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From:Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Vol. 58, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Objectives--To analyze factors that determine the occurrence of sickness absence due to respiratory disorders and the time it takes to return to work. Methods--A longitudinal study with 2 year follow up...
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From:Monthly Labor Review (Vol. 118, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedCarrier Corp. Local 527 of the Sheet Metal Workers and Carrier Corp., the world's largest manufacturer of heating and air conditioning systems and equipment, signed a new 3-year agreement for 2,000 production and...
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From:Monthly Labor Review (Vol. 114, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedGeneral Electric Co signed collective bargaining agreements with two major unions, covering 44,000 workers. Wage increases, health care plan changes, and cost of living adjustments are described. Settlements at...
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From:Journal of Business Strategy (Vol. 15, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAfter a long slide, organized labor is back waving some high-flying numbers--and demanding a higher profile in the lives of workers and management. Here's a look at what this means for corporate strategists, especially...
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From:Families, Systems & Health (Vol. 31, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIn the past decade, more and more behavioral health providers have begun consultation practices in primary-care settings. Their availability makes multidisciplinary care a reality and the possibility of improved...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 294) Peer-ReviewedAn analysis by health insurer Aviva has suggested that people working in food and drink manufacturing are more than one-and-a-half times more likely to be injured at work than construction workers. Its study of...
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From:Journal of Employment Counseling (Vol. 39, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe author presents an overview of issues related to counseling women reentering the workforce. He suggests that counselors are in a strategic position to help women through the transitions and conflicts associated with...
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From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 46, Issue 31)University students and staff are organizing against sweatshops, and their market potential for items carrying school logos is influencing the garment industry. One of the most effective strategies is to work through the...
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From:Monthly Labor Review (Vol. 111, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedEarly retirement offered at power company In Upstate New York, 8,100 employees of Niagara Mohawk Power Co. agreed to extend their current contract for 1 year, to May 31, 1990, and to defer a scheduled 4.7-percent...
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From:Monthly Labor Review (Vol. 110, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedClothing workers accept 3-year accord More than 45,000 employees in the men's and boys' apparel industry were covered by a settlement between the Clothing Manufacturers Association and the Amalgamated Clothing and...
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From:Training & Development (Vol. 49, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedThe training and consulting firm called Manufacturing Technology Services is offering a function-oriented training system that teaches blue-collar workers to solve problems, write technical manuals and be responsible for...
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From:Business History (Vol. 37, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe status hierarchy in Japanese enterprises collapsed during the tumultuous years of 'total war' and post-war democracy, and the 'Japanese employment system' was greatly affected by the 'white-collarisation of...
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From:ILR Review (Vol. 49, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedSteady increases in the cost of medical care, coupled with a rise in the fraction of workers who lack medical insurance, create incentives for workers who are injured off-the-job to file Workers' Compensation claims....
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From:Social Work Research (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe NASW Press expects authors to adhere to ethical standards for scholarship as articulated in the NASW Code of Ethics and Writing for the NASW Press: Information for Authors. These standards include actions such as...
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From:Social Work (Vol. 53, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA quantitative descriptive survey of a national sample of social workers (N = 206) examined discrepancies between belief in the NASW Code of Ethics and behavior in implementing the code and social workers' disjunctive...
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From:Employee Relations Law Journal (Vol. 16, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedCurrent Developments in Employee Benefits CONGRESS RESPONDS TO BETTS: THE OLDER WORKERS BENEFIT PROTECTION ACT OF 1990 In direct response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Betts v. Ohio, Congress has provided...
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From:Loyola Maritime Law Journal (Vol. 11, Issue 1)I. INTRODUCTION On March 29, 2011, Senator Johnny Isakson introduced Senate Bill 669 to amend the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, ("LHWCA"), (4) in an attempt to improve the federal workers'...
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From:Monthly Labor Review (Vol. 125, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed"A century ago, the overwhelming majority of people in developed countries worked with their hands," wrote Peter Drucker in a recent Economist magazine survey. Today, in contrast, the fast-growing group is the...
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From:The CPA Journal (Vol. 72, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAlthough group disability coverage is invaluable, several critical issues are often misunderstood or overlooked. Many view disability insurance like life insurance: Either one is covered or not, and there is generally...
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From:Management Review (Vol. 80, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedThe rising cost of employee benefits is a fact of life for every employer-big and small, public and private. Holding the line on costs is frequently in direct relation to the makeup of an organization; companies...