Employment service news.

Mode of access: Internet.

Employment security review.

Mode of access: Internet.

Industrial employment survey bulletin, no. 1 Jan. 1921.

Mode of access: Internet.

A survey by the New York State Commission Against Discrimination of the placement of older workers by the New York State Employment Service.

"October 1958."

Problems affecting the accuracy and timeliness of employment service reporting systems : report to the chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives /

"April 28, 1983."

Employment Service : variations in local office performance : briefing report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives /

"B-236064"--P. 1.

Employment Service : preliminary analysis of policies and practices related to performance /

"October 31,1989."

Employment Service : improved leadership needed for better performance : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives.

"B-236064"--P. [1].

Effectiveness indicators for employment offices : a systems approach /

Mode of access: Internet.

Glossary of terms used in the field of employment security.

Reproduced from type-written copy.

Examining a proposed job retention model for adult workers with mental retardation in supported employment

This quantitative study investigated the predictive relationships and interaction between factors such as work-related social behaviors (WRSB), self-determination (SD), person-job congruency (PJC), job performance (JP), job satisfaction (JS), and job retention (JR). A convenience sample of 100 working adults with MR were selected from supported employment agencies. Data were collected using a survey test battery of standardized instruments. The hypotheses were analyzed using three multiple regression analyses to identify significant relationships. Beta weights and hierarchical regression analysis determined the percentage of the predictor variables contribution to the total variance of the criterion variables, JR, JP, and JS. ^ The findings highlight the importance of self-determination skills in predicting job retention, satisfaction, and performance for employees with MR. Consistent with the literature and hypothesized model, there was a predictive relationship between SD, JS and JR. Furthermore, SD and PJC were predictors of JP. SD and JR were predictors of JS. Interestingly, the results indicated no significant relationship between JR and JP, or between JP and JS, or between PJC and JS. This suggests that there is a limited fit between the hypothesized model and the study's findings. However, the theoretical contribution made by this study is that self-determination is a particularly relevant predictor of important work outcomes including JR, JP, and JS. This finding is consistent with Deci's (1992) Self-Determination Theory and Wehmeyer's (1996) argument that SD skills in individuals with disabilities have important consequences for the success in transitioning from school to adult and work life. This study provides job retention strategies that offer rehabilitation and HR professionals a useful structure for understanding and implementing job retention interventions for people with MR. ^ The study concluded that workers with mental retardation who had more self-determination skills were employed longer, more satisfied, and better performers on the job. Also, individuals whose jobs were matched to their interests and abilities (person-job congruency) were better at self-determination skills. ^

Régulation juridique du travail, pouvoir stratégique et précarisation des emplois dans les réseaux : trois études de cas sur les réseaux de services d’aide à domicile au Québec

L’expansion de l’organisation de la production des biens et services sous forme de réseau, découlant de la recherche de flexibilité face à une concurrence économique accrue, soulève des enjeux importants pour les relations industrielles. Notre thèse s’intéresse au processus de précarisation des emplois dans les segments externalisés des réseaux de production. Elle se base sur trois études de cas portant sur les réseaux de services publics et privés d’aide à domicile au Québec. Les études en droit critique ont montré que le droit du travail, fondé sur le modèle de l’entreprise intégrée et de la relation d’emploi bipartite, ne parvient pas à identifier comme employeurs certaines organisations dont l’action a pourtant un effet déterminant sur les conditions de travail dans les réseaux. Notre thèse visait donc à mettre en lumière la réalité empirique des relations de pouvoir qui traversent les réseaux et leurs effets et ce à partir d’un modèle analytique transdisciplinaire intégrant les dimensions juridiques et sociologiques. Les résultats nous amènent d’abord à constater que l’employeur juridique des travailleuses employées par les prestataires privés intégrés aux réseaux – une majorité de femmes – est le plus souvent une agence de location de personnel, une entreprise d’économie sociale ou même l’usager-ère des services d’aide à domicile. Cet employeur est rarement identifié aux organismes publics, donc sous l’égide de l’État, qui exercent un pouvoir prépondérant dans ces réseaux. Le décalage entre la régulation juridique du travail et la réalité empirique du pouvoir intra-réseau entraîne une précarisation de la protection sociale et des conditions de travail de ces travailleuses. Ainsi, la faible protection de leurs droits de représentation et de négociation collectives facilite l’imposition de la « disponibilité permanente juste-à-temps », combinant les logiques du lean et du travail domestique, ainsi qu’une déqualification sexuée et racialisée de leurs emplois par rapport à la situation dans le secteur public. Notre étude montre néanmoins que certaines pratiques innovatrices d’action collective réticulaire ont pu influencer la dynamique de pouvoir, en particulier celles portées par des associations locales de personnes handicapées recourant aux services et par un syndicat de travailleuses d’agence.

La costruzione identitaria fuori e dentro un percorso di welfare to work. Una ricerca sugli informatori scientifici del farmaco in Italia.

L’idea generale da cui parte l’attività di analisi e di ricerca della tesi è che l’identità non sia un dato acquisito ma un processo aperto. Processo che è portato avanti dall’interazione tra riconoscimento sociale del proprio ruolo lavorativo e rappresentazione soggettiva di sé. La categoria di lavoratori che è stata scelta è quella degli informatori scientifici del farmaco, in virtù del fatto che la loro identificazione con il ruolo professionale e la complessa costruzione identitaria è stata duramente messa alla prova negli ultimi anni a seguito di una profonda crisi che ha coinvolto la categoria. Per far fronte a questa crisi nel 2008 è stato creato un dispositivo, che ha visto il coinvolgimento di aziende, lavoratori, agenzie per il lavoro e organizzazioni sindacali, allo scopo di ricollocare il personale degli informatori scientifici del farmaco coinvolto in crisi e/o ristrutturazioni aziendali.

Extending working life in Belgium. CEPS Working Document No. 386, 22 November 2013

This report aims at understanding how persons aged 50 years and older are and can be integrated into the working society in Belgium. We are interested in how people in this age group can be induced to engage in various forms of employment and lifelong learning. Based on secondary literature, descriptive databases as well as interviews with experts and focus groups, we find that the discussion on active ageing in Belgium is well advanced with numerous contributions by academics, stakeholders, social partners, the public administration and interest groups. The wish to retire at 60 is widely shared, but at the same time the majority of Belgium’s elderly are able and would be willing to work under specific conditions. Therefore, we recommend that Belgium should invest in more flexible systems including a revision of the tax scheme, such as the part-time retirement system proposed by the insurance company Delta Lloyd. An equally relevant recommendation would be to ensure that public employment agencies, employers and agencies that provide training encourage all workers to work and learn regardless of their age.