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
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, 9 November 2005
Academic Research
- CAHRS Working Paper 05 09
- HRM and Performance: Whats 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
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]
- 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
- 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 Hewitts 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
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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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
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