Disability and Work: A Trade Union Guide to the Law and Good Practice

[Excerpt] This guide includes up-to-date case studies to show how the courts have interpreted the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), and recommendations of good practice in some of the major areas of working life where experience has shown that disabled people face the worst problems

Women and the Economy 2010: 25 Years of Progress But Challenges Remain

[Excerpt] This report, which includes annual data from 1984 through 2009, provides a comprehensive overview of women’s economic progress over the last twenty-five years and highlights the additional work left to be done. The role of women in the American economy is of indisputable importance. The future of the American economy depends on women’s work, both inside and outside the home

Labor Contract Law of the People\u27s Republic of China - Unofficial English Translation

The Dong Bao Hua Legal Center at East China University of Politics and Law and Ashley Russell (M.R.P. Cornell University), with review and advice from Pan Shih-wei of Chinese Culture University in Taiwan, have produced an English translation of China\u27s recently passed Labor Contract Law. Our thanks to Dr. Michael H. Belzer, Wayne State University, for providing us with this copy

Addressing Long-Term Unemployment After The Great Recession: The Crucial Role Of Workforce Training

[Excerpt] With almost five unemployed workers for every job opening, the economy is not yet creating enough jobs to make a significant reduction in unemployment. Yet employers report that they are having difficulty finding skilled workers for key positions, despite the high ratio of unemployed workers to job openings. Helping workers build new skills and search more effectively for positions that are a good match for their skillset can help to address the mismatch. But to address the high rate of long-term unemployment, this report finds that policymakers will need to simultaneously spur job creation while also investing in education and training programs that can prepare workers for new employment opportunities

Bridge Across Penobscot River Between Bangor and Brewer, Maine: 1912

Report No. 947 by the 62nd Congress, 2nd Session, of the United States Senate, and Report No. 1046 by the 62nd Congress, 2nd Session, of the United States House of Representatives from July 1912 discussing the need for construction by the federal government of a bridge over the Penobscot River between Bangor and Brewer.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1221/thumbnail.jp

Merger of Columbus University of Washington, DC Into Catholic University of America

Congressional report on the merger of the two schools

San Carlos Apache Tribe Amendments to Act of 1992, 1997 Amendment to the San Carlos Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement

Federal Legislation: Department of the Interior, General Provisions - San Carlos Apache Tribe Amendments to Act of 1992, Chapter 5 of Emergency Supplemental Appropriations For Recovery From Natural Disasters, And For Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those In Bosnia, PL 105-18, 111 Stat. 158, 181-187 (Jun. 12, 1997). Parties: US & San Carlos Apache Tribe. 1992 Settlement Act amended 3711 to move deadline to Mar. 31, 1999 & effect on deadline of submission of a proposed Settlement Agreement to Gila Adjudication court; and addition of certain parties & definitions to the 1992 Settlement Agreement. The provisions address the transfer of the Black River facilities, including power lines from Phelps Dodge to the Tribe, payments to the Tribe for the use of the facilities and the training of tribal members in the operation of the facilities. The provisions address Phelps pumping in Upper Eagle Creek Wellfield. Tribe will lease CAP water to Phelps Dodge. The leased water will be junior in priority to 7,300 afy from the Black and Salt Rivers used by the Tribe. The Treasury will establish the San Carlos Apache Tribe Lease Fund which will be used for economic and community development. [Source| http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-105publ18/pdf/PLAW-105publ18.pdf