Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Weekly Bulletin, 11 October 2006
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 11 October 2006
Academic Research
International
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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Academic Research
- Is A Great Labor Shortage Coming? Replacement Demand in the Global Economy
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12541.pdf
- [full-text, 34 pages]
- Richard B. Freeman
- NBER Working Paper No. 12541
- Issued in September 2006
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12541
- Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
- Institute for the Study of Labor
- IZA DP No. 2362
- The Rise and Fall of Private Sector Unionism:
- What Next for the NLRA?
- http://ftp.iza.org/dp2362.pdf
- [full-text, 57 pages]
- Jeffrey M. Hirsch
- Barry T. Hirsch
- October 2006
- Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
- Institute for the Study of Labor
- IZA DP No. 2365
- Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey
- http://ftp.iza.org/dp2365.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- Annette Bergemann
- Gerard J. van den Berg
- October 2006
International
- Directgov (U.K.)
- DISABLED PEOPLE
- http://www.direct.gov.uk/DisabledPeople/fs/en
- A web portal designed by U.K. authorities for anyone wanting information about issues concerned with disabled persons including employment.
- See also
- DISABLED PEOPLE CONTACTS
- http://www.direct.gov.uk/Dl1/Directories/UsefulContactsByCategory/DisabledPeopleContacts/fs/en
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions [Dublin Foundation]
- Working time and worklife balance in European companies [11 October 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/27/en/1/ef0627en.pdf
- [full-text, 82 pages]
- See also
- Summary
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0669.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/69/en/1/ef0669en.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- or
- Infosheet
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0625.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/25/en/1/ef0625en.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- and
- More
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int//events/sembrussels2006/
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Industrial relations in the print media sector [August 2006]
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/08/study/index.html
- or
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/08/study/tn0608102s.html
- EuroStat
- Quarterly Panorama of European business statistics - No. 2/2006 [9 October 2006]
- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1073,46587259&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_product_code=KS-DL-06-002
- or
- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-DL-06-002/EN/KS-DL-06-002-EN.PDF
- [full-text, 160 pages]
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Social Security Department
- Issues in Social Protection, Discussion Paper 17
- Costing of basic social protection benefits for selected Asian countries:
- First results of a modelling exercise [September 2006]
- by S. Mizunoya, C. Behrendt, K. Pal, F. Léger,
- ISBN 92-2-119322-5 & 978-92-2-119322-7 (print), ISBN 92-2-119323-3
- & 978-92-2-119323-4 (web pdf), ILO 2006
- http://www3.ilo.org/public/english/protection/secsoc/downloads/1527sp1.pdf
- [full-text, 74 pages]
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Social Security Department
- Issues in Social Protection, Discussion Paper 15
- Cash benefits in low-income countries:Simulating the effects on poverty
- reduction for Senegal and Tanzania [August 2006]
- Franziska Gassmann, Christina Behrendt,
- ISBN 92-2-119172-9 & 978-92-2-119172-8 (print), ISBN 92-2-119173-7
- & 978-92-2-119173-5 (web pdf), ILO 2006
- http://www3.ilo.org/public/english/protection/secsoc/downloads/1515sp1.pdf
- [full-text, 61 pages]
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Social Security Department
- ISSUES IN SOCIAL PROTECTION
- Discussion paper 16
- Social security for all: Investing in global social and economic development - A consultation [August 2006]
- ISBN 92-2-119269-5 & 978-92-2-119269-5 (print), ISBN 92-2-119270-9 & 978-92-2-119270-1 (web
- pdf), ILO 2006
- http://www3.ilo.org/public/english/protection/secsoc/downloads/1519sp1.pdf
- [full-text, 51 pages]
- ILO
- CHILD LABOUR (Video)
- Of all the children in the world today...
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/wdacl/index.htm
- See additional information sources at --
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/wdacl/2006/index.htm
- ILO/Universitas
- http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2006/10/iws-ilouniversitas-stand-up-against.html
- Stand Up Against Poverty; Stand Up for the Millennium Development Goals
- http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/
- See also --
- Millennium Campaign
- http://www.millenniumcampaign.org/site/pp.asp?c=grKVL2NLE&b=138312
- United Nations
- World Report on Violence Against Children [11 October 2006]
- http://www.unviolencestudy.org/
- And full-text of the introduction to the BOOK
- http://www.unicef.org/violencestudy/Chapitre%2001%20%20intro.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- Sixty-first session
- Item 62 of the provisional agenda*
- Promotion and protection of the rights of children
- Rights of the child
- Report of the independent expert for the United Nations
- study on violence against children** [online October 2006]
- http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/docs/study/SGSVAC.pdf
- [full-text, 46 pages]
- or
- http://www.unicef.org/violencestudy/Fedited.SGSVAC_GA_report_2006.pdf
- [full-text, 34 pages]
- or
- http://www.violencestudy.org/IMG/pdf/English.pdf
- [full-text, 34 pages]
- [See in particular D. Violence in work settings at paragraphs 6468]
- BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW Online [6 October 2006]
- September 2006
- Vol. 129, Number 9
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- The 'sandwich generation': women caring for parents and children
- Charles R. Pierret
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/09/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- Labor force characteristics of second-generation Americans
- Abraham Mosisa
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/09/art2full.pdf
- [full-text 10 pages]
- The CE and the PCE: a comparison
- Thesia I. Garner, George Janini, William Passero, Laura Paszkiewicz, Mark Vendemia
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/09/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- Inter-area price levels: an experimental methodology
- Bettina H. Aten
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/09/art4full.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL32697
- Topics in Aging: Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2005
- Updated September 21, 2006
- Debra Whitman, Specialist in the Economics of Aging, Domestic Social Policy Division
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32697_20060921.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/crs/23/
- EEOC
- The LEAD Initiative [NEW WEBSITE, 4 October 2006]
- http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/lead/index.html
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006
- EEOC LAUNCHES WEBSITE SECTION ON LEAD INITIATIVE
- Boosts Effort to Increase Number of Federal Employees with Targeted Disabilities
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/10-4-06.html
- GAO: Child Welfare: Improving Social Service Program, Training, and
- Technical Assistance Information Would Help Address Long-standing
- Service-Level and Workforce Challenges. GAO-07-75, October 6.
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-75
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0775.pdf
- [full-text, 56 pages]
- and
- Highlights -
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0775high.pdf
- Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Hiring and Maintaining a Quality Police Force - Live Webcast and Satellite Broadcast [for 24 October 2006]
- http://www.dojconnect.com/
- Watson Wyatt
- Time Management Key to Successful Sales Results, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds [5 October 2006]
- Incentives, Belief in Company Also Differentiate Top Sales Reps
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/us/news/press.asp?ID=16574
- EEOC
- DENNYS SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY BIAS AGAINST CLASS OF WORKERS NATIONWIDE [28 September 2006]
- At Issue: Failure to Provide Reasonable Accommodation for Medical Leave
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/9-28-06.html
- Forthcoming from Hart Publishing with the support of the International Institute for Labour Studies (at the ILO)
- Boundaries and Frontiers of Labour Law
- Goals and Means in the Regulation of Work
- Edited by Guy Davidov and Brian Langille
- http://www.hartpub.co.uk/books/details.asp?isbn=9781841135953
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) [New!]
- Harmonized index of consumer prices for selected countries and areas, percent change from same period of previous year, 2003-2006 [6 October 2006]
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flshicp.txt
- BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: SEPTEMBER 2006 [6 October 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
- EuroStat: 133/2006 - 5 October 2006
- The non-financial business economy in the EU25
- One in six workers self-employed
- Two-thirds of persons employed in small and medium businesses
- 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_10/4-05102006-EN-AP.PDF
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- OECD Standardised Unemployment Rate remained at 6.1% in August 2006 [6 October 2006]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,2340,en_2649_34487_37495143_1_1_1_1,00.html
- or
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/36/44/37495097.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- and
- The standardised unemployment rates for the other OECD countries are available at
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/41/13/36884449.pdf
- Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
- WOMEN IN POLITICS: 60 YEARS IN RETROSPECT (INFORMATION KIT)
- http://www.ipu.org/PDF/publications/wmninfokit06_en.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- See also -
- Women in National Parliaments
- http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm
- Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
- WOMEN in POLITICS: BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE
- http://www.ipu.org/bdf-e/BDFsearch.asp
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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