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Institute for Workplace Studies                   Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations           Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
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16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                    Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                        Director, IWS News Bureau
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IWS Weekly Bulletin,  26 October 2005


Academic Research

Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 05-124

Do Temporary Help Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from Random Assignments

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05-124.pdf

[full-text, 53 pages]

David Autor(MIT and NBER),Susan N. Houseman (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)

October 2005

Abstract

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05124wp.html

Work Hours, Wages, and Vacation Leave

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11693.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

Joseph G. Altonji, Emiko Usui

NBER Working Paper No. 11693

Issued in October 2005

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W11693

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


International

European Comission

Press Release [20 October 2005]

NANOTECHNOLOGY: COMMISSION LAUNCHES A CONSULTATION ON HOW BEST TO ASSESS THE RISKS

http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/dyna/enews/enews.cfm?al_id=89

see-

Public consultation SCENIHR Opinion on

How to Assess the Potential Risks of Nanotechnologies

http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scenihr/scenihr_cons_01_en.htm

Federal

Issues in Labor Statistics

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Summary 05-03 September 2005

Spending by Asian Families [18 October 2005]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils52.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

On October 19, 2005, the Bureau of Labor Statistics launched several new features on its web site.

http://www.bls.gov/bls/features102005.htm

   * Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Tool

< http://data.bls.gov/oes/search.jsp?data_tool=OES>

--you can readily retrieve wage and employment statistics by occupation and area using this new tool.  For example, you can find out how much registered nurses are paid in different States and different metropolitan areas.

   * Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Profiles

< http://data.bls.gov/GQT/servlet/StartProfile?data_tool=Profile>

--this new online tool allows you to easily generate tables of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses data by industry, by the demographic characteristics of the worker, and by the characteristics surrounding the incident. These tables can be generated in either HTML or Excel format.  This is an online version of the Profiles system that had previously been available only on CD-ROM.

   * Injury and Illness Incidence Rate Calculator and Comparison Tool

< http://data.bls.gov/IIRC?data_tool=IIRC>

--this calculator allows you to compute injury and illness incidence rates for your establishment and to compare your rates with your industry's averages.

   * Changes to Business Employment Dynamics tools--in preparation for the upcoming release of new firm size class data, these data extraction tools for the Business Employment Dynamics database have been modified:

Create Customized Tables (one screen) (requires Java-enabled browser)

< http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=bd>

 and

Create Customized Tables (multiple screens).

< http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/dsrv?bd>

Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS)

Mapping Immigration: Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) [October 2005]

http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/data/maps/lprmaps.htm

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Public Policy Institute

#2005-13

October 2005

Transition Provisions in Large Converted Cash Balance Pension Plans

by Daniel J. Beller

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2005_13_pension.pdf

[full-text, 29 pages]

AARP Public Policy Institute

Rethinking the Role of Older Workers: Promoting Older Worker Employment in Europe and Japan

Research Report, October 2005

http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/ib77_workers.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/ib77_workers.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) for Research, Education and Health and Safety (REHS)

European Economic and Employment Policy Brief

No. 6 ­2005

Social Europe and the Challenge of Globalisation [20 October 2005]

Ronald Janssen

http://www.etui-rehs.org/content/download/1404/9167/file/EEEPB_6-2005.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) for Research, Education, Health and Safety (REHS)

and the Hans Boeckler Stiftung's Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK)

http://www.boeckler.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3D0AB75D-972DD24B/hbs/hs.xsl/36176.html

Euro Area Economic Trends 2006: Time for a New Economic Policy Approach [25 October 2005]

http://www.etui-rehs.org/media/files/imk/time_for_a_new_economic_policy_approach

[full-text, 26 pages]

Human Resources Institute of New Zealand

17 October 2005

Unions go from strength to strength

http://www.hrinz.org.nz/SITE_Default/SITE_HR_Info/SITE_Hot_Stuff/x-files/14052.doc

The PEW Charitable Trusts

Nanotechnologies

[Report]

Principles for characterizing the potential human health effects from exposure to nanomaterials: elements of a screening strategy

http://www.particleandfibretoxicology.com/content/2/1/8

or

http://www.particleandfibretoxicology.com/content/pdf/1743-8977-2-8.pdf

[full-text, 35 pages]

Press Release 24 October 2005

Testing Nanomaterials’ Toxicity: Scientists Develop Elements of a Screening Strategy to Identify Human Health Effects

Grantee Press Releases

Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies

http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3107&content_type_id=7&issue_name=Nanotechnologies&issue=46&page=7

SHRM

What Will the Future Workplace and Business Environment Look Like?  Will You be Ready? [19 October 2005]

SHRM Releases 2015 Scenarios for the Future of HR Management Report

http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_014418.asp#P-4_0

SHRM Survey:  Diversity Important to Bottom Line

SHRM Releases Its 2005 Survey on Workplace Diversity Practices [25 October 2005]

http://www.shrm.org/press_published/TOC.asp

[This release will appear at the URL above shortly]

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations

LINE (Leading Indicator of National Employment), OCTOBER 2005

http://www.shrm.org/line/CMS_014467.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

Towers Perrin Study Finds Mixed Views of HR Outsourcing [19 October 2005]

Companies See Results in Cost Effectiveness, but Frustration with Service Quality Propels Some Dissatisfaction

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/press_releases/2005_10_19/2005_10_19.htm

Towers Perrin

2005 Study of HR Effectiveness

HR OUTSOURCING:  NEW RELATIES, NEW EXPECTATIONS [20 October 2005]

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Reports/2005_HRO/HRO_Report.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Towers Perrin

Employees Seeking Better Information on Compensation and Benefits [14 October 2005]

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/TP_Monitor/jsp/showdoc_fromtowers.jsp?webc=../../TP_Monitor%2F2005%2F10%2Farticles%2Fmon_article_1005C.htm

Towers Perrin

GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES KEY 2006 BENEFIT NUMBERS

October 17, 2005

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Periodicals/Monitor_Update/2005_10/update_benefit.pdf

Law

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

ADR Report: Part I - ADR in the Federal Sector EEO Process FY 2003-FY 2004 [September 2005, online 18 October 2005]

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/adr/adr_report_2004/adrpart1.html

or

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/adr/adr_report_2004/adrpart1.pdf

[full-text, 75 pages]

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Office of General Counsel FY 2004 Annual Report - Summary of Accomplishments [online 18 October 2005]

http://www.eeoc.gov/litigation/04annrpt/index.html

Statistical Reports

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN SEPTEMBER 2005 [25 October 2005]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS: THIRD QUARTER 2005 [20 October 2005]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  SEPTEMBER 2005 [21 October 2005]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm

BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES:  FIRST QUARTER 2005 [20 October 2005]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Statewide Education Data Profiles [updated 24 October 2005]

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles/

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University

Survey of Teens in the Greater Washington, D.C. Area

http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/-Survey-of-Teens-in-the-Greater-Washington-DC-Area-Toplines.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

See press release [24 October 2005]

Survey of Teens in the Greater Washington, D.C. Area

http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/7406.cfm

Washington Post articles in regard to the Survey

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/10/19/LI2005101900984.html

FACTS for FEATURES from the Census Bureau

CB05-FF.15-2

October 24, 2005 (reissued)

Halloween--Oct. 31, 2005

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/005606.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2005/cb05ff15-2.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

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