IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: August 2006

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 30 August 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, 30 August 2006

Academic Research

The Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 469

The Changing Role of Employer Pensions: Tax Expenditures, Costs and Implications for Middle Class Elderly

TERESA GHILARDUCCI

University of Notre Dame - Department of Economics

August 2006

Abstract:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=906607

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)

WHAT WORKERS WANT, Updated Edition [September 2006]

Richard B. Freeman; Joel Rogers

Copublished with the Russell Sage Foundation

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4586

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

International

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

Long-distance mobility in Europe: Getting the balance right [22 August 2006]

http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0636.htm

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/36/en/1/ef0636en.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

ILO Bangkok

Publications in Asia and the Pacific region in 2006 to date

CHILD LABOUR

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub1.htm

DISABLED WORKERS

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub2.htm

EMPLOYMENT RELATED ISSUES

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub3.htm

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub16.htm

Federal

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online

August 2006

Vol. 129, Number 8

SPECIAL ISSUE--HURRICANE KATRINA

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

The labor market impact of Hurricane Katrina: an overview

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Worker mobility before and after Hurricane Katrina

Richard L. Clayton and James R. Spletzer

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

Hurricane Katrinas effects on industry employment and wages

Molly Garber, Linda Unger, James White, and Linda Wohlford

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

Response and findings from the CPS on the effects of Hurricane Katrina

Lawrence S. Cahoon, Diane E. Herz, Richard C. Ning, Anne E. Polivka, Maria E. Reed, Edwin L. Robison, and Gregory D. Weyland

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

The effect of Hurricane Katrina on employment and unemployment

Sharon P. Brown, Sandra L. Mason, and Richard B. Tiller

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art5full.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

Conducting the Mass Layoff Statistics program: response and findings

Sharon P. Brown and Patrick Carey

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art6full.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Hurricane damage to the ocean economy in the U.S. gulf region in 2005

Charles S. Colgan and Jefferey Adkins

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art7full.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Census

Current Population Reports

Consumer Income

Issued August 2006

P60-231

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005 [29 August 2006]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p60-231.pdf

[full-text, 86 pages]

Census

American Community Survey Reports

Issued August 2006

ACS-02

Bruce H. Webster Jr.

Alemayehu Bishaw

Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data From the 2005 American Community Survey [29 August 2006]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/acs-02.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Background Paper

How CBO Forecasts Income [25 August 2006]

August 2006

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/75xx/doc7507/08-25-Income.pdf

[full-text, 46 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL32701

The Changing Demographic Profile of the United States

Updated June 7, 2006

http://ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/06Jul/RL32701.pdf

[full-text, 31 pages]

Laura B. Shrestha, Specialist in Demography, Domestic Social Policy Division

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS21728

Updated June 7, 2006

Payday Loans: Federal Regulatory Initiatives

Pauline Smale, Economic Analyst, Government and Finance Division

http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RS21728_20060607.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

National Council of La Raza (NCLR)

Author: NHLA (National Hispanic Leadership Agenda)

Date: Aug 1, 2006

An Evaluation of OPM's Efforts to Improve Hispanic Representation in the Federal Workforce

http://nclr.org/content/publications/detail/41503/

http://nclr.org/files/41503_file_NHLA_rpt_web.pdf

[full-text, 33 pages]

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

69% Say Liberals Too Secular, 49% Say Conservatives Too Assertive

MANY AMERICANS UNEASY WITH MIX OF RELIGION AND POLITICS

http://pewforum.org/publications/surveys/religion-politics-06.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

Press Release

Many Americans Uneasy with Mix of Religion and Politics

August 24, 2006

http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3574&content_type_id=18&issue_name=Religion%20in%20public%20life&issue=17&page=18&WT.mc_id=08/28/2006

Public & Commercial Services Union (PCS) - (UK)

THIRD SECTOR PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT-RELATED SERVICES

A report for the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)

Steve Davies, Senior Research Fellow. Cardiff School of Social Sciences

June 2006

http://www.pcs.org.uk/Shared_ASP_Files/UploadedFiles/5C8650AB-E285-40DB-8F40-D3753C93CBDB_ThirdSectorreportFINALr.doc

[full-text, 58 pages]

RAND

Monitoring Employment Conditions of Military Spouses [21 August 2006]

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR324/

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR324.pdf

[full-text, 57 pages]

Summary

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR324.sum.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Segal

2005 Survey of the Funded Position of Multiemployer Plans [17 August 2006]

http://www.segalco.com/publications/surveysandstudies/2005fundingsurvey.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

abstract at --

http://www.segalco.com/taft/pub-taft.cfm?ID=666

Segal

2007 Segal Health Plan Cost Trend Survey [25 August 2006]

http://www.segalco.com/corporate/pub-corporate.cfm?ID=673

Towers Perrin

Executive Summary

Winning Strategies for a Global Workforce: Attracting, Retaining and Engaging Employees for Competitive Advantage

http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/getwebcachedoc?webc=HRS/USA/2006/200602/GWS.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

from press release-

http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/hrservices_html.jsp?webc=203/global/spotlight/spotlight_gws.htm

Law

U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Trade Act Rules [25 August 2006]

Increased Access to Employment Training Services Proposed for Trade-Affected Workers

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ETA20061362.htm

See-

50760 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 165 / Friday, August 25, 2006 / Proposed Rules

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

20 CFR Parts 617, 618, 665, 671

RIN 1205AB32

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, Workforce Investment Act; Amendment of Regulations

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM).

http://www.dol.gov/eta/regs/fedreg/proposed/taa.pdf

[full-text, 74 pages]

EEOC

COURT BARS IMMIGRATION QUERIES IN JOB DISCRIMINATION CASE; JUDGE CITES "CHILING EFFECT" [22 August 2006]

EEOC Secures Ruling in Minnesota Sexual Harassment Case Against Perkins Restaurant & Bakery

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/8-22-06.html

Statistical Reports

BLS: Number of Jobs Held, Labor Market Activity, and Earnings Growth Among the Youngest Baby Boomers: Results From a Longitudinal Survey Summary [25 August 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsoy.toc.htm

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

[full-text, 10 pages]

BLS: EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTH--SUMMER 2006 [25 August 2006]

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

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

[full-text, 8 pages]

BLS: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY, 2006 [24 August 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs2.toc.htmor

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ebs2.pdf

[full-text, 1 pages]

see--

National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2006 [24 August 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebsm0004.pdf

[full-text, 35 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Energy Information Administration (EIA)

CHINA [Energy Overview & Profile] [24 August 2006]

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/China/Background.html

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/China/pdf.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

For Information and further distribution to potential applicants

Global Labour University (GLU) Network

Master Courses in 'Labour Policies and Globalisation' & 'Labour and Development, Economic Policy, Globalisation and Labour'

http://www.global-labour-university.org/

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# posted by SBasefsky : 10:56 AM

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 23 August 2006

Annals of Internal Medicine

15 August 2006 | Volume 145 Issue 4 | Pages 265-272

Does Pay-for-Performance Improve the Quality of Health Care?

Laura A. Petersen, MD, MPH; LeChauncy D. Woodard, MD, MPH; Tracy Urech, BA; Christina Daw, MPH; and Supicha Sookanan, MPH

http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/145/4/265

http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/145/4/265.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

Health Insurance Enrollment Decisions: Preferences for Coverage, Worker Sorting, and Insurance Take Up

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12429.pdf

[full-text, 43 pages]

Alan C. Monheit, Jessica Primoff Vistnes

NBER Working Paper No. 12429

Issued in August 2006

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12429

The Chilean Pension Reform Turns 25: Lessons From the Social Protection Survey

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12401.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

Alberto Arenas de Mesa, David Bravo, Jere R. Behrman, Olivia S. Mitchell, Petra E. Todd

NBER Working Paper No. 12401

Issued in August 2006

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12401

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

International

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

Employment guidance services for people with disabilities [14 August 2006]

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0633.htm

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/33/en/1/ef0633en.pdf

[full-text, 64 pages]

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

Measuring job satisfaction in surveys - Comparative analytical report [10 August 2006]

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/reports/TN0608TR01/TN0608TR01.htm

[see individual country reports at above URL and the questionnaire]

and

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/reports/TN0608TR01/TN0608TR01.pdf

[full-text, 30 pages]

ILO

Conditions of Work and Employment Programme,

Social Protection Sector.

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No.16

Wage fixing in the informal economy: Evidence from Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa (2006),

by Catherine Saget

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/publ/16cwe.htm

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/16cws.pdf

[full-text, 99 pages]

Federal

BLS: Charting the U.S. Labor Market in 2005 [15 August 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/cps/labor2005/home.htm

http://www.bls.gov/cps/labor2005/chartbook.pdf

[full-text, 71 pages]

BLS: Publishing Consumer Price Indexes to Three Decimal Places: Questions and Answers [16 August 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpithreedec.htm

Census Bureau

Consumer Income

P-60-230

Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2003 [23 August 2006]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p60-230.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

EEOC

NEW FIELD HIRES AUTHORIZED AT EEOC [18 August 2006]

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/8-18-06.html

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Science Resources Statistics

InfoBrief

NSF 06-326 | August 2006

Trade in R&D-Related Services: A New Indicator of Industrial Knowledge Flows [22 August 2006]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf06326/

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf06326/nsf06326.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Travelers with Disabilities and Medical Conditions

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/specialneeds/index.shtm

White House

Executive Order: Promoting Quality and Efficient Health Care in Federal Government Administered or Sponsored Health Care Programs [22 August 2006]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060822-2.html

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Mercer (UK)

UK company health plans - potential minefield for discrimination claims

London, 21 August 2006

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1238460

The Work Foundation

Provocation Series Volume 2 Number 2

Paradigm Trades: The iconic jobs of the early 21st century [21 August 2006]

Stephen Overell

http://83.138.136.179/Assets/PDFs/paradigm%20_trades1.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

Press Release

Hairdressers, celebrities, managers, consultants: paper unveils the 'iconic' jobs of the 21st century [21 August 2006]

http://83.138.136.179/aboutus/media/pressreleases/paradigmtradespress.aspx

Law

EEOC

STILLWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY $1.12 MILLION FOR AGE BIAS AGAINST CLASS OF RETIRED EMPLOYEES [21 August 2006]

Latest EEOC Settlement on Issue of Discriminatory Early-Retirement Plans

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/8-21-06.html

Statistical Reports

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN JULY 2006 [23 August 2006]

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

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

[full-text, 10 pages]

BLS: Productivity and Costs by Industry:

WHOLESALE TRADE, RETAIL TRADE, AND FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, 2005 [22 August 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prin.toc.htm

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

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

[full-text, 10 pages]

BLS: WORKER DISPLACEMENT, 2003-2005 [17 August 2006]

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

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

[full-text, 13 pages]

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JULY 2006 [16 August 2006]

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

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN JULY 2006 [16 August 2006]

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

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

[full-text, 5 pages]

Census

Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas [21 August 2006]

http://www.census.gov/popest/metro.html

Current Lists of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Definitions [18 August 2006]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/metrodef.html

The latest data is the following:

JULY 1, 2005 POPULATION ESTIMATES FOR METROPOLITAN, MICROPOLITAN, AND COMBINED STATISTICAL AREAS (Areas defined by the Office of Management and Budget as of December 2005)

http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/Estimates%20pages_final.html

Census

State and County Housing Unit estimates - for July 1, 2005 released 21 August 2006

http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php

and

Press Release at -

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/housing/007331.html

State Housing Unit Estimates: 2000 to 2005

http://www.census.gov/popest/housing/HU-EST2005.html

Annual Estimates of Housing Units for Counties: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005

http://www.census.gov/popest/housing/HU-EST2005-4.html

Women's Bureau -- Quick Facts

Employment Status of Women and Men in 2005

http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-ESWM05.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB06-FF.11-2

August 16, 2006 (reissued)

Back to School: 2006-2007

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/007108.html

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff11-2.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

The Cornell University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Demographics and Statistics (StatsRRTC) invites you to our State-of-the-Science Conference on:

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

Thursday and Friday, October 5 and 6, 2006

Doubletree Hotel/Crystal City, Arlington VA

Register before September 1 to take advantage of a reduced registration fee.

See the updated agenda and registration and accommodation information at:

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

This two-day conference will (a) cover current statistic on the characteristics and status of working-age people with disabilities derived from current survey and administrative data and (b) explore options for improving future data collection and data distribution efforts.

Sign language interpreters and CART will be provided.

If you would like more information, please contact Anne Sieverding (acs5@cornell.edu, 607-255-9605).

Sincerely,

Andrew J. Houtenville, Ph.D.

StatsRRTC Director

# posted by SBasefsky : 8:37 AM

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 16 August 2006

Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 06-129

Complementarity and Custom in Wage Contract Violation [in Russia]

John S. Earle and Klara Sabirianova Peter,

(Revised July 2006).

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06129wp.html

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06-129.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 06-128

Retiree Health Benefits and Retirement,

James Marton and Stephen A. Woodbury

(Revised July 2006)

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06128wp.html

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06-128.pdf

[full-text, 36 pages]

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

International

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

Working time developments - 2005 [10 August 2006]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/08/update/tn0608101u.html

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

Collective dispute resolution in an enlarged European Union [28 July 2006]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/thematicfeature15.html

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0642.htm

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/42/en/1/ef0642en.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

Key themes in global industrial relations: Minimum wages and relocation of production [28 July 2006]

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef05138.htm

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2005/138/en/1/ef05138en.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages]

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

News Update -- for more news updates, see -- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/newsupdates.htm

GERMANY: Study analyses labour costs in manufacturing and services [14 August 2006]

SUMMARY in ENGLISH

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/07/DE0607019I.htm

http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_imk_report_11_2006.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages --- in GERMAN]

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

Earnings Disparities in Europe [11 July 2006]

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/07/EU0607NU05.htm

Refers to --

European Commission > Employment & Social Affairs > Employment Analysis

Chapter 4

Earnings disparities and determinants of the earnings distribution in the EU

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2005_chap4_en.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

Employment in Europe 2005

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/employment_analysis/employ_2005_en.htm

International Labour Office (ILO)

Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe Budapest

Pension Reform in the Baltic States

Editor, Elaine Fultz

http://www3.ilo.org/public/english/protection/secsoc/downloads/1183sp1.pdf

[full-text, 424 pages -- in ENGLISH]

http://www3.ilo.org/public/english/protection/secsoc/downloads/1182sp1.pdf

[full-text, 461 pages -- in FRENCH]

ILO

European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna

STEP Portugal,

Strategies and Tools against social Exclusion and Poverty (STEP)

Working Paper

Social Exclusion in Central-Eastern Europe.

Concept, measurement and policy interventions [2006]

Orsolya Lelkes

http://www3.ilo.org/public/english/protection/secsoc/downloads/1173p1.pdf

[full-text, 56 pages]

ILO

Global Campaign on Social Security and Coverage for All

ESS (Extension of Social Security)

ESS Paper No. 24 (2006)

What is the impact of social health protection on access to health care, health expenditure and impoverishment?

A comparative analysis of three African countries

http://www3.ilo.org/public/english/protection/secsoc/downloads/1165sp1.pdf

[full-text, 26 pages]

Countries included are Kenya, Senegal and South Africa

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Reports by Visiting Researchers

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/reports/visiting.html

Japan's innovation system and "cool" industries: What does game software case teach us?

Cornelia Storz, Professor of Japanese Economy

Department of Business Administration and Economics & Centre for Japanese Studies

University of Marburg

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

[full-text, 18 pages]

Federal

BLS: Occupational Projections and Training Data, 2006-07 Edition [26 July 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/emp/optd/home.htm

http://www.bls.gov/emp/optd/optd.pdf

[full-text, 216 pages]

BLS Working Paper 396

August 2006

Discussion and Presentation of the Disability Test Results from the Current Population Survey

Terence McMenamin, Stephen M. Miller and Anne E. Polivka

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/ore/pdf/ec060080.pdf

[full-text, 33 pages]

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [7 August 2006]

July 2006

Vol. 129, Number 7

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

Price highlights 2005: higher energy prices again dominate producer prices

Joseph Kowal, Antonio Lombardozzi, William Snyders, and Jonathan Weinhagen

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/07/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Jobs in 2005: How do they compare with their March 2001 counterparts?

Julie Hatch Maxfield

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/07/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Cutting the cord: telecommunications employment shifts toward wireless

Christopher C. Carbone

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/07/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Earnings mobility and low-wage workers in the United States

Brett Theodos and Robert Bednarzik

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/07/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions (CWC) Online [26 July 2006]

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

Charts: Emerging Benefits: Access to Health Promotion Benefits in the United States, Private Industry, 1999 and 2005 (07/26/2006)

by Eli Stoltzfus

Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20060724ch01.htm

A Different Approach to Measuring Workplace Safety: Injuries and Fatalities Relative to Output (07/26/2006)

by Maury Gittleman and Brooks Pierce

Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20060724ar01p1.htm

Census Bureau

Nonemployer Statistics: 2004 [27 July 2006]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/ns0400a01.pdf

[full-text, 465 pages]

Census

American Community Survey (ACS)--2005 [15 August 2006]

15 Largest and Smallest Cities [Excel]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06cn05_table.xls

[spreadsheet]

2005 Data User Guide

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/users_guide/index.htm

ACS Media Tool Kit Page

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/NewsMediaKit.html

Overview Video

http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/broadcast/video/census_operations/007273.html

Detailed tables

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=datasets_2&_lang=en

Press Release

Census Bureau Data Show Key Population Changes Across Nation

American Community Survey Provides First Data for Many Cities Since 2000 [15 August 2006]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/007287.html

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS21954

Updated August 9, 2006

Automatic Enrollment in 401(k) Plans

Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS21954_20060809.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL33534

China's Economic Conditions

July 12, 2006

Wayne M. Morrison, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/70319.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

EEOC

Questions and Answers about Deafness and Hearing Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act [26 July 2006]

http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/deafness.html

Press Release

NEW EEOC PUBLICATION ADDRESSES EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH HEARING LOSS

Latest Q&A Fact Sheet Coincides with Anniversary of Landmark Disabilities Act

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/7-26-06.html

Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics

Older Americans Update 2006: Key Indicators of Well-Being [10 July 2006]

http://www.agingstats.gov/update2006/default.htm

http://www.agingstats.gov/update2006/OA_2006.pdf

[full-text, 75 pages]

Press Release

http://www.agingstats.gov/update2006/pressroom.html

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (Forum)

America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2006 [July 2006]

http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp

http://www.childstats.gov/pubs.asp

General Accountability Office (GAO)

[CONTINGENT WORKERS]

Employment Arrangements: Improved Outreach Could Help Ensure Proper Worker Classification, GAO-06-656, July 11, 2006

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06656.pdf

[full-text, 66 pages]

and

Highlights

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06656high.pdf

General Accountability Office (GAO)

Human Trafficking: Better Data, Strategy, and Reporting Needed to Enhance U.S. Anti-trafficking Efforts Abroad. GAO-06-825, July 18.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-825

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06825.pdf

[full-text, 69 pages]

and

Highlights -

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06825high.pdf

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Digest of Education Statistics, 2005 [10 August 2006]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006030

National Center for Health Statistics

Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2004 [August 2006]

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_229.pdf

[full-text, 113 pages]

Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS)

Annual Flow Report, July 2006

Temporary Admissions of Nonimmigrants to the United States: 2005

ELIZABETH M. GRIECO

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/publications/2005_NI_rpt.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

For additional information, see --

Office of Immigration Statistics

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/index.htm

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Trends in the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Disability Programs

(released August 2006)

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/disability_trends/index.html

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/disability_trends/trends.pdf

[full-text, 120 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

EBRI Notes

'Britains Answer for Future Retirement Income: Possible Lessons for the United States,' and 'An American Perspective on the Chinese Pension System'

August 2006, Vol. 27, No. 7

Paperback, 12 pp.

http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=3654

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_08-200641.pdf

[full-text 12 pages]

Press Release at

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_744_01Aug06.pdf

Hay Group

15 August 2006

New Executive Pay Disclosure Rules

Addressing the Challenge of the Required Compensation Discussion and Analysis

http://www.haygroup.com/downloads/us/Hay_Group_New_Executive_Pay_Disclosure_Rules.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Pew Hispanic Center

Growth in the Foreign-Born Workforce and Employment of the Native Born [10 August 2006]

Rakesh Kochhar

Associate Director for Research, Pew Hispanic Center

http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/69.pdf

[full-text, 56 pages]

and

Executive Summary

http://pewhispanic.org/files/execsum/69.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

The Work Foundation (UK)

Defining The Knowledge Economy

by Ian Brinkley

http://www.theworkfoundation.com/products/publications/azpublications/definingtheknowledgeeconomy.aspx

http://www.theworkfoundation.com/Assets/PDFs%5Cdefining_knowledge_economy.pdf

[full-text, 31 pages]

Press Release

Knowledge economy debate needs to move beyond platitudes

28 July 2006

The debate about the 'knowledge economy' is full of 'slovenly thinking and careless assumptions', The Work Foundation alleges today.

http://www.theworkfoundation.com/aboutus/media/pressreleases/definingtheknowledgeeconomy.aspx

The Work Foundation (UK)

Who's Afraid of Labour Market Flexibility?

by David Coats, Associate Director - Policy

http://www.theworkfoundation.com/products/publications/azpublications/whosafraidoflabourmarketflexibility.aspx

http://www.theworkfoundation.com/Assets/PDFs/labour_market%20_flexibility.pdf

[full-text, 87 pages]

See Press Release 12 June 2006

New study exposes flexibility myths

http://www.theworkfoundation.com/aboutus/media/pressreleases/newstudyexposesflexibilitymyths.aspx

Law

A report by The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession

VISIBLE INVISIBILITY: WOMEN OF COLOR IN LAW FIRMS [11 August 2006]

http://www.abanet.org/media/nosearch/VisibleInvisibility.pdf

[full-text, 141 pages]

Press Release 3 August 2006

HARASSMENT, EXCLUSION AND NEGLECT KEEP WOMEN OF COLOR FROM REACHING HIGHEST RANKS IN LAW FIRMS, ABA STUDY SHOWS

http://www.abanet.org/media/releases/news080306.html

Statistical Reports

BLS: Producer Price Indexes -- July 2006 [15 August 2006]

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

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

BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2006 [10 August 2006]

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

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

[full-text, 21 pages]

BLS: NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2005 [10 August 2006]

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

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

[full-text, 16 pages]

BLS: Consumer price indexes in nine countries, percent change from same period of previous year, 1995-2006 [4 August 2006]

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flscpim.txt

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Produced by the Statistics of Income Division and Other Areas of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Tax Statistics

http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/index.html

Editor's Note about GOOGLEBOMBS -- see -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_bomb

That search engines can be manipulated is common knowledge. When they are made to express political statements, these public utilities lose their charm regardless of whether the intent is humorous or not.

One example is the following: Go to Google and enter the word FAILURE. The first result will be a link to GEORGE BUSH.

This result was still evident at 10:25 this morning (August 11, 2006). See link at -- http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=failure

One will either laugh or be incensed. From an information perspective, however, this entire concept is troubling.

Google's response at http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/09/googlebombing-failure.html

only makes the situation worse. It indicates that groups or teams of people can (and will) distort facts, results, and ultimately confidence in what is perceived to be a public utility.

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