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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,  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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