IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

Academic Research

Economic Impacts of Unionization on Private Sector Employers: 1984-2001 http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10598.pdf
John DiNardo, David S. Lee
NBER Working Paper No. w10598
Issued in July 2004
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10598


Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local

International

EU Databases
http://europa.eu.int/geninfo/info/guide/dbatoz/index_en.htm

Including-
EQUAL - ADAPT & EMPLOYMENT Initiatives database
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/equal/index.cfm
[About the] EQUAL Common Database (ECDB)
https://equal.cec.eu.int/equal/jsp/index.jsp


From the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Factsheets
Issue 53 - Ensuring the health and safety of workers with disabilities 7/07/2004
http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/factsheets/53/en/FACTS_53_EN.PDF

[full-text, 4 pages]


From the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
JILPT REPORT 2004 No.1 [22 June 2004]
The Mechanism for Establishing and Changing Terms and Conditions of Employment/ The Scope of Labor Law and the Notion of Employees (June 2004)
COMPARATIVE LABOR LAW SEMINAR
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JILPTRNo1.pdf
[full-text, 182 pages]

From the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
The Labor Situation in Japan and Analysis 2004/2005
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborinfo/library/situation2004.htm


JAPAN LABOR REVIEW [7 July 2004]
Vol.1, No.3
Summer 2004
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR03.pdf
[full-text of REVIEW, 71 pages]


Introduction
Changing Employment System and Implications for Human Resource Development
Motohiro Morishima
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR03_intro.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]


Articles
* The Role, Scale, and Responsibilities of the Human Resource Industry
* Tetsu Sano
* http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR03_sano.pdf
* [full-text, 19 pages]

*Managing the Development of One's Own Vocational Skills in Japanese Companies
* Hiroyuki Fujimura
* http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR03_fujimura.pdf
* [full-text, 22 pages]

* The Reality of Career Counseling in Outplacement and Related Issues
* Tomoaki Kobayashi
* http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR03_kobayashi.pdf
* [full-text, 10 pages]


Articles Based on Research Reports


* Problems Surrounding the Collection and Disclosure of Workers' Personal Data
* Ikuko Sunaoshi
* http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR03_sunaoshi.pdf
* [full-text, 13 pages]


ILO: Informal Economy Resource Database [6 July 2004]
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/dwresources/iebrowse.home?p_lang=en

List of Entries
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/dwresources/iebrowse.list?p_lang=en

Search
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/dwresources/iebrowse.search?p_lang=en


ILO: Why AIDS is a workplace issue
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/trav/aids/why/index.htm
and
HIV/AIDS and work: global estimates, impact and response [12 July 2004]
The ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work
International Labour Office, Geneva 2004, ISBN 92-2-115824-1.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/trav/aids/publ/global_est/index.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/trav/aids/publ/global_est/global_estimates_report.pdf
[full-text, 107 pages]
or
Executive Summary
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/trav/aids/publ/global_est/contents_execsummary_intro.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]


OECD EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK 2004 [7 July 2004]
http://www.oecd.org/document/62/0,2340,en_2649_201185_31935102_1_1_1_1,00.html

Statistical Annex
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/55/32494755.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
Press Release-
OECD Urges Governments to Combine Job Strategies with Other Social Objectives [7 July 2004]
http://www.oecd.org/document/60/0,2340,en_2649_201185_32480764_1_1_1_1,00.html


OECD Policy Briefs:
Economic Survey of the RUSSIAN FEDERATION, 2004 [7 July 2004]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/54/32495048.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


Economic Survey of POLAND, 2004 [6 July 2004]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/55/35/32387399.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


ILO Bangkok: Child domestic labour in Cambodia: why it has to stop and how we can stop it. Phnom Penh: ILO, 2004. 34 p.
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub04-12.pdf


ILO Bangkkok: Child domestic worker survey, Phnom Penh - 2003 / by Cambodia,
Ministry of Planning, National Institute of Statistics in collaboration
with ILO-IPEC. Phnom Penh: Ministry of Planning and ILO-IPEC, 2004. 87, [42] p.
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub04-13.pdf


ILO Bangkok: Trainers' manual: women workers' rights and gender equality: easy steps for workers. Bangkok: ILO, 2001 (2003 expanded version). vi, 168p.
ISBN 92-2-112909-8 (In English) [online July 2004]
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub03-14.pdf
[full-text, 169 pages]
or
ISBN 92-2-812909-3 (In Thai)
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub03-15.pdf


2004 Report on the global AIDS epidemic [6 July 2004]
http://www.unaids.org/bangkok2004/report.html

Executive Summary
http://www.unaids.org/bangkok2004/GAR2004_html/ExecSummary_en/ExecSumm_00_en.htm
or
http://www.unaids.org/bangkok2004/GAR2004_pdf/GAR2004_Execsumm_en.pdf
[Full-text, 22 pages]

Full Report
http://www.unaids.org/bangkok2004/GAR2004_pdf/UNAIDSGlobalReport2004_en.pdf
[full-text, 236 pages]
See Press Release [6 July 2004]
NEW UNAIDS REPORT UNVEILS LATEST GLOBAL EPIDEMIC TRENDS
1.1 million people infected with HIV in Asia last year alone
http://www.unaids.org/en/other/functionalities/ViewDocument.asp?href=http://gva-doc-owl/WEBcontent/Documents/pub/Media/Press-Releases02/PR_Globalreport2004_06Jul04_en.pdf


Federal

Census: Issued 9 July 2004
P70-95
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being:
Movements in the U.S. Income Distribution, 1996-1999
Household Economic Studies
http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p70-95.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]


Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Tax-Credit Bonds and the Federal Cost of Financing Public Expenditures
July 2004
ftp://ftp.cbo.gov/56xx/doc5624/07-08_TaxCreditBonds.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]

GAO: Human Capital: Key Practices to Increasing Federal Telework, by J.
Christopher Mihm, managing director, strategic issues, before the House
Committee on Government Reform.
GAO-04-950T, July 8.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-950T
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04950t.pdf
[full-text, 13 page]
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d04950thigh.pdf

From the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
GUIDANCE FOR PROTECTING WORKERS AGAINST AVIAN FLU
http://www.osha.gov/dsg/guidance/avian-flu.html


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

From the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Attitudes About HOMOSEXUALITY & GAY MARRIAGE (updated 6 July 2004)
Compiled by Karlyn Bowman, Resident Fellow, AEI, and Bryan O’Keefe, Staff Assistant, AEI
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.14882,filter.all/pub_detail.asp
or
http://www.aei.org/docLib/20040708_Homosexuality4.pdf

Human Resource Executive [magazine]
HR's ELITE [July 2004]
40 highest-paid HR executives at publicly traded companies where the HR leader's compensation is among the top five of all officers
http://www.workindex.com/hrexecutive/images/2003_ExecCompList.pdf

From the Institute for Higher Education Policy
Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disabilities: A Primer for Policymakers [30 June 2004]
http://www.ihep.com/Pubs/PDF/DisabilitiesReport2004.pdf
[full-text, 84 pages]
See Press Release [30 June 2004]
http://www.ihep.org/Organization/Press/PR20040630.htm


SHRM:
Outsourcing Allows HR Professionals to Focus on Strategic Business Functions, According to SHRM Survey
Fifty-Eight Percent of Organizations Outsource Some HR Functions
http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_009008.asp#P-4_0


Law

EEOC AND MORGAN STANLEY ANNOUNCE SETTLEMENT OF SEX DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT [12 July 2004]
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/7-12-04.html


Statistical Reports

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: MAY 2004 [7 July 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]


BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES: FOURTH QUARTER 2003 [8 July 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]


BLS: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES May 2004 [13 July 2004]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/trad0504.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/trad0504.pdf
[full-text, 46 pages]
and
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/trad0504.xls
[spreadsheet]
and HIGHLIGHTS at-
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/trad0504_fax.pdf


BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - JUNE 2004 - [14 July 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
CB04-FF.13 July 8, 2004

Labor Day 2004: Sept. 6
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002264.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04-ff13.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]