Wednesday, January 25, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 25 January 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
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 25 January 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.
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 *
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****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 25 January 2006
Academic Research
- International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
- MERCHANTS OF LABOUR [January 2006]
- Editor, Christiane KUPTSCH
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/merchants.pdf
- [full-text, 271 pages]
- International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
- COMPETING FOR GLOBAL TALENT [January 2006]
- Editors, Christiane KUPTSCH and PANG Eng Fong
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/competing.pdf
- [full-text, 286 pages]
- Center for the Study of Urban Poverty (CSUP) at UCLA
- [FULL-TEXT of the SURVEY REPORT]
- On The Corner: Day Labor in the United States
- Abel Valenzuela, Jr., Nik Theodore, Edwin Meléndez, and Ana Luz Gonzalez
- January 23, 2006
- http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/csup/pubs/papers/item.php?id=31
- or
- http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/csup/uploaded_files/Natl_DayLabor-On_the_Corner.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- Service Offshoring and Productivity: Evidence from the United States
- http://nber15.nber.org/papers/w11926.pdf
- [full-text, 38 pages]
- Mary Amiti, Shang-Jin Wei
- NBER Working Paper No. 11926
- Issued in January 2006
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11926
- Regulation of Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11934.pdf
- [full-text, 90 pages]
- W. Kip Viscusi
- NBER Working Paper No. 11934
- Issued in January 2006
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://www.nber.org/papers/w11934
- Steam Power, Establishment Size, and Labor Productivity Growth in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing
- http://nber15.nber.org/papers/w11931.pdf
- [full-text, 36 pages]
- Jeremy Atack, Fred Bateman, Robert Margo
- NBER Working Paper No. 11931
- Issued in January 2006
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/W11931
- MERCHANTS OF LABOUR [January 2006]
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Programme of work 2006
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0539.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0539EN.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- Press release, 18 January 2006
- The Foundation's work programme for 2006:
- Accent on job creation, mobility, better working conditions and worklife balance in 2006
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/press/releases/2006/060118.htm
- The Foundation's work programme for 2006:
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) online
- Trends in quality of work in the Netherlands [18 January 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/NL0601SR01/NL0601SR01.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) Online
- Work-related disorders in Sweden [12 January 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/SE0601SR01/SE0601SR01.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) Online
- EWCO news updates [From 1-18 January 2006]
- Regular news updates from the Observatory network of National Correspondents http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/network.htm
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/newsupdates.htm
- Portugal:
- Worklife balance in the ICT and retail sectors (18 January 2006)
- < http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/01/PT0601NU04.htm>
- Denmark:
- Outlook for occupational risk trends (13 January 2006)
- < http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/01/DK0601NU05.htm>
- Hungary:
- Hazardous workplaces
(09 January 2006)- < http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/01/HU0601NU03.htm>
- Austria:
- Quality of work in call centres
(03 January 2006)- < http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/01/AT0601NU04.htm>
- Worklife balance in the ICT and retail sectors (18 January 2006)
- OECD: The following is among the background readings for
- Conference on the Future Digital Economy: Digital Content Creation, Distribution and Access
- Jointly organised by the OECD and the Italian Minister for Innovation and Technologies
- Istituto San Michele, Rome, Italy
- 30-31 January 2006
- http://www.oecd.org/site/0,2865,en_21571361_35742275_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Background Readings
- http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,2340,en_21571361_35742275_35755658_1_1_1_1,00.html
- DIRECTORATE FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY
- COMMITTEE FOR INFORMATION, COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS POLICY
- Working Party on the Information Economy
- DIGITAL DELIVERY OF BUSINESS SERVICES
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/40/5/31818723.pdf
- [full-text, 83 pages]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,2340,en_21571361_35742275_35755658_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Programme of work 2006
- BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 8, National Compensation Measures -- Updated 13 January 2006
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch8.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Census: Foreign-Born Population of the United States from the American Community Survey: 2003 [19 January 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign/acst2.html
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch8.pdf
- Brookings Working Paper, January 2006
- The Effects of Investing in Early Education on Economic Growth
- http://www.brookings.org/views/papers/200601dickenssawhill.htm
- or
- http://www.brookings.org/views/papers/200601dickenssawhill.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- Global Economic and Social Forum in Lyon, France, October 25-28, 2006
- http://www.global-economic-and-social-forum.com/
- For contact information, see -- http://www.f2fx.com/es06/api/form.php?lang=EN&type=CNT
- Hewitt
- 2005 Legislative and Regulatory Year in Review and Outlook for 2006
- January 2006
- http://was4.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/legislative_updates/united_states/pdfs/leg_reg_review05.pdf
- [full-text, 34 pages]
- January 10, 2006
- Hewitt Survey Reveals New Employer Trends in Retirement
- http://was4.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/newsroom/pressrel/2006/01-10-06.htm
- or
- http://was4.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/newsroom/pressrel/2006/01-10-06.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- Mercer
- UK retail staff: pay and benefits survey
- UK
- London, 16 January 2006
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1207085;jsessionid=HGDKA4UZ1SRVQCTGOUGCHPQKMZ0QYI2C
- RAND
- An Evaluation of California's Permanent Disability Rating System [online 6 January 2006]
- By: Robert T. Reville, Seth A. Seabury, Frank W. Neuhauser, John F. Burton, Jr., Michael Greenberg
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG258/index.html
- or
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG258.pdf
- [full-text, 172 pages]
- and
- Summary
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG258.sum.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages
- See also
- Research Brief:
- California's Workers' Compensation Permanent Disability Rating System
- A Pre-Reform and Post-Reform Evaluation
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9163/index1.html
- or
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2005/RAND_RB9163.pdf
- Research Brief:
- Towers Perrin
- Worldwide Pay and Benefit Headlines [5 January 2006]
- http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Periodicals/worldwide_pay/2005_12/headlines_dec.pdf
- [full-text,
- Managing Global Pay and Benefits [11 January 2006]
- Worldwide Total Remuneration 2005-2006 [Selected Charts]
- http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Reports/2005_2006_WWTR/WWTR.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- University of California librarian calls for union labels to increase worker visibility
- Archivist wants to see updated, expanded use of graphics to energize labor movement
(Nov/Dec 2005 in California Teacher)- http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/~lcushing/UnionLabels/Use_the_union_label.html
- Lincoln Cushing, a librarian at UC Berkeleys Bancroft Library and an active member of his local, AFT 1474 University Council, previously worked in a union print shop for almost 20 years. For more information about labor graphics see the Labor Culture website at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/~lcushing/LaborCulture.html
- The Effects of Investing in Early Education on Economic Growth
- European Commission--Research
- Online Arbitration: What Technology can do for Arbitral Institutions
- http://www.e-arbitration-t.com/papersadr/ubrun_seminar_content.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- Press Release
- INTERNET, RESEARCH
- When the cyber-gloves come off
[23 January 2006]- http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/headlines/news/article_06_01_23_en.html
- INTERNET, RESEARCH
- Online Arbitration: What Technology can do for Arbitral Institutions
- BLS: UNION MEMBERS IN 2005 [20 January 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS: FOURTH QUARTER 2005 [19 January 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2005 [24 January 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: Unemployment rates in the European Union and selected member countries, civilian labor force basis (1), seasonally adjusted, 1995-2005 [6 January 2006]
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flseur.txt
- BLS: Unemployment rates in nine countries, civilian labor force basis, approximating U.S. concepts, seasonally adjusted, 1995-2005 [6 January 2006]
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flsjec.txt
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: DECEMBER 2005 [18 January 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN DECEMBER 2005 [18 January 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- Women's Bureau
- Older Women Workers, ages 55 and over
- http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-olderworkers55.htm
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
- European Commission--Health and Consumer Protection
- Health and electromagnetic fields: EU-funded research into the impact of electromagnetic fields and mobile telephones on health [20 January 2006]
- http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_determinants/environment/EMF/pub_emf_en.htm
- and
- http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_determinants/environment/EMF/brochure_en.pdf
- [full-text, 30 pages]
- Fact for Features from the Census Bureau CB06-FF.04
- January 17, 2006
- Irish-American Heritage Month (March) and St. Patricks Day (March 17) 2006
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006328.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff-04.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- The Library of Congress
- Bound for Glory: America in Color 1939-1943
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/boundforglory/
- The University of Wisconsin Press
- Nightmare's Fairy Tale: A Young Refugee's Home Fronts, 19381948
- by Gerd Korman
- http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/books/2836.htm
- [This book is written by a distinguished professor emeritus of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) at Cornell University].
- Fleeing the Nazis in the months before World War II, the Korman family scattered from a Polish refugee camp. The father sailed to Cuba on the ill-fated St. Louis; the mother left for the United States via Italy after sending her two sons on a Kindertransport. One of the sons was Gerd Korman, whose memoir traces his own pathfrom the familys deportation from Hamburg to their reunited life in New York City.
- Gerd Korman is a professor emeritus of American History at Cornell Universitys School of Industrial and Labor Relations. His books include the prize-winning Industrialization, Immigrants, and Americanizers and several works that established him as an early student of the Holocaust, including the anthology Hunter and Hunted.
- Professor Korman was invited to have a "conversation" about the book at the Center for Jewish History on the evening of 23 January 2006.
- http://www.cjh.org/about/news/view_news.cfm?newsid=246
- Health and electromagnetic fields: EU-funded research into the impact of electromagnetic fields and mobile telephones on health [20 January 2006]
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.
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
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 6:26 AM
Thursday, January 12, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 11 January 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
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 11 January 2006
Academic Research
http://nber15.nber.org/papers/w11907.pdf [full-text, 47 pages] Lucian A. Bebchuk, Robert J. Jackson, Jr. NBER Working Paper No. 11907 Issued in December 2005 ---- Abstract ----- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11907
The Expanding Workweek? Understanding Trends in Long Work Hours Among U.S. Men, 1979-2004 http://nber15.nber.org/papers/w11895.pdf [full-text, 49 pages] Peter Kuhn, Fernando Lozano NBER Working Paper No. 11895 Issued in December 2005 ---- Abstract ----- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11895
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
[15 December 2005] http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdpind04_rev.htm or http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdpind04_rev.pdf [full-text, 5 pages] or http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdpind04_rev.xls [spreadsheet] and Highlights http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdpind04_fax_rev.pdf
BLS: Employment from the BLS household and payroll surveys: summary of recent trends [6 January 2006] http://www.bls.gov/web/ces_cps_trends.pdf [full-text, 16 pages]
BLS: Employment and Wages, Annual Averages 2004 [4 January 2006] http://www.bls.gov/cew/cewbultn04.htm
BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: DECEMBER 2005 [6 January 2005] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf [full-text, 27 pages] and Supplemental Files Table of Contents http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
BLS: OCCUPATIONAL PAY RELATIVES, 2004 [28 Decenber 2005] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ncspay.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ncspay.pdf [full-text, 7 pages]
BLS: WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION IN 2004 [22 December 2005] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/work.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/work.pdf [full-text, 9 pages]
BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: NOVEMBER 2005 [15 December 2005] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf [full-text, 18 pages]
BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN NOVEMBER 2005 [15 December 2005] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf [full-text, 5 pages]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2004, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty, 2004-05 [5 January 2006] http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006187 and http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006187.pdf [full-text, 39 pages]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Background Characteristics, Work Activities, and Compensation of Instructional Faculty and Staff: Fall 2003 [21 December 2005] http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006176 and http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006176.pdf [full-text, 76 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
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.
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 *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 11 January 2006
Academic Research
- Executive Pensions
International
- European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC]
- BIRD FLU: GUIDANCE FOR WORKERS PROTECTION [21 December 2005]
- Bird or Avian Flu = highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI)
- Version December 21th 2005
- ECDC guidelines to minimise the risk of humans acquiring highly pathogenic avian influenza from exposure to infected birds or animals
- http://www.ecdc.eu.int/avian_influenza/H5N1_Occupational_Guidance_ECDC_051019.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- See also--
- http://www.ecdc.eu.int/avian_influenza/occupational_exposure.php
- European Commission, Research, Industrial Technologies
- Manufuture: Assuring the Future of Manufacturing in Europe
- http://www.manufuture.org/
- See--
- Manufuture Strategic Research Agenda published for consultation
- http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/industrial_technologies/articles/article_3353_en.html
- Press Release
- At the Manufuture 2005 conference hosted by Rolls Royce in Derby, UK, on 6-7 December, more than 300 interested stakeholders met to exchange views on a consultation version of an ambitious Strategic Research Agenda. [3 January 2005]
- http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/industrial_technologies/articles/article_3586_en.html
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Contribution to the European Commission's Green Paper on 'Confronting demographic change: A new solidarity between the generations' (COM 2004 95 final) [9 January 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0517EN.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
- EIRO thematic feature -
- Industrial relations in the railway sector [10 January 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0578.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0578EN.pdf
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- The biomedical healthcare sector what future? [11 January 2005]
- January 2006 features the complete Sector Futures article series on biomedical healthcare in Europe.
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06001a.html
- including
- (1) Biomedical healthcare industry what future?
- Article 1 looks at key features of the sector, including the size and structure of its market, the nature of employment, the main trends and drivers shaping the present and future of the industry and the principal issues and uncertainties at stake in the industry.
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06002a.html
- (2) Biomedical healthcare industry visions of the future
- Article 2 assesses the major trends and drivers, provides a STEEP analysis and puts forward four alternative scenarios for the biomedical healthcare industry. The article also examines why the European biomedical healthcare industry is lagging behind the US, and is facing increasing competition from companies in developing markets.
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06003a.html
- (3) Biomedical healthcare industry policy issues and major challenges
- Article 3 discusses policies that could enhance the international competitiveness of the European biomedical healthcare industry. It looks particularly at issues related to bioethics, globalisation, economic growth and employment, as well as demographics and welfare.
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu06004a.html
- Article 1 looks at key features of the sector, including the size and structure of its market, the nature of employment, the main trends and drivers shaping the present and future of the industry and the principal issues and uncertainties at stake in the industry.
- BIRD FLU: GUIDANCE FOR WORKERS PROTECTION [21 December 2005]
- BLS: Career Guide to Industries (CGI), 2006-07 Edition [20 December 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/home.htm
- BLS: Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2006-07 Edition [20 December 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
- BLS: SURVEY METHODS RESEARCH Home Page [6 January 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/ore/home.htm
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [5 January 2006]
- December 2005
- Vol. 128, Number 12
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Employment dynamics of individual companies versus multicorporations
- Shail Butani, George Werking, and Vinod Kapani
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/12/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- Bears, bulls, and brokers: employment trends in the securities industry
- Michael H. Strople
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/12/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- The hockey lockout of 200405
- Paul D. Staudohar
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/12/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- Reports
- Occupational mobility, January 2004
- Lynn Shniper
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/12/ressum.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- IPP introduces additional Locality of Origin import price indexes
- Helen McCulley and Melissa Schwartz
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/12/progrpt.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Multiple jobholding in States, 2004
- Jim Campbell
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/12/rgtrends.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Shail Butani, George Werking, and Vinod Kapani
- Census: STATISTICAL ABSTRACT of the UNITED STATES 2006 [21 December 2005]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract.html
- Census: U.S. SERVICE INDUSTRY STATISTICS
- SERVICE ANNUAL SURVEY
- http://www.census.gov/econ/www/servmenu.htm
- DATA
- http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/data.htm
- INDUSTRY SUMMARIES
- http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_summary/summaryhome.htm
- Census: CFFR/04 State and County Areas
- Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2004 Issued December 2005 [27 December 2005]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/cffr-04.pdf
- [full-text, 110 pages]
- Census
- Annual Survey of Manufactures
- Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries: 2004 [15 December 2005]
- Issued December 2005
- M04(AS)-1
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/am0431gs1.pdf
- [full-text, 293 pages]
- http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/home.htm
- European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) - for Research, Education, Health and Safety (REHS)
- European Economic and Employment Policy Brief
- No. 8 2005
- The European Commissions Services Directive: criticisms, myths and prospects [15 December 2005]
- Wolfgang Kowalsky
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/media/files/eeepb/8_2005
- or
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/content/download/1508/9524/file/EEEPB_8-2005.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- For additional European Economic and Employment Policy Briefs, see-
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/employment_and_economic_policies/books/european_economic_and_employment_policy_brief
- Mercer reveals 2005 compensation trends for Malaysia
- Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur, 23 grudzie 2005
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1205700;jsessionid=KU5NLWYR35SKQCTGOUFCIIQKMZ0QUI2C
- European Economic and Employment Policy Brief
- Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
- December 27, 2005:
- Labor Department Makes Reports Related to the U.S.-Central America and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) and the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreements Available Online
- http://www.dol.gov/ilab/
- * United States Employment Impact Review, pursuant to section 2102(c)(5)
- * Prepared in consultation with the United States Trade Representative
- * U.S.-Central America and the Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (June 2005),
- * http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/DREmploymentImpact.pdf
- * [full-text, 71 pages]
- * U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (September 2005),
- * http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/BahrainEmploymentImpact.pdf
- * [full-text, 31 pages]
- * Labor Rights Report, pursuant to section 2102(c)(8)
- * Prepared in consultation with the Department of State and the United States Trade Representative
- * Central America and the Dominican Republic (June 2005),
- * http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/DRLaborRights.pdf
- * [full-text, 142 pages]
- * Bahrain (September 2005),
- * http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/BahrainLaborRights.pdf
- * [full-text, 25 pages]
- * Laws Governing Exploitative Child Labor Report, pursuant to section 2102(c)(9)
- * Prepared in consultation with the Department of State and the United States Trade Representative
- * Central America and the Dominican Republic (June 2005),
- * http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/DRLaws.pdf
- * [full-text, 13 pages]
- * Bahrain (September 2005),
- * http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/BahrainLaws.pdf
- * [full-text, 6 pages]
- For other related documents, see-- http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/usfta/main.htm#ei
- GAO: Service Contract Act: Wage Determination Process Could Benefit from Greater Transparency, and Better Use of Violation Data Could Improve Enforcement. GAO-06-27, December 7. [online 6 January 2006]
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-27
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0627.pdf
- [full-text, 57 pages]
- and
- Highlights -
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0627high.pdf
- December 27, 2005:
- BEA: Expansion in 2004 Led by Services-Producing Sector
- Revised Estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Industry, 2002-2004
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979 to 2003, December 2005 [29 December 2005]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=7000&type=1
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7000/12-29-FedTaxRates.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7000/Spreadsheets.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- CB06-FF.03 Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
- January 4, 2006
- Women's History Month: March 2006
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006232.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff-03.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- NOTE: Here at IWS we disseminate the workplace news of the day domestically and internationally. However, from time to time IWS makes its own news. Over the holiday season some major news stories were produced by IWS. These are:
- (1) Get Them on Your Side by Samuel Bacharach (Platinum Press) was named one of the top business books for 2005 from both the U.S. and Canadian perspectives.
- Samuel Bacharach is the Director of the Institute for Workplace Studies.
- Fast Company Magazine's Weblog, January 5, 2006, Thursday
- FAST COMPANY is considered one of the leading cutting edge business magazines in the world today. See -- http://www.fastcompany.com/about/
- Fast Company's Best Books of 2005
- The 15 (!) best business books published in 2005.
- http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2006/01/05/fast_companys_best_books_of_2005.html
- The Globe and Mail (Toronto), December 14, 2005, Wednesday
- MANAGING BOOKS: TOP BUSINESS BOOKS
- A year's worth of good workplace strategy
- http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051214/CABOOKS14/TPBusiness/General
- (2) Harvard Management Update, January 2006
- "Debriefing Samuel Bacharach: Sharpen Your Political Competence"
- http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/newsletters/news-hmu_home.jhtml
- Summary:
- Political competence is often equated with Machiavellianism, but Samuel Bacharach, director of Cornell University's Institute for Workplace Studies, defines this concept in far more positive terms. For Bacharach, it is simply part of being an effective manager. He argues that mastering political competence is a three-step process: (1) mapping your terrain to determine your stakeholders' goals, and how your goals will be received, (2) assembling a coalitiona politically mobilized collection of individuals committed to implementing your idea because doing so will generate benefits they value, and (3) getting things done through coalition members who will network with others in your organization to propagate your ideas and translate your message to inspire further action. Read on to learn how to achieve this competenceand how to avoid the complacency that can threaten it.
- (3) New York Times, December 19, 2005
- Little Dignity On the Job, Workers Say
- By SEWELL CHAN AND STEVEN GREENHOUSE (NYT); Metropolitan Desk
- Late Edition - Final, Section B, Page 4, Column 6
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50F16FD3C540C7A8DDDAB0994DD404482
- Samuel Bacharach is the Director of the Institute for Workplace Studies.
- Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979 to 2003, December 2005 [29 December 2005]
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