Wednesday, September 14, 2005
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 14 September 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, 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.
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
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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.
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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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