Wednesday, December 14, 2005

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 14 December 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 December 2005


Academic Research

European Commission. Economic and Financial Affairs.
Giuseppe Carone (Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs)
Long-term labour force projections for the 25 EU Member States: A set of data for assessing the economic impact of ageing
(EUROPEAN ECONOMY. ECONOMIC PAPERS. No. 235. November 2005. European Commission. Brussels. 214pp. Tab. Free.) KC-AI-05-235-EN-C; ISBN 92-894-8874-3; ISSN 1725-3187
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/economic_papers/economicpapers235_en.htm
or
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/economic_papers/2005/ecp235en.pdf
[full-text, 214 pages]
and
ANNEX (DATA)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/economic_papers/2005/ecp235annex_en.xls
[spreadsheet]


Rising Family Income Inequality in the United States, 1968-2000: Impacts of Changing Labor Supply, Wages, and Family Structure
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11836.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
Chulhee Lee
NBER Working Paper No. 11836
Issued in December 2005
---- Abstract -----
http://www.nber.org/papers/w11836


Employment and Disability Institute (EDI)
School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University
Disability Employment Research Publications
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/query.cgi?connector_1=and&field_1=ancestor.link&op_1=in&value_1=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu%2Fedi&hidden_1=1&connector_2=and&field_2=keyword&op_2=eq&value_2=EDIcat4-DER&advanced=1&format=cover_page&sortby=publication_date=descending
See also
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/p-survey.cfm


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


International

[New Director, Effective 1 December 2005]
Jorma Karppinen
Director
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/press/presspack/general/karppinencv.htm



ILO: Press Release
Globalization failing to create new, quality jobs or reduce poverty
ILO report sees wide gaps in wages, productivity gains [9 December 2005]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2005/48.htm

KEY INDICATORS OF THE LABOUR MARKET , FOURTH EDITION [9 December 2004]
http://kilm.ilo.org/2005/press/

Executive Summary
http://kilm.ilo.org/2005/press/download/ExSumEN.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]

A. Trends in the Employment Intensity of Economic Growth
http://kilm.ilo.org/2005/press/download/Chap1AEN.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages
B. Global Trends in Wages by Sector and Occupation
http://kilm.ilo.org/2005/press/download/Chap1BEN.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
C. Unit Labour Costs, Productivity and International Competitiveness
http://kilm.ilo.org/2005/press/download/Chap1CEN.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]


OECD
Press Release
China overtakes U.S. as world’s leading exporter of information technology goods
http://www.oecd.org/document/60/0,2340,en_2649_34487_35834236_1_1_1_1,00.html
Full Report [12 December 2005]
OECD finds that China is biggest exporter of Information Technology Goods in 2004, surpassing US and EU
http://www.oecd.org/document/8/0,2340,en_2649_33703_35833096_1_1_1_1,00.html


Federal

BLS: NEW QUARTERLY DATA FROM BLS ON BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS BY SIZE OF FIRM [8 December 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewfs.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewfs.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]


BLS: OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK QUARTERLY ONLINE, Winter 2005-06, Vol. 49, No. 4
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm

A special issue
Charting the projections, 2004-2014


Introduction to the projections
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/winter/art01.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]


Occupational employment
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/winter/art02.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]


Industry employment
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/winter/art03.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]


Economic growth
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/winter/art04.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]


Labor force
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/winter/art05.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW ONLINE, November 2005, Vol. 128, Number 11 [7 December 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm


A summary of BLS projections to 2014
Norman C. Saunders
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/11/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]


The U.S. economy to 2014
Betty W. Su
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/11/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]


Labor force projections to 2014: retiring boomers
Mitra Toossi
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/11/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]


Industry output and employment projections to 2014
Jay M. Berman
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/11/art4full.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]


Occupational employment projections to 2014
Daniel E. Hecker
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/11/art5full.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]


Census: The Hispanic Population in the United States: 2004 and 2003 [7 December 2005]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic.html
or
2004
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic/ho04.html
and
DETAILED TABLES 2004
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic/cps2004.html

2003
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic/ho03.html
or
DETAILED TABLES 2003
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic/cps2003.html


Census
Current Industrial Reports
Survey of Plant Capacity: 2004
Issued 8 December 2005
MQ-C1(04)
http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/mqc1-04.pdf
[full-text, 52 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
A Series on Immigration
Global Population Aging in the 21st Century and Its Economic Implications
13 DECEMBER 2005
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/69xx/doc6952/12-12-Global.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]

Department of Labor (DOL)
Labor Department Inducts Labor Leader and Philanthropist Into its Hall of Fame
Peter Brennan, Gen. Robert Wood Johnson Memorialized in Ceremony [6 December 2005]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/OPA20052263.htm


Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
The Status of Telework in the Federal Government 2005 [8 December 2005]
http://www.telework.gov/documents/tw_rpt05/


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Conference Board
For source of the following press release, see
Aligning the Organization: Management and Human Resource Concerns
http://www.conference-board.org/publications/describe.cfm?id=1065
Press Release
Offshoring Poses Crucial Human Resource Challenges At Home As Well As Overseas
Dec. 7, 2005
http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2771
or
http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressPrinterFriendly.cfm?press_ID=2771


New EBRI-Commonwealth Fund Research:
Consumer-Directed Health Plan Participants Less Satisfied Than Those With Comprehensive Insurance, Survey Finds [8 December 2005]
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_720_8Dec051.pdf


European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
See ETUC POSITION on Working Time Directive at
http://www.etuc.org/a/1839
Press Release, 07/12/05
Revision of the working time directive: the ETUC calls on the Council and the Commission to respect European treaties and fundamental rights
http://www.etuc.org/a/1831


Hewitt
7 December 2005
Four in Five Large Firms to Maintain Retiree Drug Coverage and Accept Medicare Subsidies in 2006, But are Less Certain about Future Strategy
Survey of Large Businesses Finds Total Retiree Health Costs Rose 10% This Year
http://was4.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/newsroom/pressrel/2005/12-07-05.htm


Kaiser Family Foundation
Prospects for Retiree Health Benefits as Medicare Drug Coverage Begins:
Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2005 Survey on Retiree Health Benefits - Report [7 December 2005]
http://www.kff.org/medicare/med120705pkg.cfm
or
http://www.kff.org/medicare/7439.cfm
or
FULL REPORT
http://www.kff.org/medicare/upload/7439.pdf
[full-text, 69 pages]
Press Release
FOUR IN FIVE LARGE FIRMS TO MAINTAIN RETIREE DRUG COVERAGE AND ACCEPT MEDICARE SUBSIDIES IN 2006, BUT ARE LESS CERTAIN ABOUT FUTURE STRATEGY
Survey of Large Businesses Finds Total Retiree Health Costs Rose 10% This Year
http://www.kff.org/medicare/med120705nr.cfm


Mercer
Survey shows employees have 'unreasonable' workloads
UK
London, 12 December 2005
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1204230;jsessionid=FRYJ1N21L2BKUCTGOUFCIIQKMZ0QUI2C


Watson Wyatt
More Companies Implementing Health and Productivity Practices, Watson Wyatt and National Business Group on Health Survey Finds [6 December 2005]
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=15453


Law

EEOC
NEW GALLUP POLL ON EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION SHOWS PROGRESS, PROBLEMS 40 YEARS AFTER FOUNDING OF EEOC
Survey Says 15% of Workers Perceive Job Bias; Figures Higher for People of Color, Women [8 December 2005]
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-8-05.html


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Performance and Accountability Report FY 2005 [2 December 2005]
http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/plan/par/2005/index.html


NLRB ACTING GENERAL COUNSEL ISSUES REPORT ON FY 2005 OPERATIONS [30 November 2005]
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2576.htm
or
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2576.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]


Statistical Reports

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: OCTOBER 2005 [13 December 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: LOST-WORKTIME INJURIES AND ILLNESSES: CHARACTERISTICS AND RESULTING TIME AWAY FROM WORK, 2004 [13 December 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]


BLS: VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES, 2005 [9 December 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/volun.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]


BLS: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-SEPTEMBER 2005 [9 December 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]


BLS RELEASES 2004-14 EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS [7 December 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecopro.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
See in particular for DETAILS--
MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW ON LINE, NOVEMBER 2005, Volume 128, No. 11 [7 December 2005]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
A Potential Influenza Pandemic: Possible Macroeconomic Effects and Policy Issues
December 8, 2005
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/69xx/doc6946/12-08-BirdFlu.pdf
[full-text, 52 pages]

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
[8 December 2005]
Health, United States, 2005 -- With Chartbook on
Trends in the Health of Americans with Special Feature on Adults 55-64 Years
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
or
Full-Report
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus05.pdf
[full-text, 550 pages -- may take time to download]

FACTS for FEATURES from the Census Bureau [12 December 2005]
[Special Edition]
Oldest Baby Boomers Turn 60!
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006105.html


National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Student Achievement in Private Schools: Results from NAEP 2000­2005 [12 December 2005]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006459
or
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/studies/2006459.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
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