The future is made now
Article Abstract:
The US Department of Labor's Workforce 2000 Project maps labor market trends and recommends strategies for dealing with them. Exec Dir Kelley Andrews discussed Workforce 2000 at the Personnel '87 conference, noting that the US could become a two-class society where one class is educated and skilled with unlimited employment potential while the other is uneducated and without skills and therefore unemployable. Supplying skilled labor in the future will be complicated by immigrants lacking English language skills and the fact that the work force is aging, since older workers often cannot or will not learn new skills. A five-point plan of solutions recommended by Workforce 2000 suggests: expanding work force size; enhancing employee skill levels; improving productivity; increasing flexibility; and improving employees' feelings of security and well-being.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1988
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Sabbaticals in tandem with needs
Article Abstract:
Tandem Computers has two successful leave programs which have been developed with employee support. The company has an employee sabbatical program in which people get six weeks of paid leave after every four years of continuous employment. The company has found that the program has numerous benefits including: allowing people to have a higher quality of life; developing renewed commitment to work; and creating higher productivity levels. Another program which benefits Tandem's employees is a program which offers leaves to people interested in working for public service. These leaves can be up to eight weeks in length, and the company supports the charitable leaves by offering monetary support when employees elect to spend at least three weeks helping out at nonprofit agencies.
Publication Name: Personnel Journal
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5745
Year: 1989
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