Essays Tagged: "Bureau of Labor Statistics"

Unemployment in the United States has fluctuated due to economic conditions through the decades.

employment are found in the CPS, the Current Population Survey. In the beginning of each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor releases the appropriate figures of how man ...

(5 pages) 402 0 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Ergonomics.

umulative Trauma Disorder (CTD) also known as Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI). According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Repetitive Stress Injuries account for more than half of all work-relate ...

(3 pages) 58 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Wage Discrimination in the Workplace (Note: Received a Grade of B)

ars that more women than men are skeptical about their job prospects. As of March 2, 2004, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the 2003 annual unemployment rate standing at 6.0% is at its ...

(7 pages) 255 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Corporations

manufacturing and IT jobs are loss to foreign countries that provide cheaper labor.According to The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, "Long-term unemployment is at its highest in over a decade". Th ...

(4 pages) 140 1 3.9 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Current State of the U.S. Economy

EmploymentAccording to Bureau of Labor Statistics (Utgoff, 2003, November), nonfarm payroll employment rose by 126,000 in O ...

(6 pages) 140 0 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Supporting Our Children- Parent Involement

as been a dramatic increase in single parenting, specifically single mothers. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, nationally, there were about 5.8 million single mothers in the work forc ...

(4 pages) 72 1 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Service Marketting

ervice jobs now account for 79% of all jobs and 74% of gross domestic product. And according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, service occupations will be responsible for all net job growyh through t ...

(5 pages) 131 0 0.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Internet Job Search and the Effect on Unemployment Duration

ns are addressed by evaluating data of unemployment durations during the last twenty years from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.Job search methods of unemployed workers changed in the 1990's with the i ... rror term. All of these variables affect the duration of unemployment.I compiled data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly survey of households ...

(10 pages) 91 1 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

What is the impact of oil price rise on various sectors of economy?

Intermediate in constant (July, 2005) U.S. dollars. SOURCES: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and Bureau of Labor StatisticsThe high oil prices were not due to the high demand from all economies but ...

(6 pages) 206 0 3.5 Oct/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

Labor/Employee Relations

tly forms of conflict (such as strikes), and seek win-win solutions to disagreements." (442, 1) The Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] (2006) describes labor relations roles today as "preparing informat ... B., Wright, P.M. (2004). Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. McGraw-Hill/Irwin. New York, NY.Bureau of Labor Statistics (2006). Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Managers and Speci ...

(3 pages) 289 0 5.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Current Business Research Synopsis

tates. If the work is moved outside the United States, it is considered “offshoring”. The Bureau of Labor Statistics Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program tracks the mass layoff data collecte ... ust provide the rational to the appropriate State agency. This information is then collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the data is used to determine the reasons for the job eliminations af ...

(3 pages) 82 0 0.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Inflation Rate

s) over time. An index converts prices relative to the base year prices” (Colander, 2004). The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has a variety of indexes that can measure different facets of infla ...

(1 pages) 42 0 0.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Women in Construction

� PAGE �4� Women in ConstructionThe construction industry, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, is the second-largest employer in America, with roughly 10 million emplo ...

(4 pages) 60 0 3.2 Oct/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Untitled

utives are only interested in power and money.II Future Trends: Will career prospects brighten? The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the US workforce has in the past rapidly increased in the 7 ...

(2 pages) 11 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Market Demand - Landscape Services

n the spring, summer, and fall when most planting, mowing and trimming, and cleanup are necessary. (Bureau of Labor Statistics) Market Demand The demand for landscaping services is directly tied to ec ... ers were self-employed, providing landscape maintenance directly to customers on a contract basis. (Bureau of Labor Statistics) The current demand for office space has been held flat as a direct resul ...

(5 pages) 42 0 3.7 Feb/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Challenges of Unemployment          The all American dream – go

hat there are no jobs, it will help you stay objective. According to the U.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics, in surveys conducted. "The number of discouraged workers was 355,000 in ... ld you go? Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 19, 2002;PageE01).U.S. Department of labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics).(ftp://146.142.4.23/pub/news.release/empsit.txt Technical information: H ...

(5 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Labor Market Research

I will be primarily using information found from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics website, http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291111.htm, to research how nu ... s at $38.84 an hour; however, on average a nurse in California will make about $36.12 an hour (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007).If a nurse specializes they also make more money than those who wo ... f course the hourly rate is different depending on the area where one works within California (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007). A nurse will make more money if they work in general medical and ...

(4 pages) 118 0 5.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Labor Market Research

iscuss the labor market for nurses in the state of Georgia. I will use the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau's Bureau of Labor Statistics website for most of my statistical information. While conducting ... more at $29.66 an hour; however, on average a nurse in Georgia will make about $27.57 an hour (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007).If a nurse specializes, they also make more money than those who w ...

(3 pages) 84 0 5.0 Sep/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

This essay is a research essay of "Labor law OSHA", this is done for Business Ethics class.

aws, the Department Of Labor includes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and other government entities involved in administering federal la ... was prevalent in industry. In 1884 the first agency designed to address labor issues was called the Bureau of Labor. The department of Labor was established as a cabinet level agency in 1913. At this ...

(18 pages) 92 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Outsourcing Jobs to Foreign Countries

to boost the economy by creating new jobs and keeping the unemployment rates low. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in 1944 was only 1.4 percent. Business was growing ... ufacturing sector were outsourced to third world countries. The unemployment rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, went from 3.5 percent in 1969 to as high as 9.7 percent by 1982 (2006, p ...

(5 pages) 31 0 3.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers