Wednesday, January 05, 2005

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 5 January 2005

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,  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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