Wednesday, December 06, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 6 December 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, 6 December 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, 6 December 2006
Academic Research
- International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
- Volume 12, Number 4
- October - December 2006
- http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2006/12/iws-international-journal-of.html
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- COMMUNITIES WITHOUT BORDERS
- Images and Voices from the World of Migration [November 2006]
- David Bacon; Carlos Muñoz Jr. (Foreword); Douglas Harper (Foreword)
- 2006, 248 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, 149 duotones
- ISBN: 978-0-8014-7307-4
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4575
- INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS OVERVIEW OF THE U.S. [updated 11 November 2006]
- By Stuart Basefsky
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/subjectGuides/industrialRelationsOverview.html
- Two new thematic areas have been added.
- (1) SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises)
- (2) Temporary Service Work [Refers to Employment Service Agencies often called Temporary Agencies]
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- The Gender Pay Gap: Background Paper [23 November 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef06101.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/101/en/1/ef06101en.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- ILO:
- The International Labour Organisations health and safety barefoot research manual a guide to grassroots bodymapping, hazard mapping and other grassroots techniques for health and safety assessments in the workplace - is now available in Cantonese and Mandarin on the website of the Hong Kong Workers Health Centre.
- http://www.hkwhc.org.hk/barefoot/select.htm
- Note: The original publication in English is found at-
- BAREFOOT Research: A Worker's Manual for Organising On Work Security
- Margaret Keith, James Brophy, Peter Kirby, Ellen Rosskam, 2002
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/ses/info/publ/barefoot.htm
- or
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/ses/info/publ/barefoot.htm#line
- OECD
- METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OECD PRINCIPLES ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- 1st December 2006
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/58/12/37776417.pdf
- [full-text, 99 pages]
- Press Release 4 December 2006
- OECD provides guidance for assessment of corporate governance rules and practices
- http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,2340,en_2649_201185_37780169_1_1_1_1,00.html
- U.S. Department of Labor
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- September 2006
- Report 996
- Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2006 Edition) [20 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook2006.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook-2006.pdf
- [full-text, 86 pages]
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online
- October 2006
- Vol. 129, Number 10
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Employment in the construction industry
- Recent employment trends in residential and nonresidential construction
- John P. Mullins
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/10/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- Two new construction employment series for specialty trade contractors
- Christopher Manning and John P. Mullins
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/10/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- A visual essay: post-recessionary employment growth related to the housing market
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/10/ressum.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Other articles
- Trends in labor force participation in the United States
- Abraham Mosisa and Steven Hipple
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/10/art3full.pdf
- [forthcoming]
- Structural changes in Manhattans post-9/11 economy
- Michael L. Dolfman, Solidelle F. Wasser, and Kevin Skelly
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/10/art4full.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- The effects of rounding on the Consumer Price Index
- Elliot Williams
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/10/art5full.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Employment in the construction industry
- BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Health Savings Accounts in National Compensation Survey Data [29 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cm20061127ar01p1.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20061127ar01p1.htm
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Changes in Low-Wage Labor Markets Between 1979 and 2005 [4 December 2006]
- http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7693&sequence=0&from=7
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/76xx/doc7693/12-04-LaborForce.pdf
- [full-text, 36 pages]
- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
- Health, United States, 2006
- With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans [15 November 2006]
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
- or
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus06.pdf
- [full-text, 559 pages]
- Includes numerous work-related data.
- Press Release
- New Report Finds Pain Affects Millions of Americans [15 November 2006]
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/06facts/hus06.htm
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- USAID. Bur. for Latin America and the Caribbean
- 2006 Latin America and the Caribbean selected economic and social data
- Sep 2006
- http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADG900.pdf
- [full-text, 200 pages]
- The LAC Databook has a publicly available online counterpart at http://qesdb.usaid.gov/lac
- where the data that is reported in the Databook is continuously updated.
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF LAWYERS WITH DISABILITIES:
- A REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION [13 November 2006]
- http://www.abanet.org/disability/docs/conf_report_final.pdf
- [full-text, 79 pages]
- Press Release
- American Bar Association Report Examines Best Practices for Legal Employers of Lawyers with Disabilities
- http://www.abanet.org/abanet/media/release/news_release.cfm?releaseid=50
- BNA
- Special Survey Report
- 2006 YEAR-END HOLIDAY PRACTICES
- http://www.bna.com/holiday2006/yearendreport2006.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- Also, Highlights in PowerPoint at
- http://www.bna.com/holiday2006/2006yearend2.pps
- CCH
- CHARTS & GRAPHS from 2006 CCH Unscheduled Absence Survey [28 November 2006]
- http://www.cch.com/absenteeism2006/default.asp
- Press Releases--
- Sick Workers on the Job Pose Problems for U.S. Companies
- Employers Tell Dedicated Employees to Go Home
- http://www.cch.com/press/news/2006/20061128h.asp
- and
- 2006 CCH Unscheduled Absence Survey
- CCH Survey Finds Unscheduled Absenteeism Up in U.S. Workplaces
- Reasons Other Than Illness Keep Employees Off the Job
- Poor Morale Adds Up to Even More No-Shows
- Employers Have Growing Concerns about Presenteeism
- http://www.cch.com/press/news/2006/20061026h.asp
- Conference Board
- Building a Culture of Compliance is the Key Driver in Widespread Use of Anti-Corruption Programs [5 December 2006]
- http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=3019
- To view a break down of survey results on the top reasons companies develop an anti-corruption program, go to the following URL --
- http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/1397table.pdf
- Hazards magazine, number 96, October/December 2006
- Not dead yet [24 November 2006]
- http://www.hazards.org/olderworkers/
- [excerpt]
- We all have different strengths and weaknesses, young and old. And properly designed work should be safe and healthy whoever is doing it. So why are older workers told they are no longer up to the job? Hazards editor Rory O'Neill spells out the measures necessary to deliver healthier workplaces for all, regardless of age.
- Press Release 22 November 2006
- One third of UK workers fear they will be unfit for work by 60
- http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/tuc-12683-f0.cfm
- Migration Information Source (MIS)
- WORLD MIGRATION MAP: EUROPE -- NOW AVAILABLE [15 November 2006]
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/wmm/europe.cfm
- Click on your country of interest to access that country's data sheet.
- For maps of other parts of the world see--
- DATA TOOLS: World Migraton Map
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/wmm/
- Watson Wyatt
- Disconnect Between Employers, Employees Threatens Loss of Key Workers, Watson Wyatt Finds [15 November 2006]
- Employers Report Difficulty Attracting, Retaining Critical-Skill Employees
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=16726
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE R-2609
- Monday, November 20, 2006
- 202/273-1991
- NLRB LAUNCHES NEW INTERACTIVE WEB SITE, EXPANDS ONLINE FILING, POSTS MORE CONTENT [20 November 2006]
- http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2006/R-2609.htm
- or
- http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2006/R-2609.pdf
- See www.nlrb.gov
- EBSA News Release: [11/16/2006]
- U.S. Department of Labor Announces Settlement With Former Enron Executive Jeffrey Skilling
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ebsa/ebsa20061976.htm
- BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Third Quarter 2006, revised [5 December 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- BLS: International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, 2005 [30 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ichcc.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ichcc.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FIRST QUARTER 2006 [17 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewbd.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- BLS: NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2005 [17 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2006 [15 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mslo.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: OCTOBER 2006 [16 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN OCTOBER 2006 [16 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
- G.17
- INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION [16 November 2006]
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/default.htm
- or
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/g17.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Tables
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/G17/Current/g17_sup.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- [Please pass this message to those who might be interested].
- EDI (Employment and Disability Institute) at the ILR School, Cornell University
- Introducing ediONLINE!
- ediONLINE
- Online Professional Development Courses and Certificate Programs in Disability, Workplace & Employment Support Practice
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/edionline/edionline.cfm
- Register online at www.edi.cornell.edu
- Census
- North American Transportation in Figures
- http://www.census.gov/econ/www/natf/natf.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/econ/www/natf/english.pdf
- [full-text, 416 pages]
- Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
- CB06-FF.19
- November 16, 2006
- The Holiday Season
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/007762.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff-19.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
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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