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 Articles and Research about Labor & Employment: |
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ABI Inform
via ProQuest |
1971-date | This premier business database indexes 1800+ scholarly and trade journals in accounting and all business-related fields. All companies mentioned within the abstract are linked directly to Hoovers Company Profiles. A thesaurus is included, available through a link when the "Subject" field is selected for a search. [caaiaj] |
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Business and Industry
via GaleNet |
1994-date | Indexes 1200+ trade journals and selected industry-related documents. [caaiaj] |
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Business NewsBank
via NewsBank InfoWeb |
1993-date | Produces articles from the business sections of 400+ U.S. newspapers as well as many local business journals. [caaiaj] |
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Wall Street Journal
via ProQuest |
1986-present
1889-1991 |
Contains citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from the Wall Street Journal. Older issues (2/1959-2/2001; including stock data) are on microfilm in Government Documents, as well as online (1889 - 1991; articles, advertisements, charts only) at Wall Street Journal Historical File. [caaiaj] |
| Business File ASAP
via Galenet |
1996-date | Indexes 1200+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business and industry. Included in Gale Business & Company Resource Center, above [caaiaj] |
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Wilson Business Full Text
via FirstSearch |
1986-date | Indexes 345+ major magazines in business. [caaiaj] |
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Economic Policies Institute
via EPI |
Check URL date | A research center whose research tends to focus on working people and labor markets.The site's subtitle is, "Research for broadly shared prosperity." [caaiaj] |
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W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
via Upjohn Institute |
Check URL date | "The W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit research organization, was established on July 1, 1945. It is an activity of the W.E. Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation, which was founded in 1932 to administer a fund set aside by Dr. W.E. Upjohn (1852–1932), founder of the Upjohn Company, for the purpose of conducting research into the causes and effects of unemployment and measures for the alleviation of unemployment." [caaiaj] |
| Laws, Ethics, & Labor: See also: Legal Environment Resources page for a more complete list. |
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| Collective Bargaining Negotiation & Contracts
Green Library BUS HD6500 .B8 via BNA |
Current | This loose-leaf set is constantly updated with materials including contracts, labor negotiations underway, and legal cases involving labor contracts. |
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Health & Human Resources
via CCH Internet Research Network |
Current | Laws, regulations, industry news, cases, and other information on human resource management and health care. In addition to discussing laws and cases, this source often presents practical techiques for operating within the laws. [caaiaj] |
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Business Ethics
via UIUC |
June, 2006 | A page created by Sharon Stoerger with many annotated links to business ethics sites and information. [caaiaj] |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
via EPA |
Check URL date | The EPA has the responsibility for maintaining a healthy environment for all Americans, especially in controlling and eliminating pollutants and other toxic substances. Especially check out their information about Indoor Air Quality! Available in English as well as Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese versions. [caaiaj] |
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Occupational Health & Safety Adminstration (OSHA)
via OSHA/U.S. Dept. of Labor |
Check URL date | "The Occupational Safety and Health Administration aims to ensure worker safety and health in the United States by working with employers and employees to create better working environments." [caaiaj]
Laws, Regulations, Guidance, and Dockets (Available in English, Chinese, and Spanish languages.) |
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State Unemployment Laws comparison
U.S. Dept. of Labor |
Check URL date | Provides data on states that vary from the standards of unemployment laws. [caaiaj] |
| Tools for Labor, Job-hunters, and Moving
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Uniworld Database
Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries
Green Library GEN HG4538.A1D5 via Uniworld |
Database: current
UGEN: 1984, 1987, 1996, 2001, 2007 |
Database can be searched by U.S. state, region, or ZIP code, foreign country, NAICS industry, revenue, and number of employees.
The book begins with a list of American companies with foreign operations, along with address, officers, basic company information, industries, and countries in which the firm operates. The remainder of the volume lists countries and the American firms operating in them, with contact information for the American office and the resident firm. [cabaac] |
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Uniworld Database
Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States
Green Library REF HG4057.A155 via Uniworld |
Database: current
UGEN 1971, 1978, 1989 - 2006, 2008 |
Database can be searched by U.S. state, region, or ZIP code, foreign country, NAICS industry, revenue, and number of employees.
The book lists by country those firms which operate in the U.S., with their local address, their American affiliates, their contact information, as well as foreign ownership, revenues, and number of employees at the American sites. Includes alphabetical lists of companies and American affiliates. [caaiai] [cabaac] |
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Career Guide to Industries
via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Check URL date | "For dozens of different kinds of industries—such as educational services, health care, and motor vehicle and parts manufacturing —the Career Guide to Industries tells you about: occupations in the industry; training and advancement; earnings; expected job prospects; working conditions. In addition, the Career Guide gives you links to information about the job market in each State and more." [caaiaj] |
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Career One Stop, formerly America's Job Bank
via U.S. Dept. of Labor |
Check URL date | "CareerOneStop is a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored Web site that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development in a global economy." Provides individual state job banks, as well as tools to explore vocations, training & education, job searches, creating resumes, interviews, etc. Also includes a page for those in the military who are moving into civilian life. [caaiaj] |
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CareerBuilder
via Gannett Co, Inc., Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company, and Microsoft Corp. |
Check URL date | Provides a search for jobs by vocation, company, and location. Additional tools include, among others, a link to cbResume for help writing a resume. [caaiai] |
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Careers.org
via Careers.org |
Check URL date | A heavily commercialized site with tools to find jobs, information about carrers (much of it from other sites), and links to colleges and universities. [caaiaj] |
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Earthcalendar
via earthcalendar.net |
Check URL date | A guide to national and religious holidays around the world. Tabs at the top allow you to select "Today," "Holidays by date," "Holidays by country," and "Holidays by religion," as well as "Lunar phases." [caaiai] |
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Facts for You: Environment and Energy
via USA.Gov |
Check URL date | Includes direct links to such things as: local air quality, annual energy outlook, car fuel efficiency comparison, drought monitor, energy & fuel facts, local environmental data and maps, gas prices, greenhouse gas calculator, hazardous waste sites, ocean conditions, local use of toxic chemicals, UV index by Zip code, weather forecasts, and similar sites. [caaiaj] |
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Homefair.Com
via Move, Inc. |
Check URL date | This site, hosted by Move, Inc., an online real estate company, has several "calculators", for determining such things as the cost of a move, the desireability of a location, mortgage calculators, School Report® renting vs buying, etc. There are also links to articles about moving along with other helps. [caaiai] |
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International Monetary Fund: Selected Exchange Rates
via IMF |
Check URL date | Current day's currency exchange rate relative to the U.S. dollar. There is also a link to archival rates. [caaiai] |
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Move
via National Assoc. of Realtors |
Check URL date | Provides resources for searching for houses, apartments, and senior adult communities, as well as other resources. Includes access to house plans, house valuation tools, decorating tips, and more. [caaiaj] |
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My AmortizationChart
via MyAmortizationChart.com/ |
Check URL date | Provides a calculator for your mortgage costs, based on years, interest, and principal. Also includes a page of amortization definitions. [caajad] |
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Service Locator
via CareerOneStop |
Check URL date | "Find local employment, training, and other employment-related resouces needed by employers, jobseekers, students, and workforce professionals." [caaiaj] |
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Time and Date.com
via timeanddate.com |
Check URL date | In addition to providing access to "The World Clock" (see below), this site has access to tools related to calendars, time zones, sun & moon calculators, country telephone codes, date calculators, and countdowns to any date. [caaiai] |
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U.S. City/State & ZIP Code Associations
via USPS |
Check URL date | Search by address, city, or company with address to find the correct zip code, or enter a ZIP code to find the city/state in this resource from the United States Postal Service. Includes links to other online resources provided by the Postal Service, as well as links to White Pages and Yellow Pages provided by Switchboard, Inc. [caaiai] |
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The World Clock
via timeanddate.com |
Check URL date | Time at any place in the world. This site provides automatic times for many places, and has linked pages for each continent, world capitals, a meeting planner, as well as other selections, including creating your own choice of cities. [caaiai] |
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The World Factbook
via the U.S. C.I.A. |
Check URL date | One of the most comprehensive sources of what is going on in countries around the world, this source can help you know what to do and what the internal conditions of other countries are. Also has national flags, gallery of covers, and a low band, downloadable version, in additon to the searchable online edition. [caaaia] |
| ACCRA Cost of Living Index
Green Library REF HD6977.C63 via C2ER (formerly, ACCRA) |
8 most recent issues (quarterly) | Based on data reported to chambers of commerce and to development agencies, this quarterly report provides cost of living information from urban areas across the U.S. in a comparative form, with 100=U.S. average cost. The first section provides the index data ear urban area, based on total and major segments. The second section provides actual average prices for each urban area for specific item, from hamburgers to utilities. [caaiaj] |
| Occupations & Employment |
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Career Information Center
(or, via Gale Virtual Reference Library if you are off campus.) |
2007 | "Provides information for job seekers on various career areas. Each profile includes a job summary chart, a job description, and up-to-date salary information." [caaiac] |
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Encyclopedia of Career Development
(or, via Sage e-Reference if you are off campus.) |
2006 | "Sweeping changes in the nature of work, shifts in the meaning of career success, the rise of global business and international careers, heightened concerns over social influences on careers, and emerging labor laws and regulations influence the ways in which individuals, organizations, and the broader society view career development." [caaiac] |
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America's Career InfoNet
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Check URL date | "Find national and local career information and labor market data using unique career tools, career reports, a career resource library," and more. This site is actually part of the Dept. of Labor's CareerOneStop, below. [caaiaj] |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics publications
via Dept. of Labor |
Check URL date | The Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers and dissiminates data about employment and unemployment within the United States, as well as other data that affect employment and wages. Some of their online publications are:
Career Guide to Industries Occupational Employment Projections Occupational Outlook Handbook & Occupational Outlook Quarterly (Great sources for what a job requires, what it pays beginners, & what is the employment forecast in that field.) Paper versions in Gov. Docs, 2nd Floor.
Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses [caaiaj] |
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Career Guide to Industries
via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Check URL date | "For dozens of different kinds of industries—such as educational services, health care, and motor vehicle and parts manufacturing —the Career Guide to Industries tells you about: occupations in the industry; training and advancement; earnings; expected job prospects; working conditions. In addition, the Career Guide gives you links to information about the job market in each State and more." [caaiaj] |
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Career One Stop, formerly America's Job Bank
via U.S. Dept. of Labor |
Check URL date | "CareerOneStop is a U.S. Department of Labor-sponsored Web site that offers career resources and workforce information to job seekers, students, businesses, and workforce professionals to foster talent development in a global economy." Provides access to individual state job banks, as well as tools to explore vocations, training & education, job searches, creating resumes, interviews, etc. Also includes a page for those in the military who are moving into civilian life. [caaiaj] |
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Careers.org
via Careers.org |
Check URL date | A heavily commercialized site with tools to find jobs, information about careers (much of it from other sites), and links to colleges and universities. [caaiaj] |
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CareerBuilder
via Gannett Co, Inc., Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company, and Microsoft Corp. |
Check URL date | Provides a search for jobs by vocation, company, and location. Additional tools include, among others, a link to cbResume for help writing a resume. [caaiai] |
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Explore Health Careers
via American Dental Education Association |
Check URL date | This site covers a wide variety of information about many different health-related careers, and includes profiles of some professionals. [caajae] |
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Great Place to Work Institute
via Great Place to Work Institute |
Check URL date | This organization defines what makes a great workplace. In addition to their model, they list the company's benefits, financial results, and employee reaction. Also includes a bibliography with download links. [caaiaj] |
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Job Analysis & Personality Research
via Virginia Tech |
Check URL date | "Welcome to RJ Harvey's job analysis & personality research site at Virginia Tech! Our Laboratory in Applied Measurement Psychology, or LAMP, conducts research on a range of psychometric topics facing applied psychologists. Our job analysis research has focused on the Common-Metric Questionnaire (CMQ), an inventory designed to collect accurate data to drive applications such as compensation, competency modeling, performance appraisal, disability determination, and ADA compliance." [caaiaj] |
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JobStar Central
via JobStar |
Check URL date | Focussed on California, this site provides many tools related to the job search, including salary survey results for general surveys as well as for many professions. NOTE: Many of the links are advertisements, not a part of JobStar. [caaiaj] |
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Labor, U.S. Dept. of
via U.S. Dept. of Labor |
Check URL date | This is the department of the U.S. federal government responsible for helping the working person. Includes much information about job searches, vocations, labor unions (including bargaining agreements, organizations, laws, etc.), wages and other topics of interest to the employed and employment-seeking American. It is also the home of the Bureau for Labor Statistics, a great source for data about employment/unemployment, pay, workplace safety, and economics. [caaiaj] |
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Local Employment Dynamics
via U. S. Census Bureau |
Check URL date | Provides quarterly workforce indicators, and may be searched by state, year, quarter, gender, age group, geographic grouping, metropolitan area, industry (NAICS), and ownership. The data include 8 "key indicators": Total employment; Net job flows; Job creation; New hires; Separations; Turnover; Average monthly earnings; Average new hire earnings. [caaiaj] |
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Check URL date | The standard source of what a job is all about and how to prepare for it, as well as what the outlook for employment is in specific fields. Published biennially by the BLS., it provides: "the training and education needed; earnings; expected job prospects; what workers do on the job; [and] working conditions." [caaiaj] |
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Occupational Outlook Quarterly
via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Check URL date | This quarterly publication updates the biennial Occupational Outlook Handbook, above, and includes articles highlighting specific careers and other opportunities. [caaiaj] |
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Quintessential Careers
via EmpoweringSites.com |
Check URL date | A one-stop-shop for vocational information and job search aids. [caaiaj] |
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State Unemployment Laws comparison
U.S. Dept. of Labor |
Check URL date | Provides data on states that vary from the standards of unemployment laws. [caaiaj] |
| Labor Organizations & Trade Unions: |
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Associations Unlimited
via GaleNet |
Current | Directory information for over 444,000 international, U.S., national, regional, state, and local non-profit organizations, including labor unions and professional associations. OFF-CAMPUS NOTE: Access this source through Gale's Directory Library. [caaiaj] |
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Collective Bargaining: Negotiations and Contracts
Green Library BUS HD6500.B8 2 vols., via BNA |
Current looseleaf | A looseleaf service that surveys labor contact negotiations, including laws, regulations, and sample contract language. |
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AFL-CIO
via AFL-CIO |
Check URL date | The website of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations. [caaiaj] |
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International Labor Organisation (ILO)
via ILO |
Check URL date | Contains reports, schedules, and other information from the ILO. "The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the tripartite UN agency that brings together governments, employers and workers of its member states in common action to promote decent work throughout the world." Also provides access to LABORSTA, their main database which covers labor/employment data from over 200 countries, available in English, French, and Spanish languages. Other databases are available following instructions. [caaiaj] |
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Center for Labor Research and Studies
via FIU |
Check URL date | "The Center for Labor Research & Studies was established at Florida International University in 1971 to promote research, curriculum development, teaching and community services in labor-management relations across the state. The Center, whose mission is to provide services to workers and their organizations, is accredited through the United Association for Labor Education. A variety of programs and projects are undertaken by the Center including credit and non-credits classes, conferences, research, and a publication series." [caaiaj] |
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Labor, Dept. of
via U.S. Dept. of Labor |
Check URL date | This is the department of the U.S. federal government responsible for helping the working person. Includes much information about job searches, vocations, labor unions (including bargaining agreements, organizations, laws, etc.), wages and other topics of interest to the employed and employment-seeking American. It is also the home of the Bureau for Labor Statistics, a great source for data about employment/unemployment, pay, workplace safety, and economics. [caaiaj] |
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Labor Statistics, Bureau of
via Dept. of Labor |
Check URL date | The U.S. Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers and dissiminates data about employment and unemployment within the United States, as well as other data that affect employment and wages. [caaiaj]
Career Guide to Industries Consumer Price Index Local Area Unemployment Statistics Occupational Employment Projections Occupational Outlook Handbook & Occupational Outlook Quarterly Producer Price Index Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses |
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National Mediation Board (NMB)
via NMB |
Check URL date | "The National Mediation Board (NMB), established by the 1934 amendments to the Railway Labor Act of 1926, is an independent agency that performs a central role in facilitating harmonious labor-management relations within two of the nation's key transportation modes--the railroads and airlines. Pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, NMB programs provide an integrated dispute resolution process to effectively meet the statutory objective of minimizing work stoppages in the airline and railroad industries." [caaiaj] |
| U.S. Government Labor-related Sites |
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THOMAS--U.S. Congress on the Internet
via Library of Congress |
Check URL date | The Library of Congress' site for U.S. government links, including state governments, provides a general access to most agencies of the federal government. |
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U.S. Census Bureau
via Census Bureau |
Check URL date | This federal agency collects data on population and business through various censuses, as required by the U.S. Constitution. The homepage provides population clocks, searches for local population figures, and access to economic indicators, among many other links. [caaiaj]
Local Employment Dynamics provides quarterly workforce indicators, and may be searched by state, year, quarter, gender, age group, geographic grouping, metropolitan area, industry (NAICS), and ownership. The data include 8 "key indicators": Total employment; Net job flows; Job creation; New hires; Separations; Turnover; Average monthly earnings; Average new hire earnings. |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
via EPA |
Check URL date | The EPA has the responsibility for maintaining a healthy environment for all Americans, especially in controlling and eliminating pollutants and other toxic substances. Especially check out their information about Indoor Air Quality! Available in English as well as Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese versions. [caaiaj] |
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U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research via FDA |
Check URL date | "The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation." Site contains large amounts of information about food, drugs, medical devices, biologics & immunization, animals & veterinary, cosmetics, radiation emiting devices, and "combination products," as well as food recalls. [caaiaj] |
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Labor, Dept. of
via Dept. of Labor |
Check URL date | This is the department of the U.S. federal government responsible for helping the working person. Includes much information about job searches, vocations, labor unions (including bargaining agreements, organizations, laws, etc.), wages and other topics of interest to the employed and employment-seeking American. It is also the home of the Bureau for Labor Statistics, a great source for data about employment/unemployment, pay, workplace safety, and economics. [caaiaj] |
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Labor Statistics, Bureau of
via Dept. of Labor |
Check URL date | The U.S. Dept. of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers and dissiminates data about employment and unemployment within the United States, as well as other data that affect employment and wages. [caaiaj]
Career Guide to Industries Consumer Price Index Local Area Unemployment Statistics Occupational Employment Projections Occupational Outlook Handbook & Occupational Outlook Quarterly Producer Price Index Survey of Occupational Injuries & Illnesses |
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National Mediation Board (NMB)
via NMB |
Check URL date | "The National Mediation Board (NMB), established by the 1934 amendments to the Railway Labor Act of 1926, is an independent agency that performs a central role in facilitating harmonious labor-management relations within two of the nation's key transportation modes--the railroads and airlines. Pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, NMB programs provide an integrated dispute resolution process to effectively meet the statutory objective of minimizing work stoppages in the airline and railroad industries." [caaiaj] |
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
via OSHA |
Check URL date | "The Occupational Safety and Health Administration aims to ensure worker safety and health in the United States by working with employers and employees to create better working environments." [caaiaj] |
| Labor & HR Dictionaries |
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A Dictionary of Human Resource Management
Green Library REF HF5549.A23D53 2001 via Oxford U. Press |
Current | "An authoritative source of precise and easy to understand definistions of words, terms, and phrases that are used in the fields of human resource management, personnel, and industrial relations." |
BLS Glossary of terms
via BLS |
February, 2008 | Definitions of terms used by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, from "Absence Rate" through "Worklife Estimates." [caaiaj] |
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