Wednesday, April 26, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 26 April 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, 26 April 2006


Academic Research

Trade, FDI, and the Organization of Firms
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12091.pdf
[full-text, 52 pages]
Elhanan Helpman
NBER Working Paper No. 12091
Issued in March 2006
---- Abstract -----
http://www.nber.org/papers/w12091


ILR Impact Briefs
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/
BRIEF #6 / APRIL 2006 / http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/
Faculty Tenure and the Gap between Policy and Practice
by PAMELA S. TOLBERT
Professor of Organizational Behavior (ILR)
WESLEY D. SINE
Professor, Johnson Graduate School of Management (Cornell)
SANGCHEN PARK
ILR School
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/6/


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


International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
Annual review of working conditions in the EU: 2005-2006 [18 April 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/annualreports.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/reports/EU0603AR01/EU0603AR01.pdf
[full-text, 68 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Employee Financial Participation in the European Union (infosheet) [19 April 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0587.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0587EN.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Employment relations in SMEs [February 2006] (online 12 April 2006)
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/02/study/index.html
or
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/02/study/tn0602101s.html


European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
COMPANY RESTRUCTURING CASE STUDIES
Danish Steel Works: (20 April 2006)
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/dk06001s.html


Swedish Postal Services: (20 April 2006)
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/se06002s.html


Ericsson Microwave Systems: (20 April 2006)
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/se06001s.html


World Bank
World Development Indicators 2006 [22 April 2006]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20899413~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html
or
http://devdata.worldbank.org/wdi2006/contents/index2.htm
See also
WDI DATA 2006 (for Selected Indicators and Years)
http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/

Press Release
World Bank Data Show Growth Rates Converging Among Developing Regions [22 April 2006]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20897094~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html


World Bank
Global Monitoring Report 2006 [20 April 2006]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTGLOBALMONITOR/EXTGLOBALMONITOR2006/0,,contentMDK:20810084~menuPK:2199415~pagePK:64218950~piPK:64218883~theSitePK:2186432,00.html
or
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGLOBALMONITORING2006/Resources/2186625-1145565069381/GMR06Complete.pdf
[full-text, 248 pages]
and
Executive Summary
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGLOBALMONITORING2006/Resources/2186625-1145565069381/GMR06_ExecSum.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
and
Statistical Annex
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGLOBALMONITORING2006/Resources/GMR06_annex.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
Press Release
Progress On Millennium Development Goals Suggests Global Effort Working, Says World Bank-IMF Report
Reduced child mortality, increased school enrolment, and lower poverty signal that better governance, increased aid, mutual accountability bearing fruit, says Global Monitoring Report on the MDGs
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20895381~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html


Federal

BEA:
Summary Estimates for Multinational Companies: Employment, Sales, and Capital Expenditures for 2004 [20 April 2006]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/mnc2004.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/mnc2004.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/mnc2004.xls
[spreadsheet -- includes 1988-2004 data]



BLS:
ISSUES in LABOR STATISTICS
Summary 06-03 / March 2006 .. U.S. Department of Labor .. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Women Still Underrepresented Among Highest Earners [19 April 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils55.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]

Census
Population Estimates and Projections
Issued April 2006
P25-1135
Domestic Net Migration in the United States: 2000 to 2004 [20 April 2006]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p25-1135.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]

Census: 2002 Economic Census
Survey of Business Owners
Company Statistics Series
Issued April 2006
SB02-00CS-BLK
Black-Owned Firms: 2002 [18 April 2006]
http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/sb0200csblk.pdf
[full-text, 468 pages]

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention
The Incidence and Economic Burden of Injury in the United States [18 April 2006]
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/Economic_Burden_of_Injury.htm
This groundbreaking book, released by Oxford University Press in April 2006, is available for purchase at the publisher’s website: http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Medicine/PublicHealth/?view=usa&ci=9780195179484 .
See also--
Economic Costs of Injuries
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/Cost_of_Injury.htm
Productivity Losses Due to Injuries
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/Cost_of_Injury-Productivity_Losses.htm
PowerPoint Slides
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/CostOfInjury041706.ppt


Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL33351
Immigration Enforcement Within the United States
April 6, 2006
Alison Siskin, Coordinator, Andorra Bruno,Blas Nunez-Neto, Lisa M. Seghetti, and Ruth Ellen Wasem Domestic Social Policy Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33351_20060406.pdf
[full-text, 82 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL33362
Unemployment Insurance: Available Unemployment Benefits and Legislative Activity
April 14, 2006
Julie M. Whittaker, Analyst in Applied Microeconomics, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33362_20060414.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL32944
Health Insurance Coverage for Retirees
Updated March 28, 2006
Hinda Chaikind, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL32944_20060328.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]


DOL: WAGE DETERMINATIONS ONLINE
http://www.wdol.gov/
SCA DIRECTORY OF OCCUPATIONS (Fifth Edition) [20 April 2006]
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/wage/SCADirV5/SCADirectVers5.pdf
[full-text, 146 pages]

OPA News Release: [04/20/2006]
Department of Labor Announces Fifth Edition of Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/ESA20060641.htm


GAO: Workplace Safety and Health: OSHA Could Improve Federal Agencies' Safety Programs with a More Strategic Approach to Its Oversight. GAO-06-379, April 21.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-379
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06379.pdf
[full-text, 67 pages]
and
Highlights -
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06379high.pdf


ODEP News Release: [04/12/2006]
College Students With Disabilities Ready for Summer and Full-Time Employment
Labor Department Releases Free Database on CD
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/odep20060663.htm


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Conference Board
Leadership Development in Asia-Pacific: Identifying and Developing Leaders for Growth [12 April 2006]
http://www.conference-board.org/publications/describe.cfm?id=1111
Press Release
Companies in Asia-Pacific are Looking for Home-Grown Leaders
http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2853


From HAZARDS MAGAZINE
WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY ACTIVITIES 28 APRIL 2006 [World-wide]
http://www.hazards.org/wmd/wmdlinks.htm


National Committee on Pay Equity
25 April 2006 = EQUAL PAY DAY
EQUAL PAY DAY KIT for 2006
http://www.pay-equity.org/day-kit.html



RAND
Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 4
Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines for Structural Collapse Events [24 April 2006]
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG425/
or
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2006/RAND_MG425.pdf
[full-text, 113 pages]
This monograph is the fourth in a series of RAND publications, Protecting
Emergency Responders. Other volumes in the series are the following:
• Protecting Emergency Responders: Lessons Learned from Terrorist Attacks (Jackson,
Peterson et al., 2002)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2006/CF176.pdf
[full-text, 109 pages]
• Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 2: Community Views of Safety and
Health Risks and Personal Protection Needs (LaTourrette et al., 2003)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/2005/MR1646.pdf
[full-text, 169 pages]
• Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 3: Safety Management in Disaster and
Terrorism Response (Jackson, Baker et al., 2004).
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG170.pdf
[full-text, 156 pages]
Press Release 24 April 2006
RAND STUDY PROPOSES GUIDELINES TO BETTER PROTECT EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AT LARGE BUILDING COLLAPSES
http://www.rand.org/news/press.06/04.24.html


Law



EEOC COMPLIANCE MANUAL
SECTION 15: RACE & COLOR DISCRIMINATION
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/race-color.html
or
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/race-color.pdf
[full-text, 57 pages]
Press Release
EEOC ISSUES POLICY GUIDANCE SPECIFIC TO RACE AND COLOR DISCRIMINATION [19 April 2006]
New Compliance Manual Section and Question & Answer Fact Sheet Address Wide Range of Contemporary Workplace Issues
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-19-06.html



Statistical Reports

BEA: Gross State Product
http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/gsp/
Updated Historical GSP estimates for 1963-76 [21 April 2006]
See also
Gross State Product (GSP) Interactive Map
http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/gspmap/


BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MARCH 2006 [21 April 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm


BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN MARCH 2006 [20 April 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]


BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS: FIRST QUARTER 2006 [20 April 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]


BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN MARCH 2006 [19 April 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]


BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: MARCH 2006 [19 April 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]


BLS: FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IN 2005 [14 April 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/forbrn.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]


BLS: Producer Price Indexes - March 2006 [18 April 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Women in National Parliaments
[updated 31 March 2006]
http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm


_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

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


# posted by SBasefsky : 8:12 AM

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

[IWS] NO MESSAGES until 26 April 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 26 April 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 *
****************************************


# posted by SBasefsky : 11:56 AM

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 12 April 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, 12 April 2006


Academic Research

What Does Certification Tell Us About Teacher Effectiveness? Evidence from New York City
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12155.pdf
[full-text, 67 pages]
Thomas J. Kane, Jonah E. Rockoff, Douglas O. Staiger
NBER Working Paper No. 12155
Issued in April 2006
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12155


By TRAC IMMIGRATION at Syracuse University
Your source for comprehensive, independent and nonpartisan information about U.S. federal immigration enforcement
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/index.html
Government Studies on Immigration
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/library/
About the TRAC IMMIGRATION PROJECT
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/about.html


The Flow Approach to Labor Markets: New Data Sources and Micro-Macro Links
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12167.pdf
[full-text, 43 pages]
Steven J. Davis, R. Jason Faberman, John Haltiwanger
NBER Working Paper No. 12167
Issued in April 2006
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12167


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


International

Parliament of Australia
Parliamentary Library
Chronologies ONline
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/index.htm
Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Section
AUSTRALIA:
Workplace relations reforms: a chronology of business, community and Government responses [5 April 2006]
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/WorkplaceRelations.htm
Note: This chronology is complemented by the
Guide to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/law/workchoicesbill.htm


European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Reconciliation of work and family life and collective bargaining in the European Union [updated version 11 April 2006]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/other_reports/work_family_life.pdf
[full-text, 68 pages]

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
WORKING CONDITIONS in FINLAND [5 April 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/FI0603SR01/FI0603SR01.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/FI0603SR01/FI0603SR01.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]


WORKING CONDITIONS in ESTONIA [5 April 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/EE0603SR01/EE0603SR01.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/EE0603SR01/EE0603SR01.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
For additional survey data reports on working conditions, see --
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/surveyreports.htm


EuroStat:
Statistics in Focus
INDUSTRY, TRADE AND SERVICES POPULATION AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Issue 12/2006
Use of the Internet among individuals and enterprises [6 April 2006]
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NP-06-012/EN/KS-NP-06-012-EN.PDF
[full-text, 8 pages]
EuroStat: 45/2006 - 6 April 2006
Internet usage in the EU25 in 2005
More than 40% of individuals in the EU25 used the internet at least once a week
A quarter of households and two-thirds of enterprises had broadband internet access
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_04/4-06042006-EN-AP.PDF
[full-text, 3 pages]


International Labour Organization (ILO)
Database on reported incidents of abandonment of seafarers [updated 6 April 2006]
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersbrowse.home
Database of reported cases of abandonment [since 1 January 2004]
This database contains a regularly updated list of vessels that have been reported to the ILO as abandoned in various ports of the world by appropriate organizations. It specifically includes information on seafarers, who have been abandoned and their current status.
List of All Cases
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersBrowse.list?p_lang=en

Search
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersBrowse.search?p_lang=en

Detailed List of All Cases
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersBrowse.listAll?p_lang=en


Federal

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online
March 2006
Vol. 129, Number 3
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

Lower unemployment in 2005
Emy Sok
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/03/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]


Payroll employment in 2005: recovery and expansion
Robert Stephens, David Langdon, and Brady Stephens
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/03/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]


Occupational changes during the 20th century
Ian D. Wyatt and Daniel E. Hecker
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/03/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]


Projected pension income: equality or disparity for the baby-boom cohort?
James H. Moore, Jr.
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/03/art4full.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]


Census: A HALF-CENTURY OF LEARNING: HISTORICAL CENSUS STATISTICS ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, 1940 TO 2000 [6 April 2006]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/introphct41.html
and
DETAILED TABLES
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/phct41.html
and
GRAPHS
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/phct41.html#graphs
and
Sources
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/phct41sources.html


Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
IMMIGRATION (collection of selected reports)
http://www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/immigration.cfm


Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
China's Growing Demand for Oil and Its Impact on U.S. Petroleum Markets [8 April 2006]
April 2006
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/71xx/doc7128/04-07-ChinaOil.pdf
[full-text, 58 pages]

CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA (CECC)
The following comes from the newly released
China Human Rights and Rule of Law Update [10 April 2006]
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/general/newsletters/CECCnewsletter20060404.pdf
CHINA�S HOUSEHOLD REGISTRATION SYSTEM:
Sustained Reform Needed to Protect China�s Rural Migrants
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/news/hukou.php?PHPSESSID=2a368cc24f9646242ab8ec8a708be192
or
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/news/hukou.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]

Federal Communication Commission
High-Speed Services for Internet Access: Status as of June 30, 2005 [3 April 2006]
Industry Analysis and Technology Division
Wireline Competition Bureau
April 2006
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-264744A1.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]


General Accountability Office (GAO)
Selected Immigration-Related Products
Showing 52 items.
http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/featured/immigration.html


GAO: Disability Benefits: Benefit Amounts for Military Personnel and Civilian Public Safety Officers Vary by Program Provisions and Individual Circumstances. GAO-06-4, April 7.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-4
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d064.pdf
[full-text, 135 pages]
and
Highlights -
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d064high.pdf


Social Security Administration (SSA)
Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2005
(released March 2006)
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2004-2005/americas/index.html
[scroll way down to see contents]
or
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2004-2005/americas/ssptw05americas.pdf
[full-text, 200 pages]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

From AFL-CIO Executive Pay Watch & Corporate Library
Top 25 Largest CEO Pensions
http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/retirementsecurity/index.cfm
Press Release [6 April 2006]
AFL-CIO CEO PayWatch Website Offers Sneak Peak at Top 25 Super-Pensions and Publishes Comprehensive New Data on 2005 CEO Pay
http://www.aflcio.org/mediacenter/prsptm/pr04062006.cfm


Brookings Institution
Identifying Effective Teachers Using Performance on the Job
Hamilton Project White Paper 2006-01, April 2006
http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/200604hamilton_1.htm
or
http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/200604hamilton_1.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
and
Policy Brief
http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/200604hamilton_1_pb.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


Employee Benefit Research Institute(EBRI)
Will More of Us Work Forever? The 2006 Retirement Confidence Survey [4 April 2006]
April 2006
EBRI Issue Brief #292
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_04-20061.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
Executive Summary
http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3630


Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI NOTES
April 2006, Vol. 27, No. 4
'Changes in the OASI Benefit Distribution Under Various Social Security Reform Alternatives,' and 'Tax Expenditures and Employee Benefits: Estimates From the FY 2007 Budget'
[Executive Summary]
http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=3632
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_04-20061.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
See Press Release
April 11, 2006
Articles Focus on Social Security, Tax Treatment of Benefits
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_734_11Apr06.pdf


Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
Issue Brief:
Immigrants and Health Coverage: A Primer [4 April 2006]
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/7088.cfm
or
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/Immigrants-and-Health-Coverage-A-Primer.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
See additional Resources on Immigrants and Health Care Coverage at
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/immigranthealth.cfm


A joint survey of the nation and five metropolitan areas by:
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
MARCH 30, 2006
No Consensus on Immigration Problem or Proposed Fixes
AMERICA'S IMMIGRATION QUANDARY
http://www.pewtrusts.org/pdf/PHC_Immigration_joint_0306.pdf
[full-text, 84 pages]
Press Release
No Consensus On Immigration Problem Or Proposed Fixes: America's Immigration Quandary
April 4, 2006
Polls/Survey Results
http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3308&content_type_id=18&issue_name=Hispanics%20in%20America&issue=25&page=18&WT.mc_id=04/10/2006


Towers Perrin
HR SERVICE DELIVERY SURVEY REPORT
HR SERVICE DELIVERY: CONNECTING PEOPLE, PROCESS and PERFORMANCE [online 29 March 2006]
http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Reports/2005_HRDS_Survey/2005_HRSD_Survey_Report.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
See also--
https://www.tphrscsurvey.com/hrservicedelivery/default.asp
Press Release
Despite Access to Advanced HR Technologies, HR Continues to Execute Rote Transactions, Towers Perrin Survey Finds
Employee Self Service Is Growing Rapidly and Reaping Rewards, But Manager Self Service Is Slower to Take Off
http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/global/default.htm


Law

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
SYSTEMIC TASK FORCE REPORT [4 April 2006]
To the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/task_reports/systemic.html
or
http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/task_reports/systemic.pdf
[full-text, 74 pages]
See Press Release-
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-4-06.html


Statistical Reports

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MARCH 2006 [7 April 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm


BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: FEBRUARY 2006 [11 April 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc.
Broadway's Economic Contribution to New York City: 2004-2005 Season [5 April 2006]
http://www.livebroadway.com/econ.html


Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
CB06-FFSE.04
April 5, 2006
* Special Edition *
Cinco de Mayo
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006687.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ffse-04.pdf
[full-text, 3 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.

****************************************
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Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:34 AM

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 5 April 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, 5 April 2006


Academic Research

OECD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Working Paper No. 247
MEASURING GENDER (IN)EQUALITY: Introducing the Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base (GID)
by Johannes P. Jütting, Christian Morrisson, Jeff Dayton-Johnson and Denis Drechsler
Research programme on: Social Institutions and Dialogue
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/17/49/36228820.pdf
[full-text, 51 pages]
See the database at -- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/28/36223936.xls
and additional material at - http://www.oecd.org/document/23/0,2340,en_2649_33947_36225815_1_1_1_1,00.html


Working Paper # 508
Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section, March 2006
THE US GENDER PAY GAP IN THE 1990s: SLOWING CONVERGENCE
Francine D. Blau , Cornell University and Lawrence M. Kahn, Cornell University
October 2003, Revised, March 2006
http://www.irs.princeton.edu/pubs/pdfs/508.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]


CAHRS Working Paper #06 ­ 01
Human Resource Management, Service Quality, and Economic Performance in Call Centers
Rosemary Batt
Lisa M. Moynihan
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP06-01.pdf
[full-text, 29 pages]


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


International

Bank of Japan (and reported by the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training)
TANKAN Summary (March 2006) [3 April 2006]
128th Short-term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan
http://www.boj.or.jp/en/type/stat/boj_stat/tk/gaiyo/tka0603.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
Numerous TABLES and CHARTS....
See also the TANKAN Outline (March 2006)
http://www.boj.or.jp/en/type/stat/boj_stat/tk/yoshi/tk0603.htm


European Commission (EC)
Guidance on the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services [4 April 2006]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/labour_law/docs/com_2006_159_en.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
[New!] POSTING OF WORKERS Web Page
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/labour_law/postingofworkers_en.htm


MEMO/06/151
Brussels, 4th April 2006
Communication from the Commission on Guidance on the Posting of Workers in the framework of the provision of services
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/151&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en


Press Release
Reference: IP/06/423 Date: 04/04/2006
Commission promotes jobs in services sector: posting of workers ­ less bureaucratic and quicker
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/423&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en


International Labour Organization (ILO)
Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (2006)
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/gbe/ceacr2006.htm


International Labour Organization (ILO)
Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
LABOUR INSPECTION (General Survey of the Committee of Experts)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc95/pdf/rep-iii-1b.pdf
[full-text, 165 pages]


ILO/AIDS: Why AIDS is a Workplace Issue
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/trav/aids/
New features on the website [30 March 2006]
COUNTRY PROFILES [see pull-down menu in left margin]
See for example:
BARBADOS
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/trav/aids/countryprofile/barbados.htm
CAMBODIA
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/trav/aids/countryprofile/cambodia.htm
INDIA
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/trav/aids/countryprofile/india.htm


ILO (International Labour Organization)
NEWS from AROUND THE WORLD on AIDS
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/clients/ilo/results.html?keyword=AIDS


ILO
Conditions of Work and Employment Programme
Conditions of work and employment for older workers in industrialized countries: Understanding the issues (2006),
Conditions of Work and Employment Series No.15,
by N.S. Ghosheh Jr., S. Lee and D. McCann
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/15cws.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]


OECD Factbook 2006 - Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics [28 March 2006]
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=2051514/cl=21/nw=1/rpsv/fact2006/

For example, see Employment Rates by Gender
http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=2051514/cl=21/nw=1/rpsv/fact2006/05-01-01.htm

Press Release
2006 Edition Out Now!
http://www.oecd.org/site/0,2865,en_21571361_34374092_1_1_1_1_1,00.html


Federal

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online [29 March 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Charts: Occupational Pay Relatives in San Francisco and Brownsville, 2004 (03/29/2006)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20060323ch01.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cm20060323ch01.htm


Census: Current Population Reports
Household Economic Studies
Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Spells of Unemployment 2001­2003 [29 March 2006]
By Alfred O. Gottschalck
http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p70-105.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]

Census: The Black Population in the United States
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/black.html
[see above for 2003 and earlier reports on material covered below]
Current Population Survey (CPS) Reports
2004 March CPS
* The Black Alone Population in the United States: 2004 [29 March 2006]
* Detailed Tables (PPL-186)
* http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/ppl-186.html
*
* The Black Alone or in Combination Population in the United States: 2004 [29 March 2006]
* Detailed Tables (PPL-186)
* http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/ppl-186_aoic.html


Census: Asian and Pacific Islander Populations
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/api.html
[See above for 2003 or earlier material on the information covered below]
Current Population Survey (CPS)
2004 March CPS
* The Asian Alone Population in the United States: 2004 [29 March 2006]
* Detailed Tables (PPL-184)
* http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/ppl-184.html

* The Asian Alone or in Combination Population in the United States: 2004 [29 March 2006]
* Detailed Tables (PPL-184)
* http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/ppl-184_aoic.html


Census: 2005 State Government Tax Collections [30 March 2006]
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/statetax.html
See --Press Release, 30 March 2006
State Government Tax Collections up $57 Billion in 2005
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/governments/006672.html


Census: 2004 Annual Survey of Local Government Finances -- School Systems [3 April 2006]
Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/school.html
and specifically at
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/school04.html
[provides multiple format access]
or
Public Education Finances 2004
Issued March 2006
http://ftp2.census.gov/govs/school/04f33pub.pdf
[full-text, 135 pages]


NCES (National Center for Education Statistics)
Public Elementary/Secondary School Locale Code File: School Year 2003-04, Version 1a [3 April 2006]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006332
or
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/CCDLocaleCode.asp
[above URL to download in various formats]
or
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/pdf/sl031agen.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]


OPM: March 30, 2006
OPM Director Reiterates Need for Civil Service Reform
http://www.opm.gov/news/opm-director-reiterates-need-for-civil-service-reform,1034.aspx


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

MDRC
[Disabled] Youth Transition Demonstration [online April 2006]
http://www.mdrc.org/project_20_79.html


Migration Information Source (MIS)--Special Issue on Central America--April 3, 2006
SPECIAL ISSUE: CENTRAL AMERICA

Top story:
Central America: Crossroads of the Americas
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=386

Spotlight:
Central American Foreign Born in the United States
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?id=385

Country Profile:
Guatemala: Economic Migrants Replace Political Refugees
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?id=392

Features:
Mexico: Caught Between the United States and Central America
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=389

Canada: A Northern Refuge for Central Americans
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=390

Remittance Trends in Central America
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=393
In 2004, Central American countries received US$ 7.8 billion in remittances through official channels. Are remittances hurting or helping the region? MPI’s Dovelyn Agunias investigates.

Migration and Development in El Salvador: Ideals Versus Reality
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=387

CAFTA: What Could It Mean for Migration?
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=388

Central Americans and Asylum Policy in the Reagan Era
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=384

National Policies and the Rise of Transnational Gangs
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=394

The Migration Information Source is a project of the Migration Policy Institute (MPI). Find out more about MPI at http://www.migrationpolicy.org/.



Towers Perrin
Global Workforce Study ­
Ten steps to creating an engaged workforce: Key European Findings [29 March 2006]
http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_Kingdom/publications/Reports/GWS_europe/GWS_europe.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]


Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts ­ Human Resources
United States
31 Mar 2006
http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2006_03_31/LTC_HR_2006_03_31.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]

Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts ­ Retirement
United States
31 Mar 2006
http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2006_03_31/LTC_RET_2006_03_31.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]

Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts ­ Health and Welfare
United States
31 Mar 2006
http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2006_03_31/LTC_HW_2006_03_31.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]

World Economic Forum (WEF)
The Latin America Competitiveness Review 2006: Paving the Way for Regional Prosperity [5 April 2006]
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/Latin_America/Review.pdf
[full-text, 190 pages]


Law

LLRX.com
Business Filings Databases -- Updated
By Kathy Biehl
Published April 26, 2004
Revised and Updated: January 17, 2005 and March 15, 2006
http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup29.htm


Statistical Reports

BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2005 (FINAL) [30 March 2006]
CORPORATE PROFITS: FOURTH QUARTER 2005
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/gdpnewsrelease.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp405f.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp405f.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp405f_fax.pdf


BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: FEBRUARY 2006 [30 March 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm


BLS: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: FEBRUARY 2006 [31 March 2006]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0206.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0206.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0206.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0206_fax.pdf


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Try Ask.com as an alternative to GOOGLE. You may like the results
http://www.ask.com/
See article in Wall Street Journal
http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20060330.html


_____________________________
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 *
****************************************


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