Wednesday, September 28, 2005
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 28 September 2005
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, 28 September 2005
Academic Research
International
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.
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 28 September 2005
Academic Research
- The Effect of Minimum Wages on the Employment and Earnings of South Africa's Domestic Service Workers,
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05-120.pdf
- [full-text, 60 pages]
- Upjohn Institute Working Paper 05-120
- Tom Hertz , 2005. [15 August 2005]
- Abstract
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05120wp.html
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Mexico
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubR-512.pdf
- [full-text, 68 pages]
- R-512
- Author: Lehoucq, Fabrice - Negretto, Gabriel - Aparicio, Francisco - Nacif, Benito - Benton, Allyson
- Published: September 2005
- Trends in U.S. Wage Inequality: Re-Assessing the Revisionists [12 September 2005]
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11627.pdf
- [full-text, 60 pages]
- David H. Autor, Lawrence F. Katz, Melissa S. Kearney
- NBER Working Paper No. 11627
- Issued in September 2005
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11627
International
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- EMCC dossier on the European construction sector [28 September 2005]
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu05017a.html
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- The knowledge-intensive business services sector: Towards visions for the future and policy implications [28 September 2005]
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu05016a.html
- or
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/publications/2005/ef0559en.pdf (1 Mb) [full text, 28 pages]
- International Labour Office (ILO)
- Working Paper
- Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour
- DECLARATION/WP/42/2005
- Forced Labour and Human Trafficking: Estimating the Profits [March 2005, online September 2005]
- by Patrick Belser
- http://www.ilo.org/dyn/declaris/DECLARATIONWEB.DOWNLOAD_BLOB?Var_DocumentID=5081
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- Information folder on Decent Work and the Millennium Development Goals [14 September 2005]
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/exrel/mdg/briefs/index.htm
- World Bank
- World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development [20 September 2005]
- http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2005/09/20/000112742_20050920110826/Rendered/PDF/322040World0Development0Report02006.pdf
- [full-text, 340 pages]
- Overview
- http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2006/Resources/477383-1127230817535/WDR2006overview.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- Download by Chapter
- http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=469372&piPK=64165421&menuPK=64166093&entityID=000112742_20050920110826
- Background Papers
- http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2006/0,,contentMDK:20232899~menuPK:477651~pagePK:64167689~piPK:64167673~theSitePK:477642,00.html
- Press Release, 20 September 2005
- http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2006/0,,contentMDK:20232719~menuPK:477649~pagePK:64167689~piPK:64167673~theSitePK:477642,00.html
- BLS: Hurricane Information: Katrina and Rita [26 September 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/katrina/home.htm
- BLS: Presented at the EU-US Seminar on �Offshoring of Services in ICT and Related Services,� Brussels,
- Belgium, December 13-14, 2004.
- Mass Layoff Statistics Data in the United States and Domestic and Overseas Relocation*
- Sharon P. Brown
- Chief, Division of Local Area Unemployment Statistics
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- U.S. Department of Labor
- http://www.bls.gov/mls/mlsrelocation.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- BLS: U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- September 2005
- Report 989
- Extended Mass Layoffs in 2004
- http://www.bls.gov/mls/mlsreport989.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- Congressional Budge Office (CBO)
- The Risk Exposure of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- 15 September 2005
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/66xx/doc6646/09-15-PBGC.pdf
- [full-text, 44 pages]
- CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
- CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (CBO)
- A Guide to Understanding the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation [24 September 2005]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/66xx/doc6657/09-23-GuideToPBGC.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Foreign Outsourcing: Economic Implications and Policy Responses
- Updated June 21, 2005
- Craig K. Elwell
- Specialist in Macroeconomics
- Government and Finance Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL32484_20050621.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- Department of Labor (DOL) Telephone CONTACTS BY TOPIC
- http://www.dol.gov/dol/contact/contact-phone-topics.htm
- U.S. Department of Labor Extends Disaster Unemployment Assistance Eligibility for Jobless in Hurricane Rita-Affected Region [26 September 2005]
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ETA20051833.htm
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Small Business Research Summary
- The Impact of Regulatory Costs on Small Firms
- by
- W. Mark Crain
- Lafayette College, Easton, PA
- funder contract number SBHQ-03-M-0522
- Release Date: September 2005
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs264tot.pdf
- [full-text, 95 pages]
- Small Business Administrtion (SBA)
- State Economic Profiles 2001-2005
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/
- example:
- Small Business Profile: NEW YORK
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/05ny.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- September 2005 - SBA Working Paper
- U.S. Sole Proprietorships: A Gender Comparison, 1985-2000,
- submitted by Ying Lowery
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs263tot.pdf
- [full-text, 62 pages]
- Research Summary
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs263.pdf
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
- BENEFIT LEVELS FOR UNEMPLOYED HURRICANE VICTIMS ARE TOO LOW [27 September 2005]
- by Isaac Shapiro
- http://www.cbpp.org/9-27-05ui.htm
- or
- http://www.cbpp.org/9-27-05ui.pdf
- [full-text, 3pp.]
- SHRM/Rutgers
- Number of Jobs in U.S. Manufacturing Sector Climbs As Wage Increases Slow
- Manufacturing Job Market Was Stronger This Month Than Last, But May Soften in October
- http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_014223.asp#P-4_0
- EEOC
- CARMIKE CINEMAS TO PAY $765,000 TO SETTLE RARE CASE OF MALE-ON-MALE TEEN HARASSMENT
- EEOC Says Male Supervisor Groped Young Men, Made Advances and Requested Sexual Favors [27 September 2005]
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/9-27-05.html
- BEA: State Personal Income: Second Quarter 2005 [28 September 2005]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/sqpinewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/spi0905.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/spi0905.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- or
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/spi0905_fax.pdf
- BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS BY INDUSTRY: WHOLESALE TRADE, RETAIL TRADE, AND FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, 2004 [27 September 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prin.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prin.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- BLS: Unemployment rates in nine countries, civilian labor force basis,approximating U.S. concepts, seasonally adjusted, 1995-2005 [2 September 2005]
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flsjec.txt
- BLS: Unemployment rates in the European Union and selected member countries, civilian labor force basis (1), seasonally adjusted, 1995-2005 [2 September 2005]
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flseur.txt
- BLS: Consumer price indexes in nine countries, percent change from same period of previous year, 1995-2005 [2 September 2005]
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flscpim.txt
- BLS: WORK AT HOME IN 2004 [22 September 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/homey.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/homey.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- BLS: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION - JUNE 2005 [21 September 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN AUGUST 2005 [23 September 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Census
- The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic and socioeconomic data for 227 countries and areas of the world.
- http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html
- Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
- Measuring the Formation and Dissolution of Marital and Cohabiting Unions in Federal Surveys
- http://childstats.gov/union.asp
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.
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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
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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:03 AM
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 21 September 2005
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, 21 September 2005
Academic Research
International
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.
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 21 September 2005
Academic Research
- Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS)
- U.S. Call Center Industry Report 2004 [July 2005]
- National Benchmarking Report
- Strategy, HR Practices & Performance
- Rosemary Batt, Virginia Doellgast, Hyunji Kwon
- CAHRS Working Paper 05 06
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP05-06-CAHRS-USCallCenterReport.pdf
- [full-text, 62 pages]
- Does Social Security Privatization Produce Efficiency Gains?
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11622.pdf
- [full-text, 41 pages]
- Shinichi Nishiyama, Kent Smetters
- NBER Working Paper No. 11622
- Issued in September 2005
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://www.nber.org/papers/w11622
International
- European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
- GLOBAL NETWORK HOMEPAGE
- http://osha.eu.int/OSHA
- Press Release
- EU launches new global safety and health portal [14 September 2005]
- http://osha.eu.int/press_room/050914_GlobalPortal
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Impact of training on peoples employability
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF05110EN.pdf
- [full-text, 72 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- 19 of 41 CASE STUDIES on EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS -- more to appear at
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/bysubject/listindustrialrelations2005.htm
- The following are consolidated in the 2004 report-
- European Works Councils in Practice
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF04109EN.pdf
- [full-text, 154 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: British Airways (BA)
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF05711EN.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF05712EN.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: HSBC
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF05713EN.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: Amersham
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF05719EN.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: The BOC
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057110EN.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: The British American Tobacco Company
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057111EN.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: The Royal and Sun Alliance Group
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057112EN.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: Allianz Group
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057113EN.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: Bayer Group
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057114EN.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: The DaimlerChrysler Group
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057115EN.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: Deutsche Bank
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057116EN.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: Kraft Foods
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057117EN.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: Assa Abloy
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057118EN.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: Atlas Copco
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057119EN.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: Electrolux AB
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057120EN.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: Securitas AB
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057121EN.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: SKF
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057122EN.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: Swedish Match
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057123EN.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- European Works Councils case studies: IKEA
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF057124EN.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
- Labor Situation in Japan and Analysis : Detailed Exposition 2005/2006 [July 2005]
- http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborinfo/library/documents/20052006LaborSituation.pdf
- [full-text, 57 pages]
- ILO
- (The following is to be presented at the World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, Orlando, Florida 18-22 September)
- FOOD AT WORK: Workplace Solutions for Malnutrition, Obesity, and Chronic Diseases
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/download/foodatwork.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Produced for the XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work (Orlando, 18-22 Sep. 2005)
- Introductory Report: Decent Work Safe Work
- by
- Dr. J. Takala, Director, SafeWork
- International Labour Office, Geneva
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/wdcongrs17/intrep.pdf
- [full-text, 50 pages]
- See Press Release-
- Global workplace deaths vastly under-reported, says ILO 18 September 2005
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2005/36.htm
- [Please note: this is the first Economic Survey of China produced by the OECD]
- OECD Policy Brief:
- Economic Survey of China 2005 [16 September 2005]
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/10/25/35294862.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- See also-
- Economic Survey of China 2005
- http://www.oecd.org/document/21/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35331797_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Executive Summary
- http://www.oecd.org/document/45/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35344877_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Press Release, 16 September 2005
- China could become worlds largest exporter by 2010
- http://www.oecd.org/document/15/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35363023_1_1_1_1,00.html
- UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
- Progress of the World's Women 2005: Women, Work & Poverty [31 August 2005]
- http://www.unifem.org/resources/item_detail.php?ProductID=48
- or
- http://www.unifem.org/attachments/products/PoWW2005_eng.pdf
- [full-text, 116 pages]
- Press Release [31 August 2005]
- UNIFEM Report Calls for Increased Focus on Women's Informal Employment in Efforts to Combat Poverty and Gender Inequality
- http://www.unifem.org/news_events/story_detail.php?StoryID=295
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends - 14 September 2005
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL30629_20050914.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Unemployment and Employment Programs Available to Workers from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi Affected by Hurricane Katrina
- September 15, 2005
- Julie M. Whittaker
- Analyst in Applied Microeconomics, Domestic Social Policy Division
- Ann Lordeman
- Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33084_20050915.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- EEOC
- BURGER CHAIN TO PAY $150,000 TO RESOLVE EEOC RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION SUIT
- Suit Says Red Robin Fired Employee for Religious Tattoos, Saying It Wanted 'All-American Kid' [16 September 2005]
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/9-16-05.html
- GAO: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Competition and Other Factors Linked to Wide Variation in Health Care Prices. GAO-05-856, August 15. [online 14 September 2005]
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-856
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05856.pdf
- [full-text, 80 pages]
- and
- Highlights -
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05856high.pdf
- Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)
- Number: 16-05
- September 15, 2005
- Form LM-2, LM -3 and LM -4 Advisory for Labor Organizations in Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/olms/Katrina.htm
- NY STATE'S AUGUST PRIVATE SECTOR JOB GROWTH MATCHES NATION
- State's Unemployment Rate Lower Than Nation for Seventh Month in 2005 [15 September 2005]
- http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workforceindustrydata/PressReleases/pruistat.htm
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- EBRI Notes, September 2005, Vol. 26, No. 9
- Retirement Plan Participation: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Data , p. 2
- New Publications and Internet Sites, p. 12
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/EBRI_Notes_09-2005.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Press Release --
- New Research From EBRI:
- Study Shows Slight Gains in Retirement Plan Participation [21 September 2005]
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_712_21Sept05.pdf
- Hewitt Study Shows Base Pay Increases Flat for 2006 With Variable Pay Plans Picking Up the Slack
- Health Care and Energy Cost Increases Threaten Salary Gains [31 August 2005]
- http://was4.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/newsroom/pressrel/2005/08-31-05.htm
- CHARTS
- (1) Summary of Overall Salary Increases by City Location
- (2) U.S. Salary Increases (1995 - 2006)
- (3) Percentage of U.S. Companies With at Least One Type of Variable Pay Plan (1995 - 2005)
- (4) U.S. Company Spending on Variable Pay Awards for Salaried Exempt Employees (as a % of Payroll)
- http://was4.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/newsroom/pressrel/2005/08-31-05_charts.pdf
- Hudson
- Why Employees Walk: 2005 Retention Initiatives Report [14 September 2005]
- http://www.hudson-index.com/node.asp?SID=5060
- COMPLETE DATA RESULTS
- http://www.hudson-index.com/documents/us-hudson-index-data-091405.xls
- Press Release, 14 September 2005
- http://www.hudson-index.com/node.asp?SID=5059
- [excerpts]
- Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS)
- Where in the World Is Your Job Going?
- by Maralyn Edid, Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS)
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/7/
- Full-text report at -
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=briefs
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- More IWS Issue Briefs by Maralyn Edid can be found at -
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Employer Health Benefits 2005 Annual Survey
- http://www.kff.org/insurance/7315/index.cfm
- or
- Summary of Findings
- http://www.kff.org/insurance/7315/sections/upload/7316.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- or
- Full Report
- http://www.kff.org/insurance/7315/sections/index.cfm
- (broken into sections)
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Prevailing Wage Requirements and the Emergency Suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act [16 September 2005]
- John R. Luckey and Jon O. Shimabukuro
- Legislative Attorneys
- American Law Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RS22265_20050916.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- EEOC
- Commission Appellate and Amicus Briefs
- http://www.eeoc.gov/litigation/appbriefs.html
- BLS: AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY--2004 RESULTS ANNOUNCED BY BLS [20 September 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/atus.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: AUGUST 2005 [15 September 2005]
- 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 AUGUST 2005 [15 September 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- Census: County Business Patterns 1993-2003 [19 September 2005]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/cbptotal.html
- The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
- The Importance of Family Dinners II
- http://www.casacolumbia.org/Absolutenm/articlefiles/380-2005_family_dinners_ii_final.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- Press Release, 13 September 2005
- http://66.135.34.236/absolutenm/templates/PressReleases.asp?articleid=405&zoneid=56
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Trends in the International Telecommunications Industry: Summary through 2003 [14 September 2005]
- http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-261024A2.pdf
- [full-text, 53 pages]
- Press Release at-
- FCC RELEASES "TRENDS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY" REPORT
- http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-261024A1.pdf
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.
****************************************
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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
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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:04 AM
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 14 September 2005
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
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 14 September 2005
Academic Research
International
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.
_______________________________
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 14 September 2005
Academic Research
- Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS)
- The Indian Call Centre Industry: National Benchmarking Report Strategy, HR Practices, & Performance (CAHRS Working Paper 05 - 07)
- Rosemary Batt, Virginia Doellgast, Hyunji Kwon, Mudit Nopany, Priti Nopany, Anil da Costa
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP05-07.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- The Intergenerational Effect of Worker Displacement
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11587.pdf
- [full-text, 44 pages]
- Philip Oreopoulos, Marianne Page, Ann Huff Stevens
- NBER Working Paper No. 11587
- Issued in August 2005
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11587
International
- International Labour Office
- Economic and Social Analysis Unit
- Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
- Labour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific 2005 [12 September 2005]
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/download/14tharm/rep_trends.pdf
- [full-text, 78 pages]
- Press Release 12 September 2005
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/public/releases/yr2005/pr05_24.htm
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Report of the Director-General for
- Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting
- Busan, Republic of Korea, October 2005 (Postponed)
- Decent work in Asia Reporting on results 2001-2004, Volume I
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/rgmeet/14asrm/dgrep1.pdf
- [full-text, 154 pages]
- and
- Making Decent Work and Asian Goal, Volume II
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/rgmeet/14asrm/dgrep2.pdf
- [full-text, 88 pages]
- ILO issues new publication on international labour standards
- Tuesday 30 August 2005 (ILO/05/33)
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2005/33.htm
- INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)
- BETTER FACTORIES CAMBODIA
- KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA
- TWELFTH SYNTHESIS REPORT ON THE WORKING CONDITIONS IN CAMBODIA'S GARMENT SECTOR
- 8 AUGUST 2005
- http://www.betterfactories.org/content/documents/1/12th%20Synthesis%20Report%20(En).pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE GENEVA
- Conditions of Work and Employment Programme
- Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 2
- Sexual harassment at work: National and international responses [2005]
- Deirdre McCann
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/2cws.pdf
- [full-text, 74 pages]
- International Labour Office - Geneva
- Social Dialogue, Labour Law and Labour Administration Department
- Informal Economy, Undeclared Work and Labour Administration
- José Luis Daza June 2005
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/downloads/papers/informal.pdf
- [full-text, 73 pages]
- INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE GENEVA
- Conditions of Work and Employment Programme
- Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 11
- Working time in transition: The dual task of standardization and flexibilization in China
- Xiangquan Zeng, Liang Lu, Saad Umar Idris
- School of Labor and Human Resources
- Renmin University of China
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/11cws.pdf
- [full-text, 41 pages]
- OECD
- EDUCATION AT A GLANCE 2005 [13 September 2005]
- Press Release
- http://www.oecd.org/document/13/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35341645_1_1_1_1,00.html
- or
- Overview
- http://www.oecd.org/document/34/0,2340,en_2649_34515_35289570_1_1_1_1,00.html
- or
- Executive Summary
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/20/25/35345692.pdf
- [full-text, 64 pages]
- BLS DATA on UNIONS [10 August 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/bls/blsuniondata.htm
- BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW Online [9 September 2005]
- August 2005
- Vol. 128, Number 8
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Mass layoff data indicate outsourcing and offshoring work
- Sharon P. Brown and Lewis B. Siegel
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/08/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Restructuring information technology: is offshoring a concern?
- Robert W. Bednarzik
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/08/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- Manufacturing earnings and compensation in China
- Judith Banister
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/08/art3full.pdf
- [posted soon]
- See, in the meantime, -
- http://www.bls.gov/fls/chinareport.pdf
- [full-text, 90 pages]
- The female share of weekend employment: a study of 16 countries
- Harriet B. Presser and Janet C. Gornick
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/08/art4full.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW Online, July 2005
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/07/contents.htm
- Manufacturing Employment in China
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/07/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- See also,
- Manufacturing Employment and Compensation in China
- http://www.bls.gov/fls/chinareport.pdf
- BLS: National Compensation Survey:
- Occupational Wages in the United States, July 2004
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- August 2005
- Summary 05-02
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0727.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- BLS: National Compensation Survey:
- Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the United States, March 2005 [24 August 2005]
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- August 2005
- Summary 05-01
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebsm0003.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- Census Bureau
- Household Economic Studies
- Current Population Reports
- Issued September 2005
- P70-98
- What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2001[13 September 2005]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/p70-98.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Census Bureau
- Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004 (30 August 2005)
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/p60-229.pdf
- [full-text, 85 pages
- Census Bureau
- Income, Earnings, and Poverty From the 2004 American Community Survey (30 August 2005)
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/acs-01.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Comparing the Pay of Federal and Nonfederal Law Enforcement Officers, August 2005 [23 August 2005]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/66xx/doc6619/08-23-LawEnforcementPay.pdf
- [full-text, 33 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Data
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/66xx/doc6619/SuppleData.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Analysis of H.R. 3304, Growing Real Ownership for Workers Act of 2005
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/66xx/doc6645/09-13-BaucusLetter.pdf
- [full-text, 65 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- RL30122
- Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends (September 08, 2005)
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30122_20050908.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- InfoBrief
- Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Programs Up in 2003, but Declines for First-Time Foreign Students [10 August 2005]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/nsf05317.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- White House
- (DAVIS BACON suspended in New Orleans area. Workers will be paid less for reconstruction).
- Proclamation by the President: To Suspend Subchapter IV of Chapter 31 of Title 40, United States Code, Within a Limited Geographic Area in Response to the National Emergency Caused by Hurricane Katrina
- A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050908-5.html
- or
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/print/20050908-5.html
- The Commonwealth Fund
- Issue Brief
- Health and Productivity Among U.S. Workers (August 2005)
- Karen Davis, Sara R. Collins, Michelle M. Doty,
- Alice Ho, and Alyssa L. Holmgren
- http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/856_Davis_hlt_productivity_USworkers.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Press Release and related sources at-
- http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=294176
- Cornell online course series teaches higher education leaders how to manage organizational change [13 September 2005]
- http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept05/highered.ecornell.html
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- FFE #06, Sept 13, 2005
- Who Are the Uninsured? Study Offers Clues
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/facts/index.cfm?fa=fastfacts
- [soon to appear at the URL above]
- MDRC
- Does Making Work Pay Still Pay?
- An Update on the Effects of Four Earnings Supplement Programs on Employment, Earnings, and Income [19 August 2005]
- By Charles Michalopoulos
- http://www.mdrc.org/publications/414/overview.html
- or
- FULL REPORT
- http://www.mdrc.org/publications/414/full.pdf
- [full-text, 92 pages]
- or
- Executive Summary
- http://www.mdrc.org/publications/414/execsum.html
- and
- Technical Resources (Data)
- http://www.mdrc.org/publications/414/techresources.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Mercer
- Employee benefits most generous in US government, education, and nonprofit sectors
- United States
- New York, 29 August 2005
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1191625
- Mercer
- Survey - HRs involvement in mergers and acquisitions
- United Kingdom
- London, 8 August 2005
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1188905;jsessionid=HEH0FXQHSM03SCTGOUGCHPQKMZ0QYI2C
- San Francisco Chronicle
- We Need You To Manage, Mr. President
- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/09/EDGT5EK1R81.DTL&hw=bacharach&sn=001&sc=1000
- or
- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/09/09/EDGT5EK1R81.DTL&type=printable
- Samuel B. Bacharach
- Friday, September 9, 2005
- Towers Perrin
- Global Capital Markets Update - 2nd Quarter Results of Defined Benefits Pension Plans in Selected Countries [11 August 2005]
- http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Periodicals/Capital_mkt/2005_08/GCMU2005Q2.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Towers Perrin
- New Role of Pension Trustees in a Global Company [13 September 2005]
- http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Article_Reprints/Pension_Trustees/Groves.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- Watson Wyatt [August 2005]
- Asia Pacific - China
- The yuan revaluation: what does it mean for your China business?
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/globalnews2.asp?ID=14909&nm=Asia%20Pacific%20-%20China
- International Labour Office -- Geneva
- WORKING TIME LAWS: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE [2005]
- Findings from the ILO's Conditions of Work and Employment Database
- Deirdre McCann
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/wtwo-dm-05.pdf
- [full-text, 85 pages]
- BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2005 [11 August 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mslo.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: JUNE 2005 [10 August 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
- INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION [14 September 2005]
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/default.htm
- or
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/g17.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Tables
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/g17_sup.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- FACT for FEATURES from the CENSUS
- CB05-FFSE.04-2
- September 12, 2005 (reissued)
- i Special Edition i
- Unmarried and Single Americans Week September 18-24, 2005
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/005384.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2005/cb05ffse04-2.pdf
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
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 11:47 AM
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 14 September 2005
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 14 September 2005
Academic Research
International
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 *
****************************************
Academic Research
- Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS)
- The Indian Call Centre Industry: National Benchmarking Report Strategy, HR Practices, & Performance (CAHRS Working Paper 05 - 07)
- Rosemary Batt, Virginia Doellgast, Hyunji Kwon, Mudit Nopany, Priti Nopany, Anil da Costa
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP05-07.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- The Intergenerational Effect of Worker Displacement
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11587.pdf
- [full-text, 44 pages]
- Philip Oreopoulos, Marianne Page, Ann Huff Stevens
- NBER Working Paper No. 11587
- Issued in August 2005
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11587
International
- International Labour Office
- Economic and Social Analysis Unit
- Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
- Labour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific 2005 [12 September 2005]
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/download/14tharm/rep_trends.pdf
- [full-text, 78 pages]
- Press Release 12 September 2005
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/public/releases/yr2005/pr05_24.htm
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Report of the Director-General for
- Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting
- Busan, Republic of Korea, October 2005 (Postponed)
- Decent work in Asia Reporting on results 2001-2004, Volume I
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/rgmeet/14asrm/dgrep1.pdf
- [full-text, 154 pages]
- and
- Making Decent Work and Asian Goal, Volume II
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/rgmeet/14asrm/dgrep2.pdf
- [full-text, 88 pages]
- ILO issues new publication on international labour standards
- Tuesday 30 August 2005 (ILO/05/33)
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2005/33.htm
- INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)
- BETTER FACTORIES CAMBODIA
- KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA
- TWELFTH SYNTHESIS REPORT ON THE WORKING CONDITIONS IN CAMBODIA'S GARMENT SECTOR
- 8 AUGUST 2005
- http://www.betterfactories.org/content/documents/1/12th%20Synthesis%20Report%20(En).pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE GENEVA
- Conditions of Work and Employment Programme
- Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 2
- Sexual harassment at work: National and international responses [2005]
- Deirdre McCann
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/2cws.pdf
- [full-text, 74 pages]
- International Labour Office - Geneva
- Social Dialogue, Labour Law and Labour Administration Department
- Informal Economy, Undeclared Work and Labour Administration
- José Luis Daza June 2005
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/downloads/papers/informal.pdf
- [full-text, 73 pages]
- INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE GENEVA
- Conditions of Work and Employment Programme
- Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 11
- Working time in transition: The dual task of standardization and flexibilization in China
- Xiangquan Zeng, Liang Lu, Saad Umar Idris
- School of Labor and Human Resources
- Renmin University of China
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/11cws.pdf
- [full-text, 41 pages]
- OECD
- EDUCATION AT A GLANCE 2005 [13 September 2005]
- Press Release
- http://www.oecd.org/document/13/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35341645_1_1_1_1,00.html
- or
- Overview
- http://www.oecd.org/document/34/0,2340,en_2649_34515_35289570_1_1_1_1,00.html
- or
- Executive Summary
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/20/25/35345692.pdf
- [full-text, 64 pages]
- BLS DATA on UNIONS [10 August 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/bls/blsuniondata.htm
- BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW Online [9 September 2005]
- August 2005
- Vol. 128, Number 8
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Mass layoff data indicate outsourcing and offshoring work
- Sharon P. Brown and Lewis B. Siegel
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/08/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Restructuring information technology: is offshoring a concern?
- Robert W. Bednarzik
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/08/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- Manufacturing earnings and compensation in China
- Judith Banister
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/08/art3full.pdf
- [posted soon]
- See, in the meantime, -
- http://www.bls.gov/fls/chinareport.pdf
- [full-text, 90 pages]
- The female share of weekend employment: a study of 16 countries
- Harriet B. Presser and Janet C. Gornick
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/08/art4full.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW Online, July 2005
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/07/contents.htm
- Manufacturing Employment in China
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/07/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- See also,
- Manufacturing Employment and Compensation in China
- http://www.bls.gov/fls/chinareport.pdf
- BLS: National Compensation Survey:
- Occupational Wages in the United States, July 2004
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- August 2005
- Summary 05-02
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0727.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- BLS: National Compensation Survey:
- Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the United States, March 2005 [24 August 2005]
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- August 2005
- Summary 05-01
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebsm0003.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- Census Bureau
- Household Economic Studies
- Current Population Reports
- Issued September 2005
- P70-98
- What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2001[13 September 2005]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/p70-98.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Census Bureau
- Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004 (30 August 2005)
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/p60-229.pdf
- [full-text, 85 pages
- Census Bureau
- Income, Earnings, and Poverty From the 2004 American Community Survey (30 August 2005)
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/acs-01.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Comparing the Pay of Federal and Nonfederal Law Enforcement Officers, August 2005 [23 August 2005]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/66xx/doc6619/08-23-LawEnforcementPay.pdf
- [full-text, 33 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Data
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/66xx/doc6619/SuppleData.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Analysis of H.R. 3304, Growing Real Ownership for Workers Act of 2005
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/66xx/doc6645/09-13-BaucusLetter.pdf
- [full-text, 65 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- RL30122
- Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends (September 08, 2005)
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30122_20050908.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- InfoBrief
- Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Programs Up in 2003, but Declines for First-Time Foreign Students [10 August 2005]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf05317/nsf05317.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- White House
- (DAVIS BACON suspended in New Orleans area. Workers will be paid less for reconstruction).
- Proclamation by the President: To Suspend Subchapter IV of Chapter 31 of Title 40, United States Code, Within a Limited Geographic Area in Response to the National Emergency Caused by Hurricane Katrina
- A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/20050908-5.html
- or
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/09/print/20050908-5.html
- The Commonwealth Fund
- Issue Brief
- Health and Productivity Among U.S. Workers (August 2005)
- Karen Davis, Sara R. Collins, Michelle M. Doty,
- Alice Ho, and Alyssa L. Holmgren
- http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/856_Davis_hlt_productivity_USworkers.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Press Release and related sources at-
- http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=294176
- Cornell online course series teaches higher education leaders how to manage organizational change [13 September 2005]
- http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept05/highered.ecornell.html
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- FFE #06, Sept 13, 2005
- Who Are the Uninsured? Study Offers Clues
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/facts/index.cfm?fa=fastfacts
- [soon to appear at the URL above]
- MDRC
- Does Making Work Pay Still Pay?
- An Update on the Effects of Four Earnings Supplement Programs on Employment, Earnings, and Income [19 August 2005]
- By Charles Michalopoulos
- http://www.mdrc.org/publications/414/overview.html
- or
- FULL REPORT
- http://www.mdrc.org/publications/414/full.pdf
- [full-text, 92 pages]
- or
- Executive Summary
- http://www.mdrc.org/publications/414/execsum.html
- and
- Technical Resources (Data)
- http://www.mdrc.org/publications/414/techresources.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Mercer
- Employee benefits most generous in US government, education, and nonprofit sectors
- United States
- New York, 29 August 2005
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1191625
- Mercer
- Survey - HRs involvement in mergers and acquisitions
- United Kingdom
- London, 8 August 2005
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1188905;jsessionid=HEH0FXQHSM03SCTGOUGCHPQKMZ0QYI2C
- San Francisco Chronicle
- We Need You To Manage, Mr. President
- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/09/EDGT5EK1R81.DTL&hw=bacharach&sn=001&sc=1000
- or
- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/09/09/EDGT5EK1R81.DTL&type=printable
- Samuel B. Bacharach
- Friday, September 9, 2005
- Towers Perrin
- Global Capital Markets Update - 2nd Quarter Results of Defined Benefits Pension Plans in Selected Countries [11 August 2005]
- http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Periodicals/Capital_mkt/2005_08/GCMU2005Q2.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Towers Perrin
- New Role of Pension Trustees in a Global Company [13 September 2005]
- http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Article_Reprints/Pension_Trustees/Groves.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- Watson Wyatt [August 2005]
- Asia Pacific - China
- The yuan revaluation: what does it mean for your China business?
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/globalnews2.asp?ID=14909&nm=Asia%20Pacific%20-%20China
- International Labour Office -- Geneva
- WORKING TIME LAWS: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE [2005]
- Findings from the ILO's Conditions of Work and Employment Database
- Deirdre McCann
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/wtwo-dm-05.pdf
- [full-text, 85 pages]
- BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2005 [11 August 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mslo.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: JUNE 2005 [10 August 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
- INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION [14 September 2005]
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/default.htm
- or
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/g17.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Tables
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/g17_sup.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- FACT for FEATURES from the CENSUS
- CB05-FFSE.04-2
- September 12, 2005 (reissued)
- i Special Edition i
- Unmarried and Single Americans Week September 18-24, 2005
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/005384.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2005/cb05ffse04-2.pdf
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
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