Database access for people pursuing ILR human resources certificate?
I am a human resources professional planning to undertake the Human ResourceManagement Certificate Course at Cornell. Could I get a Cornell e-library membership? I am looking for access to management/business and Human resources e-journals such as HBR, Sloan Management Review, AMJ etc. Since I the course is taught through distance learning, I need off-campus access [...]
Information on arbitration cases
Where can I find information on Arbitration Cases dealing with Union Employees and unreasonable production expectations?
Unfortunately, labor arbitration decisions are usually not available for free on the Internet. There are several commercial databases and legal publications that provide indexing and full text of labor arbitration decisions. These resources are described at http://www.llrx.com/features/adr.htm#Arbitration%20Awards, within the [...]
Trying to find historical NYS Department of Labor publications.
I am an author trying to locate data on NY State employment or unemployment during the years 1928 through 1940. I understand that New York was one of the first states to systematically collect such data, during the governorship of Franklin Roosevelt and when Frances Perkins was NY Secretary of Labor. Staff at the NY [...]
Can you help me find copies of 19th century labor speeches and periodicals?
I am looking for periodicals or speeches from 1820-1840 that would be what a working man would have read. Also Tristam Burges writings in the same years, and the speeches of William Heighton. I am interested in the race relationship of free blacks and white workers during those years. I was told that Catherwood library [...]
Research services from the ILR Library?
Q: I am in the process of putting together a presentation for Labor Relations Specialists in a Department of Defense agency. I need to be able to tell them what, if any, costs are associated with the research services offered and whether some of those services would extend past literature into basic federal law, etc.
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Research on employee engagement, fulfillment and mentoring?
Q: Are there any articles in the library on employee engagement/fulfillment and mentoring?
A: To research these topics, I would consult a business periodicals database, such as ABIInform (ProQuest), Business Source Premier (EBSCO), or Business & Company Resource Center (Gale). These databases provide indexing, article abstracts, and often full text of articles from magazines and journals [...]
Lawyer referrals for digital law?
Q: I am looking for a lawyer specialized in digital law…also intellectual property laws and general business ID theft, copy right and patent laws aswell.
Can you list me pertinent lawyers or arbitrators in charge of those type of cases?
A: I’m sorry, but this question is beyond the scope of what we can answer. However, I [...]
Research repatriation strategies
Hi- I am working on a project where I’d like information regarding the repatriation strategies for employees (preferably executives) after their international assignments. I’d like information from the tech, oil/gas and manufacturing industries. If anyone could help point me in the right direction–I’d appreciate it. I’ve started with the Conference Board, but I want to [...]
What was the average or median salary of nurses or physicians in 1969?
What was the average or median salary (New York State or USA) of nurses or physicians in 1969 (or the closest year to it) and the most recent available comparable salary? and what source? I’m almost finished writing a book on the medical care at the 1969 Woodstock Festival and am making some cost [...]
How can I access searchable newspaper archives?
This summer I am interning with the Cornell Farmworker Program, and I am supposed to look back through old newspapers to record any detentions of migrant workers for the past few years, from all big newspapers in Central New York. Do you have any suggestions of where online I could find this type of newspaper [...]
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