Friday, December 17, 2004

[IWS] NO MESSAGES until 5 JANUARY 2005

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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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Have a wonderful holiday season!
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Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School                      *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor            *
New York, NY 10016                      *
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Tuesday, December 14, 2004

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 15 December 2004

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin,  15 December 2004


Academic Research

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]

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


International

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


Federal

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]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

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


Law

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


Statistical Reports

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]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

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]
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                 *
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               *
Fax: (607) 255-9641                     *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                *
****************************************


Wednesday, December 08, 2004

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 8 December 2004

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin,  8 December 2004


Academic Research

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


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


International

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



Federal

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


State

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]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

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]


Law

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]


Statistical Reports

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


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

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


_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky                 *
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               *
Fax: (607) 255-9641                     *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                *
****************************************


Wednesday, December 01, 2004

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 1 December 2004

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin,  1 December 2004


Academic Research

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


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


International

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]


Federal

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


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

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


Law

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


Statistical Reports

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]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

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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