Wednesday, June 28, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 28 June 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
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 28 June 2006


Academic Research

A Comparative Analysis of the Labor Market Impact of International Migration: Canada, Mexico, and the United States
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12327.pdf
[full-text, 66 pages]
Abdurrahman Aydemir, George J. Borjas
NBER Working Paper No. 12327
Issued in June 2006
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12327


New Evidence on Gender Difference in Promotion Rates: An Empirical Analysis of a Sample of New Hires
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12321.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
Francine D. Blau, Jed DeVaro
NBER Working Paper No. 12321
Issued in June 2006
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12321


ILR Press
Schools of Democracy: A Political History of the American Labor Movement
by Clayton Sinyai
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ilrpress/titles/4472.html
or
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4472


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


International

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

Childcare for school children: Employment development in the EU [21 June 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int//areas/labourmarket/childcare.htm


European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
Childcare services in the EU - what future? [8 June 2006]
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06015a.html?p1=ef_publication&p2=null


Employment developments in childcare services for school-age children: infosheet [20 June 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0645.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/45/en/1/ef0645en.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]


ILO (International Labour Organization)
Library and Information Services

WorkGate
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/workgate/wg.main?lng=en


Subject Map
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/workgate/wg.subjMap?lng=en


Subject List
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/workgate/wg.alphaLst?lng=en


Featured Topics
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/workgate/wg.showFTs?lng=en


SEARCH WorkGate at
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/workgate/wg.srchFrm?lng=en


About WorkGate
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/workgate/wg.aboutWg?lng=en


Federal

Prepared by: U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Office of Productivity and Technology
http://www.bls.gov/fls/
June 16, 2006
Comparative Real Gross Domestic Product Per Capita and Per Employed Person
Fifteen Countries 1960-2005
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flsgdp.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/fls/flsgdp.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]


BLS: Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online [21 June 2006]
Summer 2006
Vol. 50, Number 2
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm


Careers in homeland security: Many jobs, one mission
Elka Jones
Summer, Vol 50, Number 2
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/summer/art01.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
 

Internships: Previewing a profession
Elka Jones
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/summer/art02.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]


Project managers stay in charge and out front
Tom DiVincenzo
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/summer/art03.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]


From court reporting to Web casting: Captioning in the new millennium
Tamara Dillon
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/summer/art04.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]


CDC, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the 2005 National Health Interview Survey
(Released 6/21/2006)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/released200606.htm
or
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/earlyrelease200606.pdf
[full-text, 105 pages]
and
Health Insurance Coverage: Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2005
by Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D., and Michael E. Martinez, M.P.H., Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/insur200606.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]


Press Release
Health Insurance for Children Improved in 2005; Overall Coverage Varies by State [21 June 2006]
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r060621.htm


Congressional Research Service (CRS)
CRS Report for Congress
Order Code RL33482
Saving Incentives: What May Work, What May Not
June 20, 2006
Thomas L. Hungerford, Specialist in Public Sector Economics, Government and Finance Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33482_20060620.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Office of Federal Operations
Annual Report on the Federal Work Force Fiscal Year 2005 [22 June 2006]
http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/fsp2005/index.html


EEOC OFFERS TIPS TO COMPANIES THAT EMPLOY TEENS [20 June 2006]
Millions of Young Adults Preparing to Join Labor Force this Summer
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-20-06.html


Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
How to Protect Your Employees When Purchasing Health Insurance [Fact Sheet]
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsroom/fshlthinstips.html
The above is important in light of --
EBSA News Release: [06/21/2006]
Labor Department Obtains Court Order Barring Idaho Company and Executives from Service to Employee Benefit Plans
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ebsa/ebsa20060981.htm


GAO: H-1B Visa Program:  More Oversight by Labor Can Improve Compliance with Program Requirements, by Sigurd R. Nilsen, director, education, workforce, and income security, before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, House Committee on the Judiciary. GAO-06-901T, June 22.  (2 p.m.)
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-901T
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06901t.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06901thigh.pdf


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Catherwood Library, School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR)
CURRENT UNION PERIODICALS
A-E
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesAE.html
F-J
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesFJ.html
K-O
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesKO.html
P-T
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesPT.html
U-Z
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/usLaborUnions/UnionPer/CurrPer/UnionNamesUZ.html


CUErgo
Cornell University Ergonomics Web
http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/
Please note that there is a variety of useful material relating to workplace issues found at this site. See for example:
ERGONOMICS INFORMATION
http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/CUEHinfo.html


Society for Human Resource Management
HRMagazine, July 2006, Vol. 51, No. 7
50 Best Small and Medium Places to Work
The 2006 Edition
http://www.shrm.org/hrmagazine/articles/0706/0706cover.asp


Law

LLRX.com
Comparative and Foreign Law Guides
http://www.llrx.com/comparative_and_foreign_law.html


LLRX.com
State & Federal Legislation
http://www.llrx.com/resources7.htm


Statistical Reports

BEA: State Personal Income: First Quarter 2006 [22 June 2006]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/SQPINewsRelease.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/spi0606.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/spi0606.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/spi0606_fax.pdf


BLS: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-MARCH 2006 [21 June 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]


BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN MAY 2006 [22 June 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Religion in a Free Market: Religious and Non-Religious Americans -- Who, What, Why, and Where [June 2006]
by Barry A. Kosmin and Ariela Keysar
http://www.paramountbooks.com/prodpage.cfm?cat_selected=&product_selected=203


Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
CB06-FF.09
The Fourth of July 2006
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006825.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff-09.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

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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                        
                                   
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