Tuesday, August 29, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 30 August 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, 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
or
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 Katrina’s 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
By
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/
or
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/
or
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR324.pdf
[full-text, 57 pages]
or
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
or
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
or
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
or
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
or
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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Institute for Workplace Studies 
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New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
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