Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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[IWS] NEW ZEALAND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS PUBLICATIONS ONLINE

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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

 

New Zealand Department of Labour

 

NEW ZEALAND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS PUBLICATIONS

http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/publications/

The Department of Labour has a range of publications on employment relations, holidays and parental leave.

There are A5 booklets entitled:

There are A4 booklets entitled

Plus pamphlets about:

Our other publications include:

 



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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

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Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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# posted by SBasefsky : 4:39 PM
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[IWS] [NEW ZEALAND] LABOUR MARKET REPORTS

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

 

New Zealand Department of Labour

 

[NEW ZEALAND] LABOUR MARKET REPORTS

http://www.dol.govt.nz/publications/lmr/index.asp

 

 

The Department of Labour produces a range of reports which focus on labour market statistics and trends in New Zealand. These reports can be catergorised into two main groups:

Statistical Labour Market Reports

 

These reports present and analyse the latest labour market statistics.



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Stuart Basefsky                   
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Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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# posted by SBasefsky : 4:33 PM
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[IWS] NLRB on FACEBOOK

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

 

NLRB on FACEBOOK

http://www.facebook.com/NLRBpage

 

 

The NLRB is an independent federal agency that administers the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector. If you're looking for the official source of information about the NLRB, please visit www.nlrb.gov

 



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Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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# posted by SBasefsky : 3:53 PM
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[IWS] BLS: EARNINGS of HEALTHCARE WORKERS by LEVEL OF DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 2008 [21 April 2010]

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

 

Compensation and Working Conditions

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/

 

Earnings of Healthcare Workers by Level of Duties and Responsibilities, 2008 [21 April 2010]

by Miguel Lugo

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20100415ar01p1.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cm20100415ar01p1.htm

 

This article presents estimates of earnings for full-time civilian healthcare practitioner and technical and healthcare support occupations, and for specific occupations within these groups, by work level. The data show significant differences between average hourly earnings of the lowest and highest work levels within most healthcare occupations.



________________________________________________________________________

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Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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# posted by SBasefsky : 3:45 PM
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[IWS] BLS: SUPPLEMENTAL PAY in the FINANCE & INSURANCE INDUSTRY [21 April 2010]

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

 

Compensation and Working Conditions

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/

 

Supplemental Pay in the Finance and Insurance Industry [21 April 2010]

by John L. Bishow

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20100416ar01p1.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cm20100416ar01p1.htm

 

This article examines the use of supplemental pay in the finance and insurance industry. Pay practices in this sector are currently of particular interest.



________________________________________________________________________

This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

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Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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# posted by SBasefsky : 3:39 PM
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[IWS] BLS: "FROZEN" DEFINED-BENEFIT PLANS--Program Perspective on [28 April 2010]

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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

 

Program Perspectives on Defined Benefit Plans

"FROZEN" DEFINED-BENEFIT PLANS

http://www.bls.gov/opub/perspectives/program_perspectives_vol2_issue3.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

 

[excerpt]

…

This issue of ProgramPerspectives focuses on defined benefit retirement plans that are

frozen.

 

Twenty percent of private industry workers and 79 percent of State and local government

workers participated in a defi nedbenefit retirement plan in March 2009. Defi ned benefi t plans provide

employees with guaranteed retirement benefi ts that are based on a benefi t formula. Of those

that participated in defi ned benefit plans, 19 percent of private industry workers and 10 percent

of State and local government workers were in frozen plans. The remaining 81 percent of private

industry defi ned-benefi t plan participants and 90 percent of State and local government defi nedbenefi

t plan participants were in open plans, which are active plans available to current and new employees.

...

Frequency of frozen plans

 

Among private industry occupational groups, the percent of employees participating in defi nedbenefi

t plans that were frozen plans ranged from 8 percent for natural resources, construction, and maintenance

occupations to 22 percent for management, professional, and related occupations. Published estimates

for workers in frozen plans are also available by employment size. Establishments employing

between 100 and 499 workers had 23 percent of workers participating in frozen plans, and workers in

establishments with fewer than 50 employees had 11 percent.

 

Among all private industry workers participating in defined-benefit plans, nonunion workers had a

higher percent of participants in frozen plans (24 percent) than their

union counterparts (10 percent). Also, participants in the lowest 10

percent of the earnings’ range were more likely to be in frozen plans

than participants in the top 10-percent earnings category—42 percent compared with 22 percent.



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****************************************
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Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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# posted by SBasefsky : 3:34 PM
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[IWS] RAND: THE ROLE of INCENTIVE PAYS in MILITARY COMPENSATION [28 April 2010]

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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

 

RAND

 

The Role of Incentive Pays in Military Compensation

JAMES HOSEK

CT-345

April 2010

Testimony presented before the Senate Armed Services Committee,

Subcommittee on Personnel on April 28, 2010

http://rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT345/

or

http://rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2010/RAND_CT345.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

 

[excerpt]

Incentive pays help the military compete in the labor market in a cost-effective way. Rather than

increasing military pay for all, incentive pays increase military pay selectively. Incentive pays are

a means of targeting higher pay to where and when it is most needed to ensure an adequate

supply of manpower. Because incentive pays are targeted, they are less expensive than an

across-the-board increase in military pay. Some incentive pays such as sea pay or aviation

career incentive pay are highly stable additions to foundation pay. Other incentive pays such as

enlistment and reenlistment bonuses can be turned on and off as needed, and this flexibility

means that they offer a fast, well targeted, and temporary increase in pay. Similarly, deployment

related pays such as hostile fire pay and the combat zone tax exclusion are viewed as a just

recognition of special sacrifices and risk attached to deployment to a hostile area.

 

Incentive pays are paid to those people on the brink of enlisting or reenlisting who wouldn’t have

enlisted or reenlisted without getting these pays. But they are also paid to those who would have

enlisted or reenlisted even without the bonus. For instance, all service members who reenlist in a

specialty covered by a bonus will receive a bonus, though some would have reenlisted without a

bonus. The fact that some individuals are paid more than they need to be paid to reenlist is not

unique to military incentive pays but is a common feature of labor markets. The market-clearing

wage is the wage needed to hire or keep the worker on the margin and is higher than needed for

workers below the margin. But all workers receive the market wage because if they didn’t they

could seek work in a different market, and they have no incentive to reveal that they would accept

less than the market-clearing wage.



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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:50 AM
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[IWS] EIRO: ADDRESSING the GENDER GAP: GOVERNMENT & SOCIAL PARTNER ACTIONS [27 April 2010]

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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

 

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

COMPARATIVE STUDY

 

Addressing the gender pay gap: Government and social partner actions [27 April 2010]

April 2010

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0912018s/index.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0912018s/tn0912018s.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0912018s/tn0912018s.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

 

Wage differentials between men and women across Europe are a major policy concern for the European Commission and the social partners. This report provides an overview of national studies on the gender pay gap, and examines the policies and actions of governments and social actors to combat pay discrimination. The report first reviews quantitative and qualitative studies on the unadjusted and adjusted pay gap and examines the many factors cited to explain the wage differentials. Then it explores specific actions carried out by governments to reduce the gender pay gap, such as legislative measures, general recommendations, monitoring procedures and suppport for low-paid occupations. It also looks at joint initiatives and collective bargaining undertaken by the social partners, as well as highlighting successful good practice examples.

 

 

The study was compiled on the basis of individual national reports submitted by the EIRO correspondents. The text of each of these national reports is available below. The reports have not been edited or approved by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The national reports were drawn up in response to a questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.

 

CONTENTS

Introduction

Policy background

European-level data

Adjusting the gender pay gap

National research findings

Main findings of quantitative and qualitative studies

Impact of economic crisis on gender pay gap

Government initiatives

Social partner initiatives

Women’s entrepreneurship initiatives

Good practice initiatives

Summary

Bibliography

Annex 1: Variables used for adjusting the gender pay gap in national studies

Annex 2: Country groups and codes



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****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:33 AM
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[IWS] Pew: GOVERNMENT ONLINE: The internet gives citizens new paths to government services and information [27 April 2010]

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

 

Pew Internet & American Life Project

 

Government Online: The internet gives citizens new paths to government services and information

Aaron Smith, Research Specialist

April 27, 2010

http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2010/PIP_Government_Online_2010.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

 

Summary of Findings

As government agencies at all levels bring their services online, Americans are turning in large numbers

to government websites to access information and services. Fully 82% of internet users (representing

61% of all American adults) looked for information or completed a transaction on a government website

in the twelve months preceding this survey. Some of the specific government website activities in which

Americans take part include:

 

• 48% of internet users have looked for information about a public policy or issue online with their

local, state or federal government

• 46% have looked up what services a government agency provides

• 41% have downloaded government forms

• 35% have researched official government documents or statistics

• 33% have renewed a driver’s license or auto registration

• 30% have gotten recreational or tourist information from a government agency

• 25% have gotten advice or information from a government agency about a health or safety issue

• 23% have gotten information about or applied for government benefits

• 19% have gotten information about how to apply for a government job

• 15% have paid a fine, such as a parking ticket

• 11% have applied for a recreational license, such as a fishing or hunting license

 

Throughout this report, we refer to anyone who did one or more of these activities in the preceding

twelve months as an online government user, and most of these online government users exhibit a relatively

wide range of behaviors: the typical online government user engaged in four of these activities in

the last year.

 

The way we ask about the use of government services has changed over the years, making direct comparisons

to our prior findings difficult. However, even accounting for these methodological changes it

is clear that going online to complete basic transactions with government (such as renewing a license

or paying a fine) is now much more commonplace than it was earlier in the decade. Conversely, online

informational activities (looking up services, downloading forms, etc.) are roughly as common within the

online population as they were the last time we asked about these activities in 2003.

 

In this report, we identify several other common characteristics regarding citizens’ interactions with government.

Specifically, these interactions are frequently:

 

• Data driven – Efforts by government agencies to post their data online are resonating with citizens.

Fully 40% of online adults went online in the preceding year to access data and information about

government (for instance, by looking up stimulus spending, political campaign contributions or the

text of legislation). These “government data users” are discussed in more detail in Part 4.

• Organized around new online platforms – Citizen interactions with government are moving beyond

the website. Nearly one third (31%) of online adults use online platforms such as blogs, social networking

sites, email, online video or text messaging to get government information. These “government

social media users” are discussed in Part 2.

• Participatory – Americans are not simply going online for data and information; they want to share

their personal views on the business of government. Nearly one quarter (23%) of internet users

participate in the online debate around government policies or issues, with much of this discussion

occurring outside of official government channels. These “online government participators” are also

discussed in more detail in Part 2 of this report.

 

These are among the key findings of a Pew Internet and American Life Project survey of how Americans

interact with government online. Some of the other findings from this research:

 

40% of online Americans have gone online for data about the business of government

 

Recently, many government agencies have begun making data such as agency spending, visitor logs or

political donations available to citizens as a way to encourage openness and transparency in government.

Indeed, Americans appear to have a fairly healthy appetite for such information, as 40% of internet users

took at least one of the following actions in the twelve months preceding our survey:

 

• 23% of online adults looked online to see how money from the recent stimulus package was being

spent

• 22% downloaded or read the text of legislation

• 16% visited a site that provides access to government data, such as data.gov, recovery.gov or usaspending.

gov

• 14% looked for information on who contributes to the campaigns of their elected officials

 

At least when it comes to the federal government, these government data users tend to have more positive

attitudes towards government openness and accountability. However, political ideology and partisan

affiliations tend to outweigh this effect. Specifically, Democrats (and Democratic-leaning independents)

tend to have more positive attitudes towards the federal government’s openness compared with two

years ago if they go online for government data. On the other hand, Republican voters tend to cast a

skeptical eye towards government openness whether they get this type of data online or not.

 

More information about government data users can be found in Part 4.

 

Use of government services and information online is most common among

Americans with high incomes and education levels

 

While many Americans interact with government using online channels, this engagement is not evenly

distributed across the online population—particularly when it comes to income and education. High-income

and well-educated internet users are much more likely than those with lower levels of income and

education to interact with government using many of the online channels we evaluated in our survey.



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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
****************************************

 

 


# posted by SBasefsky : 11:24 AM
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[IWS] BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- MARCH 2010 [28 April 2010]

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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

 

METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- MARCH 2010 [28 April 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm

 

 

Unemployment rates were higher in March than a year earlier in 321 of

the 372 metropolitan areas, lower in 41 areas, and unchanged in 10

areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-

eight areas recorded jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent, while 3

areas registered rates below 5.0 percent. The national unemployment

rate in March was 10.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted, up from 9.0

percent a year earlier.

 

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

 

In March, 164 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least

10.0 percent, up from 108 areas a year earlier, while 46 areas posted

rates below 7.0 percent, down from 89 areas in March 2009. Three areas

in California again registered the highest unemployment rates: El

Centro, 27.0 percent; Merced, 22.1 percent; and Yuba City, 21.7 per-

cent. Among the 28 areas with jobless rates of at least 15.0 percent,

15 were located in California and 5 were in Michigan. Houma-Bayou Cane-

Thibodaux, La., registered the lowest unemployment rate in March, 4.6

percent. Overall, 151 areas recorded unemployment rates above the U.S.

figure of 10.2 percent, 215 areas reported rates below it, and 6 areas

had rates equal to that of the nation. (See table 1.)

 

Farmington, N.M., again registered the largest over-the-year jobless

rate increase (+5.0 percentage points). The areas with the next largest

rate increases were Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-W.Va. (+4.5 percentage

points) and Yuma, Ariz. (+4.1 points). Thirteen additional areas re-

corded jobless rate increases of 3.0 percentage points or more. Four

areas reported over-the-year jobless rate decreases of at least 1.0 per-

centage point in March, the largest of which was Elkhart-Goshen, Ind.

(-4.9 points).

 

Of the 49 metropolitan areas with a Census 2000 population of 1 million

or more, Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., and Riverside-San Bernardino-

Ontario, Calif., reported the highest unemployment rates in March, 15.5

and 15.0 percent, respectively. Twenty additional large areas posted

rates of 10.0 percent or more. The large areas with the lowest jobless

rates in March were New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., 6.0 percent; Okla-

homa City, Okla., 6.1 percent; and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.

-Va.-Md.-W.Va., 6.7 percent. Forty-six of the large areas registered

over-the-year unemployment rate increases, the largest of which oc-

curred in Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev. (+3.2 percentage points). The next

largest rate increases were recorded in Jacksonville, Fla. (+2.9 per-

centage points), and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (+2.7

points). Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis., and Buffalo-

Niagara Falls, N.Y., were the only large areas to post jobless rate de-

creases over the year (-0.6 and -0.2 percentage point, respectively).

 

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....



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