Thursday, January 12, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 11 January 2006
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, 11 January 2006
Academic Research
http://nber15.nber.org/papers/w11907.pdf [full-text, 47 pages] Lucian A. Bebchuk, Robert J. Jackson, Jr. NBER Working Paper No. 11907 Issued in December 2005 ---- Abstract ----- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11907
The Expanding Workweek? Understanding Trends in Long Work Hours Among U.S. Men, 1979-2004 http://nber15.nber.org/papers/w11895.pdf [full-text, 49 pages] Peter Kuhn, Fernando Lozano NBER Working Paper No. 11895 Issued in December 2005 ---- Abstract ----- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11895
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdpind04_rev.htm or http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdpind04_rev.pdf [full-text, 5 pages] or http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdpind04_rev.xls [spreadsheet] and Highlights http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdpind04_fax_rev.pdf
BLS: Employment from the BLS household and payroll surveys: summary of recent trends [6 January 2006] http://www.bls.gov/web/ces_cps_trends.pdf [full-text, 16 pages]
BLS: Employment and Wages, Annual Averages 2004 [4 January 2006] http://www.bls.gov/cew/cewbultn04.htm
BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: DECEMBER 2005 [6 January 2005] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf [full-text, 27 pages] and Supplemental Files Table of Contents http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
BLS: OCCUPATIONAL PAY RELATIVES, 2004 [28 Decenber 2005] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ncspay.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ncspay.pdf [full-text, 7 pages]
BLS: WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION IN 2004 [22 December 2005] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/work.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/work.pdf [full-text, 9 pages]
BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: NOVEMBER 2005 [15 December 2005] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf [full-text, 18 pages]
BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN NOVEMBER 2005 [15 December 2005] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf [full-text, 5 pages]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2004, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty, 2004-05 [5 January 2006] http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006187 and http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006187.pdf [full-text, 39 pages]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Background Characteristics, Work Activities, and Compensation of Instructional Faculty and Staff: Fall 2003 [21 December 2005] http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006176 and http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006176.pdf [full-text, 76 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
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
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 11 January 2006
Academic Research
- Executive Pensions
International
- European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC]
- BIRD FLU: GUIDANCE FOR WORKERS PROTECTION [21 December 2005]
- Bird or Avian Flu = highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)
- Version December 21th 2005
- ECDC guidelines to minimise the risk of humans acquiring highly pathogenic avian influenza from exposure to infected birds or animals
- http://www.ecdc.eu.int/avian_influenza/H5N1_Occupational_Guidance_ECDC_051019.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- See also--
- http://www.ecdc.eu.int/avian_influenza/occupational_exposure.php
- European Commission, Research, Industrial Technologies
- Manufuture: Assuring the Future of Manufacturing in Europe
- http://www.manufuture.org/
- See--
- Manufuture Strategic Research Agenda published for consultation
- http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/industrial_technologies/articles/article_3353_en.html
- Press Release
- At the Manufuture 2005 conference hosted by Rolls Royce in Derby, UK, on 6-7 December, more than 300 interested stakeholders met to exchange views on a consultation version of an ambitious Strategic Research Agenda. [3 January 2005]
- http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/industrial_technologies/articles/article_3586_en.html
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Contribution to the European Commission's Green Paper on 'Confronting demographic change: A new solidarity between the generations' (COM 2004 95 final) [9 January 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0517EN.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
- EIRO thematic feature -
- Industrial relations in the railway sector [10 January 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0578.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0578EN.pdf
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- The biomedical healthcare sector what future? [11 January 2005]
- January 2006 features the complete Sector Futures article series on biomedical healthcare in Europe.
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06001a.html
- including
- (1) Biomedical healthcare industry what future?
- Article 1 looks at key features of the sector, including the size and structure of its market, the nature of employment, the main trends and drivers shaping the present and future of the industry and the principal issues and uncertainties at stake in the industry.
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06002a.html
- (2) Biomedical healthcare industry visions of the future
- Article 2 assesses the major trends and drivers, provides a STEEP analysis and puts forward four alternative scenarios for the biomedical healthcare industry. The article also examines why the European biomedical healthcare industry is lagging behind the US, and is facing increasing competition from companies in developing markets.
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06003a.html
- (3) Biomedical healthcare industry policy issues and major challenges
- Article 3 discusses policies that could enhance the international competitiveness of the European biomedical healthcare industry. It looks particularly at issues related to bioethics, globalisation, economic growth and employment, as well as demographics and welfare.
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06004a.html
- BLS: Career Guide to Industries (CGI), 2006-07 Edition [20 December 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/home.htm
- BLS: Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2006-07 Edition [20 December 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
- BLS: SURVEY METHODS RESEARCH Home Page [6 January 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/ore/home.htm
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [5 January 2006]
- December 2005
- Vol. 128, Number 12
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Employment dynamics of individual companies versus multicorporations
- Shail Butani, George Werking, and Vinod Kapani
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/12/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- Bears, bulls, and brokers: employment trends in the securities industry
- Michael H. Strople
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/12/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- The hockey lockout of 200405
- Paul D. Staudohar
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/12/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- Reports
- Occupational mobility, January 2004
- Lynn Shniper
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/12/ressum.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- IPP introduces additional Locality of Origin import price indexes
- Helen McCulley and Melissa Schwartz
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/12/progrpt.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Multiple jobholding in States, 2004
- Jim Campbell
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/12/rgtrends.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Census: STATISTICAL ABSTRACT of the UNITED STATES 2006 [21 December 2005]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract.html
- Census: U.S. SERVICE INDUSTRY STATISTICS
- SERVICE ANNUAL SURVEY
- http://www.census.gov/econ/www/servmenu.htm
- DATA
- http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/data.htm
- INDUSTRY SUMMARIES
- http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_summary/summaryhome.htm
- Census: CFFR/04 State and County Areas
- Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2004 Issued December 2005 [27 December 2005]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/cffr-04.pdf
- [full-text, 110 pages]
- Census
- Annual Survey of Manufactures
- Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries: 2004 [15 December 2005]
- Issued December 2005
- M04(AS)-1
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/am0431gs1.pdf
- [full-text, 293 pages]
- European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) - for Research, Education, Health and Safety (REHS)
- European Economic and Employment Policy Brief
- No. 8 2005
- The European Commissions Services Directive: criticisms, myths and prospects [15 December 2005]
- Wolfgang Kowalsky
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/media/files/eeepb/8_2005
- or
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/content/download/1508/9524/file/EEEPB_8-2005.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- For additional European Economic and Employment Policy Briefs, see-
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/employment_and_economic_policies/books/european_economic_and_employment_policy_brief
- Mercer reveals 2005 compensation trends for Malaysia
- Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur, 23 grudzie 2005
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1205700;jsessionid=KU5NLWYR35SKQCTGOUFCIIQKMZ0QUI2C
- Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
- December 27, 2005:
- Labor Department Makes Reports Related to the U.S.-Central America and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) and the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreements Available Online
- http://www.dol.gov/ilab/
- * United States Employment Impact Review, pursuant to section 2102(c)(5)
- * Prepared in consultation with the United States Trade Representative
- * U.S.-Central America and the Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (June 2005),
- * http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/DREmploymentImpact.pdf
- * [full-text, 71 pages]
- * U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (September 2005),
- * http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/BahrainEmploymentImpact.pdf
- * [full-text, 31 pages]
- * Labor Rights Report, pursuant to section 2102(c)(8)
- * Prepared in consultation with the Department of State and the United States Trade Representative
- * Central America and the Dominican Republic (June 2005),
- * http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/DRLaborRights.pdf
- * [full-text, 142 pages]
- * Bahrain (September 2005),
- * http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/BahrainLaborRights.pdf
- * [full-text, 25 pages]
- * Laws Governing Exploitative Child Labor Report, pursuant to section 2102(c)(9)
- * Prepared in consultation with the Department of State and the United States Trade Representative
- * Central America and the Dominican Republic (June 2005),
- * http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/DRLaws.pdf
- * [full-text, 13 pages]
- * Bahrain (September 2005),
- * http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/BahrainLaws.pdf
- * [full-text, 6 pages]
- For other related documents, see-- http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/main.htm#ei
- GAO: Service Contract Act: Wage Determination Process Could Benefit from Greater Transparency, and Better Use of Violation Data Could Improve Enforcement. GAO-06-27, December 7. [online 6 January 2006]
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-27
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0627.pdf
- [full-text, 57 pages]
- and
- Highlights -
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0627high.pdf
- BEA: Expansion in 2004 Led by Services-Producing Sector
- Revised Estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Industry, 2002-2004
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979 to 2003, December 2005 [29 December 2005]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=7000&type=1
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7000/12-29-FedTaxRates.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7000/Spreadsheets.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- CB06-FF.03 Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
- January 4, 2006
- Women's History Month: March 2006
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006232.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff-03.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- NOTE: Here at IWS we disseminate the workplace news of the day domestically and internationally. However, from time to time IWS makes its own news. Over the holiday season some major news stories were produced by IWS. These are:
- (1) Get Them on Your Side by Samuel Bacharach (Platinum Press) was named one of the top business books for 2005 from both the U.S. and Canadian perspectives.
- Samuel Bacharach is the Director of the Institute for Workplace Studies.
- Fast Company Magazine's Weblog, January 5, 2006, Thursday
- FAST COMPANY is considered one of the leading cutting edge business magazines in the world today. See -- http://www.fastcompany.com/about/
- Fast Company's Best Books of 2005
- The 15 (!) best business books published in 2005.
- http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2006/01/05/fast_companys_best_books_of_2005.html
- The Globe and Mail (Toronto), December 14, 2005, Wednesday
- MANAGING BOOKS: TOP BUSINESS BOOKS
- A year's worth of good workplace strategy
- http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051214/CABOOKS14/TPBusiness/General
- (2) Harvard Management Update, January 2006
- "Debriefing Samuel Bacharach: Sharpen Your Political Competence"
- http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/newsletters/news-hmu_home.jhtml
- Summary:
- Political competence is often equated with Machiavellianism, but Samuel Bacharach, director of Cornell University's Institute for Workplace Studies, defines this concept in far more positive terms. For Bacharach, it is simply part of being an effective manager. He argues that mastering political competence is a three-step process: (1) mapping your terrain to determine your stakeholders' goals, and how your goals will be received, (2) assembling a coalitiona politically mobilized collection of individuals committed to implementing your idea because doing so will generate benefits they value, and (3) getting things done through coalition members who will network with others in your organization to propagate your ideas and translate your message to inspire further action. Read on to learn how to achieve this competenceand how to avoid the complacency that can threaten it.
- (3) New York Times, December 19, 2005
- Little Dignity On the Job, Workers Say
- By SEWELL CHAN AND STEVEN GREENHOUSE (NYT); Metropolitan Desk
- Late Edition - Final, Section B, Page 4, Column 6
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50F16FD3C540C7A8DDDAB0994DD404482
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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