Wednesday, September 14, 2005
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 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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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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