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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,  5 January 2005


Academic Research

THE BLUE EAGLE AT WORK

Reclaiming Democratic Rights in the American Workplace

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_catalog.taf?_function=detail&Title_ID=4218&_UserReference=301C9DA633D4CB0141BF4FD4

NEW from Cornell University Press

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

Does Openness to Trade Make Countries More Vulnerable to Sudden Stops, or Less? Using Gravity to Establish Causality+

http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubS-262.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

Eduardo A. Cavalloi and Jeffrey A. Frankelii

John F. Kennedy School of Government

Harvard University

September 23, rev November, 2004

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


International

European Commission, Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security

22/12/2004

Report of the Experts Group on Trafficking in Human Beings

http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/doc_centre/crime/trafficking/doc/report_expert_group_1204_en.pdf

[full-text, 239 pages]

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

EMCC dossier on the European textiles and leather sector [9 December 2004]

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/tn04007a.html?p1=emcc_updates&p2=emcc%20updates

INCLUDES NUMEROUS FULL-TEXT REPORTS AND CASE STUDIES

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu04013a.html

ILO:

WORLD EMPLOYMENT REPORT 2004-05

EMPLOYMENT, PRODUCTIVITY AND POVERTY REDUCTION [7 December 2004]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/wer2004.htm

View individual sections of the report:

 Â» Preface, Acknowledgments and Contents

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04p1en.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

 Â» Overview and main policy messages

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04oven.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

 Â» Chapter 1. Global trends in employment, productivity and poverty

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04c1en.pdf

[full-text, 54 pages]

 Â» Chapter 2. Does productivity help or harm employment growth?

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04c2en.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages]

 Â» Chapter 3. Why agriculture still matters

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04c3en.pdf

[full-text, 56 pages]

 Â» Chapter 4. A stable workplace? A mobile workforce? What is best for increasing productivity?

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04c4en.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

 Â» Chapter 5. Small-scale activities and the productivity divide

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/wr04c5en.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

See Press Release at - http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2004/54.htm

Japan Labor Review

Volume 1, Number 4,

Autumn 2004

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR04.pdf

[full-text, 106 pages]

JILPT/ILO Networking of National Institutes for Labour Studies: Meeting on Joint Investigative Studies for

"Determining the Impact of Information and Communications Technology on Decent Work in the Asia and Pacific Region"

December 2-3, 2004, Bangkok

International Symposium/Workshop

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/041202_report.htm

Country Papers and Authors

Japan

Effect of the Diffusion of ICT on White-Collar Workers' Workplaces in Japan

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_japan.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Makoto Fujimoto Researcher of Human Resource Management, Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training

Australia

Determining the Impact of ICT on Decent Work: Australia

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_australia.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

Mark Cole Senior Researcher, Australian Centre for Industrial Relation Research and Teaching (ACIRRT)

China

Determining the Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Decent Work in China

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_china.pdf

[full-text, 34]

Chinese Academy of Labour and Social Security, Ministry of Labour and Social Security

Fiji

THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION/COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON DECENT WORK IN FIJI

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_fiji.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages]

Ashla Singh Assistant Lecturer, The University of South Pacific, School of Social and Economic Development Department of Sociology

India

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND DECENT WORK: STUDY OF INDIA'S EXPERIENCE

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_india.pdf

[full-text, 79 pages]

Uday Kumar Varma, S.K. Sasikumar Director, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute

Indonesia

Determining the Impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Decent Work in Indonesia

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_indonesia.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

Dr Suahasil Nazara,I Dewa Gede Karma Wisana, Deni Friawan Demographic Institute, Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia

Korea

Impact of Information and Communication Technology(ICT) on Decent Work in Korea

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_korea.pdf

[full-text, 89 pages]

Dr Junwook Hwang, Jai-joon Hur, Kang-shik Choi Research Fellow, Korea Labour Institute

Nepal

Determining the Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Decent Work in Nepal

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_nepal.pdf

[full-text, 85 pages]

Nepal Foundation for Advanced Studies (NEFAS)

New Zealand

Determining the Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Decent Work in the Asia and Pacific Region: New Zealand

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_new_zealand.pdf

[full-text, 61 pages]

Dr. Stephen Blumenfeld Senior Lecturer, Industrial Relations Center, Victoria Management School, Victoria University of Wellington

Pakistan

Study on IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON DECENT WORK IN PAKISTAN

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_pakistan.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

Athar Mahmood Khan, Qamar Ali Shah Head Department, Pakistan Manpower Institute, Government of Pakistan Labour, Manpower and Overseas

Philippines

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND DECENT WORK: LESSONS FROM THE GARMENTS, CALL CENTERS, AND BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING ESTABLISHMENTS

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_philippines.pdf

[full-text, 51 pages]

Jeanette Tana Deputy Executive Director (OIC), Chief Labor and Employment Officer, Institute for Labor Studies, Department of Labour and Employment

Sri Lanka

ICT and Decent Work: An Assessment of the Labour Market Impacts of the Advent of Information and Communication Technology in Sri Lanka

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_sri_lanka.pdf

[full-text, 61 pages]

M.D.A.L Ranasinghe Senior Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Colombo

Thailand

Final Report "Determining the Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Decent Work in Thailand"

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_thailand.pdf

[full-text, 108 pages]

Mallika Kunavarana Member of Sub-committee on the Consideration of National Labour Administration Policies, National Advisory Council for Labour Development, Ministry of Labour

Viet Nam

"Determining the Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Decent work in the Asian and Pacific Region"

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/documents/ann04_viet_nam.pdf

[full-text 53 pages]

Vinh Dao Quang Deputy Director, Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs

Federal

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online

December 2004

Vol. 127, Number 12

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

What can time-use data tell us about hours of work?

Harley Frazis and Jay Stewart

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/12/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Occupational injury and illness: new recordkeeping requirements

William J. Wiatrowski

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/12/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

Hedonic regression models using in-house and out-of-house data

Craig Brown

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/12/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

Reports

New and emerging occupations

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/12/ressum1.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Fatal occupational injuries at road construction sites

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/12/ressum2.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

BLS: Occupational Outlook Quarterly

Fall 2004

Vol. 48, Number 3

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm

Matching yourself with the world of work

Henry T. Kasper

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2004/fall/art01.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Sellers for the sellers: Advertising sales agents

Gregory Niemesh

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2004/fall/art02.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Brief items of interest to counselors and students.

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2004/fall/grabbag.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

You're a what? Marine coordinator

Elka Jones

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2004/fall/yawhat.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

More education: Lower unemployment, higher pay

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2004/fall/oochart.pdf

[full-text, 1 page]

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics

December 2004

Report 982

Extended Mass Layoffs in 2003 [14 December 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/mls/mlsreport982.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

Census: 2002 Census of Governments, Volume 4, Number 6,

Government Finances, Employee-Retirement Systems of State and Local Governments: 2002  [21 December 20004]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/gc024x6.pdf

[full-text, 71 pages]

Census 2000 Special Reports

CENSR-17

Issued December 2004

We the People: Asians in the United States [15 December 2004]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/censr-17.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Paper

Medicaid’s Reimbursements to Pharmacies for Prescription Drugs [17 December 2004]

December 2004

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/60xx/doc6038/12-16-Medicaid.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic:

Nanotechnology

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/

See - The National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Plan: December 2004

http://www.nano.gov/NNI_Strategic_Plan_2004.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

U.S. Labor Department Publishes Youth Employment Rules

Rules Become Effective in 60 Days [17 December 2004]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/ESA20042526.htm

See new rules at

http://frwebgate2.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=291557138493+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve

or

http://frwebgate2.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=291557138493+0+1+0&WAISaction=retrieve

[PDF}

or

Summary at-

http://frwebgate2.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=291557138493+0+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Economic Policy Institute December 14, 2004 Issue Brief #203

DEBT AND THE DOLLAR

The United States damages future living standards by borrowing itself into a deceptively deep hole

by L. Josh Bivens

http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/Issuebrief203

or

http://www.epinet.org/Issuebriefs/203/ib203.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Law

U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Final Permanent Labor Certification Regulation

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/OPA20042527.htm

For a complete version of the Permanent Labor Certification final rule, please see the December 27, 2004 edition of the Federal Register.

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-27653.pdf

[full-text, 97 pages]

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training -- JILPT Report

No.1

The Mechanism for Establishing and Changing Terms and Conditions of Employment/ The Scope of Labor Law and the Notion of Employees (June 2004)

2004 JILPT Comparative Labor Law Seminar

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JILPTRNo1.pdf

[full-text, 182 pages]

EEOC REACHES OUT TO HIGH SCHOOLERS TO COMBAT WORKPLACE HARASSMENT OF TEENS [16 December 2004]

Teens Told How to Handle Employment Discrimination at Nationwide Press Conference for High School Journalists

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-15-04.html

Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. International Transactions: Third Quarter 2004 [16 December 2004]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/trans304.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/trans304.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/trans304.xls

[spreadsheet]

BLS: WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION IN 2003 [22 December 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 9 pages]

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  NOVEMBER 2004 [17 December 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 NOVEMBER 2004 [17 December 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: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-SEPTEMBER 2004 [15 December 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 26 pages]

BLS: VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES, 2004 [16 December 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 13 pages]

EuroStat: 153/2004 - 17 December 2004

October 2004 compared to September 2004

Industrial production down by 0.5% in euro-zone

EU25 down by 0.3%

http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/4-17122004-AP/EN/4-17122004-AP-EN.PDF

[full-text, 6 pages]

From the Women's Bureau

QUICK FACTS

Women in the Labor Force in 2003

http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-laborforce.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Reporting Tips on South Asia  --  The 2004 Tsunami Disaster

http://www.saja.org/tsunami.html

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