The Heritage Foundation Papers: Labor http://www.heritage.org/research/ The Heritage Foundation Papers: Labor Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:10:06 EST The Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org/ui/icons/thflogo.gif http://www.heritage.org/ en-us heritage.org Copyright 2009 The Heritage Foundation Swine Flu and Sick Leave: Improvements to the Emergency Influenza Containment Act Would Save Jobs While responding to a genuine public health concern, the Emergency Influenza Containment Act will also cost jobs and encourage employers to keep sick employees at work. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm2701.cfm The Heritage Foundation - James Sherk Labor Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:08:39 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm2701.cfm Decreasing Union Transparency: A Step Backward for Workers Union members deserve to know how their dues are spent. Congress should act to protect workers if the President will not. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm2692.cfm The Heritage Foundation - James Sherk and Ryan O'Donnell Labor Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:18:56 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm2692.cfm TSA Nominee Erroll Southers's Stand on Collective Bargaining Needs Clarity Congress should wait to confirm any nominee to head the TSA until that nominee states his or her position on mandatory collective bargaining over security procedures. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm2689.cfm The Heritage Foundation - James Sherk Labor Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:25:00 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm2689.cfm Heritage Employment Report: October Has Few Treats, Lots of Tricks As job losses mount, the monthly jobs report continues to demonstrate both the failure of the stimulus bill and the hollowness of the Administration's claim that it created or saved 640,000 jobs. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2685.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and James Sherk Labor Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:40:06 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2685.cfm Union Contracts of Health Care Workers Would Inflate Health Care Costs Widespread unionization of the health care sector would make a government-run "public plan" much more expensive than currently advertised. http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2681.cfm The Heritage Foundation - James Sherk Labor Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:45:46 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/wm2681.cfm Time for Congress to Work Under the Same Rules as the Private Sector All too often, Congress imposes restrictive and burdensome regulations on employers in the private sector--while conveniently exempting itself from these same rules. Many Members of Congress are currently urging passage of the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act and RESPECT Act, which, again, would leave Congress untouched. This paper demonstrates the hypocrisy of such an approach, and urges Congress to either swallow its own medicine or to extend the same rights to the private sector that it claims for itself. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/bg2326.cfm The Heritage Foundation - James Sherk and Ryan O'Donnell Labor Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:07:22 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/bg2326.cfm Obama Jobs Deficit a New Record, Again The President's jobs promise means total employment should be at least 138.6 million by 2010, leaving him with a total deficit to close that now stands at 7.6 million jobs. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2638.cfm The Heritage Foundation - J. D. Foster, Ph.D. Labor Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:34:55 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2638.cfm Heritage Employment Report: September's Step Back The continued weakness in the labor market continues to illustrate how flawed the stimulus package was. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2639.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Rea S. Hederman, Jr., and James Sherk Labor Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:20:19 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2639.cfm The Economics of Extending Unemployment Benefits A tool meant as a temporary safety net for workers who find themselves involuntarily unemployed is too blunt to address the needs of individuals who find themselves unemployed for longer durations during the next years of economic recovery. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/tst100109a.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D. Labor Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:20:05 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/tst100109a.cfm Heritage Employment Report: August Jobs Report Shows Too Soon to Announce 'Mission Accomplished' The predictions that were used to promote the stimulus bill have proven false as the August jobs report shows unemployment continues to climb. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm2604.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Rea S. Hederman Jr. and James Sherk Labor Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:16:50 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm2604.cfm