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| Company type | Labor Relations and Human Resources Professional Organization |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1947 |
| Headquarters | Champaign, IL, USA |
| Key people | Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, LERA President, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, President Eileen Appelbaum, LERA President-Elect, Rutgers University, President Elect Adrian Eaton, Editor in Chief |
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The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA), founded in 1947 as the Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA), is an organization for professionals in industrial relations and human resources. The national organization has over 3,000 members. The organization uses the slogan "Shaping the Workplace of the Future." The LERA describes its membership as:
Today, LERA constituencies include professionals in the areas of academic research and education, compensation and benefits, human resources, labor and employment law, labor and management resources, labor markets and economics, public policy, training and development, and union administration and organizing. Membership includes subscriptions to a number of publications, advance information and discounts on meetings, and many other opportunities to meet the leaders in our field and share ideas through participating in industry councils and interest sections.
LERA holds an annual membership and professional development meeting in January each year, as part of the Allied Social Sciences Association, and its National Policy Forum in alternate years in June in Washington, D.C. The most recent NPF was entitled: New Frontiers in Labor and Employment Policy: Ensuring Good Jobs, Fair Treatment, and High Performance in a Turbulent Economy
LERA offers a number of awards, recognitions and grants each year. Its most prestigious award is the John T. Dunlop Scholar Award. Two Dunlop Scholar Awards are given each year. One goes to an academic who makes the best contribution to international and/or comparative labor and employment research. A second award recognizes an academic for research that addresses an industrial relations/employment problem of national significance in the United States. Other awards include: Thomas A. Kochan & Stephen R. Sleigh Best Dissertation Award Chapter Merit Awards Excellence in Education Awards LERA Fellows Lifetime Achievement Award James G. Scoville Best International Paper Award John T. Dunlop Scholar Awards Outstanding Practitioner Award Susan C. Eaton Scholar-Practitioner Award Susan C. Eaton Scholar-Practitioner Grant Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award Sloan Industry Fellowships Woodrow Wilson Women's Studies Dissertation Grant
LERA publishes a number of research reports and books, as well as an annual compendium of research, an annual proceedings, a newsletter and a membership director. It also publishes the bi-annual journal, Perspectives on Work. The LERA Labor and Employment Law Section publishes a monthly on-line newsletter that is posted on the LERA website and distributed through the main LERA listserve.
The Labor and Employment Relations Association has more than 50 local Chapters where members meet colleagues in the private, public and federal sectors, as well as faculty from local universities and third-party neutrals. Local Chapter members value the opportunity to learn about matters of importance in their area and to exchange off-the-record observations with chapter speakers and members.
External links
- Labor and Employment Relations Association
- Employee Relations Specialist Career Information
- Employment Policy Research Network
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