Articles

Compensation

• Pay Relatives for U.S. Census Regions and Divisions, 2006 (08/28/2008)
• Work Schedules in the National Compensation Survey (07/28/2008)
• BLS Resumes Estimation of Sample Errors for Benefits Measures (05/22/2008)
• A Look at Wages in Transportation-Related Occupations in the Memphis Area and in the United States (02/25/2008)
• Aging Wage Survey Data Using the Employment Cost Index (01/29/2008)
• Comparing Employer-Provided Medical Care Benefits for Lower and Higher Wage Full-Time Workers (12/19/2007)
• The Likelihood of Having Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance (11/30/2007)
• Employer-provided "Quality-of-life" Benefits for Workers in Private Industry, 2007 (10/24/2007)
• Experimental Estimates of Compensation Levels and Trends for Workers in the 15 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 2004-05 (09/17/2007)
• Changes in Occupational Ranking and Hourly Earnings, 1997-2005 (08/29/2007)
• National Compensation Survey: Post-Katrina Occupational Wage Data for New Orleans (06/27/2007)
• Pretax Benefits: Access to Section 125 Cafeteria Benefits and Health Savings Accounts in the United States, Private Industry (03/28/2007)
• Medical Plan Type, Fee Arrangement, and Financial Intermediaries, 2006 (02/27/2007)
• Change Comes to the National Compensation Survey Locality Wage Bulletins (01/24/2007)
• Access, Participation, and Take-up Rates in Defined Contribution Retirement Plans among Workers in Private Industry, 2006 (12/27/2006)
• Health Savings Accounts in National Compensation Survey Data (11/29/2006)
• Comparing A Firm’s Occupational Wage Patterns with National Wage Patterns (09/29/2006)
• Another Retirement Savings Option: Roth 401(k) Plan (02/22/2006)
• Summary: New Research on Retirement Savings among Workers (01/25/2006)
• Rankings of Full-Time Occupations, by Annual Earnings, July 2004 (11/30/2005)
• Preretirement Distributions: Can You Take Them with You? (10/24/2005)
• Retirement Plan Design and the Mobile Workforce (09/28/2005)
• Wages in Profit and Nonprofit Hospitals and Universities (06/29/2005)
• The Effect of Unions on Employee Benefits: Recent Results from the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Data (06/29/2005)
• The Relationship Between Labor Costs and Inflation: A Cyclical Viewpoint (05/24/2005)
• Defined Benefit Plans at the Dawn of ERISA (03/30/2005)
• New Area Sample Selected for the National Compensation Survey (03/30/2005)
• Comparing the Retirement Savings of the Baby Boomers and Other Cohorts (01/24/2005)
• New Federal Regulations Affect Overtime Coverage for Some Workers (12/21/2004)
• Converting from Nine Factors to Four in the Occupational Work Leveling System of the National Compensation Survey (09/29/2004)
• Comparing Current and Former Industry and Occupation ECEC Series (08/25/2004)
• Stock Options: National Compensation Survey Update (06/30/2004)
• Employer Costs for Employee Compensation and the New Industrial and Occupational Classification Systems (05/26/2004)
• Documenting Benefits Coverage for all Workers (05/26/2004)
• Calculating Wage Percentiles in the National Compensation Survey (04/28/2004)
• Cost Sharing in Medical Insurance Plans (03/31/2004)
• Long-term Care Insurance Gains Prominence (01/28/2004)
• Janitors in 2000: An Overview of NCS Data (11/24/2003)
• California Enacts Healthcare Law Covering Uninsured Workers (11/24/2003)
• Health Spending Accounts (10/29/2003)
• What is a Pension Equity Plan? (10/29/2003)
• Questions and Answers on Cash Balance Pension Plans (09/22/2003)
• New Law Moves Insurance Plans Closer to Total Mental Health Parity (09/22/2003)
• Health Insurance Series Now Available from the Employment Cost Index (08/27/2003)
• Relative Pay Rates among Census Divisions and Occupational Groups (08/27/2003)
• Tiered Hospital Plans (07/29/2003)
• Retiree Health Care Benefits: Data Collection Issues (07/29/2003)
• Differences in Union and Nonunion Earnings in Blue-collar and Service Occupations (06/25/2003)
• Job Satisfaction of Recent Graduates in Financial Services (05/28/2003)
• Family Time Flexibility Act Introduced in Congress (05/28/2003)
• Proposal to Strengthen Overtime Protection (05/28/2003)
• Pay Relatives for Major Metropolitan Areas (04/28/2003)
• Payment Options under Retirement Plans (04/28/2003)
• NCS Reviews the Effectiveness of Variable Pay Collection (04/16/2003)
• Relative Pay Rates among Major Industry and Occupational Groups (03/26/2003)
• Earnings and Other Compensation Data at BLS: What Users Seek and What We Offer (02/26/2003)
• IRS Proposed Regulations to Simplify Retirement Plan Distribution Rules (02/26/2003)
• Qualified Employer Retirement Plans and Deemed Individual Retirement Arrangements (02/26/2003)
• Variable Pay in the BLS National Compensation Survey (01/30/2003)
• New Tax Law Includes Provisions Affecting Employee Benefits (01/30/2003)
• The Evolution of Compensation in a Changing Economy (Fall 2001)
• American Labor in the 20th Century (Fall 2001)
• Compensation from before World War I through the Great Depression (Fall 2001)
• Compensation from World War II through the Great Society (Fall 2001)
• Compensation in the 1970s (Fall 2001)
• Compensation in the Later Part of the Century (Fall 2001)

Safety and Health

• Coal Mining Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities in 2006 (06/27/2008)
• Fatal occupational injuries associated with golf courses and country clubs, 2001-2006 (04/23/2008)
• Methods Underlying New Workplace Injury and Illness Rates by Demographic Group (03/26/2008)
• Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities in Manufacturing, 2005 (07/25/2007)
• Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities to Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics, 2003 to 2005 (05/23/2007)
• Nonfatal Occupational Injuries Involving the Eyes, 2004 (08/30/2006)
• A Different Approach to Measuring Workplace Safety: Injuries and Fatalities Relative to Output (07/26/2006)
• Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities among Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides, 1995-2004 (06/30/2006)
• Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities in Construction, 2004 (05/24/2006)
• Occupational Injuries among Groundskeepers, 1992-2002 (12/20/2005)
• BLS Introduces Two Online Tools for Accessing Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Data (11/30/2005)
• Fatalities in the Ornamental Shrub and Tree Services Industry (07/26/2005)
• Fatal Occupational Injuries to Members of the Resident Military, 1992-2003 (04/25/2005)
• Deriving Occupational Fatal Injury Costs: A State Pilot Study (02/23/2005)
• Fatal occupational injuries involving helicopters, 1995-2002 (10/27/2004)
• Fatal Occupational Injuries from Accidental Gunshot Wounds, 1993-2002 (09/29/2004)
• Fatal Occupational Injuries to Athletes, 1992-2002 (07/28/2004)
• Nonfatal Occupational Injuries Involving the Eyes, 2002 (06/30/2004)
• Fatal Occupational Injuries to Government Workers, 1992 to 2001 (02/25/2004)
• An Analysis of Workplace Suicides, 1992-2001 (01/28/2004)
• Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in Grocery Stores (12/19/2003)
• Regional Variations in Workplace Homicide Rates (11/24/2003)
• National Safety Council Congress (10/29/2003)
• Occupational Fatalities Decline in 2002 (10/29/2003)
• Amputations: A Continuing Workplace Hazard (01/30/2003)

Collective Bargaining

• Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2007 (05/22/2008)
• Collective Bargaining Agreements File Moves to New Home (11/30/2007)
• Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2006 (04/18/2007)
• Major Work Stoppages in 2004 and 2005 (10/25/2006)
• Major Work Stoppages in 2003 (11/23/2004)
• Looking Back at the Early Settlement between the Teamsters and UPS (06/25/2003)
• What Can You Tell Me About Collective Bargaining Expirations and Work Stoppages? (05/28/2003)
• Major Work Stoppages in 2002 (04/28/2003)
• Unique Provision in ISG-United Steelworkers Recent Agreement (03/26/2003)
• A Look Back at the Kaiser Aluminum and United Steelworkers Dispute (01/30/2003)
• 2001 Major Work Stoppages (01/30/2003)

Miscellaneous

• IRRA Changes Its Name (11/30/2005)
• IRRA Considers Name Change (11/24/2003)
• National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) 2003 Conference (06/25/2003)
• Confidentiality Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (03/26/2003)
• The E-Government Act of 2002 (02/26/2003)
• IRRA Holds Its 2002 National Forum in Washington, DC (01/30/2003)