Web Resources
Jobs & Careers
- Jobs & Careers Guide ("InterJob Search")
- Sections include: Getting Started (Preparing for the Job Search), Job & Career Opportunities - Search for Jobs on the Internet, Government Jobs (Civil Service Jobs, Announcements), Education (Upgrade Your Skills & Education), Licensing (Qualifications, Obtaining Licenses), Resumes & Cover Letters - Promote Yourself Successfully, The Interview: Advice for Your Next Interview, Free Publications: Helpful handouts for job searchers, Materials at Thrall (Jobs & Career Books and Videos). Directory provided by Middletown Thrall Library.
Labor
- America's Unions: AFL-CIO
- "Voluntary federation of 55 national and international labor unions that represent 12.5 million working men and women." Includes information on forming a union, corporate greed, collective bargaining and the right to work.
- American Labor Studies Center
- "The American Labor Studies Center is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to collect, analyze, evaluate, create and disseminate labor history and labor studies curricula and related materials, aligned to the various state and national standards, to kindergarten through 12th grade teachers nationwide."
- Americans Don't Miss Manufacturing - They Miss Unions
- Interesting opinion piece about the loss of union jobs.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- "The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision-making."
- Glossary
- Labor Force Characteristics
- Includes statistics on self employed workers, union workers, part-time, full time, multiple job holders and much more.
- Child Labor in America 1908 - 1912; Photographs by Lewis W. Hine
- "In 1908, Hine left his teaching position for a full-time job as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee, which was then conducting a major campaign against the exploitation of American children." Includes the original photo captions of Lewis W. Hine. From TheHistoryPlace.com.
- Farmworker Movement Documentation Project
- "Presented and preserved by The Library, University of California San Diego."
- International Labour Organization
- "The only tripartite U.N. agency, since 1919 the ILO brings together governments, employers and workers representatives of 187 member States , to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programmes promoting decent work for all women and men."
- Labor and Working-Class History Association
- "LAWCHA is an organization of scholars, teachers, students, labor educators, and activists who seek to promote public and scholarly awareness of labor and working-class history through research, writing, and organizing."
- Labor Laws and Issues
- Topics include: Discrimination and Harassment at Your Job; Employment Background Checks; Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Labor Unions; Minimum Wage, Overtime, and Misclassification; Unsafe Workplace Complaints and Conditions; Workers' Compensation; Wrongful Discharge/Termination of Employment; and Youth Labor Laws.
- National Labor Relations Board
- "The National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects the rights of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve their wages and working conditions."
- New York State Department of Labor
- Information on laws and regulations, unemployment, finding a job, and managing your workforce.
- Services for Agricultural Workers
- SHEC (Social History for Every Classroom)
- "Created by the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, HERB is a database of primary documents, classroom activities, and other teaching materials in U.S. history. Named in honor of ASHP/CML's co-founder, labor historian Herbert Gutman, HERB reflects ASHP/CML's mission of making the past, and the working people and ordinary Americans who shaped it, vivid and meaningful."
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Although most of the resources require membership, there is enough free content on topics like behavioral competencies, employee relations, talent acquisition, and compensation and benefits that makes it worth a look.
- Triangle Factory Fire of 1911
- "This web exhibit presents original documents and secondary sources on the Triangle Fire, held by the Cornell University Library."
- United States Department of Labor
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- Comply Chain: Business Tools for Labor Compliance in Global Supply Change
- "Child and forced labor in supply chains present serious and material risks to companies and industries. To help mitigate these risks, the U.S. Department of Labor presents Comply Chain: Business Tools for Labor Compliance in Global Supply Chains. The app targets companies and industry groups seeking to develop robust social compliance systems for their global production. Comply Chain provides practical, step-by-step guidance on eight critical elements of social compliance, and is designed for companies that do not have a social compliance system in place or those needing to strengthen their existing systems."
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Youth & Labor
- Working Americans
- Series of books on the "lives of ordinary working Americans" with information collected from "government surveys, social worker histories, economic data, family diaries and letters, newspaper and magazine features." Available to Middletown Thrall Library cardholders.
- Workplace Issues Today
- Links to current articles on labor issues in the news. From Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University.
Compensation
- Wages, Salaries, Pensions, & Benefits
- From the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
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- Economic Summaries by State
- "Click a state on the map or browse the list below for economic summaries produced by BLS Regional Information Offices."
- National Compensation Survey
- Topics include: What Are Employer Costs for Wages & Benefits?; Who Has Benefits?; Videos about Employment Cost Index; and much more.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- "The OOH can help you find career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations."
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- County Employment and Wages
- Employer Costs for Employee Compensation
- Employment Cost Index
- Highest Paying Occupations
- "Highest paying occupations: 20 occupations with the highest median annual pay."
- Career Mobility Office: Frequently Asked Questions
- For current New York State employees. Covers Eligible Lists; Examinations; Job Vacancies; Salary Questions; Transfers; and Workers with Disabilities. From New York State Department of Civil Service.
- Compensation Articles
- "NACE is the leading source of information on the employment of the college educated, and forecasts hiring and trends in the job market; tracks starting salaries, recruiting and hiring practices, and student attitudes and outcomes; and identifies best practices and benchmarks." From the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
- FederalPay.org: The Civil Employee's Resource
- "[F]ree public resource for United States Government employees. We have pay tables and pay calculators for all four major Federal Government payscales and military service members, as well as a wealth of information on Per Diem rates, Federal holidays, a government employee database and more...We are a non-governmental information portal built by federal employees, for federal employees... not affiliated with the United States government or any Government agency" Includes a Government Job Search.
- General Schedule Payscale in New York
- "The General Schedule (GS) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees." Starts with 2015 up to the present.
- Occupational Wages
- Scroll down the page to see a table of "Occupational Wages for New York State". Includes "Shortcuts to Occupations" table by Blue Collar, Business, and Professional/Service". From New York State Department of Labor.
- Public Sector: Pension Calculator
- "The pension calculator tool below is intended to inform the pension debate, by allowing users to easily compare benefit levels across all 50 states. Simply click on a state highlighted in blue in the map below to estimate the pension that you would collect after a career in government. The calculator will also provide an estimate of the total annuity cost, or how much you would need to save to replicate that guaranteed income stream in retirement. To compare generosity of benefits between states, click on the "Compare States" tab." From the Manhattan Institute.
- SeeThroughNY
- "Giving New Yorkers a clearer view of how their state and local tax dollars are spent...Use this site to share, analyze and compare data from governmental entities throughout New York. The information on this website comes from official government sources, but the Empire Center cannot guarantee data accuracy or completeness." Categories include: Payrolls; Pensions; Contracts; Expenditures; Benchmarking; NYS Budget; Waivers and Teacher Pay. From The Empire Center.
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