The Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2013, Wednesday

The Wall Street Journal

June 19, 2013, Wednesday

The Wall Street Journal (full article)

Teachers Put Hands Up For Thompson

Ken Margolies, a senior associate at the Worker Institute at Cornell University, said the split in the primary likely won't hurt union influence at City Hall.

"It's kind of a choice between a lot of good labor candidates, and they all have their favorites. But once the primary's over, they'll all get behind the Democrat," he said. "Labor's clout will be determined by their ability to win the election, not so much the primary."

WIVB-TV, June 19, 2013, Wednesday

WIVB-TV

June 19, 2013, Wednesday

WIVB-TV (full article/video)

Chrysler recalling millions of Jeeps

Art Wheaton of Cornell University said, "That high speed, rear end crashes can cause the plastic gas tank to rupture and leak, catch on fire, and that is not good."

Wheaton, an automotive expert, says Chrysler initially resisted the recall because those older Jeeps met the government's crash and safety standards at the time.

Epoch Times, June 17, 2013, Monday

Epoch Times

June 17, 2013, Monday

Epoch Times (full article)

Paid to Die: The Workplace Death Toll Marches On

James Gross, professor at the Cornell Department of Labor Relations, Law, and History has been watching the data for decades.

He can’t say if worker deaths are on the rise or on the decline:  “It has always been a major problem and continues to be a major problem,” he said, with a sigh.

New York Times, June 14, 2013, Friday

New York Times

June 14, 2013, Friday

New York Times (full article)

The Unspoken Stigma of Workplace Flexibility

In fact, it’s possible that more women would be working if they had such arrangements available to them, and that they felt comfortable using. The share of working-age American women in the work force has been on the decline relative to other developed countries, a phenomenon tied at least in part to those countries’ rapid expansion of family-friendly policies, according to a study by Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn, both professors of economics at Cornell, published in February.

The Courier, June 14, 2013, Friday

The Courier

June 14, 2013, Friday

The Courier (full article)

Cooper: No sudden changes expected

"When Cooper gets saddled to (Apollo's) brand, then roughly 44 to 45 percent of (Apollo's) sales will come from the United States. So Cooper, then, is going to be really important to them because ... the biggest part of their global sales is going to be in the United States," said Cornell University labor relations professor Sarosh Kuruvilla. "This is going to be a big deal for them, so they're not going to screw it up by doing something stupid."

Apollo has yet another incentive to keep Cooper strong. It needs its association with the venerable Cooper brand to lift the image of its own tires in the U.S. and around the globe, said Arthur Wheaton, director of Cornell University's Worker Institute.

Epoch Times, June 6, 2013, Thursday

Epoch Times

June 6, 2013, Thursday

Epoch Times (full article)

Professional Temporary Workers on the Rise

According to Pam Tolbert, Chair of the Department of Organizational Behavior at Cornell University, the number of professionals working on a temporary or contractual basis is on the rise.

“When people think of temp workers they think of blue collar, house cleaners, contractors, etc., but in fact the phenomenon is much more pervasive and growing,” Tolbert said.

The Boston Globe, June 4, 2013, Tuesday

The Boston Globe

June 4, 2013, Tuesday

The Boston Globe (full article)

No record of academy head's doctoral degree

“In most situations at a university, lying about a professional degree would be grounds for instantaneous dismissal,” said Ronald G. Ehrenberg, director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute. “In academia, academic integrity is what we hold most dearly.”

HR Executive Online, June 3, 2013, Monday

HR Executive Online

June 3, 2013, Monday

HR Executive Online (full article)

Rise of the Quants

John Hausknecht knows a thing or two about the growing appetite among employers for analytically talented HR staff.

"For the last few years, we've seen a huge surge in demand for workforce-analytics roles -- recruiters coming in here and searching for individuals who will exclusively do analytics work in HR," says the professor of industrial/organizational psychology at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Deseret News, June 3, 2013, Monday

Deseret News

June 3, 2013, Monday

Deseret News (full article)

Though breadwinners, women continue to earn less than men

Economists who study gender and wages acknowledge that the census numbers don't tell the full story. Women are more likely to work in lower-paying occupations and leave the workforce when they have children, for example, said Cornell University labor economist Francine Blau, who found that accounting for women's choices and differences in education and experience only explains 60 percent of the wage gap. Their apples-to-apples comparison still leaves women earning 91 cents for every dollar that their male peers earn.

The Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2013, Sunday

The Wall Street Journal

June 2, 2013, Sunday

The Wall Street Journal (full article)

Union Hopes Pot Bet Pays Off

Lowell Turner, a professor at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said it is "perfectly rational" for the union to choose to represent a select number of businesses. Drawing an analogy to the construction industry, Mr. Turner said, "If you let every Tom, Dick or Harry build whatever they want with day laborers and no building codes, that's going to kill unions, kill good jobs and kill upstanding firms that are willing to work within the law."

WorldatWork's workspan magazine, June 2013

WorldatWork's workspan magazine

June 2013

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

CEO Pay and Layoffs

Does employee downsizing increase top executive compensation?

CBS News, May 31, 2013, Friday

CBS News

May 31, 2013, Friday

CBS News (full article)

Lifespan gap between less-educated white women, counter parts growing

Arun Karpur, physician and researcher at the Employment & Disability Institute at Cornell's ILR School in New York City, said in a press release that it was surprising to see that employment was still a big factor in mortality.

ABC News, May 31, 2013, Friday

ABC News

May 31, 2013, Friday

ABC News (full article)

Chicago Hotel Workers End Strike After 10 Years

The strike ranks among the longest in the U.S., lasting about four years less than a strike in California at the Diamond Walnut Growers plant in Stockton that is believed by experts to be the longest in American history. The Chicago strike may, however, rank as the country's longest among hotel workers, said Cornell University labor relations professor Ileen DeVault.

Deseret Morning News, May 30, 2013, Thursday

Deseret Morning News

May 30, 2013, Thursday

Deseret Morning News (full article)

Notable former NBA players who became coaches

According to a study done by researchers at Cornell University and the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, former basketball players who had long careers, or were selected as All-Stars, had statistically higher winning percentages as head coaches.

"Having a former All-Star player as your coach is worth about six extra places in the NBA rankings in team winning percentage," said Larry Kahn, a professor of labor economics and collective bargaining at Cornell’s ILR School. "We were surprised at the strength of the statistical evidence."

SHRM.org, May 28, 2013, Tuesday

SHRM.org

May 28, 2013, Tuesday

SHRM.org (full article)

Majority of New Hires Say Job Is Not What They Expected

Every job seeker should ask an interviewer what a normal workday is like, for a description of the firm’s management style and the top reasons why employees leave the organization, and about how often people in the position are promoted, advised Steve Miranda, SPHR, GPHR, managing director of Cornell University’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies.

The Washington Post, May 26, 2013, Sunday

The Washington Post

May 26, 2013, Sunday

The Washington Post (full article)

After Bangladesh, labor unions can save lives

By Lance Compa

The factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 workers should be a pivot point for the global apparel industry, moving consumers to demand more accountability from brand-name companies that subcontract production to supply-chain factories around the world. Sadly, the history of workplace tragedies in so many of these factories suggests that after consumers in rich countries express horror and call for reforms, the demands for better worker protections die down and the marketplace for cheap apparel abides. But this cycle can finally be broken if demands for change start to focus on workers’ right to form trade unions.

Lance Compa teaches international labor law at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.