Wednesday, May 31, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 31 May 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, 31 May 2006
Academic Research
International
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Brussels, 24 May 2006
COM (2006) 249
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
Promoting decent work for all
The EU contribution to the implementation of the decent work agenda in the world
{SEC(2006) 643}
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/news/news_en.cfm?id=158
or
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2006/may/com_2006_249_en.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
and
ANNEX
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2006/may/sec_2006_643_en.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
News Update
Decent work - Safe work [29 May 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/04/EU0604NU04.htm
EuroStat
Eurostatistics - Data for short-term economic analysis - No 4/2006 [23 May 2006]
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=1073,46587259&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_product_code=KS-BJ-06-004
or
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-BJ-06-004/EN/KS-BJ-06-004-EN.PDF
[full-text, 231 pages]
International Labour Office Geneva (ILO)
International Labour Conference, 95th Session, 2006
Report of the Director-General
Appendix
The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories [26 May 2006]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc95/pdf/rep-i-a-ax.pdf
[full-text, 51 pages]
Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department
International Labour Office · Geneva
SEED Working Paper No. 75
Poverty reduction through small enterprises
Emerging consensus, unresolved issues and ILO activities
by Paul Vandenberg
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/empent/docs/F1339520187/WP75-2006.pdf
[full-text, 68 pages]
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Skills and Employability Department
Career Guidance: A resource handbook for low- and middle-income countries [2006]
by Ellen Hansen
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/career/download/career_guidance.pdf
[full-text, 120 pages]
International Labour Organization (ILO), Bangkok
Child Trafficking Publications (available in 2006 to date)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub16.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.
_______________________________
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, 31 May 2006
Academic Research
- ELDIS Resource Guides: AGEING, GENDER, GLOBALISATION, POVERTY & More....
- http://www.eldis.org/guides/index.htm
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Compressed working weeks (2006), Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 12,
- by Philip Tucker, Department of Psychology, University of Wales Swansea
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/12cws.pdf
- [full-text, 64 pages]
- INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR STUDIES (IILS) [at the ILO]
- Discussion paper DP/162/2006
- Decent Work Research Programme
- Social pacts as coalitions of weak and moderate: Ireland, Italy and South Korea in comparative perspective
- Lucio Baccaro and Sang-Hoon Lim
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp16206.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages]
International
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Brussels, 24 May 2006
COM (2006) 249
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
Promoting decent work for all
The EU contribution to the implementation of the decent work agenda in the world
{SEC(2006) 643}
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/news/news_en.cfm?id=158
or
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2006/may/com_2006_249_en.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
and
ANNEX
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2006/may/sec_2006_643_en.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
- See Press Release, 24 May 2006
- Commission promotes 'decent work in the world' to fight poverty and promote fair globalisation
- http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/675&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
News Update
Decent work - Safe work [29 May 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/04/EU0604NU04.htm
EuroStat
Eurostatistics - Data for short-term economic analysis - No 4/2006 [23 May 2006]
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=1073,46587259&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_product_code=KS-BJ-06-004
or
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-BJ-06-004/EN/KS-BJ-06-004-EN.PDF
[full-text, 231 pages]
International Labour Office Geneva (ILO)
International Labour Conference, 95th Session, 2006
Report of the Director-General
Appendix
The situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories [26 May 2006]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc95/pdf/rep-i-a-ax.pdf
[full-text, 51 pages]
- See Press Release 26 May 2006
- New ILO report on the situation of workers in occupied Arab territories
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2006/22.htm
Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department
International Labour Office · Geneva
SEED Working Paper No. 75
Poverty reduction through small enterprises
Emerging consensus, unresolved issues and ILO activities
by Paul Vandenberg
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/empent/docs/F1339520187/WP75-2006.pdf
[full-text, 68 pages]
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Skills and Employability Department
Career Guidance: A resource handbook for low- and middle-income countries [2006]
by Ellen Hansen
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/career/download/career_guidance.pdf
[full-text, 120 pages]
International Labour Organization (ILO), Bangkok
Child Trafficking Publications (available in 2006 to date)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub16.htm
- Combating child trafficking in Asia: information package
- by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
- Bangkok: ILO, 2006
- Asia
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa1.pdf >
- Bangladesh
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa2.pdf >
- Indonesia
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa3.pdf >
- Nepal
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa4.pdf >
- Pakistan
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa5.pdf >
- Sri Lanka
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa6.pdf >
- Thailand
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa7.pdf >
- A demand side of human trafficking in Asia: empirical findings
- by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
- Bangkok: ILO, 2006
- vi, 120 p.
- ISBN 92-2-118448-X & 978-92-2-118448-5 (Print version)
- ISBN 92-2-118449-8 & 978-92-2-118449-2 (Web version)
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-01.pdf >
- Anti-child trafficking legislation in Asia: a six-country review
- by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
- Bangkok: ILO, 2006
- vi, 128 p.
- ISBN 92-2-118448-X & 978-92-2-118448-5 (Print version)
- ISBN 92-2-118449-8 & 978-92-2-118449-2 (Web version)
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-03.pdf >
- Child-friendly standards & guidelines for the recovery and integration of trafficked children
- by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
- Bangkok: ILO, 2006
- 68 p.
- ISBN 92-2-118456-0 & 978-92-2-118456-0 (Print version)
- ISBN 92-2-118457-9 & 978-92-2-118457-7 (Web version)
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-04.pdf >
- Rehabilitation of the victims of child trafficking: a multidisciplinary approach
- by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
- Bangkok: ILO, 2006
- v, 48 p.
- ISBN 92-2-118450-1 & 978-92-2-118450-8 (Print version)
- ISBN 92-2-118451-X & 978-92-2-118451-5 (Web version)
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-05.pdf >
- Good practices in Asia: prevention and rehabilitation
- by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
- Bangkok: ILO, 2006
- vi, 92 p.
- ISBN 92-2-118464-1 & 978-92-2-118464-5 (Print version)
- ISBN 92-2-118465-X & 978-92-2-118465-2 (Web version)
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-06.pdf >
- BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities in Construction, 2004 [24 May 2006]
- by Samuel W. Meyer and Stephen M. Pegula
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20060519ar01p1.htm
- Census:
- America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2005 [25 May 2006]
- DETAILED TABLES
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2005.html
- Press Release 25 May 2006
- Americans Marrying Older, Living Alone More, See Households Shrinking, Census Bureau Reports
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/006840.html
- Facts for Features from the Census
- CB06-FF.10
- May 24, 2006
- Americans with Disabilities Act: July 26
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006841.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff-10.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- The Nations Report Card: Science 2005 [24 May 2006]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006466
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard//pdf/main2005/2006466.pdf
- [full-text, 44 pages]
- and
- For additional NATION'S REPORT CARD information, see -
- http://nationsreportcard.gov/science_2005/
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2005 [24 May 2006]
- Report to Congress
- http://www.opm.gov/oca/pay/studentloan/html/fy05Report.pdf
- [full-text, 29 pages]
- see also -- Best Practices -- at
- http://www.opm.gov/oca/pay/studentloan/html/bestpractices.asp
- NEW YORK is the first state to permit employers to validate their certificates of insurance online.
- This is one of many new government tools being developed to ease the burden on businesses and to reduce fraud.
- New York State Insurance Fund (NSIF)
- New York's Largest Workers' Compensation & Disability Benefits Carrier
- http://www.nysif.com/home/home.asp
- Go to the left margin and click on VALIDATE A WORKERS' COMP. CERTIFICATE.
- Or simply go to the following --
- CERTIFICATE VALIDATION
- https://www.nysif.com/cert/certval.asp
- Canada
- Workplace Partners Panel
- http://www.wppdialogue.ca/Default.aspx?DN=598,32,Documents
- Saskatchewan's Aging Workforce: What are the Skills Challenges? What are the Opportunities?
- http://sask.wppdialogue.ca/
- For the French version see -- http://sask.dialoguepmt.ca/?DN=32,Documents&l=French
- Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
- EPI Issue Guide: OFFSHORING [White Collar] [updated May 2006]
- http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/issueguide_offshoring
- or
- http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/offshoring/epi_issue_guide_on_offshoring.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- FFE #24, May 25, 2006
- FAST FACTS from EBRI (Employee Benefit Research Institute)
- Do You Know When You Qualify for Full Social Security Benefits?
- Only 19 Percent of Current Workers Give the Correct Answer
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/facts/fastfacts/fastfact052506.pdf
- European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education, and Health and Safety
- (ETUI-REHS)
- European Works Councils database [30 May 2006]
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/workers_participation/projects/european_works_councils_database
- International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP)
- THE GLOBAL OUTSOURCING 100 (in 2006)
- The World's Top Outsourcing Service Providers
- http://www.outsourcingprofessional.org/content/23/152/1197/
- Sub-lists-
- by INDUSTRY that COMPANY SERVES
- http://www.outsourcingprofessional.org/content/23/152/1228/
- Top Offshoring Providers
- http://www.outsourcingprofessional.org/content/23/152/1233/
- Methodology
- https://www.globaloutsourcing100.com/default.asp?
- Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
- Retired Steelworkers and Their Health Benefits: Results from a 2004 Survey [30 May 2006]
- http://www.kff.org/insurance/7518.cfm
- or
- http://www.kff.org/insurance/upload/7518.pdf
- [full-text, 61 pages]
- PBS Fronline Special
- Can You Afford to Retire? [16 May 2006]
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/retirement/
- The baby boomer generation is headed for a shock as it hits retirement: many of them will be long on life expectancy but short on savings.
- The two main strategies for funding retirement -- lifetime pensions and 401(k)-style savings plans -- are in serious trouble.
- In "Can You Afford to Retire?" FRONTLINE correspondent Hedrick Smith investigates this looming financial crisis and the outlook for middle-class Americans.
- Watch the 60 minute program in its entirety online free.
- LexisOne -- Labor and Employment Law
- http://www.lexisone.com/legalresearch/legalguide/practice_areas/labor_employment_law.htm
- Legal Ethics. com
- www.legalethics.com
- BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: APRIL 2006 [26 May 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/pinewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0406.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0406.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0406_fax.pdf
- BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FIRST QUARTER 2006 (PRELIMINARY) [25 May 2006]
- CORPORATE PROFITS: FIRST QUARTER 2006 (PRELIMINARY)
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/gdpnewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp106p.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp106p.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp106p_fax.pdf
- BLS: MEXICO, 1975-2004
- HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flsmexmaq.txt
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- I ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, 1975-2004
- II MAQUILADORA MANUFACTURING EXPORT INDUSTRIES, 1975-2004
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF VETERANS: AUGUST 2005 [26 May 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/vet.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- BLS: OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES, MAY 2005 [24 May 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ocwage.pdf
- Firstgov.gov
- Get It Done Online!
- Access U.S. government services from your computer.
- http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Services.shtml
- This U.S. Government site can save you lots of time in finding information and taking care of what used to be difficult or time-consuming tasks.
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code 97-1011 GOV
- Updated April 18, 2006
- Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2006
- Paul E. Dwyer, Specialist in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
- http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/97-1011.pdf
- [full-text, 6 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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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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