http://www.heritage.org/research/ The Heritage Foundation Papers: Labor Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:10:08 EST http://www.heritage.org/ui/icons/thflogo.gif http://www.heritage.org/ en-us heritage.org Copyright 2009 The Heritage Foundation 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Unions strongly support health care reform and have made supporting a "public plan" that would lead to a government-run single-payer system their top priority. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm2605.cfm The Heritage Foundation - James Sherk Labor Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:40:07 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/wm2605.cfm Job losses have increased, but they are not the largest reason for the 9.4 percent unemployment rate. The main reason unemployment rises during economic downturns is that job creation falls while the labor force continues to grow, making available jobs scarcer. To reduce unemployment, Congress should support policies that encourage entrepreneurial risk-taking and investment--which create jobs. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/bg2310.cfm The Heritage Foundation - James Sherk Labor Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:10:29 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/bg2310.cfm The play-or-pay mandates in the health care reform bills, which require employers to offer health insurance to their workers or pay a tax to the federal government, will affect between 95 million and 105 million workers, and 509,000 to 1.4 million employers, including up to 1 million small businesses. The mandates will put 5.2 million low-wage workers at risk of unemployment or reduced working hours. http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/bg2312.cfm The Heritage Foundation - D. Mark Wilson Labor Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:21:52 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/HealthCare/bg2312.cfm