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Research for the Real World: Looking for Talent in All the Right (New) Places

Linda Barrington discusses tighter labor markets spurring innovative recruitment practices in September’s Research for the Real World.
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Research for the Real World: Looking for Talent in All the Right (New) Places

A Ban on Salary History

In an attempt to reduce the gender pay gap, some cities and states have enacted “salary privacy” bills.
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A Ban on Salary History

Shaping the Future of Work

A Handbook for Action and a New Social Contract.
Cover of the book "Shaping the Future of Work."
Shaping the Future of Work

Research for the Real World: Shouldn’t We Pay for Doing Good?

Pay for performance, variable pay, incentive bonuses. Many organizations continue to seek more and better ways to link rewards to action.

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Research for the Real World: Shouldn’t We Pay for Doing Good?

Layoff Lessons Learned

After the Great Recession’s histor­ically slow labor market recovery and a presidential campaign that many say turned on the frustra­tions of displaced workers, layoffs have become prominent in the U.S. psyche.
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Layoff Lessons Learned

ICS Research Student Destin Royer presents at SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference

At this years’ SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference, Destin Royer, Arts & Science ’18, presented his research finding on the macro net effect of job creation and destruction in the retail industry.
Picture of Destin Royer.
ICS Research Student Destin Royer presents at SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference

Past ICS research student earns Possen Memorial Award

Noah Kwicklis A&S ‘17 has earned highest honors on his undergraduate thesis “Poverty, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents.”
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Past ICS research student earns Possen Memorial Award

ICS Research Student Destin Royer presents at SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference

Destin Royer, Arts & Science ’18, presented his research finding at this years’ SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference.
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ICS Research Student Destin Royer presents at SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference

Visiting Senior Scholar Begins

Groshen will be based at ILR’s Manhattan hub
Labor economist Erica Groshen
Visiting Senior Scholar Begins

ICS partners with eCornell on Compensation Studies Certificate

The Institute for Compensation Studies has partnered with eCornell to offer the Compensation Studies Certificate.
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ICS partners with eCornell on Compensation Studies Certificate

Research for the Real World: Employee Engagement, HR Communications, Total Rewards

Beth Flynn-Ferry focuses on investing in HR communications as part of total rewards in December’s Research for the Real World.
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Research for the Real World: Employee Engagement, HR Communications, Total Rewards

Creative destruction of jobs & new ways of working

Creative destruction of jobs & new ways of working - technology is creating anxiety as well as opportunity
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Creative destruction of jobs & new ways of working