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An extensive collection of key workplace federal documents from the Commission on Family and Medical Leave, Congressional Budget Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs, Department of Labor Special Reports, Dunlop Commission, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Glass Ceiling Commission, Women's Bureau, and more.
The Key Workplace Documents series was established by Stuart Basefsky, an Information Specialist and Instructor at Catherwood Library and Director of the IWS News Bureau for the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS). Content for the series is currently selected by librarians and staff of the Catherwood Library.
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Item U.S. Energy and Employment Report - 2018United States Department of Energy (2018-05)Based on a comprehensive analysis of employer data collected in the fourth quarter of 2017, the 2018 USEER finds that the Traditional Energy and Energy Efficiency sectors in 2017 employed approximately 6.5 million Americans out of a workforce of approximately 145 million. Employment in these sectors increased in 2017 by over 2 percent from the previous year, adding 133,000 net new jobs, nearly 7 percent of all new jobs nationwide. The 2018 USEER analyzes the following four sectors of the U.S. economy: • Electric Power Generation and Fuels; • Transmission, Distribution and Storage; • Energy Efficiency; and • Motor Vehicles. The first two of these sectors make up the Traditional Energy sector.Item 2019 U.S. Energy & Employment ReportUnited States Department of Energy (2019)The 2019 USEER analyzes the following five sectors of the U.S. economy: • Fuels; • Electric Power Generation; • Transmission, Distribution and Storage; • Energy Efficiency; and • Motor Vehicles. The first three of these sectors make up the Traditional Energy sector.Item U.S. Energy and Employment Report 2017United States Department of Energy (2017-01)[Excerpt] The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) provides a quantitative lens with which to evaluate the employment impact of new energy technologies, shifting fuels deployment, and evolving transmission and distribution systems. It also presents a unique snapshot of energy efficiency employment in key sectors of the economy, including construction and manufacturing. Finally, the report illustrates how fuel efficiency as well as new technologies and materials affect employment in the motor vehicle industry.Item U.S. Energy and Employment Report 2016United States Department of Energy (2016)[Excerpt] The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) first annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) provides a quantitative lens with which to evaluate the employment impact of new energy technologies, shifting fuels deployment, and evolving transmission and distribution systems during a period of rapid change. It also presents a unique snapshot of energy efficiency employment in key sectors of the economy, including construction and manufacturing. Finally, the report illustrates how fuel efficiency and new technologies and materials affect employment in the motor vehicle industry.Item United States Energy & Employment Report 2024U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Jobs (2024)[Excerpt] In 2023, clean energy investments powered strong overall growth of jobs in the energy sector. Unionization rates in clean energy grew to their highest level yet, driven by large increases in union-dense construction and utility employment. Energy employers reported less difficulty in hiring qualified workers than in the previous year.Item Union Members Survey - 2023U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024-01-23)[Excerpt] These data on union membership are collected as part of the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly sample survey of about 60,000 eligible households that obtains information on employment and unemployment among the nation’s civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over. For further information, see the Technical Note in this news release.Item Powering the Nation: Smart Grid CareersHamilton, James (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013)[Excerpt] This article describes career fields related to the smart grid. The first section explains our electricity transmission by the current power grid and how the smart grid improves upon that method. The second section briefly describes some of the key occupations in the smart grid, including those in the computer; engineering; installation, maintenance, and repair; and production occupational groups. The third section summarizes the credentials, such as education, training, and certification or licensure, that you need to work in these occupations. Sources of more information are provided at the end.Item Gender Equality and Female Empowerment PolicyUnited States Agency for International Development (2012-03)Gender equality and female empowerment are core development objectives, fundamental for the realization of human rights and key to effective and sustainable development outcomes. No society can develop successfully without providing equitable opportunities, resources, and life prospects for males and females so that they can shape their own lives and contribute to their families and communities. Although many gender gaps have narrowed over the past two decades, substantial inequalities remain across all sectors in which USAID works, particularly in low-income and conflict-affected countries and among disadvantaged groups.Item USAID Strategy on Democracy and Human Rights GovernanceUnited States Agency for International Development (2013-06)USAID’s Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG) Strategy provides a framework to support the establishment and consolidation of inclusive and accountable democracies to advance freedom, dignity, and development. Support for DRG is vital to the pursuit of freedom and national security, and is essential to achieve the Agency’s and the United States Government’s broader social and economic development goals.Item The Labor Sector and U.S. Foreign Assistance Goals: Cambodia Labor Sector AssessmentLerner, Michael; Salinger, Lynn; Wheeler, Jeffrey (United States Agency for International Development, 2007-10)[Excerpt] This country assessment represents the first case study undertaken by the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Department of State as part of the U.S. government’s new engagement in a cross-sectoral approach to the labor sector. A technical paper that defines and details each component of the labor enabling environment has been drafted and vetted before a forum of labor organizations in Washington, DC, and is being finalized. An assessment guide is being prepared that will assist country teams in the undertaking of field labor assessments. This Cambodia assessment represents, therefore, the first opportunity to field-test the emerging conceptual framework.