Wednesday, June 21, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 21 June 2006
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 21 June 2006
Academic Research
International
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, 21 June 2006
Academic Research
- Hans Boeckler Stiftung
- WSI-Discussion paper 145:
- "Monitoring flexicurity policies in Europe from three different viewpoints" [June 2006]
- Andranik Tangian
- http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_145_e.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- OECD: Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
- www.oecd.org/els/workingpapers
- No. 36. From Inactivity to Work: The Role of Active Labour Market Policies
- Stéphane Carcillo and David Grubb (June 2006)
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/44/8/36945194.pdf
- [full-text, 75 pages]
- No. 35. Employment Patterns in OECD Countries: Reassessing the Role of Policies and Institutions
- Andrea Bassanini and Romain Duval (June 2006)
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/47/61/36888714.pdf
- [full-text, 130 pages]
- No. 34. An Age Perspective on Economic Well-Being and Social Protection in Nine OECD Countries
- Thai-Thanh Dang, Herwig Immervoll, Daniela Mantovani, Kristian Orsini, Holly Sutherland (June 2006)
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/10/36890154.pdf
- [full-text, 56 pages]
- ILR Impact Briefs
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/
- BRIEF #7 / June 2006 / WWW.ILR.CORNELL.EDU
- Pathways to Success: Human Resource Practices Do Matter
- by Christopher J. Collins, Cornell University
- Ken G. Smith, University of Maryland
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/7/
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- BRIEF #8 / June 2006 / WWW.ILR.CORNELL.EDU
- The Privatization of Public Higher Education: Can We Afford It?
- by Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Cornell University
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/8/
- [full-text, 3 pages]
International
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- Economic development agencies: Fostering business champions [16 June 2006]
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06018a.html
- ILO (International Labour Organization)
- Partnership for Productivity: ILS and Management (in Modules as below) [online 15 June 2006]
- by Emily Sims, Senior Specialist, ILO Enterprise Development Department,
- 2005, ISBN 92-2-117730-0
- Introduction
- [ http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/multi/download/part-intro.pdf ]
- Module 1: Globalization and the high road to productivity
- [ http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/multi/download/part-mod1.pdf ]
- Module 2: Introduction to the ILO and International Labour Standards: Origin, Principles and Purpose
- [ http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/multi/download/part-mod2.pdf ]
- Module 3: Principles of International Labour Standards and Productivity: Making the Link
- [ http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/multi/download/part-mod3.pdf ]
- Module 4: Effective Communication for Productivity Improvement
- [ http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/multi/download/part-mod4.pdf ]
- Module 5: Safe Work
- [ http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/multi/download/part-mod5.pdf ]
- Module 6: Investing in People
- [ http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/multi/download/part-mod6.pdf ]
- Module 7: Diversity at Work
- [ http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/multi/download/part-mod7.pdf ]
- Module 8: A solid foundation for building partnership
- [ http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/multi/download/part-mod8.pdf ]
- Module 9: Collective Bargaining
- [ http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/multi/download/part-mod9.pdf ]
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Employment Strategy Papers
- Labour market flexibility and employment and income security in Ethiopia: Alternative considerations [online June 2006]
- Maria Sabrina De Gobbi, International Labour Office, Employment Policy Unit, Employment Strategy Department
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp2006-1.pdf
- [full-text, 69 pages]
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Employment Policy Unit
- Employment Strategy Department
- Globalization, economic policy and employment: Poverty and gender implications
- By James Heintz
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp2006-3.pdf
- [full-text, 91 pages]
- OECD Employment Outlook 2006: Boosting Jobs and Incomes [13 June 2006]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/38/0,2340,en_2649_34731_36261286_1_1_1_1,00.html
- STATISTICAL ANNEX
- http://www.oecd.org/document/23/0,2340,en_2649_34731_36786071_1_1_1_1,00.html
- or
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/53/15/36900060.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- OECD: International Migration Outlook 2006 [8 June 2006]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/6/0,2340,en_2649_33931_36770438_1_1_1_1,00.html
- See Press Release --
- http://www.oecd.org/document/8/0,2340,en_2649_201185_36855048_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Selected Tables and Graphs
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/36/36850633.pdf
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- May 2006
- Report 994
- A Profile of the Working Poor, 2004 [9 June 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2004.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Census
- County Business Patterns: 2004 [15 June 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/cbptotal.html
- Press Release 15 June 2006
- County Business Patterns: 2004
- More Than 1 Million Jobs Added in Retail, Other Industries, New Census Report Finds
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/county_business_patterns/006985.html
- 2002 Economic Census
- Survey of Business Owners
- Company Statistics Series
- American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Firms: 2002 [20 June 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/sb0200csaian.pdf
- [full-text, 391 pages]
- Press Release
- Revenues for American Indian- and Alaska Native-Owned Businesses Near $27 Billion, Census Bureau Reports [20 June 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/007013.html
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Updated Long-Term Projections for Social Security [14 June 2006]
- June 2006
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/72xx/doc7289/06-14-LongTermProjections.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- Supplemental Data
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/72xx/doc7289/06-14-SupplementalData.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- CRS Report for Congress
- Order Code RL31932
- TRADE AGREEMENTS: IMPACT ON THE U.S. ECONOMY
- Updated June 1, 2006
- James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/67843.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- General Accountability Office (GAO)
- Equal Employment Opportunity: Improved Coordination Needed Between EEOC and OPM Needed in Leading Federal Workforce EEO. GAO-06-214, June 16.
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-214
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06214.pdf
- [full-text, 96 pages]
- and
- Highlights -
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06214high.pdf
- GAO: Immigration Enforcement: Weaknesses Hinder Employment Verification and Worksite Enforcement Efforts, by Richard M. Stana, director, homeland security and justice, before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Citizenship, Senate Committee on the Judiciary. GAO-06-895T, June 19.
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-895T
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06895t.pdf
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- and
- Highlights -
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06895thigh.pdf
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Documentation for the NCES Comparable Wage Index Files [15 June 2006]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006865
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006865.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- NCES Comparable Wage Index Data Files & Published Papers on Cost of Education Indices:
- http://nces.ed.gov/edfin/prodsurv/data.asp
- National Library of Medicine
- [This search engine is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]
- ToxSeek
- http://toxSeek.nlm.nih.gov
- About ToxSeek
- http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/abouttoxseek.html
- Los Angeles Labor Negotiations Study [online 29 May 2006]
- http://www.lacity.org/ctr/audits/FINAL_CONSOL_REPORT_%20MAY_17_LM.pdf
- [full-text, 92 pages]
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- EBRI Issue Brief #294
- The Tax Treatment of Health Insurance and Employment-Based Health Benefits [15 June 2006]
- June 2006
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_06-20061.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- Executive Summary
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3642
- Giving USA Foundation
- Press Release
- Charitable Giving Rises 6 Percent to More than $260 Billion in 2005 [19 June 2006]
- Disaster relief tops all records and totals 3 percent of all giving
- http://www.aafrc.org/press_releases/trustreleases/0606_PR.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- Hazards Magazine (The Workers' Health & Safety Magazine)
- April/June 2006, Number 94
- ILO to promote global asbestos ban
- http://www.hazards.org/asbestos/ilo.htm
- Mercer
- Pay for pharmacy professionals is increasing at a strong pace
- United States
- New York, 14 June 2006
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1230120
- Pew Charitable Trust
- PEW Global Attitudes Project
- 15-Nation Pew Global Attitudes Survey [13 June 2006]
- No Global Warming Alarm in the U.S., China
- AMERICAS IMAGE SLIPS, BUT ALLIES SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER IRAN, HAMAS
- http://www.pewtrusts.org/pdf/PAG_report_2006.pdf
- [full-text, 62 pages]
- For more information about the PEW GLOBAL ATTITUDES PROJECT, see-
- http://pewglobal.org/
- Watson Wyatt
- UK leads the way for cash alternative to cars [14 June 2006]
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=16168
- Work Foundation (UK)
- Whos afraid of labour market flexibility? [12 June 2006]
- by David Coats
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/research/labour_market_flex.jsp
- or
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/pdf/labour_market%20_flexibility.pdf
- [full-text, 87 pages]
- Executive Summary
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/pdf/labour_flex_summary.pdf
- Press Release 12-06-2006
- New study exposes flexibility myths
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/newsroom/pressreleases.jsp?ref=195
- Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
- JILPT REPORT No. 3
- 2006
- 2006 JILPT Comparative Labor Law Seminar
- Decentralizing Industrial Relations and the Role of Labor Unions and Employee Representatives
- http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JILPTRNo3.pdf
- [full-text, 153 pages]
- This report is a compilation of papers provided to the Eighth Comparative Labor Law Seminar held on February 21, 2006, in Tokyo.
- BEA: U.S. International Transactions: First Quarter 2006 [16 June 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/transnewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trans106.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trans106.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trans106_fax.pdf
- BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MAY 2006 [16 June 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: MAY 2006 [14 June 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN MAY 2006 [14 June 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: Producer Price Indexes -- May 2006 [13 June 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm
- EuroStat: 80/2006 - 16 June 2006
- First quarter 2006 compared to first quarter 2005
- Euro area labour cost up by 2.2%
- EU25 up by 2.4%
- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2006/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2006_MONTH_06/3-16062006-EN-AP.PDF
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- FRB: INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION [15 June 2006]
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/g17/Current/default.htm
- or
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/g17/Current/g17.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Paper
- Factors That May Increase Future Spending from the Universal Service Fund [16 June 2006]
- June 2006
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/72xx/doc7291/06-16-UniversalService.pdf
- [full-text, 48 pages]
- European Commission (EC)
- SECTORAL ISSUES in EU TRADE
- http://ec.europa.eu/comm/trade/issues/sectoral/index_en.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.
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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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