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Workforce Issues for the New Economy
In light of major economic changes due to technological transformation, increased globalization, and changing demographics over recent years, and the resulting effects of rising workforce insecurity, the Office of Workforce Security in the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), will hold its first national research conference.
The conference will focus on issues related to impacts, trends, and challenges of the macro-economy to workforce development, the significance of recent changes in workforce development, workforce competitiveness in global economy, workforce security in the New economy, and major policy options to promote economic opportunities for the workforce.
The office has issued a call for papers to be presented at the event. Papers selected for the conference also will be published as part of the Office of Workforce Security Occasional Paper Series. Travel and accommodation expenses for invited presenters will be paid by the Office of Workforce Security.
Papers must be received by March 16, 2001. For more information, see the
February 9 online edition of the Federal Register or see “News” on
http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/
The National Workforce Security Research Conference will be held on June 26-27, 2001 in Washington, D.C. The event will be free and open to the public.
Telework and the New Workplace of the 21st Century
On a related topic, the DOL has issued on its website Telework and the New Workplace of the 21st Century, a compilation of a dozen studies presented at a national telework symposium held in New Orleans lat October. The symposium revealed the typical teleworker appears to be a college-educated white man, between the ages of 34 and 55, who owns a home computer and earns more than $40,000 a year. By some estimates, there are between 13 and 19 million teleworkers in America today.
The studies are presented in three parts: the Evolution and Economics of Telework; Telework and Organizational Behavior; and, the Cultural and Societal Implications of Telework. To read or download the report, see http://www.dol.gov