When you are out of work and looking for employment you can empower yourself by putting on and using your CAPE (Commitment, Attitude, Persistence, and Effort). There is no magic in finding employment, however if you use your CAPE, you will greatly increase your chances of getting that job. You...
With the middle-class employment and economy growing, it is not surprising to see another surge in construction of income-restricted tax-credit developments. Over the last twelve months, 29,500 jobs have been added to the local Austin area economy, according the Texas Workforce Commission. Of the ten different employment sectors, the Government...
Houston's apartment construction activity has picked up following a slowdown in 2006 when only 32 projects containing 7,323 units were developed. 2007 has already been an active year, as 21 projects with 5,489 units have already been completed, and an additional 82 projects containing 21,903 units are underway. Among the...
Continental Tire North America gave workers at its Queen City plant an ultimatum in January: Surrender 35% of wages and benefits or employment would be cut almost in half, slashing 513 jobs, leaving only 573. Even then, the place might still be shut down and production shifted - more than...
This report examines the state of employment-based health benefits among workers with respect to offer rates, coverage rates, and take-up rates. It also examines how the state of employment-based health benefits has changed since the mid-1990s, reasons why workers do not have employment-based health benefits from their own employer, and...
For many people with psychiatric disabilities sustaining employment is often more challenging than acquiring a job. This Australian study explores factors that influence sustainability of employment for people with psychiatric disabilities. Participants of a community based vocational rehabilitation program who were successful in gaining open employment were followed up six...
Theoretical predictions of the effect of TFP Total Factor Productivity growth on employment are ambiguous, and depend on the extent to which new technology is embodied in new jobs. A model for employment, wages and investment with an annual panel for the United States, Japan and Europe is estimated and...
Five national surveys offer similar accounts of employment-based health insurance and the subset of the uninsured who have declined employment-based health insurance. While offering similar stories, the surveys are far from identical in the number of people they place at each turn in the story, with the relative size of...
This paper examines employment patterns and internationalisation in the Finnish manufacturing sector 1980 - 2001 using plant and industry-level data. This period is characterised by the liberalisation of foreign trade and exceptionally strong cyclical fluctuations. The purpose of this paper is to study the relationships between plant size, job and...
Given that a decade has passed since the passage of the ADA and five years since the enactment of the British Disability Discrimination Act, it seems a fitting time at which to examine the civil rights employment impasse against the larger political economy backdrop. Since the authors expertise lies with...
Since 6th April 2003, qualifying employees have hence been given the right to request flexible working arrangements. Although there is no obligation on the employer to make a change, employers will have to take the request seriously and justify any refusal on recognized business grounds. In this context the paper...
This paper provides an overview of employment and wage trends in Silicon Valley. The central purpose is to provide a statistical background on employment trends. In addition, however, the paper wants to argue that the nature of employment in Silicon Valley is characterized by a shift in the locus of...
As people are retiring at an earlier age and living longer after retirement, the question of how employment after retirement will affect pension benefits is becoming more important. This fact sheet provides information a Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund TPAF retiree should consider when deciding on returning to the work...
Employment is the mainstay of the health insurance system. States are looking at ways to bolster the employer-based system in order to expand health insurance coverage - or at least keep it from eroding. This paper looks at four general strategies to support employer-based health insurance: subsidies to employees; subsidies...
There are people who have both the means and opportunity to prove their abilities. But, there are also certain people who do not have both, but still they have the urge to prove themselves. People with disability fall under the aforesaid category. Experts suggest that disabled people are often left...
The article analyses the institutional basis and form of the employment contract using the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey. It assesses the extent to which collective bargaining still regulates pay and non-pay aspects of employment. The paper shows that while collective procedures have declined in importance, there has been an...
The study describes the labor market institutions and the employment and labor market policies which underlie decisions made by individuals and labor market units (e.g. firms and unions) regarding formal education, vocational training, labor force participation, search for jobs etc. Relying largely on official statistics, labor market outcomes such as...
Employment is on the rise and with it, the return to attractive compensation packages and salary levels. After several down years in the employment market that was the result of the normalization of an inflated stock market and the beginning of the War on Terror, employers are constructing compensation packages...
DESPITE an upsurge in human resource development HRD activities in organisations, training departments are still hard put to justify their usefulness and importance to their employers. Part of the reason is that the proliferation of HRD activities has blurred the distinction between what is truly needed by the organisation to...
This study undertook a small preliminary investigation of the contemporary employment practice of 'applying for your own job'. There has not yet been a specific study into the effect upon individuals and organisations of the practice of existing employees being required to apply for the same or...
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