Wednesday, August 10, 2005

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 10 August 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,  10 August 2005


Academic Research

Competition and Productivity in Japanese Manufacturing Industries
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11540.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
Yosuke Okada
NBER Working Paper No. 11540
Issued in August 2005
---- Abstract -----
http://www.nber.org/papers/w11540



Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11527.pdf
[full-text, 55 pages]
Robert Fairlie, Christopher Woodruff
NBER Working Paper No. 11527
Issued in August 2005
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W11527


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


International

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Comparative Study
Minimum Wages in Europe [3 August 2005]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/07/study/index.html
or
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/07/study/tn0507101s.html


Federal

BLS: Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, 10 Countries, 1960-2004
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flslforc.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/fls/flslforc.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]

Census: COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS 2003 [8 August 2005]
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
Press Release --
MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2005
New Census Bureau County Business Report Shows New York Leads in Wages, Los Angeles in Number of Businesses
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/county_business_patterns/005507.html


Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Background Paper
Employment During the 2001­2003 Recovery
7 August 2005
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/65xx/doc6599/08-05-Jobs.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Memorandum                July 5, 2005
Historical Relationship Between the Minimum Wage and Poverty, 1959 to 2005
http://www.chn.org/pdf/crsminimumwage.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]


Labor Department Streamlines Process for National Guard & Reserve Service Members to File Employment Rights Complaints [3 August 2005]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/vets/VETS20051286.htm


National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Tabular Summary of Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons: 2002-03 [4 August 2005]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005044
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005044.pdf
[full-text, 105 pages]


National Council on Disability AUGUST 2005 Publications
http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2005/publications.htm


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Australian Human Resources Institute
The Status & Role of HRM in Australian Organisations: 1995-2005
http://www.ahri.com.au/upload/IHRM%202005%20sheehan3-5-5.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]

Conference Board
Across the Board® Article
The Indians Are Coming
How management thinkers from India are changing the face of American business.
By Des Dearlove ,  Stuart Crainer
http://www.conference-board.org/articles/atb_article.cfm?id=313
or
http://www.conference-board.org/articles/articlepdf.cfm?ID=313
[full-text, 5 pages]

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI Issue Brief #284
Employment-Based Health Benefits: Trends in Access and Coverage , 8 August 2005
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_08-20051.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
Press Release
Health Care Access and Coverage Steady From 1997-2002, EBRI Review Reports
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_710_8Aug051.pdf
Executive Summary
http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3574


Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI NOTES, August 2005, Vol. 26, No. 8
Retirement Income Security: A Look at Social Security, Employment-Based Retirement Plans, and Health Savings Accounts
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/EBRI_Notes_08-2005.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
See PRESS RELEASE - 9 August 2005
EBRI Policy Forum:
Experts Examine Factors Threatening Retirement Security
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_711_9Aug05.pdf


Kaiser Family Foundation
A Consumer Guide to Handling Disputes with Your Employer or Private Health Plan, 2005 Update
August 2005
http://www.kff.org/consumerguide/7350.cfm
or
http://www.kff.org/consumerguide/upload/ExtReview.pdf
[full-text, 119 pages]
See press release, 4 August 2005
http://www.kff.org/insurance/chcm080405nr.cfm


LABOR NEWS Free
(Thanks to Deb Schmidle, Collection Development Librarian, Catherwood Library for the tip)
International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) Online
http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Topics&file=index
For example, see stories from
PAI (Press Associates Inc.)
http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=12
Northwest Labor Press
http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=33


National Council of La Raza
Hispanic Women at Work [29 July 2005]
http://www.nclr.org/content/publications/detail/32940/
or
http://www.nclr.org/files/32940_file_SB6_HispWomen_FNL_.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


2006 SEGAL HEALTH PLAN COST TRENDS SURVEY
http://www.segalco.com/publications/surveysandstudies/2006trendsurvey.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
Press Release [5 August 2005]
http://www.segalco.com/pressreleases.html#080505


Law

FindLaw.com
Workers' Compensation
http://injury.findlaw.com/workers-compensation/


LLRX.com
Court Rules, Forms, and Dockets
http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) [DATA]
Job Patterns For Minorities And Women In Private Industry, 2003 [8 June 2005]
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/jobpat/jobpat.html
or
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/jobpat/2003/index.html



Statistical Reports

BLS: COMPUTER AND INTERNET USE AT WORK IN 2003 [2 August 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ciuaw.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ciuaw.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]


BLS: Consumer price indexes in nine countries, percent change from same period of previous year, 1995-2005
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flscpim.txt
Data compiled by: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 5, 2005.


BLS: Unemployment rates in nine countries, civilian labor force basis, approximating U.S. concepts, seasonally adjusted, 1995-2005
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flsjec.txt
SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 5, 2005.


BLS: Unemployment rates in the European Union and selected member countries, civilian labor force basis (1), seasonally adjusted, 1995-2005
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flseur.txt
Data compiled by U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; BLS has not adjusted these data to reflect U.S. labor force concepts.  August 5, 2005.


BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JULY 2005 [5 August 2005]
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


BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Preliminary Second Quarter 2005 [9 August 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm


BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  JUNE 2005 [3 August 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htmor
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

International Trade Administration (ITA), Office of Travel & Tourism Industries
See --
OUTBOUND OVERVIEW
http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpages/outbound.general_information.outbound_overview.html
and
INBOUND OVERVIEW
http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpages/index.html#inbound
Press Release August 4, 2005
U.S. SETS NEW RECORDS FOR TRAVEL ABROAD IN 2004
http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/PressReleases/0805/tourism_080405.html


The following web site is recommended for practitioners and students in particular. Registration is FREE.
(Thanks to Maralyn Edid, Senior Extension Associate, Cornell School of Industrial & Labor Relations, for the tip).
SmartEconomist.com
http://smarteconomist.com


Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
http://dasis3.samhsa.gov/


National Alcohol & Drug Addiction
RECOVERY MONTH (September 2005)
http://www.recoverymonth.gov/2005/default.aspx


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