Friday, February 24, 2006

[IWS] NO MESSAGES until 8 March 2006

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________


NO MESSAGES will be sent until 8 March 2006.


_____________________________
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.

****************************************
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 *
****************************************


Wednesday, February 22, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 22 February 2006

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 22 February 2006


Academic Research

Hans Boeckler Foundation
Tangian A. (2005) A composite indicator of working conditions in the EU-15 for policy monitoring and analytical purposes
http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_135.pdf
[Full-text, 80 pages, in GERMAN ]
or
http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_135_e.pdf
[full-text, 78 pages, in ENGLISH]


Tangian A. (2005) Monitoring flexicurity policies in the EU with dedicated composite indicators
http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_137.pdf
[full-text, 50 pages, in ENGLISH]


Tangian A. ( December 2005) European welfare state under the policy "make work pay": Analysis with composite indicators
http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_141.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages, in ENGLISH]


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


International

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
EU Level
Key EU industrial relations initiatives in prospect [20 February 2006]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/02/feature/eu0602203f.html


European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
SWEDEN:
Working Conditions for Employees with Disabilities [8 February 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/02/SE0602NU03.htm
For other NEWS UPDATES from EWCO, see --- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/newsupdates.htm


THE WORLD BANK
Washington, D.C.
Office of the Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean
POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH: VIRTUOUS AND VICIOUS CIRCLES [14 February 2006]
Guillermo E. Perry, Omar S. Arias, J. Humberto López, William F. Maloney, Luis Servén
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/LACEXT/EXTLACOFFICEOFCE/0,,contentMDK:20819439~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:870893,00.html
or
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTLACOFFICEOFCE/Resources/870892-1139877599088/virtuous_circles1_complete.pdf
[full-text, 238 pages]


Federal

Census: The Effects of Government Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty: 2004 [14 February 2006]
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2004/effect2004.html
Press Release 14 February 2006
Census Bureau Releases Income and Poverty Estimates Reflecting Expanded Income Definitions
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/006450.html


Council of Economic Advisors
Economic Report of the President 2006 [15 February 2006]
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/index.html
or
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/13feb20061330/www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/2006/2006_erp.pdf
[full-text, 401 pages]


GAO: Social Security Numbers: Coordinated Approach to SSN Data Could Help Reduce Unauthorized Work, by Barbara D. Bovbjerg, director, education, workforce, and income security, before a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Social Security and the Subcommittee on Oversight, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-06-458T, February 16.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-458T
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06458t.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages
and
Highlights -
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06458thigh.pdf


Health and Human Services
2006 HHS POVERTY GUIDELINES [24 January 2006]
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/06poverty.shtml
See also -
Prior HHS Poverty Guidelines and Federal Register References
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/figures-fed-reg.shtml



NIOSH Safety and Health Topic:
Avian Influenza: Protecting Workers from Exposure
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/avianflu/


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Job Posting
February 20, 2006
CCPA Inequality Research Project
Title: Project Director
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/index.cfm?call=C75469B1&act=main


Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Designing Benefits With Evidence in Mind [16 February 2006]
February 2006
EBRI Issue Brief #290
Paperback, 16 pp.
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_02-20062.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
Executive Summary
http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3622


Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
Taking The Mystery Out Of Retirement Planning [15 February 2006]
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/publications/NRTOC.html
Press Release
Labor Department Unveils Resource to Help Americans Plan for Retirement [15 February 2006]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ebsa/EBSA20060274.htm


Kauffman Foundation
Press Release [16 February 2006]
New Kauffman Foundation Study Identifies Key Factors Driving Offshoring of Corporate R&D
http://www.kauffman.org/items.cfm?itemID=678
Highlights at
Here or There? A Survey on the Factors in Multinational R&D Location and IP Protection
http://www.kauffman.org/pdf/thursby_slides_022006.pdf
[full-text, 29 pages]
The study mentioned above was presented to the National Academies on 16 February. It may appear at the following links soon.
Government--University--Industry Research Roundtable
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/guirr/index.html
and/or
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/guirr/PUBLICATIONS.html


Manpower Inc.
Talent Shortage Survey: Global Results [21 February 2006]
http://www.manpower.com/mpcom/files?name=Results_TalentShortage_2006.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
[Thanks to Gary Price at ResourceShelf.com for the tip]
Related white paper --
Confronting the Coming Talent Crunch: What's Next?
http://www.manpower.com/mpcom/files?name=Talent_Shortage_Whitepaper_Global_Final.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]

Press Release 21 February 2006
Manpower Inc. Talent Shortage Survey Reveals 40% of Employers Worldwide Are Struggling to Find Qualified Job Candidates
http://investor.manpower.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=188082


National MultiCultural Institute
Human Trafficking Search
http://www.humantraffickingsearch.net/


National Health Policy Forum
Background Paper
February 8, 2006
Health Benefits in Retirement: Set for Extinction?
Mark Merlis, Consultant
http://www.nhpf.org/pdfs_bp/BP_RetireeHealth_02-08-06.pdf
[full-text, 33 pages]


NewsNow
To monitor Human Resources related stories coming out of the United Kingdom (UK) on an ongoing and/or real time basis, use the following link from NewsNow.
Human Resources (UK)
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Human+Resources


Towers Perrin
Update for 14 February 2006 (online 16 February 2006)
1. Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts — Health and Welfare
United States
http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2006_02_16/LTC_HW_2006_02_16.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]

2. Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts — Human Resources
United States
http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2006_02_16/LTC_HR_2006_02_16.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]

3. Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts — Retirement
United States
http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2006_02_16/LTC_RET_2006_02_16.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]


Law

U.S. Department of Labor
Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division
Opinion Letters
http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/opinion/opinion.htm


EEOC PRESS RELEASE
FEBRUARY 17, 2006
ALL EEOC AGE BIAS CLAIMS AGAINST SIDLEY & AUSTIN TO GO FORWARD, FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULES
Unanimous 7th Circuit Says EEOC Has Enforcement Authority To Obtain Money for Expelled Partners
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-17-06.html


Statistical Reports

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JANUARY 2006 [22 February 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]


BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN JANUARY 2006 [22 February 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]


BLS: Producer Price Indexes -- January 2006 [17 February 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm


BLS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS, REVISED DATA FOR 2004 [15 February 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod4.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod4.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]


BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: SECOND QUARTER 2005 [15 February 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewbd.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]


BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - JANUARY 2006 - [16 February 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

PEW Charitable Trusts
Getting a Piece of the Pie:
Federal Grants to Faith-Based Social Service Organizations
By Lisa M. Montiel, Senior Research Scientist
David J. Wright, Project Director, Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy
http://www.pewtrusts.org/pdf/Roundtable_FBOS_0206.pdf
[full-text, 52 pages]


_____________________________
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.

****************************************
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 *
****************************************


Thursday, February 16, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 15 February 2006

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________


IWS Weekly Bulletin, 15 February 2006


Academic Research

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT WORKING PAPERS No. 477
PROJECTING OECD HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE EXPENDITURES: WHAT ARE THE MAIN DRIVERS? [February 2006]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/57/7/36085940.pdf

For other OECD WORKING PAPERS, see -- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/29/20686301.HTM


Incarceration Length, Employment, and Earnings
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12003.pdf
[full-text, 30 pages]
Jeffrey R. Kling
NBER Working Paper No. 12003
Issued in February 2006
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12003


Teacher Motivation in India [2005]
Vimala Ramachandran and Madhumita Pal, Educational Resource Unit and
Dr. Sharada Jain, Sunil Shekar, Jitendra Sharma of Sandhan, Jaipur
http://azimpremjifoundation.org/downloads/tech_motiva.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]


ILR Impact Briefs
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief
BRIEF #2 / FEBRUARY 2006 / http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/
Doomed to Fail: The Unintended Consequences of Guestworker Programs
by VERNON M. BRIGGS, J R .
Professor of Human Resource Studies (ILR)
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=impactbrief


For related documentation, see --
Guestworker Programs for Low-Skilled Workers: Lessons from the Past and Warnings for the Future
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briggstestimonies/21/


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


International

EUROPA > European Commission > Environment > Integration > Employment
Environment and Employment [10 February 2006]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/integration/employment_en.htm

The Links between Employment and Environment Policies (SEC (2005) 1530, of 17 November 2005) [online 10 February 2006]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/integration/pdf/sec_2005_1530_en.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
[Press Release
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/integration/pdf/infonoteempl.pdf


EUROPA > European Commission > Economic and Financial Affairs > Publications > European Economy > Special Reports
European Economy. Special Report
The impact of ageing on public expenditure: projections for the EU25 Member States on pensions, health care, long-term care, education and unemployment transfers (2004-2050) [online 14 February 2006]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/european_economy/2006/eespecialreport0106_en.htm
or
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/european_economy/2006/eesp106en.pdf
[full-text, 207 pages]
and ANNEX
http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/european_economy/2006/eespannex106en.pdf
[full-text, 199 pages]


EUROPA >European Commission > Investing in European Research > 2006 ­ Aho Group Report "Creating an Innovative Europe"
2006 ­ Aho Group Report "Creating an Innovative Europe" [13 February 2006]
http://europa.eu.int/invest-in-research/research06.htm
[excerpt]
3. The group identifies a need for "structural mobility" in Europe. This means a new paradigm of flexibility and adaptability in human resources, finance and organisational structures. For example:
Europe should aim to have 10% of the research workforce in any given year moving across the boundaries of science, industry and government;
See full-report at-
Creating an Innovative Europe
Report of the Independent Expert Group on R&D and Innovation appointed following the Hampton Court Summit
January 2006
http://europa.eu.int/invest-in-research/pdf/060119Aho%20report%20final.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]


European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
(Infosheet)
Age management in companies in Europe
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0608EN.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]

DATABASE on AGEING WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT
ADVANCE SEARCH for CASE STUDIES
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/areas/populationandsociety/ageingworkforceadvanced.php
[scroll down to find search box]
Basic Search
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/areas/populationandsociety/ageingworkforce.htm
[scroll down to find search box]


European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
The following links will lead to information related to disability issues found on this web site.
Illness and disability [Population and society]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/areas/populationandsociety/listillnessanddisability.htm

Illness and disability [Quality of life]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/areas/qualityoflife/listillnessanddisability.htm

Illness and disability [Social cohesion]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/areas/socialcohesion/listillnessanddisability.htm

Illness and disability [Social protection]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/areas/socialprotection/listillnessanddisability.htm



European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
* The performing arts sector - visions of the future [February 2006]
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06008a.html?p1=ef_publication&p2=null


* Performing arts - what future? [February 2006]
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06007a.html?p1=ef_publication&p2=null


* The performing arts sector - what future? [February 2006]
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06006a.html?p1=ef_publication&p2=null


* The performing arts sector - policy issues and challenges for the future [February 2006]
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06009a.html?p1=ef_publication&p2=null


Federal

Congressional Budge Office (CBO)
Background Paper
Utilization of Tax Incentives for Retirement Saving: An Update February 2006 [10 February 2006]
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7043/02-10-TaxIncentives.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL31275
Health Insurance: Federal Data Sources for Analyses of the Uninsured
February 7, 2002
Chris L. Peterson and Christine Devere
Analysts in Social Legislation
Domestic Social Policy Division
http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL31275_20020207.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code 94-971 EPW
Federal Employees: Pay and Pension Increases Since 1969
Updated February 9, 2006
Patrick Purcell
Specialist in Social Legislation
Domestic Social Policy Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/94-971_20060209.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]

Center for Development Information and Evaluation
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Issue Paper No. 9
January 2006 PN ADE 194
JOB CREATION IN POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES
Kenneth W. Beasley
http://pdf.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNADE194.pdf
[full-text, 56 pages}

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
USAID PRIMER: What We Do and How We Do It [revised January 2006]
http://pdf.dec.org/pdf_docs/PDACG100.pdf
[full-text, 44 pages]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Brookings Institution
The New Safety Net: How the Tax Code Helped Low-Income Working Families During the Early 2000s [13 February 2006]
by Alan Berube
February 2006
http://www.brookings.org/metro/pubs/eitc/20060209_newsafety.htm
or
http://www.brookings.org/metro/pubs/eitc/20060209_newsafety.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]

European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS)
Transfer 4/2005: Innovations for Union Renewal [31 January 2006]
http://www.etui-rehs.org/publications/transfer/2005/4_2005_innovations_for_union_renewal

Table of Contents at -
http://www.etui-rehs.org/publications/transfer/2005/4_2005_innovations_for_union_renewal#toc
Free-- related papers at -- http://www.crimt.org/2eSite_renouveau/Theme0_ang.html
The Colloquium was organised by the
Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work
http://www.crimt.org/
Special dedicated interactive site on
UNION RENEWAL
http://www.crimt.org/Unionrenewal.html


Segal
2006 SEGAL HEALTH PLAN COST TREND SURVEY [originally released August 2005]
http://www.segalco.com/publications/surveysandstudies/2006trendsurvey.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
Press Release
SEGAL PREDICTS CONTINUED DECLINES IN TRENDS IN 2006
http://www.segalco.com/pressreleases.html#080505



Watson Wyatt
Trends in Pensions 2005 (Special Edition) [February 2006]
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/us/pubs/insider/pdfs/pensionsSE.pdf
[full-text, 54 pages]


Law

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
EEOC Enforcement Statistic & Litigation [9 February 2006]
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/enforcement.html
Press Release 9 February 2006
EEOC REPORTS SLIGHT DECLINE IN DISCRIMINATION CHARGES IN 2005
Merit Resolutions and Monetary Benefits Up
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-9-06.html


USAID
The ASIA Foundation
Legal Accountability and Dispute Resolution (LADR) Program
A SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE ASIA FOUNDATION TO THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 01 JULY 2005 ­ 31 DECEMBER 2005
http://pdf.dec.org/pdf_docs/PDACG303.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]


Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES December 2005 [10 February 2006]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/tradnewsrelease.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trad1205.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trad1205.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Monthly Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trad1205_fax.pdf
and
Annual Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trad1205annual_fax.pdf


EuroStat
Statistics in focus
POPULATION AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS 2/2006
Author Omar HARDARSON
People outside the labour force: Declining inactivity rates [13 February 2006]
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NK-06-002/EN/KS-NK-06-002-EN.PDF
[full-text, 8 pages]


OECD Standardised Unemployment Rate falls to 6.4% in December 2005 [10 February 2006]
http://www.oecd.org/document/31/0,2340,en_2649_201185_36087327_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/57/6/36086110.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
See tables for countries at -- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/41/13/18595359.pdf


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

ANSWERS.COM
http://www.answers.com/
For topics covered, see--
http://www.answers.com/main/what_content.jsp


_____________________________
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.

****************************************
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 *
****************************************


Wednesday, February 08, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 8 February 2006

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________


IWS Weekly Bulletin, 8 February 2006


Academic Research

Monthly Labor Review Online
January 2006
Vol. 129, Number 1, pages 38-49
Union Membership Statistics in 24 Countries
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/01/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
by Jelle Visser
Scientific Director, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies
(AIAS), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
E-mail: Jelle.Visser@uva.nl


Princeton
Industrial Relations Section
Working Paper 507.
Kahn, Lawrence M.
"The Impact of Employment Protection Mandates on Demographic Temporary Employment Patterns: International Microeconomic Evidence" January 2006.
http://www.irs.princeton.edu/pubs/pdfs/507.pdf
[full-text, 59 pages]


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


International

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Relocation of Production and Industrial Relations [6 February 2006]
February 2006
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/11/study/index.html
and
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/11/study/tn0511101s.html


ILO Bangkok
Working out of disaster: improving employment and livelihood in countries affected by the Tsunami
Bangkok: ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, 2005
viii, 87 p.
ISBN 92-2-117766-1 (print)
ISBN 92-2-117767-X (web)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/download/tsunami_ebook.pdf
[full-text, 100 pages]


Federal

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online
January 2006
Vol. 129, Number 1
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

State labor legislation enacted in 2005
John J. Fitzpatrick, Jr.
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/01/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]


Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 2005
Loryn Lancaster
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/01/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


Union membership statistics in 24 countries
Jelle Visser
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/01/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]


Census: Population Division
Working Paper No. 81
Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population.
Campbell Gibson and Kay Jung. Issued February 2006
http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0081/twps0081.html
[for detailed tables in SPREADSHEET format]
or
http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0081/twps0081.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]

U.S. Census Bureau
2004 State Government Finance Data [2 February 2006]
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/state04.html



GAO: Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: First-Year Experience with High-Deductible Health Plans and Health Savings Accounts. GAO-06-271, January 31.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-271
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06271.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
and
Highlights -
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06271high.pdf


GAO: Veterans' Employment and Training Service: Greater Accountability and Other Labor Actions Needed to Better Serve Veterans. GAO-06-357T, February 2.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-357T
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06357t.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]


The Status of Telework in the Federal Government 2005 [December 2005]
http://www.telework.gov/documents/tw_rpt05/


[Please note: in some instances you may have to change LINKS on your web pages to reflect new locations on this web site].
U.S. State Department To Launch New Website Design [3 February 2006]
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/60352.htm


State

California Budget Project
Minimum Wage Increases Boost the Earnings of Low-Wage California Workers [January 2006]
http://www.cbp.org/2005/0508_bb_minimumwage.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Mercer
Annual reports fail to acknowledge the company�s own workers
Mercer finds limited reporting on human capital by the biggest US corporations [26 January 2006]
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1207925


Towers Perrin
Winning Strategies for a Global Workforce: Attracting, Retaining and Engaging Employees for Competitive Advantage
Executive Report [3 February 2006]
http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Reports/2006_Global_Workforce/GWS.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]

Towers Perrin
HR Service Delivery: Connecting People, Process and Performance [23 January 2006]
HR Service Delivery Research Report
http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Reports/2005_HRDS_Survey/2005_HRSD_Survey_Report.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]


Watson Wyatt
Few Multinationals Have Effective Global Communication Programs, Watson Wyatt Study Finds [31 January 2006]
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=15642


Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL32195
Charitable Choice: Legal and Constitutional Issues
Updated January 27, 2006
by Angie A. Welborn, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32195_20060127.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]


Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL33257
Health Savings Accounts: Overview of Rules for 2006, January 31, 2006
by Bob Lyke, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33257_20060131.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]


The International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations
Volume 21, Issue 4, 2005
http://www.csmb.unimo.it/modules.php?name=ijcllir_mod&page=issue4_05.html


Statistical Reports

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: DECEMBER 2005 [7 February 2006]
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: JANUARY 2006 [3 February 2006]
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: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages for 2005 [2 February 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm


BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2005 [1 February 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

RAND
Research Brief
Forging the Link Between Alcohol Advertising and Underage Drinking [January 2006]
By: Rebecca L. Collins, Phyllis L. Ellickson, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Katrin
Hambarsoomians
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9073/
or
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9073/index1.html
or
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2006/RAND_RB9073.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Homeschooling in the United States: 2003 [2 February 2006]
http://nces.ed.gov/Pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006042
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006042.pdf
[full-text, 54 pages]

_____________________________
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.

****************************************
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 *
****************************************


Wednesday, February 01, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 1 February 2006

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 1 February 2006


Academic Research

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Latin American Research Network
Red de Centros de Investigación
Research Network Working paper #R-517
CEO and Director Turnover in Venezuela
R-517
Author: Garay, Urbi & González, Maximiliano
Published: November 2005
http://www.iadb.org/res/index.cfm?fuseaction=Publications.View&pub_id=R-517
or
http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubR-517.pdf
[full-text, 72 pages]

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Latin American Research Network
Red de Centros de Investigación
Research Network Working Paper #R-519
Corporate Governance in Costa Rica
R-519
Author: Arce, Gilberto E. & Robles C., Edgar
Published: December 2005
http://www.iadb.org/res/index.cfm?fuseaction=Publications.View&pub_id=R-519
or
http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubR-519.pdf
[full-text, 80 pages]

Research and Practice in HRM (RPHRM) jointly published by Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia and Singapore Human Resources Institute
Research and Practice in Human Resource Management
http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/
Current Issue includes--

A Relationship Perspective to Investigate the Effect of Human Resource Capability on Information System Outsourcing Success
< http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/relationship-ab.html>

Promoting Employees' Innovativeness and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour through Superior-Subordinate Relationship in the Workplace
< http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/innovative-ab.html>

An Emic Approach to Understand Culturally Indigenous and Alien Human Resource Management Practices in Global Companies
< http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/emic-ab.html>

Reducing Resistance to Change through Knowledge Management: A Conceptual Approach
< http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/conceptual-ab.html>

The Choice of Strategic International HRM Orientation by Japanese Firms: Examining the Effects of Affiliates' Local Business Strategies
< http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/japan-ab.html>

Achieving Organisational Prosperity through Employee Motivation and Retention: A Comparative Study of Strategic HRM Practices in Malaysian Institutions
< http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/malaysia-ab.html>

Information Technology Offshore Outsourcing in India: A Human Resources Management Perspective
< http://rphrm.curtin.edu.au/2005/issue2/india-ab.html>


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


International

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
Bringing Health to Work [27 January 2006]
http://www.ccohs.ca/healthyworkplaces/

EMPLOYERS
http://www.ccohs.ca/healthyworkplaces/employers.html

EMPLOYEES
http://www.ccohs.ca/healthyworkplaces/employees.html

PRACTITIONERS
http://www.ccohs.ca/healthyworkplaces/practitioners.html


European Agencey for Safety and Heath at Work
Priorities for occupational safety and health research in the EU-25 [27 January 2006]
http://osha.eu.int/publications/reports/6805648
and
http://osha.eu.int/publications/reports/6805648/full_publication_en.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
Press Release
More challenges for occupational safety and health in the future, EU experts warn
http://agency.osha.eu.int/press_room/20060112_OSH_Research

International Labour Organization (ILO)
GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS (for January 2006)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/stratprod.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/getb06en.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]

Press Release
ILO annual jobs report says global unemployment continues to grow, youth now make up half those out of work
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2006/1.htm


Federal

BLS: Charts of gross job losses and gross job gains, by industry sector
http://www.bls.gov/bdm/charts1.htm


BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online [25 January 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Charts: Access to and Participation in Employer-Provided Health Care Plans, Private Industry, 2005 (01/25/2006)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20060120ch01.htm


Summary: New Research on Retirement Savings among Workers (01/25/2006)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20060110yb01p1.htm


2002 Economic Census
Survey of Business Owners
Issued January 2006
SB02-00CS-WMN
Company Statistics Series
Women-Owned Firms: 2002
http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/sb0200cswmn.pdf
[full-text, 850 pages]

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention
BUSINESS PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PLANNING CHECKLIST [December 2005]
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic/pdf/businessChecklist.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]


Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2007 to 2016
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7027&sequence=0&from=7
or
http://mirror1.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7027/01-26-BudgetOutlook.pdf
[full-text, 196 pages]

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
A Chartbook Of International Labor Comparisons: The Americas, Asia, Europe ­ January 2006 [25 January 2006]
http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/chartbook/
or
http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/chartbook/chartbook.pdf
[full-text, 65 pages]

Small Business Administration (SBA)
The SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMY: A REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 2005 [5 January 2006]
http://www.sba.gov/advo/stats/sb_econ2005.pdf
[full-text, 141 pages]


OSHA Announces New Partnership to Protect Workers on Cornell University Construction Project
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=11825


Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
2004 Demographic Profile of the Federal Workforce [27 January 2006]
http://www.opm.gov/feddata/demograp/demograp.asp


U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA)
THE ROLE OF SMALL & MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN EXPORTS TO CHINA: A STATISTICAL PROFILE
Results from the 2003 Exporter Data Base [16 December 2005]
http://ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/docs/China_SME_2003_Final.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]

U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (ITA)
U.S. Exports to Peru: A State Perspective January 2006 [17 January 2006]
http://ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/docs/Peru-Overview.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]

U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA)
Industry, Trade, and the Economy: Data and Analysis
http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/


U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA)
The Virtual World Trade Reference Room
http://ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/ref-room.html


U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA)
Trade Stats Express
http://tse.export.gov/


United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
2005 LATIN AMERICA and the CARIBBEAN: SELECTED ECONOMIC and SOCIAL DATA
David Colin &Janet Rudasill-Allen
Washington, DC 20523
November, 2005
http://pdf.dec.org/pdf_docs/PNADE700.pdf
[full-text, 197 pages]

Online data set at -- http://qesdb.cdie.org/lac/index.html


White House
Economic Statistics Briefing Room
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Public Policy Institute
Phased Retirement: Who Opts for It and Toward What End? / Research Report
by Yung-Ping Chen, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Boston & John C. Scott, J.D., MA Cornell University
http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/2006_01_retire.html
or
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2006_01_retire.pdf
[full-text, 59 pages]
January 2006­

In Brief: Phased Retirement: Who Opts for It and Toward What End? / Research Report
http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/inb113_retire.html
or
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/inb113_retire.pdf
January 2006­

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute
Pulling apart: A state-by-state analysis of income trends [26 January 2006]
http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/studies_pulling_apart_2006
or
http://www.epinet.org/studies/pulling06/pulling_apart_2006.pdf
[full-text, 66 pages]

Press Release [26 January 2006]
INCOME INEQUALITY GREW ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES
http://www.epinet.org/newsroom/releases/2006/01/1-26-06-sfpNATL-pr-FINAL.pdf


Cornell News 1 February 2006
First-of-its kind New York City conference to look at labor's responses to globalization
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb06/Global.unions.prewrite.html


China Labor Watch
Labor Research Reports
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/laborresearch.htm

Wal-Mart and Dollar General Toys Made with Blood and Sweat: Report by CLW and NLC
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50306

Wal-Mart Sweatshops In China: Report Released Jointly by CLW and the National Labor Committee
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50304

Procter & Gamble in China: Workers Fall Through the Cracks
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50296

The Toy Industry in China: Undermining Workers' Rights and Rule of Law
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50285

Marc Blecher: What are Chinese Workers Thinking?
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50255

Dorothy Solinger: The Creation of a New Underclass in China and its Implications
http://www.chinalaborwatch.org/en/web/article.php?article_id=50256


Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
SHRM Conference Focuses on Human Resources in a Global Workplace Environment [30 January 2006]
http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_015551.asp#P-4_0


Work Foundation
Healthy Work: Productive Workplaces
Why the UK needs more “good jobs”
David Coats, Associate Director, The Work Foundation & Catherine Max, Programme Manager, The London
Health Commission
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/pdf/Healthy_Work.pdf
[full-text, 69 pages]
Press Release 30 December 2005
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/newsroom/pressreleases.jsp?ref=184


World Federation of Personnel Management Associations
http://www.wfpma.com/nahrmar4.html
Don't miss

Survey of Global HR Challenges: Yesterday, today and tomorrow [2005]
Conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers on behalf of the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations (WFPMA)
http://www.wfpma.com/PDFs/hrglobalchallenges.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]


Where on Earth Companies Choose to Do Business—And Why
The factors that drive companies’ global site selection and sourcing decisions and what it means forHR management.
A Paper Prepared for the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations
Mexico City, May 29th, 2002
By:Richard W. Judy, Discovery Institute,Seattle, Washington USA
dickjudy@workforceassociates.com
http://www.shrm.org/global/pdf/2002Judy.pdf


HR Competencies and Professional Standards
June 2000
Professor Chris Brewster
Elaine Farndale
Dr Jos van Ommeren
The authors of this Report are at the Centre for European Human Resource Management, Cranfield
School of Management, Cranfield University, UK (Tel: +44 (0)1234 751122, Fax: +44 (0)1234
752081). The views expressed in the report are those of the authors only.
http://www.wfpma.com/comp.pdf
[full-text, 88 pages]


Law

Congressional - Executive Commission on CHINA (CECC) Virtual Academy
CHINA
Labor Rights Resources
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/labor/index.php

See in particular
USEFUL LINKS
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/labor/index.php#links


Statistical Reports

BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2005 (ADVANCE) [27 January 2006]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp405a.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp405a.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp405a.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Technical Note
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/tech405a.htm
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp405a_fax.pdf


BEA:
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS:  DECEMBER 2005 [30  
January 2006]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi1205.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi1205.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi1205.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi1205_fax.pdf


BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-DECEMBER 2005 [31 January 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm


BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN DECEMBER 2005 AND ANNUAL AVERAGES FOR 2005 [25 January 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau [25 January 2006]
African-American History Month: February 2006
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006088.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff01-2.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages

Ask Sam
STATE of the UNION ADDRESSES of the American Presidents 1790-2006 [31 January 2006]
http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/StateOfTheUnion/

_____________________________
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.

****************************************
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 *
****************************************


This page is powered by Blogger. Isn't yours?