U.S. News & World Report, March 26, 2012, Monday

U.S. News & World Report

March 26, 2012, Monday

U.S. News & World Report (full article)

Where Jobs Are (and Aren't) Growing

"What's more reassuring is if you dig a little bit deeper into reports by the [Bureau of Labor Statistics], you see that ... in Rust Belt cities in particular like Detroit, Kansas City, and others, the more recent drops were not driven by simply by a contraction in the labor force but rather were driven by actual declines in the number of people who were unemployed," says Matthew Freedman, assistant professor in economics at Cornell University.

Lab Manager Magazine, March 26, 2012, Monday

Lab Manager Magazine

March 26, 2012, Monday

Lab Manager Magazine (full article)

In Certain Jobs, Supervisor Support Can Reduce Absenteeism

“An employee culture that approves of missing work might result in higher employee absenteeism when coupled with aversive work conditions if a supervisor is considered unsupportive, but it seems to have no effect at all when employees feel their supervisor is supportive,” said co-author Peter Bamberger, PhD, of Tel Aviv University and the Smithers Institute of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. “This may be because employees want to reciprocate positive treatment and avoid causing any problems due to their absenteeism that could negatively impact their supervisors.”

The Chief, March 23, 2012, Friday

The Chief

March 23, 2012, Friday

The Cheif (website)

TWU Westchester Bus Members Get 10% Hike But Take Health Hit

Ken Margolies, professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said it makes a big difference that strikes are legal for employees of private companies, since their unions aren’t bound by the Taylor Law.

“The theory of labor relations is that in collective bargaining, you need some kind of deadline because nobody wants to put their last position on the table until the end,” he said. “Both sides know that if there’s not an agreement, there’ll be a strike and neither side likes that, so you end up getting more settlements.”

Yale Daily News, March 23, 2012, Friday

Yale Daily News

March 23, 2012, Friday

Yale Daily News (full article)

Shared services gaining ground in higher education

Joseph Grasso, associate dean for finance, administration and corporate relations at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, noted that accounting arrangements in higher education often have to consider restrictions placed on gifts and funds, making them more complex than those of most businesses in the private sector.

Marquette Tribune, March 22, 2012, Thursday

Marquette Tribune

March 22, 2012, Thursday

Marquette Tribune (full article)

Visiting professor defends private school costs in lecture

Ronald Ehrenberg, a professor at Cornell University and author of economics book “Tuition Rising,” gave the Theodore Marburg Memorial Lecture yesterday afternoon discussing rising tuition costs and how they affect private institutions like Marquette.

CBS News, March 22, 2012, Thursday

CBS News

March 22, 2012, Thursday

CBS News (full article)

Face the facts: A fact check on gas prices

Reince Priebus: "The Republicans have been in favor of this Keystone pipeline (that will create) twenty thousand jobs."

Supporters of the Keystone pipeline from the tar sands in Western Canada to the refineries in the Gulf Coast say the project would create 20,000 jobs, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. However, the U.S. State Department estimated it would create 5,000 - 6,000 jobs and some analysis say the number isn't that high, including a report by the Cornell University Global Labor Institute that found up to 1,400 temporary construction jobs would be created.

Kent Reporter, March 19, 2012, Monday

Kent Reporter

March 19, 2012, Monday

Kent Reporter (full article)

City of Kent names new employee services director

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke announced March 16 that Lorraine Patterson has accepted an offer to become the city’s new employee services director.

A Kent resident, Patterson earned her Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School, Stanford, California. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Patterson is a certified senior professional in human resources and is a member of the Washington State Bar Association.

MinnPost, March 13, 2012, Tuesday

MinnPost

March 13, 2012, Tuesday

MinnPost (full article)

Rebellious unions upend German order

In the past couple of decades, industry-wide unions have splintered into smaller ones, often made up of more highly qualified employees. They say they have been neglected by the bigger unions.

“You now have certain groups in a strong negotiating position breaking off and demanding their own, much better deals,” says Lowell Turner, chairman of the international and comparative labor department at Cornell University. “That’s a threat for the German model of industrial relation and social partnership.”

The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2012, Saturday

The Wall Street Journal

March 10, 2012, Saturday

The Wall Street Journal (full article)

Debt, the American Way

Who knew getting out of an unprecedented debt crisis was this easy? Print trillions of dollars for the banks, give Wall Street speculators zero-interest loans, and run up the national debt clock to $15 trillion.

Whip out your credit card, if you've still got one, and enjoy it while it lasts.

"We all know it's going to happen," says Louis Hyman. "Interest rates have to go up, and when they do—Kablooey!"

That is the precise technical term for where our debt-addicted economy is headed.

Mr. Hyman is a former McKinsey consultant, a Harvard Ph.D., a Cornell University professor and author of "Borrow: The American Way of Debt."

WorldatWork's workspan magazine, March 2012

WorldatWork's workspan magazine

March 2012

An monthly column in workspan® applying scholarly research to the "real world" by ICS Director Kevin Hallock.

Massive Kinked Bonuses
Winning the all-or-nothing payout

PR Newswire, March 8, 2012, Thursday

PR Newswire

March 8, 2012, Thursday

PR Newswire (full article)

United Realty Partners Appoints Senior Acquisition Team

United Realty Partners announced today the formation of the firm's senior acquisition team led by Stephen Tober and Jesse Stein who have each been named as Executive Vice President of Acquisitions.

Mr. Stein holds a B.A. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and an M.A. in Real Estate Investments from New York University.

Daily Finance, March 7, 2012, Wednesday

Daily Finance

March 7, 2012, Wednesday

Daily Finance (full article)

Why Public Universities Are Now a Bad Bargain for the Middle Class

As the head of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, notes in the Winter 2012 issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, undergraduate tuition has outpaced the rate of inflation by an average of 3.5 percentage points a year.

MarketWatch, March 7, 2012, Wednesday

MarketWatch

March 7, 2012, Wednesday

MarketWatch (full article)

Montefiore's Partnership With 1199 SEIU Improves Patient Care

"Reforming our health care system to be accessible and provide high-quality services has been at the core of many recent national and state initiatives," said Peter Lazes director of Cornell's Healthcare Transformation Project. "Montefiore Contact Center's union-management partnership provides a roadmap for how to improve access to healthcare services and control health costs."

The 99 Percent.com, March 7, 2012, Wednesday

The 99 Percent.com

March 7, 2012, Wednesday

The 99 Percent.com (full article)

How The Internet Has Changed The Job Hunt

According to Willy Franzen, many of us make the mistake of job hunting when we should be "company hunting." As the founder of OneDayOneJob.com, the 27-year-old Franzen is on a mission to help recent grads find awesome entry-level jobs.

Shifting gears to your own story... Where did the idea for One Day, One Job come from?
I graduated from Cornell with a major in Industrial and Labor Relations and after spending two full summers in an HR office, I realized HR wasn't quite the right fit for me. I wanted to do something more creative. I wanted to do something that was more core to the value of the businesses offered.

WSKG, March 6, 2012, Tuesday

WSKG

March 6, 2012, Tuesday

WSKG (full article/listen)

Borrow: The American Way of Debt

Consumer debt is a distinctly 20th century product. The history of debt -- where those mortgages, charge accounts, credit cards and layaway plans came from and how they work -- has now been told in "Borrow: The American Way of Debt" by Louis Hyman, assistant professor in Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. It is a companion volume to Dr. Hyman's earlier book "Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink".

PR Newswire, March 6, 2012, Tuesday

PR Newswire

March 6, 2012, Tuesday

PR Newswire (full article)

MKM Partners Expands TMT Practice With Key Hires in Research, Sales & Trading

MKM Partners today announced that Israel Hernandez has joined as a Managing Director in its Equity Research department to cover software companies. Mr. Hernandez joins several recent technology-focused additions to MKM's Sales and Trading teams, including Richard Brown and Adam Reisboard.

Mr. Hernandez holds an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School and a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, where he was a Cornell National Scholar. He will be based in MKM's San Francisco Bay Area office.

New York Times, March 3, 2012, Saturday

New York Times

March 3, 2012, Saturday

New York Times (full article)

How to Practice the Reverse Peter Principle

This interview with Tracy Dolgin, president and chief executive of the YES cable sports network, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant.

Newswise, March 2, 2012, Friday

Newswise

March 2, 2012, Friday

Newswise (full article)

One Year Later, Impact of ‘Great Tohoku’ Quake Still Being Felt

Art Wheaton is a Workplace and Industry Education Specialist for the Buffalo, N.Y.-based Institute for Industry Studies at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

“The deadly and devastating Tsunami in Japan had a serious impact on Toyota production and inventory. Toyota suffered more than $1.3 billion in losses attributed to production delays and losses from its suppliers. On this one-year anniversary, Toyota is focused on recapturing market share and building better vehicles.

“In my view, the impact of the tsunami on Toyota will not be significant for 2012.”

PR Newswire, March 1, 2012, Thursday

PR Newswire

March 1, 2012, Thursday

PR Newswire (full article)

Labor Law and Security Experts Testify About Workers' Rights Violations at Loomis

Lance Compa, Senior Lecturer of International & Comparative Labor at Cornell University, testified that Loomis is violating international law and International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions.

Bloomberg Businessweek, February 28, 2012, Tuesday

Bloomberg Businessweek

February 28, 2012, Tuesday

Bloomberg Businessweek (full article)

Growing Home Care Industry May Have to Raise Pay

Fears that raising worker pay will reduce access to home care are overblown, says Rebecca Givan, an assistant professor at Cornell University’s ILR School. “It will raise wages for the very, very lowest paid of these home health care workers,” Givan says. They’re mostly women who are the main earners in their households, she says, and “many of them are relying on public assistance.”

AOL Jobs, February 28, 2012, Tuesday

AOL Jobs

February 28, 2012, Tuesday

AOL Jobs (full article)

Restaurant Workers Group Targets Darden In Race-Discrimination Lawsuit

If Darden's claims of operating a discrimination-free workplace are true, it would be unique in an industry known for having "quite extreme lines of occupational segregation on the basis of race," says Risa L. Lieberwitz, professor of labor and employment law at Cornell University's school of industrial and labor relations.

The Daily Mail, February 24, 2012, Friday

The Daily Mail

February 24, 2012, Friday

The Daily Mail (full article)

NY looks to reform laws governing nonprofits

“This new and innovate program will help nonprofits educate and train their board members about nuances of sometimes complex nonprofit laws and practices,” said Harry Katz of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. “Directors U will help make sure that directors are comfortable in performing critical oversight.”