Day archives: March 9th, 2011

BLS: Employer Costs for Employee Compensation – December 2010

News release: “Private industry employers spent an average of $27.75 per hour worked for total employee compensation in December 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $19.64 per hour worked and accounted for 70.8 percent of these costs, while benefits averaged $8.11 and accounted for the remaining 29.2 percent. …

Subjects: Government Documents

ARL Releases Report on Publishing Support for Small Print-Based Publishers

“The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is pleased to announced the release of Publishing Support for Small Print-Based Publishers: Options for ARL Libraries. This report is the summary of a project funded by ARL to investigate how research libraries might provide support to print-only publishers in order to ensure long-term digital access to their content. …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

BLS: International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs in Manufacturing, 2009

News release: “Manufacturing hourly compensation costs in the United States in 2009 were lower than in 12 European countries and Australia, but higher than in 20 other countries covered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. hourly compensation costs rose about 4 percent from the previous year to $33.53. The 8 countries with the highest …

Subjects: Government Documents