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Monday, October 28, 2013

A Conversation on the New Manufacturing Revolution:

A Conversation on the New Manufacturing Revolution: 
3D Printing and its Impact

Wednesday, November 6, 12:00-1:30 pm
Banatao Auditorium,
Sutardja Dai Hall
Online Registration Required:
http://bit.ly/newmanufacturing

Moderator:  Paul K. Wright

Presenters:
Peter Marsh, The Financial Times
Paul Markillie, The Economist
Bjőrn Hartmann, UC Berkeley
John Zysman, UC Berkeley

 

Friday, October 18, 2013

Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor…

INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
2013 SPRING SEMINAR SERIES

MONDAY, October 21, 2013
Nicole Maestas
Economics, Sociology and Statistics Research, RAND

‘Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants’



12:00 Noon – 1:00 pm
Large Conference Room – 2521 Channing Way
Buffet Lunch
R.S.V.P. Myra Armstrong, zulu2@berkeley.edu



Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor…

 

Why US Taxpayers Pay $7 Billion A Year To Help Fast-Food Workers

  1. NPR (blog)
    Fifty-two percent of low-wage fast-food workers rely on public assistance programs like food stamps and Medicaid just to make ends meet, ...

 

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Fast Food, Poverty Wages: The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the Fast-Food Industry

Fast Food, Poverty WagesFast Food, Poverty Wages: The Public Cost of Low-Wage Jobs in the Fast-Food Industry This report estimates the public costs of low-wage jobs in the fast-food industry. Due to the combination of low wages, meager benefits, and often part-time hours, many of the families of fast-food workers must rely on taxpayer funded safety net programs to make ends meet. For this analysis we focus on jobs held by core, front-line fast-food workers, defined as non-managerial workers who work at least 10 hours per week for 27 or more weeks a year. The median wage for this workforce is $8.69 an hour. Only 13 percent of the jobs provide health benefits. We found that 52 percent of the families of core front-line fast-food workers are enrolled in one or more public safety-net programs at a cost of nearly $7 billion a year.

 

Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Reliance on federal pay

The government shutdown jeopardizes the paychecks of more than 800,000 federal workers who were sent home. The federal government has almost 2 million employees. Civilians who remain on the job will be entitled to their salaries, but might not be paid on time. President Obama has signed a bill that ensures that certain members of the U.S. military and U.S. Coast Guard will be paid during the shutdown. Here's how the government shutdown affects federal workers. GRAPHIC: Darla Cameron - The Washington Post.

Reliance on federal pay

GRAPHIC | The top 100 metro areas with government and military workers.

 

Impact of a government shutdown

 
Agency-by-agency breakdown
A government shutdown this week is interrupting services and jeopardizing the paychecks of more than 800,000 federal workers. The federal government does not stop functioning completely, and by law, certain agencies must operate with unsalaried employees. They include those that deal with national security and the safety of people and property, as well as those that manage benefits such as Social Security payments. The U.S. Postal Service will also be unaffected by a shutdown. Here’s what some agencies have said about their plans this time around.
Department employee totals are from departmental contingency plans that were updated this year. This graphic has been updated with more complete information about agencies’ 2013 contingency plans.

 

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