Wednesday, November 09, 2005

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 9 November 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,  9 November 2005


Academic Research

CAHRS Working Paper 05 ­ 09
HRM and Performance: What’s Next?
Jaap Paauwe, Paul Boselie
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP05-09.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]


Turning Workers into Savers? Incentives, Liquidity, and Choice in 401(k) Plan Design
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11726.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
Olivia S. Mitchell, Stephen P. Utkus, Tongxuan (Stella) Yang
NBER Working Paper No. 11726
Issued in October 2005
---- Abstract -----
http://www.nber.org/papers/w11726


KOREA LABOR INSTITUTE (KLI)
This paper was presented at 4th NorthEast Labour Forum(October 20, 2005) held in Beijing, China on October 20, 2005, convened by the Korea Labor Institute(KLI).
ISSUE PAPER, No. 47, 2005
Industrial Relations: Stability and Cooperation in a Changing Environment  - With focus on collective bargaining, tripartism and dispute resolution mechanism
  Lim Sang-hoon, Research Fellow, Korea Labor Institute, Email: < mailto:slim@kli.re.kr >
  October 2005
http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/47/elabr_Frameset3.htm
or
http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/47/main3.htm


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


International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
First European Quality of Life Survey: Families, work and social networks
Author: Saraceno, Chiara; Olagnero, Manuela and Torrioni, Paola
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0592EN.pdf
[full-text, 130 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
First European Quality of Life Survey: Income inequalities and deprivation [7 November 2005]
Author: Fahey,Tony; Whelan, Christopher T. and Maître, Bertrand
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0593.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0593EN.pdf
[full-text, 74 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
First European Quality of Life Survey: Life satisfaction, happiness and sense of belonging [7 November 2005]
Author: Böhnke, Petra
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0591.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0591EN.pdf
[full-text, 112 pages]


OECD Policy Brief:
Economic Survey of CHILE, 2005 [4 November 2005]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/13/35540886.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Economic Survey of CHILE, 2005
http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35527306_1_1_1_1,00.html
Executive Summary
http://www.oecd.org/document/25/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35533337_1_1_1_1,00.html


International Labour Office (ILO)
2005 LABOUR OVERVIEW: Latin America and the Caribbean (first semester advance report) [18 October 2005]
http://www.oit.org.pe/portal/documentos/labover05.pdf
[full-text, 115 pages]

STATISTICAL ANNEX
http://www.oit.org.pe/portal/documentos/anexestad_avpl05_ing.xls
[spreadsheet]
For Spanish Edition, see--
PANORAMA LABORAL 2005
http://www.oit.org.pe/portal/noticias.php?docCodigo=399


International Labour Office (ILO)
Geneva, 2005
WP.229
SECTORAL ACTIVITES PROGRAMME
Working Paper
Social dialogue in education in Latin America: A regional survey
Marcela Gajardo (Sociologist, CINDE/PREAL) and Francisca Gómez (Geographer, Independent consultant)
Background document for the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/education/wp229.pdf
[full-text, 58 pages]

International Labour Office (ILO)
Geneva
WP. 218
SECTORAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME
Working Paper
ACADEMIC TENURE AND ITS FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT IN POST SECONDARY EDUCATION
Donald C. Savage
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/education/wp218.pdf
[full-text, 165 pages]


ILO, Workers' Activities, ACTRAV
Trade Union Action against HIV/AIDS in Uganda: A Workers' Education Manual
Compiled and Edited by Mohammed Mwamadzingo and Rose Nassanga,2005
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/aids_uga.pdf
[full-text, 132 pages]


Federal

Census:
Population Profile of the United States: Dynamic Version [8 November 2005]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/pop-profile/profile.html
and specifically
http://www.census.gov/population/www/pop-profile/profiledynamic.html
or
http://www.census.gov/population/pop-profile/dynamic/profiledynamic.pdf
[full-text, 71 pages]

Census:
EC02-31SG-1
2002 Economic Census
Manufacturing
Subject Series
General Summary: 2002 [1 November 2005]
http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/ec0231sg1.pdf
[full-text, 341 pages]

Census:
2002 Census of Governments
Volume 4, No. 5,  Government Finances
Issued October 2005
Compendium of Government Finances: 2002 [31 October 2005]
http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/ec0231sg1.pdf
[full-text, 341 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Senior Executive Service (SES) Pay System, October 25, 2005
L. Elaine Halchin, Analyst in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33128_20051025.pdf
[full-text, 53 pages]

United States Congress-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
China Human Rights and Rule of Law Update
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/newsletterListing.phpd
CECC NEWSLETTER, 1 November 2005
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/newsletterListing.phpd?NLdate=20051101&show=ALL
or
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/general/newsletters/CECCnewsletter20051101.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]

White House
[Davis Bacon Act Re-instated for Katrina Disaster Area]
A Proclamation by the President: Revoking Proclamation 7924 [3 November 2005]
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051103-9.html


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University
CURRENT LABOR UNION PERIODICALS
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/default.html
[go to the right margin to find an alphabetic listing or click on the listings below]
UNION NAMES: A to E
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesAE.html
UNION NAMES: F to J
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesFJ.html
UNION NAMES: K to O
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesKO.html
UNION NAMES: P to T
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesPT.html
UNION NAMES: U to Z
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesUZ.html


Conference Board
CEO Challenge 2006: Top 10 Challenges
http://www.conference-board.org/publications/describe.cfm?id=1049
Press Release--
Healthcare a Top Concern for U.S CEOs; But Only an Afterthought for CEOs in Asia
Nov. 2, 2005
http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2752


Hewitt
October 28, 2005
Hewitt and AméricaEconomía Announce Hewitt’s 25 Best Employers in Latin America
Results Show Best Employers Share Five Characteristics
http://was4.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/newsroom/pressrel/2005/10-28-05_eng.htm


Hudson
Worker Confidence Begins to Rebound Following Difficult Summer [2 November 2005]
http://apps.us.hudson.com/hudson-index/email110205.htm
FULL PRESS RELEASE at-
http://www.hudson-index.com/node.asp?SID=5476


Mercer
Longest-tenured workers feel slighted by their bosses, organizations
Mercer survey finds many veteran employees think loyalty is a one-way street
United States
New York, 3 November 2005
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1200430


Watson Wyatt
Effective Employee Communication Linked to Stronger Financial Performance
Watson Wyatt Study Reveals Most Effective Communication Programs [8 November 2005]
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/us/news/press.asp?ID=15362
See Executive Summary
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/research/resrender.asp?id=w-868&page=1


Law

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Final Report on Best Practices for the Employment of People with Disabilities In State Government [1 November 2005]
http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/nfi/final_states_best_practices_report.html
or
http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/nfi/final_states_best_practices_report.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]


Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao On Supreme Court Decision in Poultry Worker Case [8 November 2005]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/OPA20052174.htm
In Re:
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Syllabus
IBP, INC. v. ALVAREZ, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, ET AL.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
No. 031238. Argued October 3, 2005Decided November 8, 2005*
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/08nov20051045/www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/05pdf/03-1238.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
[excerpt]
Held:
1. The time respondents in No. 031238 spend walking between changing and production areas is compensable under the FLSA. Pp. 715.



Statistical Reports

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Comparative Foreign Labor Statistics
Consumer price indexes in nine countries, percent change from same period of previous year, 1995-2005 [4 November 2005]
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flscpim.txt


Unemployment rates in nine countries, civilian labor force basis, approximating U.S. concepts, seasonally adjusted, 1995-2005 [4 November 2005]
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flsjec.txt


Unemployment rates in the European Union and selected member countries,civilian labor force basis (1), seasonally adjusted, 1995-2005 [4 November 2005]
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flseur.txt


BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER:  SEPTEMBER 2005 [8 November 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]


BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: OCTOBER 2005 [4 November 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  Third Quarter 2005, preliminary [3 November 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm


BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: SEPTEMBER 2005 [2 November 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ERD POLICY BRIEF NO. 42
Potential Economic Impact of an Avian Flu Pandemic on Asia
Erik Bloom, Vincent de Wit, and Mary Jane Carangal-San Jose
November 2005
http://www.adb.org/media/articles/2005/8716_Asia_avian_flu/avianflu.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
Press Release [3 November 2005]
Avian Flu Pandemic Could Halt Asian Growth, ADB Report Says
http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2005/8716_Asia_avian_flu/default.asp?RegistrationID=6353


Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Probation and Parole in the United States, 2004 [2 November 2005]
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/ppus04.htm
or
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ppus04.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
See Press Release
ALMOST 7 MILLION ADULTS UNDER CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION BEHIND BARS OR ON PROBATION OR PAROLE IN THE COMMUNITY
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/ppus04pr.htm

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