IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

IWS Documented News Service
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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,  10 November 2004


Academic Research

NBER:

The Economic Value of Cultural Diversity: Evidence from US Cities

I.P. Ottaviano, Peri

http://www.nber.org/papers/w10904

NBER:

The social Security Retirement Earnings Test, Retirement and Benefit Claiming

Gustman, Steinmeier

http://www.nber.org/papers/w10905

Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS)

CAHRS Working Papers, 2004

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrs/2004.html

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


International

The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Information on Foreign Researcher Invitation Program for FY2005

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

Federal

Agency Telework Policies

http://www.telework.gov/agencies.asp

If you have questions regarding the details or implementation of any particular agency's policy or agreement posted on this site, contact that agency's telecommuting coordinator. See the listing of Interagency Telecommuting Coordinators.

http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?contentId=8707&contentType=GSA_BASIC

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online, October 2004

Vol. 127, Number 10 (online 9 November 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

Planning, designing, and executing the BLS American Time-Use Survey

Michael Horrigan and Diane Herz

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/10/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Work-related multiple-fatality incidents

Dino Drudi and Mark Zak

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/10/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

Employment in the public sector: two recessions' impact on jobs

Julie Hatch

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/10/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

BLS: Employment from the BLS household and payroll surveys: summary of recent trends [5 November 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/cps/ces_cps_trends.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

Publications of the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 1886-

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/CollectionGuides/BLS_Pubs/default.html

Catherwood Library has an extensive collection of bulletins, reports, and periodicals published by the<http://www.bls.gov> U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. These publications provide a wealth of historical and current data on the U.S. labor environment, as well as selected information on non-U. S. countries.

The catalogs below contain listings for BLS publications by time frame. Numerical listings for BLS Bulletins and Reports as well as subject indexes for these and other BLS publications are included.

BLS Publications 1886-1971  (BLS Bulletin 1749 in .pdf format)

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/downloads/BLS1a.pdf

[full-text, 190 pages]

BLS Publications 1972-77   (BLS Bulletin 1990 in .pdf format)

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/downloads/BLS2Da.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

BLS Publications 1978-1998     (BLS Report  925 in .pdf format)

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/downloads/BLS3.pdf

[full-text, 121 pages]

Recent BLS Publications (1998-) (Link to the online Catalog of BLS Publications)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/opborder.htm

Census:

Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States - Colonial Times to 1970, Part 1

http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/CT1970p1-01.pdf

[click on chapters in left margin for full-text PDF of each]

Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States - Colonial Times to 1970, Part 2

http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/CT1970p2-01.pdf

[click on chapters in left margin for full-text PDF of each]

FBI: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED AND ASSAULTED, 2003 [8 November 2004]

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm#leoka

or

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/killed/leoka03.pdf

[full-text, 98 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell Universtiy

[LABOR STANDARDS MONITORING Certificate Program/Seminar]

FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION SEMINAR

May 23 through 25, 2005

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/international/Programs/seminars/default.html

From the European Trade Union Confederaton (ETUC)

SOCIAL EUROPE AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH: ETUC SUPPORTS THE KOK REPORT, BUT REGRETS THAT SOCIAL COHESION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ARE NEGLECTED

Brussels, 03/11/2004

http://www.etuc.org/EN/Press/releases/employ/kok2.cfm

The following papers/presentations are available from the Inaugural Event of the GLOBAL LABOR INSTITUTE (ILR School, Cornell University). More to come.

A Conference on Global Unionism

September 23-24, 2004

New York City, ILR Conference Center

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallaborinstitute/inauguralEvent/index.html

* Sarah Anderson - Institute for Policy Studies

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallaborinstitute/inauguralEvent/sarahAnderson.html

   * Zwelinzima Vavi - General Secretary, COSATU

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallaborinstitute/zwelinzimavavi.htm

   * Lance Compa - ILR School, Cornell University

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallaborinstitute/lancecompa.htm

   * Bill Fletcher, Jr. - President and CEO of TransAfrica Forum

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallaborinstitute/billfletcher.htm

   * Sean Sweeney - Cornell Global Labor Institute

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallaborinstitute/seansweeney.htm

IWPR Publication #B244 November 2004

Women’s Work Supports, Job Retention, and Job Mobility:

Child Care and Employer-Provided Health Insurance Help Women Stay on Jobs

By Sunhwa Lee, Ph.D.

http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/B244.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Press Release

STUDY FINDS CHILD CARE, HEALTH INSURANCE

KEYS TO JOB SUCCESS FOR LOW-INCOME MOTHERS

http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/PressRelease11-16-04JobRetention.pdf

Law

EEOC: Questions & Answers About Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act [online 20 October 2004]

http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/intellectual_disabilities.html

Statistical Reports

BLS: National Compensation Survey:

Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the United States, March 2004

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics

November 2004

Summary 04-04

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebsm0002.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

BLS: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY, 2004 [9 November 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ebs2.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

for DETAILED TABLES see-

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/notice112004.htm

News release table 1. Percent of workers participating in health care and retirement benefits, by selected characteristics, private industry, National Compensation Survey, March 2003 (Recalculated) http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/nr2003table1.pdf

Summary table 1. Percent of workers with access to retirement and health care benefits, by selected characteristics, private industry, National Compensation Survey, March 2003 (Recalculated)

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/sum2003table1.pdf

BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES  - OCTOBER 2004 - [10 November 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

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  OCTOBER 2004 [5 November 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 24 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  SEPTEMBER 2004 [3 November 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 18 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Third Quarter 2004, preliminary [4 November 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm

BLS: Current Employment Statistics

Highlights

October 2004

Bureau of Labor Statistics

November 5, 2004

http://www.bls.gov/ces/ceshighlights.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

EuroStat: 130/2004 - 4 November 2004

September 2004

Euro-zone unemployment stable at 8.9%

EU 25 steady at 9.0%

http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-04112004-AP/EN/3-04112004-AP-EN.PDF

[full-text, 5 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

10 November 2004

GAO: INFORMING OUR NATION Improving How to Understand and Assess the USA’s Position and Progress (GAO-05-1)

www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-1

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d051.pdf

[full-text, 246 pages]

WOMEN in NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS - COMPARATIVE DATA as of 30 September 2004

http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm

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