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From the Brookings Institution

The Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the Entry and Exit of Retail Firms [online 13 December 2004]

James E. Prieger. Working Paper 04-23. Nov 2004.

http://aei-brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=877

or

http://aei-brookings.org/admin/authorpdfs/page.php?id=1074

[full-text, 63 pages]

Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 25, No. 1, 103-124 (2004)

Do Union Mergers Affect the Members? Short- and Long-term Effects on Attitudes and Behaviour

http://eid.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/25/1/103

Magnus Sverke, Stockholm University ;  Gary N. Chaison, Clark University, Massachusetts; Anders Sjöberg, Psykologiförlaget AB

Full-text at-

http://eid.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/25/1/103.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

Margaretha Voss, Lotta Nylén, Birgitta Floderus, Finn Diderichsen, and Paul D. Terry

Unemployment and Early Cause-Specific Mortality: A Study Based on the Swedish Twin Registry

Am J Public Health 2004 94: 2155-2161

http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/full/94/12/2155

or

http://www.ajph.org/cgi/reprint/94/12/2155.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

New Yorkers don't understand Albany politics, and some want to leave the state, Cornell's Empire Poll finds [10 December 2004]

http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Dec04/NewYorkPoll-2004.bpf.html

The Cornell Study of Employer Phased Retirement Policies: A Report on Key Findings

October 2003

by Professor Robert Hutchens, PhD.

Cornell University

School of Industrial and Labor Relations

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/extension/files/20031219112155-pub1251.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Japan-EU Website [8 December 2004]

http://www.eujposh.org/

Press releases [8 December 2004]

The European Union and Japan have taken an important step towards co-operation on occupational safety and health (OSH) information

http://agency.osha.eu.int/news/press_releases/en/09_12_2004/index.htm

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

Outsourcing of ICT and related services in the EU (report)

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF04137EN.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

Author: Dahlmann, S., Flecker, J. and Huws, U.

617 kb

Pages: 39

ISBN: 92-897-0906-5

EIROnline: The following is a selection of items from EIROnline concerning Union Mergers. Much more can be found through the SEARCH mechanism for EIRO at -

Search

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/search/search.php

UK

Union merger momentum continues [21 October 2004]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/10/feature/uk0410105f.html

Austria

Union merger plans dropped [5 October 2004]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/10/inbrief/at0410201n.html

Denmark

New union holds first congress [5 October 2004]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/10/inbrief/dk0410103n.html

Norway

Scope of YS union merger reduced [11 August 2004]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/08/inbrief/no0408101n.html

Norway

Major union merger in municipal sector [21 November 2002]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2002/11/feature/no0211106f.html

Netherlands

Large-scale merger leads to formation of Dutch super union [28 November 1997]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/1997/11/feature/nl9711145f.html

Germany

A wave of trade union mergers [28 October 1997]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/1997/10/feature/de9710233f.html

HONG KONG Labour Department:

The Outstanding Disabled Employees Award and Enlightened Employers Award Presentation Ceremony 2004

http://www.jobs.gov.hk/iSPS/gen/promotion/Event_ODEA_EEAPC2004.asp?RunMode=English

Winners' Profiles of the Outstanding Disabled Employees Award 2004

http://www.jobs.gov.hk/iSPS/gen/promotion/Event_ODEA.asp?RunMode=English

Winners' Profiles of the Enlightened Employers Award 2004

http://www.jobs.gov.hk/iSPS/gen/promotion/Event_EEAPC2004.asp?RunMode=English

International Forum Sports and Development

http://www.icsspe.org/portal/index.php?z=16

International Forum Sports and Development - Economy, Culture, Ethics February 13th - February 15th, 2005 at the Evangelische Akademie Bad Boll

[Japan] National Institute of Industrial Health

Action Checkpoints for Comfortable Computer Work

http://www.niih.go.jp/en/gyouseki/result/pc_check/index.html

or

http://www.niih.go.jp/en/gyouseki/result/pc_check/pdf/pasokonriyouno_e.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

From the Korea Labor Institute (KLI)

Reasons for Retirement and Sources of Retirement Income

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/37/papers/paper1.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Ji Kyung Kim, Senior Researcher, Korea Labor Institute

e-mail: <mailto:jkkim@kli.re.kr>j

November 2004

Abstract

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/37/elabr_Frameset3.htm

Census: STATISTICAL ABSTRACTS  all available dates! Colonial Times to 2005 [9 December 2004]

http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/index.htm

Census: Disability

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disability.html

2004

Work Disability Status by:

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disabcps.html

Disability Tables -

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/disabtables.html

The following comes from -

Health, United States, 2004

With Chartbook on

Trends in the Health of Americans with Special Feature on Drugs

UPDATED TREND TABLES

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hus/updatedtables.htm

Table 124.

Employers' costs per employee-hour worked for total compensation, wages and salaries, and health insurance, according to selected characteristics: United States, selected years 1991-2004

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus04trend.pdf#124

or

ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Health_US/hus04tables/Table124.xls

[spreadsheet]

Allstate:

Fourth Annual Allstate .Retirement Reality Check. survey [8 December 2004]

Mini Executive Summary (Year-to-Year)

http://www.allstate.com/Media/NewsHeadlines/pr_2004/images/2004_12_08_rrc_exec.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

See Press Release

Optimism Surges Among Boomers Eyeing Retirement

But Allstate survey shows continued worries about health-care costs

http://www.allstate.com/media/newsheadlines/pr_2004/PageRender.asp?page=pr_2004_12_08_rrc_exec.htm

BUSINESS ETHICS AWARDS [13 December 2004]

http://www.business-ethics.com/annual.htm

Winners

http://www.business-ethics.com/annual.htm#And%20the%20Winners%20Are...

Award Stories

http://www.business-ethics.com/annual.htm#Awards%20Story

FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 13, 2004

Yes, Virginia, There Are Ethical Corporations

http://www.business-ethics.com/annual.htm#FOR%20RELEASE%20DECEMBER%2015,%202003

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)

STATE POLICIES TO ASSIST WORKING-POOR FAMILIES [10 December 2004]

By Liz McNichol and John Springer

http://www.cbpp.org/12-10-04sfp.pdf

[full-text, 63 pages]

Introduction

http://www.cbpp.org/12-10-04sfp.htm

See related material at-

http://www.cbpp.org/pubs/sfp.htm

Education International

Working Papers no. 14

September 2004

Quality Education: The Key Role of Teachers

by Ulf Fredriksson

http://www.ei-ie.org/pub/english/Workingpaper/ei_workingpaper_14.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)

Policy Making in the European Union: Is There a Social Democratic Space?

Wolfgang Merkel & Tobias Ostheim *

- Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Internat. Politikanalyse, 2004.

Electronic ed.: Bonn : FES, 2004

ISBN 3-89892-252-9

http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id/02605.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)

Development of the global trade union network within the Nestlé corporation : can trade unions square up the power of transnational companies? / Stefan Rüb. - Bonn : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Division for Internat. Development Cooperation, Global Trade Union Program, 2004. - 46 S.. -

Dt. Ausg. u.d.T.: Die Entwicklung des globalen Gewerkschaftsnetzwerks im Nestlé-Konzern. - Span. Ausg. u.d.T.: Desarrollo de la red sindical global en la compañia Nestlé. - Electronic ed.: Bonn : FES, 2004

ISBN 3-89892-323-1

http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/02565.pdf

[full-text, 46 pages]

From MDRC (formerly Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation) and its Next Generation Project

Staying Single:

The Effects of Welfare Reform Policies on Marriage and Cohabitation

Working Paper No. 13

http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_13/ng_13_summary.htm

or

http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_13/ng_13_wkgppr.pdf

[full-text, 85 pages]

"Making A Way Out of No Way"

How Mothers Meet Basic Family Needs While Moving from Welfare to Work

Working Paper No. 14

http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_14/ng_14_summary.htm

or

http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_14/ng_14_wkgppr.pdf

[full-text, 42 pages]

Instability in Child Care:

Ethnographic Evidence from Working Poor Families in the New Hope Intervention

Working Paper No. 15

http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_15/ng_15_summary.htm

or

http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_15/ng_15_wkgppr.pdf

[full-text, 35 pages]

Out of Their Hands:

Patching Together Care for Children When Parents Move from Welfare to Work

Working Paper No. 16

http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_16/ng_16_summary.htm

or

http://www.mdrc.org/ng_working_papers/ng_wkgppr_16/ng_16_wkgppr.pdf

[full-text, 29 pages]

Kaiser Family Foundation

Current Trends and Future Outlook for Retiree Health Benefits: Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2004 Survey on Retiree Health Benefits [14 December 2004]

http://www.kff.org/medicare/7194/index.cfm

or

http://www.kff.org/medicare/7194/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getfile.cfm&PageID=49752

[full-text, 79 pages]

Press Release [14 December 2004]

http://www.kff.org/medicare/med121404nr.cfm

Mercer: 2004 Spotlight on Benefits Report

US education, government, and nonprofit sectors make up in benefits what they may lack in pay

Accommodation, food service, retail, and wholesale industries rank lowest on benefits

United States

New York, 7 December 2004

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1164395;jsessionid=00KWHO2NGSGVUCTGOUGCIIQKMZ0QYI2C

Employees, CEOs Saw Stock Option Values Decline Sharply Between 2001 and 2003, Watson Wyatt Study Finds

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=14041

See Executive Summary at

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/research/resrender.asp?id=w-787

International Labour Organization (ILO)--Social Dialogue, Labour Law and Labour Administration Department (DIALOGUE)

International Observatory of Labour Law

National Labour Law Profiles

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/ll/observatory/profiles/index.htm

BLS: WORKPLACE INJURIES AND ILLNESSES IN 2003 [14 December 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 23 pages]

BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - NOVEMBER 2004 - [9 December 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: Producer Price Indexes -- November 2004 [10 December 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 17 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

Federal Reserve Board (FRB)

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION [14 December 2004]

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/Current/default.htm

or

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/Current/g17.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

Violence Against Women: Identifying Risk Factors

November 2004 [online 10 December 2004]

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/197019.htm

or

http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/197019.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention

Fact Sheet

December 10, 2004

Study: Fall-Related Injuries during the Holiday Season, United States, 2000-2003

http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs041210.htm

Judicial Watch (Financial Disclosure Reports)

http://www.judicialwatch.org/judges.shtml

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2003 [14 December 2004]

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05300/start.htm

or

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05300/htmstart.htm

or

http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf05300/pdf/nsf05300.pdf

[full-text, 145 pages]

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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:58 AM

Inter-American Development Bank

The Impact of Training Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Programa Joven

http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubR-483.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

R-483

Published: December 2004

Language: English

Abstract:

http://www.iadb.org/res/index.cfm?fuseaction=Publications.View&pub_id=R-483

An Investigation of the Effects of Alcohol Policies on Youth STDs

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10949.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

Michael Grossman, Robert Kaestner, Sara Markowitz

NBER Working Paper No. w10949

Issued in December 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10949

European Commission

Employing people with disabilities [30 November 2004]

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/nov/disabilities_en.html

See also BACKGROUND INFORMATION at-

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/disability/index_en.html

ILO: Biometric ID for seafarers ready to be issued New ILO Convention for maritime workers will come into force in February [3 December 2004]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/index.htm

[This will appear at the above URL soon]

See convention -- C185 Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003:

www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C185

OECD Economic Outlook No. 76 - Country summaries [30 November 2004]

http://www.oecd.org/document/52/0,2340,en_2649_201185_19726196_1_1_1_1,00.html

Click on the country name. Each summary is in the form of  a PDF file (approximately 9 Kb per file).

See related document

OECD Economic Outlook No. 76

Preliminary Edition

November 2004

http://www.oecd.org/document/18/0,2340,en_2649_201185_20347538_1_1_1_1,00.html

BLS: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2003 [1 December 2004]

U.S. Department of Labor

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Kathleen Utgoff, Commissioner

September 2004

Bulletin 2567

http://www.bls.gov/oes/oes_pub_2003_m.htm

Census: County Business Patterns 2002 [2 December 2004]

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/cbptotal.html

DOL: GovBenefits.gov Helps Make Holidays Brighter for Those in Need

Website Helps Citizens Determine Possible Eligibility for Benefits [1 December 2004]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/oasam/OASAM20042439.htm

Health, United States, 2004  [3 December 2004]

With Chartbook on

Trends in the Health of Americans with Special Feature on Drugs

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm

[The above URL is preferred -- sections of book broken into separate PDF documents - section below]

or

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus04.pdf

[full-text,  513 pages -- LOADS VERY SLOWLY large file 14.4 MB]

Press Release at-

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/04news/hus04.htm

Employment in New York State Newsletter, October 2004 [6 December 2004]

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/labor_market/LMI_business/newsletr/current/index.htm

or

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/pdf/enys1004.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

The Segal Company:

2005 Reporting & Disclosure Calendar for Multiemployer Plans [24 November 2004]

http://www.segalco.com/publications/r&dcalendar/multi2005.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

See Press Release

http://www.segalco.com/corporate/pub-corporate.cfm?ID=557

Prudential Relocation White Paper Series

From Children to Adults: The Effects of Relocation

http://www.presentationselect.com/prudential/archive/ref/tips/ChildrenOfRelocation.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

SIXTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2003

http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/brochures/Annual%20Reports/Entire2003AnnualReportreduced.pdf

[full-text, 199 pages]

[Please note : Statistical Tables for Fiscal Year 2003 begin on page 123]

BLS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS OF FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS IN 2003 [1 December 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 13 pages]

BLS: TIME OF LOST-WORKDAY INJURIES AND ILLNESSES, 2002 ­ FIRST RESULTS ANNOUNCED BY BLS [2 December 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/os/osnr0020.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  OCTOBER 2004 [1 December 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: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  NOVEMBER 2004 [3 December 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

Fact Sheet

December 1, 2004

Study: Changes in Motorcycle-Crash Mortality Rates, by Blood Alcohol Concentration and Age --- United States, 1983-2003

http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs041201.htm

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Director, IWS News Bureau               *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School                      *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor            *
New York, NY 10016                      *
                                        *
Telephone: (607) 255-2703               *
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# posted by SBasefsky : 1:06 PM

From the International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS - at the ILO)

WORK IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Papers and proceedings of an international symposium

Tokyo, 1-3 December 2003

edited by Jean-Pierre Laviec, Mitsuko Horiuchi and Kazuo Sugenoby.

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/global.pdf

[full-text, 231 pages]

Increasing the Economic Development Benefits of Higher Education in Michigan

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/04-106.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 04-106

Timothy J. Bartik, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

September 27, 2004

Abstract

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/04106wp.html

Parliament of Australia

Department of Parliamentary Services

Parliamentary Library RESEARCH NOTE

Information, analysis and advice for the Parliament 29 November 2004, no. 22, 2004­05, ISSN 1449-8456

Labour market dynamics

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/2004-05/05rn22.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

AUSTRIA:

Industrial disputes hit post-war peak in 2003 [23 November 2004]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/11/feature/at0411202f.html

The EU-US Cooperation Programme in Higher Education and Vocational Education Training 2001-2005 [23 November 2004]

http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/eu-usa/projects_en.html

From the European Commission > Employment and Social Affairs

Fight against discrimination: strong demand for more EU action [26 November 2004]

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/nov/antidiscrimination_en.html

GREEN PAPER - Equality and non-discrimination in an enlarged European Union (June 2004)

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/greenpaper_en.htm

Response statistics for Green Paper on anti-discrimination and equal treatment

Status : inactive

Date open : 01/05/2004

End date : 31/08/2004

There are 1443 responses

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/pdf/stats.pdf

Full-text of the GREEN PAPER

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/pdf/greenpapfin_en.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

From ELDIS -

ELDIS is a gateway to information on development issues hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex

State of the World Reports (International Inter-governmental Reports)

http://www.eldis.org/finance/big_reports_feature.htm

From the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

[Japan] Main Labor Economic Indicators (updated 30 November 2004)

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/eshuyo/200412/index.htm

From the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Japanese Working Life Profile 2004/2005: Labour Statistics [online 19 November 2004]

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborinfo/library/documents/2004_2005jwlp.pdf

[full-text, 99 pages]

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online

November 2004

Vol. 127, Number 11

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

Annual measures of gross job gains and gross job losses

Joshua C. Pinkston and James R. Spletzer

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/11/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey: what initial data show

Kelly A. Clark

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/11/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

Employment and wages for the U.S. ocean and coastal economy

Charles S. Colgan

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/11/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Industry productivity trends under the North American Industry Classification system

Matthew Russell, Paul Takac, and Lisa Usher

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/11/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Federal statistics on healthcare benefits and cost trends

John E. Buckley and Robert W. Van Giezen

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/11/art5full.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

Measuring defined benefit replacement rates with PenSync

James H. Moore, Jr.

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/11/art6full.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online [23 November 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Major Work Stoppages in 2003 (11/23/2004)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cb20041119ar01p1.htm

Census: Issued November 2004

Population Characteristics

P20-553

America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2003 [30 November 2004]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p20-553.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

For DETAILED TABLES see-

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

Press Release [30 November 2004]

Stay-at-HomeParents Top 5 Million, Census Bureau Reports

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/003118.html

Census: Nonemployer Statistics [30 November 2004]

http://www.census.gov/epcd/nonemployer/index.html

See DETAILED TABLES at-

http://www.census.gov/epcd/nonemployer/2002/us/US000.HTM

Press Release [30 November 2004]

Number of Small Businesses Continues to Grow; Nevada and Georgia Lead the Way

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/economic_surveys/003102.html

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (CBO)

A Description of the Immigrant Population [24 November 2004]

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/60xx/doc6019/11-23-Immigrant.pdf

[full-text, 37 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women: 2004 [19 November 2004]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005016

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005016.pdf

[full-text, 116 pages]

From the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Data File: Longitudinal School District Fiscal-Nonfiscal File, Fiscal Years 1990 to 2000 [23 November 2004]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005863

From the Conference Board

Help-Wanted Advertising Index Increases One Point [24 November 2004]

http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2524

From the Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

Snapshot for December 1, 2004.

State minimum wages on the move

http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_snapshots_12012004

The Season of Giving Does Not Include Holiday Bonuses, According to Hewitt Associates

More Companies Favor Pay-for-Performance as a Way to Award Bonuses [16 November 2004]

http://was4.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/newsroom/pressrel/2004/11-16-04.htm

Mercer:

IRS Takes a Position on Phased Retirement

http://wrg.wmmercer.com/content.asp?article_id=20046915&blurb_id=48820&t=&p=&ar=1

An earlier story appeared at - http://wrg.mercerhr.com/content.asp?article_id=20040331X&blurb_id=48508&t=&p=&ar=-1

with the full-text of the proposed regulation at-

http://wrg.mercerhr.com/content_print.asp?article_id=20046885&ext=.PDF

Mercer:

UK

London, 29 November 2004

Companies support new accounting for share options standard

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1163680;jsessionid=NCTZINLWBYY5WCTGOUGCHPQKMZ0QYI2C

Globalization Bulletin (From Rutgers - free subscription available)

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dbensman/bulletin.html

NLRB OVERRULES M.B. STURGIS

http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2545.htm

            The National Labor Relations Board, in a 3-2 decision, returned to longstanding Board precedent and held that employees obtained from a labor supplier cannot be included in a unit of permanent employees of the employer to which they are assigned unless all parties consent to the bargaining arrangement.  Oakwood Care Center and N&W Agency, Inc., 343 NLRB No. 76.  The decision is posted  at http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/decisions/343/343-76.pdf

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS:  OCTOBER 2004 [1 December 2004]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi1004.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi1004.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi1004.xls

[spreadsheet]

and Highlights at

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi1004_fax.pdf

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN OCTOBER 2004 [24 November 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 8 pages]

BLS: November 2003 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates [26 November 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm#tables

BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS:  FIRST QUARTER 2004 [30 November 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 11 pages]

BLS: CONSUMER EXPENDITURES IN 2003 [30 November 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 2 pages]

Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on

Strategic Communication, September 2004 (online November 2004)

http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2004-09-Strategic_Communication.pdf

[full-text, 111 pages]

[see pages 15,16, 28, 41,46]

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