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3jYkJXT *Title:* The Never-Ending Strike (Podcast) *Source:* NPR *Author:* Stephan Bisaha, Wailin Wong, Dylan Sloan, Viet Le & Kate Concannon *Date:* January 5, 2023 *Summary:* The average strike lasts just over 40 days, according to Bloomberg Law. But some last much longer. In Brookwood, Alabama, coal miners have been on strike for over 600 days, and they don't have any intention of backing down anytime soon. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3IpUcNf *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 5, 2023
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05 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 5, 2023* *Title:* Amazon CEO Says Company Will Layoff More Than 18,000 Workers *Source:* NPR *Author:* Bobby Allyn *Date:* January 4, 2023 *Summary:* Amazon is laying off 18,000 employees, the tech giant said Wednesday, representing the single largest number of jobs cut at a technology company since the industry began aggressively downsizing last year. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3Crbt4R *Title:* Elon Musk ‘A Perfect Recruitment Tool’ for Organized Labor, Says New UK Unions Boss *Source:* Politico *Author:* Graham Lanktree *Date:* January 4, 2023 *Summary:* Elon Musk's controversial Twitter firing spree is sending workers into the arms of organized labor, according to the new head of Britain's Trades Union Congress. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3InlZOj *Title:* Labor Market Strength Persisted Heading Into the Holidays *Source:* The New York Times *Author: * Talmon Joseph Smith *Date:* January 4, 2023 *Summary:* Government data from November showed job openings remained high, with rates of quitting and layoffs holding steady. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3IuHoVI *Title:* Anti-Strike Law Could Be Brought Forward as Government Tried to End Disputes *Source:* The Guardian *Author:* Tom Ambrose and Jessica Elgot *Date:* January 4, 2023 *Summary:* The prime minister will announce legislation to enforce “minimum service levels” in six sectors, including the health service, rail, education, fire and border security. Ministers are also understood to be considering introducing laws allowing bosses to sue unions and sack employees if the minimum levels are not met. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3XaahKP *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 4, 2023
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04 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 4, 2023* *Title:* Video Game Testers Approve the First Union at Microsoft *Source:* NPR *Author:* Ayana Archie *Date:* January 4, 2023 *Summary:* A group of video game testers at Microsoft have formed the tech giant's first union, and Microsoft has signed off on it, according to Communications Workers of America, which represents the employees. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3WI4ts9 *Title:* Uber, DoorDash and Lyft Could See Hundreds of Thousands of New Gig Workers Because of Recession, Analysts Say *Source:* MarketWatch *Author:* Levi Sumagaysay *Date:* January 3, 2023 *Summary:* Echoing what gig-company executives have been saying lately, Bank of America Securities analysts wrote in a note Tuesday that the companies could see an upside from a recession and higher unemployment this year: hundreds of thousands more gig workers. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3i5olqs *Title:* Train Strikes: Union Boss Warns Action May Continue for Months *Source:* BBC News *Author: * Michael Race & Noor Nanji *Date:* January 3, 2023 *Summary:* Mick Lynch said the RMT union, which began its latest walkouts on Tuesday, had a mandate to take action up until May, and could "go further". People returning to work after the Christmas break have been urged to avoid travelling by rail this week because of strikes running to Saturday. The action is over pay and conditions, but one party said a deal was close. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3vCuVYl *Title:* Canada Sets Immigration Record as Trudeau Seeks More Workers *Source:* Bloomberg *Author:* Randy Thanthong-Knight *Date:* January 3, 2023 *Summary:* Canada added more than 431,000 new permanent residents last year, the largest annual increase in its history, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeks to ease the country’s labor shortages. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3vA5UwX *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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January 3, 2023
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03 Jan '23

*SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource management* *January 3, 2023* *Title:* Wave of Job-Switching Has Employers on a Training Treadmill *Source:* The New York Times *Author:* Sydney Ember and Ben Casselman *Date:* January 3, 2023 *Summary:* The rise in turnover since the pandemic started has a cost in productivity: “It’s taking longer to get stuff out the door.” *Link:* https://bit.ly/3GfldA6 *Title:* Discovering the ‘Honeypot”: the Surprising Way Restricting Immigration Can Turn Out To Hurt the Working Poor *Source:* The Conversation *Author:* Dean Hoi *Date:* January 2, 2023 *Summary:* My research examines the question in a broader way. Its findings – looking back at an extraordinary time of change in US history, from the 1880s on – suggest that while restricting immigration might at first help low-income workers, over time it hurts those local workers. This is due to what I call the “honeypot effect”, in which wage hikes for poor jobs keep people in poor jobs. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3WHQwe0 *Title:* These States are Raising Their Minimum Wages in 2023. Chart Shows Where Workers Can Expect Higher Pay *Source:* CNBC *Author: * Lorie Konish *Date:* January 1, 2023 *Summary:* A total of 26 states have announced that higher minimum wages will be introduced during 2023, with one more state likely to see an adjustment in July, according to research from payroll experts at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3IjFl71 *Title:* UC Academic Workers End Strike After Vote *Source:* Santa Cruz Sentinel *Author:* Aric Sleeper *Date:* December 27, 2022 *Summary:* After a sixth week of striking, graduate student researchers and academic student employees across the University of California system voted to ratify their tentative union contracts Friday, ending the 40-day unfair labor practices strike. *Link:* https://bit.ly/3jJWHj1 *James B. Carey Library* School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Website: https://smlr.rutgers.edu/library Email: smlrlibrary(a)work.rutgers.edu To unsubscribe from this listserv, visit: https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/smlr_net.

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