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Institute for Workplace Studies                 Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
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IWS Weekly Bulletin,  22 September 2004


Academic Research

Federal Reserve Board (FRB)

Finance and Economics Discussion Series

Employer-to-Employer Flows in the U.S. Labor Market: The Complete Picture of Gross Worker Flows

Bruce Fallick and Charles A. Fleischman

2004-34

http://www.federalreserve.gov/Pubs/FEDS/2004/200434/200434pap.pdf

(full-text, 48 pages)

Abstract:

http://www.federalreserve.gov/Pubs/FEDS/2004/200434/200434abs.html

The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) [JAPAN]

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/index.html

DISCUSSION PAPERS

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/act_dp.html

Payment Uncertainty and the Productivity Slowdown

http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/dp/04e029.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

Keiichiro Kobayashi

2004/09 04-E-029

summary

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/summary/04090001.html

Trading Company Finance and the Relationship between Trade Credit and Loans

http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/dp/04e028.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

Iichiro Uesugi and Guy M. Yamashiro

2004/09 04-E-028

summary

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/summary/04090000.html

Corporate Finance and Human Resource Management

http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/dp/04e027.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

Masahiro Abe and Takeo Hoshi

2004/08 04-E-027

summary

http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/summary/04080008.html

AND MORE...at http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publications/act_dp.html

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

International

From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

COMPARATIVE STUDY

Family-related leave and industrial relations [16 September 2004]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/03/study/index_2.html

and

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/03/study/tn0403101s.html

From the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Issue 211 - Quality of the working environment and productivity (working paper)

17/09/2004

Quality of the working environment and productivity:

Research findings and case studies [17 September 2004]

Prepared by the Topic Centre on Research — Work and Health

Marc De Greef, Prevent, Belgium

Karla Van den Broek, Prevent, Belgium

http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/211/en/Quality_Productivity.PDF

[full-text, 82 pages]

ILO: How are workers with family responsibilities faring in the workplace? (2004), by J. Heymann [21 September 2004]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/publ/wf-jh-04.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/wf-jh-04.pdf

[full-text, 37 pages]

The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT) [15 September 2004]

Information on Foreign Researcher Invitation Program for FY2005

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/Invitation.htm

OECD Policy Brief:

Economic Survey of PORTUGAL, 2004 [16 September 2004]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/56/33714513.pdf

[Full-text, 8 pages]

For information on the Economic Survey of Portugal, 2004  released the same date, see-

http://www.oecd.org/document/36/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33704740_1_1_1_1,00.html

From the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA)

State of the World Population [15 September 2004]

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/english/ch1/index.htm

or

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/pdf/en_swp04.pdf

[full-text, 124 pages]

Press Summary

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/presskit/press_summary.htm

or

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/pdf/summary.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Federal

America's Families and Living Arrangements: March 2003 [15 September 2004]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html

Detailed Tables-

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2003.html

(Formerly "Households and Families")

Labor Department to Post Draft Regulations for Law that Safeguards Guard and Reserve Members' Jobs and Benefits

60-day Window Set to Elicit Public Comments [20 September 2004]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/vets/VETS20041820.htm

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Joins in Launch of Operation Career Front with Home Depot

Departments of Labor, Defense and Veterans Affairs Help Military Attain Rewarding Careers [21 September 2004]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ETA20041854.htm

From the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program [14 September 2004]

2005 FEHB Premiums

http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/05rates/index.asp

Adobe Acrobat PDF Files (full sets of rate charts)

   * Non-Postal Rates (3.13 MB File)

http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/05rates/non-postal_2005_rates.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

   * Postal Rates (1.95 MB File)

http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/05rates/postal_2005_rates.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

Excel Spreadsheets (full sets of rate charts)

   * Non-Postal Rates (155K File)

http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/05rates/non-postal_2005_rates.xls

   * Postal Rates (104K File)

http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/05rates/postal_2005_rates.xls

(This is a new "How to" Manual from the Women's Bureau)

How to Establish an Electronic Mentoring Program for Science, Engineering, and Technology (SET) Careers [16 September 2004]

http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/howtomanual.htm

See more at-

Girl's E-Mentoring Program

http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/

Press Release [16 September 2004

U.S. Department of Labor Womens Bureau Announces Release of How To Manual and Archives for Science and Technology Mentoring

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/wb/WB20041862.htm

From the U.S. Department of State

International Religious Freedom Report, 2004 [15 September 2004]

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

America's High Tech Bust [14 September 2004]

A Report to the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers,

Communications Workers of America, Local 37083, AFL-CIO

Snigdha Srivastava

Nik Theodore

Center for Urban Economic Development

University of Illinois at Chicago

September 2004

http://www.washtech.org/reports/AmericasHighTechBust/AmericasHighTechBust.pdf

[full-text, 26 pages]

See press release 14 September 2004

http://www.washtech.org/news/industry/display.php?ID_Content=4685

Catherwood Library, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University

Industrial Relations Overview of the U.S. [updated 21 September 2004]

by Stuart Basefsky

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/IndustrialRelationsOverview.html

INCLUDES two new sections on MIGRATION and OLDER WORKERS

From the Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

September 16, 2004 | EPI Issue Brief #202

The chronic problem of declining health coverage:

Employer-provided health insurance falls for third consecutive year [16 September 2004]

By Elise Gould

http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/issuebrief202

or

http://www.epinet.org/issuebriefs/202/ib202.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

From the RAND Corporation

Assimilating Immigrants: Why America Can and France Cannot [September 2004]

Robert A. Levine

http://www.rand.org/publications/OP/OP132/

or

http://www.rand.org/publications/OP/OP132/OP132.pdf

[full-text, 29 pages]

From the RAND Corporation

The U.S. Scientific and Technical Workforce: Improving Data for Decisionmaking [September 2004]

Terrence K. Kelly, William P. Butz, Stephen Carroll, David M. Adamson, Gabrielle Bloom, editors

http://www.rand.org/publications/CF/CF194/

or

http://www.rand.org/publications/CF/CF194/CF194.pdf

[full-text, 134 pages]

or for a Summary and Conclusions Only, see-

http://www.rand.org/publications/CF/CF194/CF194.sum.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Law

National Women's Law Center

Issue Brief:

Child Care Assistance Policies 2001-2004: Families Struggling to Move Forward, States Going Backward [14 September 2004]

Karen Schulman, Senior Policy Fellow

Helen Blank, Director of Leadership and Public Policy

http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/childcaresubsidyfinalreport.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Statistical Reports

BLS: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-JUNE 2004 [15 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  AUGUST 2004 [16 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN AUGUST 2004 [16 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  AUGUST 2004 [17 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

MARTINDALE'S CALCULATORS ON-LINE CENTER

PART I: I-N

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT (includes WORKPLACE ISSUES like SALARIES, PAY, etc.)

http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators1B_2_Bus.html

Example Employee Benefits & Stock Options

http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators1B_2_Bus.html#SPREAD-EMP

For additional calculators, see-

http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html

[Note: The total number of Potentially Valid U.S. Passports as of December 31, 2003  =  54,371,765  This is unpublished information available from the State Department on this date, 16 September 2004].

U.S. PASSPORT STATISTICS

http://travel.state.gov/passport/other_stats.html

Includes

U.S. Passports Issued Per Calendar Year 1974 -1995

and

U.S. Passports Issued Per Fiscal Year 1996 - present

[Comment: Please note that incarcerated persons do not show up in unemployment statistics while their lack of gainful employment often leads to their incarceration].

Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2003 [May 2004]

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pjim03.htm

or

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pjim03.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB04-FFSE.12   September 20, 2004

* Special Edition *

National Adoption Month (November)

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002683.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04ffse-12.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

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