IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: March 2006

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 29 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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 29 March 2006

Academic Research

ILR IMPACT BRIEF

BRIEF #3 / March 2006 / http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/

Phased Retirement: Opportunities for Some but Not for All

by ROBERT M. HUTCHENS

Professor of Labor Economics (ILR)

JENNJOU CHEN

Dept. of Economics, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/3/

For related documentation, see --

The Cornell Study of Employer Phased Retirement Policies: A Report on Key Findings

by Robert M. Hutchens

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/lepubs/1/

Suggested Citation

Chen, J. & Hutchens, R.M. (2006). Phased retirement: Opportunities for some but not for all (Impact Brief #3). Ithaca, NY: School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University.

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/3/

ILR IMPACT BRIEF

BRIEF #4 / March 2006 / http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/

Sustainable Workforce Development: The Paths of Singapore and India

by SAROSH KURUVILLA

Professor of Comparative Industrial Relations (ILR)

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/4/

For related documentation, see --

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/query.cgi?field_1=lname&value_1=Kuruvilla&field_2=fname&value_2=Sarosh%20&advanced=1

Suggested Citation

Kuruvilla, S. (2006). Sustainable workforce development: The paths of Singapore and India (Impact Brief #4). Ithaca, NY: School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University.

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/4

ILR IMPACT BRIEF

BRIEF #5 / March 2006 / http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/

Ownership Status Matters: Call Centers, Employment Systems, and Turnover

by ROSEMARY BATT

Professor of Human Resource Studies (ILR)

VIRGINIA DOELLGAST

Dept. of Management, King's College, London

HYUNJI KWON

ILR School

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/5/

For related documentation, see --

Service Management and Employment Systems In U.S. and Indian Call Centers

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrswp/279/

The Indian Call Centre Industry: National Benchmarking Report Strategy, HR Practices, & Performance

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrswp/7/

U.S. Call Center Industry Report 2004 National Benchmarking Report Strategy, HR Practices & Performance

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrswp/6/

Suggested Citation

Batt, R., Doellgast, V., & Kwon, H. (2006). Ownership status matters: Call centers, employment systems, and turnover (Impact Brief #5). Ithaca, NY: School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University.

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/5/

European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education, Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS)

European Economic and Employment Policy Brief

No. 1 2006

Monetary policy tightening in a fragile recovery: are the ECBs concerns about wage formation justified?

by Ronald Janssen and Andrew Watt

http://www.etui-rehs.org/content/download/1870/11433/file/EEEPB_1-2006.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

For other European Economic and Employment Policy Briefs, see --

http://www.etui-rehs.org/employment_and_economic_policies/books/european_economic_and_employment_policy_brief

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

International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

Long distance mobility within the EU: considering the Lisbon Agenda and Transitional Arrangements [15 March 2006]

Dr. Hubert Krieger

Discussion paper presented at a Foundation seminar with stakeholders of the Governing Board in Luxembourg 8 March 2006

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/docs/areas/populationandsociety/mobility2paper2006.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

A Review of Working Conditions in France [21 March 2006]

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/FR0603SR01/FR0603SR01.htm

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/FR0603SR01/FR0603SR01.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

Spain:

Reconciling work and family life in the financial services sector (24 March 2006)

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/03/ES0603NU06.htm

Italy:

Parental leave and worklife balance (24 March 2006)

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/03/IT0603NU04.htm

Sweden:

Working time after parental leave (24 March 2006)

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/03/SE0603NU04.htm

The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Nonstandard Work-Draft

(March 1, 2006; Ahn, Joyup)

Nonstandard Work in Japan and Korea-the Origin of Wage Differentials

http://www.jil.go.jp/profile/documents/Ahn.pdf

[full-text, 51 pages]

Joyup Ahn, Research Fellow at the Korea Labor Institute, Visiting Researcher at Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training

Korea Labor Institute (KLI)

from e-Labor News, No.52, 2006

[KOREA] LABOR TRENDS [27 March 2006]

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli/html_eng/08_mail/webzineboard/view_trends.asp?seq=57&rseq=28&tseq=40

Date : 2006-03-27

Korea Labor Institute (KLI)

from e-Labor News, No. 52, 2006 [27 March 2006]

Issue Paper

Tripartite Partnerships at Local Level and Their Social Pacts

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli/html_eng/08_mail/webzineboard/upfile/52_Tripartite%20Partnerships%20at%20Local%20Level%20and%20Their%20Social%20Pacts.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

OECD GUIDELINES ON PENSION FUND ASSET MANAGEMENT [23 March 2006]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/59/53/36316399.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

Press Release

OECD - Paris, 23 March 2006

OECD calls for new approach to managing pension fund assets

http://www.oecd.org/document/20/0,2340,en_2649_201185_36333268_1_1_1_1,00.html

Federal

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

February 2006

Report 993

New Service Industry Productivity Measures [20 March 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/lpc/iprsr06.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Census

Small Area Health Insurance Estimates

Model-based Estimates for Counties and States

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/sahie/

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention

CDC BUSINESS HOME (& Workplace Issues)

http://www.cdc.gov/business/

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2007

March 2006

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7069/03-14-PresidentsBudget.pdf

[full-text, 71 pages]

See in particular the following table and figure and related information--

CHAPTER TWO

Page 33

Table 2-2.

CBO's Estimates of Effective Federal Marginal Tax Rates on Labor Income

and

Page 37

Figure 2-2.

Effects of the President's Budget on the Deficit and on the Effective Tax Rates on

Capital Income and Labor Income

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code IB98014

China's Economic Conditions

Updated March 17, 2006

Wayne M. Morrison, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/IB98014_20060317.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

CRS

Order Code RS21625

Updated March 17, 2006

China's Currency: A Summary of the Economic Issues

Wayne M. Morrison, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

Marc Labonte, Government and Finance Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS21625_20060317.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

Department of Labor Announces Competition for $4 Million in Funding for Grassroots Organizations [22 March 2006]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20060501.htm

Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

Esther Johnson Named Job Corps National Director

First African-American Woman to Head Program [24 March 2006]

http://www.dol.gov/PrinterFriendly/PrinterVersion.aspx?url=http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20060544.htm

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20060544.htm

International Trade Administration (ITA)

Exports, Jobs, and Foreign Investment [in each STATE]

Updated March 2006

http://ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/state_reports/states05-index.html

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Fifth Grade: Findings from the Fifth-Grade Follow-Up of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 [24 March 2006]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006038

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006038.pdf

[full-text, 69 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Characteristics of Schools, Districts, Teachers, Principals, and School Libraries in the United States: 2003-04 Schools and Staffing Survey [23 March 2006]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006313

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006313.pdf

[full-text, 231 pages]

State

New York State

WORKFORCE & INDUSTRY DATA (Statewide and Regional)

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workforceindustrydata/index.asp

A to Z Index of Workforce & Industry Data

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workforceindustrydata/apps.asp?reg=wny&app=atoz

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)

Images of Aging in America 2004 [March 2006]

http://www.aarp.org/research/reference/publicopinions/aresearch-import-926.html

and

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/general/images_aging.pdf

[full-text, 198 pages]

The Cornell University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Demographics and Statistics (StatsRRTC) < http://www.statsrrtc.org/ >

is pleased to announce its State-of-the-Science Conference:

THE FUTURE OF DISABILITY STATISTICS: WHAT WE KNOW AND NEED TO KNOW

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/srrtc-2006conference.cfm

Ernst & Young {E&Y]

The Aging of the U.S. Workforce: Employer Challenges and Responses [Survey & Video] [January 2006, online March 2006]

http://www.ey.com/global/download.nsf/US/Arnone_Aging_US_Workforce/$file/AgingUSWorkforceEmployerChallenges.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

and

View a video

http://mfile.akamai.com/9312/wmv/ernstyoung.download.akamai.com/9312/ncs/ey_com/arnone20064151/arnone20064151_100.wvx

in which Human Capital's Bill Arnone discusses the survey findings.

Hudson

One in Four Workers Job Hunt On Employers Dime [22 March 2006]

Hudson Survey Finds Manager Supervision Effective at Curbing Personal Internet Use

http://www.hudson-index.com/node.asp?SID=5763

National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA)

[21 March 2006]

National Center for Policy Analysis Brief Analysis No. 544:

Health Savings Accounts: Answering the Critics, Part I

http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba544/

< http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba544/ba544.pdf>

National Center for Policy Analysis Brief Analysis No. 545:

Health Savings Accounts: Answering the Critics, Part II

http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba545/

< http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba545/ba545.pdf>

National Center for Policy Analysis Brief Analysis No. 546:

Health Savings Accounts: Answering the Critics, Part III

http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba546/

< http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba546/ba546.pdf>

Towers Perrin

Talent Management: The State of the Art [online 21 March 2006]

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Reports/TP_Track_TM/TP_Track_TM.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children

February 2006

Displaced Women and Girls At Risk: Risk Factors, Protection Solutions and Resource Tools

http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/WomRisk.pdf

[full-text, 56 pages]

Law

Administrative Office of the U.S.Courts

Judicial Facts and Figures

http://www.uscourts.gov/judicialfactsfigures/contents.html

For Labor/Employment Related Case Numbers see the following --

Table 2.2

U.S. District Courts. Civil Cases Filed by Nature of Suit

(Highlighted areas cover data previously provided in separate tables)

http://www.uscourts.gov/judicialfactsfigures/table2.02.pdf

Scroll down to find --

Labor Laws

Fair Labor Standards Act

Labor Management Relations Act

Labor Management Reporting & Disclosure Act

Railway Labor Act

E.R.I.S.A.*

Other Labor Litigation

U.S. Department of Labor

e-JUDICATION

http://www.dol.gov/ejudication/

e-Judication is the gateway to information about formal hearings and appeals at the Department of Labor. This site, however, must not be relied upon for legal advice.

About e-Judication

http://www.dol.gov/ejudication/about_us.htm

LLRX.com

**Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide - Updated 15 March 2006

http://www.llrx.com/features/ciguide.htm

and

Analyze This: The Evolution of Competitive Intelligence Products for the Legal Profession [15 March 2006]

http://www.llrx.com/features/analyzethis.htm

Statistical Reports

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

State Personal Income 2005 [28 March 2006]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/spi0306.htm

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/spi0306.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/spi0306.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/spi0306_fax.pdf

BLS: COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND WORK ACTIVITY OF 2005 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES [24 March 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/hsgec.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/hsgec.pdf

BLS: MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS, 2003 AND 2004 [23 March 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod3.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod3.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/prod3.supp.toc.htm

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN FEBRUARY 2006 [22 March 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB06-FF.06

March 27, 2006

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2006

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006587.html

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff-06.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

Special Edition *

100th Anniversary: San Francisco Earthquake April 18 [23 March 2006]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006580.html

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ffse-02.pdf

Facts for Features from the Census

CB06-FFSE.03

March 27, 2006

* Special Edition *

Small Business Week 2006 (April 9-15) [27 March 2006]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006601.html

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ffse-03.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

GOOGLE FINANCE in Beta -- NEW!

http://finance.google.com/finance

See

About Google Finance

http://www.google.com/googlefinance/faq.html

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# posted by SBasefsky : 6:41 AM

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 22 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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 22 March 2006

Academic Research

Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 06-126

Wages, Layoffs, and Privatization: Evidence from Ukraine

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06-126.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Vladimir Vakhitov

February 2006

Abstract

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06126wp.html

Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 05-125

Does Privatization Hurt Workers? Lessons from Comprehensive Manufacturing Firm Panel Data in Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05-125.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy

November 2005

Revised February 2006

Abstract

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05125wp.html

Employee Screening: Theory and Evidence

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12071.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

Fali Huang, Peter Cappelli

NBER Working Paper No. 12071

Issued in March 2006

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12071

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

International

EUROPA > European Commission > Employment & Social Affairs > EURES

EURES - The European Job Mobility Portal

http://europa.eu.int/eures/home.jsp?lang=en

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

Temporary Agency Work [22 March 2006]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.ie/thematicfeature14.html

and

Temporary agency work in an enlarged European Union [22 March 2006]

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF05139EN.pdf

[full-text, 58 pages]

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

EIROnline: EIRObserver [1997-2004]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.ie/eirobserver.html

ILO Bureau of Employers' Activities

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

A Guide For Employers' Organizations [7 March 2006]

by Gary Rynhart

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actemp/papers/2006/poverty_guide.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

For other publications from the Bureau of Employers' Activities, see --

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actemp/publ/pubs.htm

OECD Policy Brief:

Economic Survey of Ireland 2006 [2 March 2006]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/28/47/36204794.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 15 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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 15 March 2006

Academic Research

International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO, Geneva

DECENT WORK: OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES [13 March 2006]

Edited by Dharam Ghai

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/decentghai.pdf

[full-text, 241 pages]

International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO, Geneva

Proceedings of the France/ILO Symposium, Annecy 2005

Offshoring and the Internationalization of Employment: A challenge for a fair globalization? [13 March 2006]

Peter Auer, Geneviève Besse and Dominique Méda (eds.)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/annecy06.pdf

[full-text, 262 pages]

OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers

No. 33.

* Alternative Measures of Well-Being

* Romina Boarini, Asa Johansson and Marco Mira d'Ercole

* http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/13/38/36165332.pdf

* [full-text, 58 pages]

No. 32.

* Social Disadvantage and Education Experiences

* Stephen Machin

* http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/13/60/36165298.pdf

* [full-text, 34 pages]

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

International

International Labour Organization

ILO (ACTRAV -- Workers' Activities)

QVILIS DATABASE

COMPLAINTS OF VIOLATION OF TRADE UNION RIGHTS

http://www.oit.org.pe/qvilis_world/index.php

Ministry of Labor (Korea)

Korea Labor Review

November-December 2005

Volume 1, No. 5

http://www.molab.go.kr:8001/english/resources/publications/res0301_list.jsp?tbl=106&cn2=MENU&cv2=7

http://www.molab.go.kr:8001/english/resources/publications/res0301_view.jsp

http://www.molab.go.kr:8001/download/_20051226110333220.pdf

[full-text, 36 pages]

OECD

The Lisbon Council Policy Brief

The economics of knowledge: Why education is key for Europes success [14 March 2006]

by Andreas Schleicher

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/43/11/36278531.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Federal

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

Direct Investment Interactive System [8 March 2006]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/directinv.htm

You can now interactively display and download time-series tables on direct investment transactions and related positions, on the operations of U.S multinational companies, and on the U.S. operations of foreign multinational companies. For a detailed explanation, see - http://www.bea.gov/bea/di/reference_interactivesystem_01.htm

Census

Issued December 2005

P23-209

65+ in the United States: 2005 [9 March 2006]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p23-209.pdf

[full-text, 254 pages]

Press Release [9 March 2006]

Dramatic Changes in U.S. Aging Highlighted in New Census, NIH Report

Impact of Baby Boomers Anticipated

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/aging_population/006544.html

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22397

March 9, 2006

The Link Between Medicaid and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Recent History and Current Issues

Elicia J. Herz, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22397_20060309.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

Press Release 8 March 2006

EEOC PARTNERS WITH BUSINESS TO BUILD BEST PRACTICES FOR INCREASING DIVERSITY

Action Plan Emerges from Watershed Symposium with Corporate Leaders

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-8-06.html

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Nanoparticle Information Library (NIL)

http://www2a.cdc.gov/niosh-nil/

Search the library at

http://www2a.cdc.gov/niosh-nil/search.asp

About the

Nanoparticle Information Library (NIL)

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/nil.html

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2004 [14 March 2006]

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06308

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06308/

Full Report

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06308/pdf/nsf06308.pdf

[full-text, 112 pages]

and

Detailed Tables

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06308/pdf/tables.pdf

[full-text, 89 pages]

State

New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL)

NEW YORK STATE ECONOMY CONTINUED TO GROW IN 2005 [8 March 2006]

Higher Private Sector Job Count and Lower Unemployment Rate

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workforceindustrydata/PressReleases/pruistat.htm

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 8 March 2006

Academic Research

Warwick Papers in Industrial Relations

http://users.wbs.ac.uk/group/irru/publications/warwick_papers

Recent Warwick Papers

Paul Marginson

Between Europeanisation and Regime Competition: labour market regulation following EU enlargement

Warwick Papers in Industrial Relations series, No 79

http://users.wbs.ac.uk/cms_attachment_handler.cfm?f=cc06a51f-3dd4-4a2d-aaf4-b27e2d4faed2&t=wpir79.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Rita Donaghy - Responses from: John Cridland, Frances O'Grady and William Brown

The Changing Landscape of Employment Relations in Britain

Warwick Papers in Industrial Relations series, No 78

http://users.wbs.ac.uk/cms_attachment_handler.cfm?f=ba3d06bd-d81a-4649-91c0-d92fed6a2bfa&t=wpir78.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Mark Hall

How are employers and unions responding to the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations?

Warwick Papers in Industrial Relations series, No 77

http://users.wbs.ac.uk/cms_attachment_handler.cfm?f=c808e01b-6633-4025-9ee2-ba9c49d87d1b&t=wpir77.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

Making it in America: Social Mobility in the Immigrant Population

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12088.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

George J. Borjas

NBER Working Paper No. 12088

Issued in March 2006

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12088

Immigration in High-Skill Labor Markets: The Impact of Foreign Students on the Earnings of Doctorates

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12085.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

George J. Borjas

NBER Working Paper No. 12085

Issued in March 2006

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12085

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

International

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

SPAIN:

Government proposes new gender equality legislation [24 February 2006]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/02/feature/es0602106f.html

EuroStat: 29/2006 - 6 March 2006

8 March 2006: International Women's Day

A statistical view of the life of women and men in the EU25

http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2006/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2006_MONTH_03/3-06032006-EN-BP.PDF

[full-text, 6 pages]

EuroStat: Statistics in Focus

How is the time of women and men distributed in Europe? - Issue number 4/2006 [6 March 2006]

http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=1073,46587259&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_product_code=KS-NK-06-004

http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NK-06-004/EN/KS-NK-06-004-EN.PDF

[full-text, 12 pages]

OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)

The Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base

http://www.oecd.org/document/23/0,2340,en_2649_33947_36225815_1_1_1_1,00.html

[Gender Discrimination Database]

Actual DATABASE is in SPREADSHEET FORMAT at

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/28/36223936.xls

Press Release

OECD Development Centre database charts discrimination against women

http://www.oecd.org/document/19/0,2340,en_2649_201185_36234003_1_1_1_1,00.html

Federal

BLS: Change is coming to the ECI (Employment Cost Index) [3 March 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/ecsm0001.htm

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [1 March 2006]

February 2006

Vol. 129, Number 2

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

Business Employment Dynamics: tabulations by employer size

Shail J. Butani, Richard L. Clayton, Vinod Kapani, James R. Spletzer, David M. Talan, and George S. Werking Jr.

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/02/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Understanding the employment measures from the establishment and household surveys

Mary K. Bowler and Teresa L. Morisi

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/02/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

From supermarkets to supercenters: employment shifts to the one-stop shop

Michael H. Strople

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/02/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Internet collection at the Bureau of Labor Statistics: an option to report

Stephen Cohen, Dee McCarthy, Richard Rosen, and William J. Wiatrowski

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/02/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

Trends in retirement plan coverage over the last decade

Stephanie Costo

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/02/art5full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Report

A visual essay: Volunteering in the United States

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/02/ressum.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

BLS:

MLR: Editor's Desk (Monthly Labor Review)

Korea and Sweden record largest manufacturing productivity increases in 2004 [22 February 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/tedhome.htm

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Another Retirement Savings Option: Roth 401(k) Plan (02/22/2006)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20060221ar01p1.htm

BLS: Issues in Labor Statistics

Summary 06-02 / January 2006 .. U.S. Department of Labor .. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Comparing characteristics and expenditures of consumer units in selected income ranges [22 February 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils54.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Census

Household Economic Studies

Health Status, Health Insurance, and Health Services Utilization: 2001

Issued February 2006 [28 February 2006]

P70-106

http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p70-106.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

Census

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey: 2004 [7 March 2006]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/ict-04.pdf

[full-text, 51 pages]

Census

Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES): 2004 [7 March 2006]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/ace-04.pdf

[full-text, 76 pages]

GAO: Employee Compensation: Employer Spending on Benefits Has Grown Faster Than Wages, Due Largely to Rising Costs for Health Insurance and Retirement. GAO-06-285, February 24.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-285

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06285.pdf

[full-text, 61 pages

and

Highlights -

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06285high.pdf

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Science and Engineering Indicators 2006 [23 February 2006]

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsb0601

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/pdfstart.htm

VOLUME 1 full-text

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/pdf/volume1.pdf

[full-text, 521 pages]

and

VOLUME 2: APPENDIX TABLES full-text

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/pdf/volume2.pdf

[full-text, 571 pages]

See in particular

Chapter 3: Science and Engineering Labor Force

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/c3/c3h.htm

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/pdf/c03.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

The Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

http://www.childpolicyintl.org/

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

Fast Facts from EBRI

FFE #18, Feb. 23, 2006

Distribution of Older Population�s Average Annual Income

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/facts/fastfacts/fastfact022306.pdf

To see EBRI Notes from January, go to -

IRA and Keogh Assets and Contributions, and Income of the Elderly Population, Age 65 and Over, 2004

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_01-20061.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Freelancers Union

2006 Report: CREATIVE WORKERS COUNT

New York City's Arts Funding Overlooks Individual Artists Needs

By Sara Horowitz, Stephanie Buchanan, Monica Alexandris, Rachel Crocker Ford, Stefanie Syman

http://www.workingtoday.org/stf/pdf/arts_report_2006.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Press Release

Creative Workers Count [23 February 2006]

http://www.workingtoday.org/stf/arts_report_2006.php

FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG (FES)

A New Dynamic for Peace? Post-Tsunami Reconstruction and its Impact on Conflict Resolution

Case Studies from India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand

http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/03258.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages] - may load slowly, be patient

For other free PDF publications from FES, see -- http://library.fes.de/library/english/index.html

RAND

Education Occasional Paper

Making Sense of Charter Schools: Evidence from California [21 February 2006]

Ron Zimmer and Richard Buddin

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2006/RAND_OP157.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

Law

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Immigration Policy in the United States, February 2006

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7051/02-28-Immigration.pdf

[full-text, 31 pages]

Statistical Reports

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: JANUARY 2006 [1 March 2006]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0106.htm

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0106.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0106.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0106_fax.pdf

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages, 2005 Revised [7 March 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm

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: STATE AND REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT, 2005 ANNUAL AVERAGES [1 March 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/srgune.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/srgune.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

BLS: MAJOR WORK STOPPAGES IN 2005 [3 March 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkstp.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkstp.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

BLS: America's Youth at 18: School Enrollment and Employment Transitions Between Ages 17 and 18 [24 February 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsyth.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN JANUARY 2006 [23 February 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

The following is a unique service provided by the Catherwood Library at the ILR School, Cornell University.

KEY WORKPLACE DOCUMENTS full-text are available at-

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/keydocs/

These are broken into the following categories

* Federal Publications

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/

This includes documents listed by year.

Some of these documents have been assembled into particular collections such as

* U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/eeoc/

* Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/crs/

* Glass Ceiling Commission (1991-1996)

* http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/glassceiling/

One will find in addition documents under the following headings for which there is copyright clearance

* Associations and Institutes

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/institutes/

* International Publications

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/intl/

and

* ILR IMPACT BRIEFS -- a new series produced at the ILR School

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/

Clear examples of Key Workplace Documents are the DUNLOP COMMISSION Reports --

Fact Finding Report : Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations, John Thomas Dunlop, U.S. Dept. of Labor, and U.S. Dept. of Commerce [May, 1994]

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/276/

The Dunlop Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations - Final Report, U.S. Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations [1994]

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/2/

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