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Workforce and Workplace

RAND research on workforce and workplace issues includes labor markets, the effect of new technologies, workers' compensation and disability, occupational safety, immigration, workforce trends in education, and military recruitment and retention. View all Workforce and Workplace Documents Available Online or find general information at Reports and Bookstore.

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UK's 30 Year Defense Plan to Acquire 50 Ships, Submarines May Overstretch Capacity — Jul. 21, 2008

To preserve its ability to design, build and support complex warships and submarines, the UK's Ministry of Defence (MOD) asked RAND Europe for help with identifying labour implications for its shipbuilding programme. Research indicates that MOD will need to preserve and sustain several key technical skills, especially detailed designers and professional engineers for various stages of surface ship and submarine acquisition and support.

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California's Workers' Compensation Program Could Model Pay-for-Performance — Jul. 17, 2008

California's workers' compensation group health program is suitable for three models of a pay-for-performance initiative that include agreed on performance measures, expandable data-collection infrastructure, and incentives in order to ensure physician buy-in.

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Police Recruitment and Retention: Online Personnel Clearinghouse for Law Enforcement — Jun. 19, 2008

Part of the RAND Center on Quality Policing, the Police Recruitment and Retention Clearinghouse is a web-based resource that serves as a “one-stop-shop” for information about recruitment and retention specifically designed for the law enforcement community in order to promote evidence-based personnel planning.

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August 24, 2008: Change Choices, Not Conversation, By Melissa Flournoy (Monroe (LA) News Star)

July 9, 2008: U.S. Science is Holding its Own: Despite Cries of Alarm, We Remain the Global Leader in Innovation, By Titus Galama, James Hosek (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

June 12, 2008: U.S. Still Leads the World in Science and Technology; Nation Benefits From Foreign Scientists, Engineers

May 7, 2008: Give Them Sabbaticals, By Laura Miller (USA Today)

February 12, 2008: Broadening Qatari Post-Secondary Education Offerings Would Help Meet Future Employment Needs

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Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 4: Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines for Structural Collapse Events This monograph serves as a technical source for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) incident commander guidelines for emergency response immediately following large structural collapse events. It gives guidelines for personal protective equipment (PPE), focusing on required modifications to responders' typical PPE ensembles because of the duration of response and the need to prevent exposures to likely hazards from pathogens, airborne dusts, and gaseous hazardous materials.  Full Document

The 21st Century at Work: Forces Shaping the Future Workforce and Workplace in the United States What are the forces that will continue to shape the U.S. workforce and workplace over the next 10 to 15 years? With its eye on forming sound policy and helping stakeholders in the private and public sectors make informed decisions, the U.S. Department of Labor asked RAND to look at the future of work. The authors analyze trends in and the implications of shifting demographic patterns, the pace of technological change, and the path of economic globalization. Full Document