Friday, November 17, 2006

[IWS] NO MESSAGES until 6 December 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
________________________________________________________________________

NO MESSAGES will be sent until 6 December 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                  
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 15 November 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, 15 November 2006


Academic Research

Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 06-131
Local Market Scale and the Pattern of Job Changes Among Young Men
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06-131.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
Christopher H. Wheeler
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
e-mail: christopher.h.wheeler@stls.frb.org
November 7, 2006
Abstract
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06131wp.html


INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR STUDIES (IILS) at the ILO
Discussion paper
DP/168/2006
Decent Work Research Programme
Policy concertation in Europe: Explaining government choice
Lucio Baccaro, Marco Simoni
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp16806.pdf
[full-text, 35 pages]


ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
UNEXPECTED POWER
Conflict and Change among Transnational Activists
Shareen Hertel
2006, 176 pages
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4584


ILR Impact Briefs
BRIEF #14 /  November 2006 / WWW.ILR.CORNELL.EDU
Diversity and Inclusion: Is There Really a Difference?
by QUINETTA M. ROBERSON
Professor of Human Resource Studies (ILR)
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/23/
[full-text, 3 pages]


ILR Impact Briefs
BRIEF #13 /  October 2006 / WWW.ILR.CORNELL.EDU
Diversity at Work: Cross-Racial Bonds on the Job
by SAMUEL B. BACHARACH
McKelvey-Grant Professor (ILR)
PETER A. BAMBERGER
Professor, Technion: Israel Institute of Technology
DANA V ASHDI
Technion: Israel Institute of Technology
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/22/
[full-text, 3 pages]

For additional ILR IMPACT BRIEFS, see http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/


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


International

International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
IPEC action against child labour: Highlights 2006
October 2006
http://www.ilo.org/iloroot/docstore/ipec/prod/eng/20061019_Implementationreport_eng_Web.pdf
[full-text, 101 pages]

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Human Development Report 2006
Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty, and the Global Water Crisis [9 November 2006]
http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/
or
http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR06-complete.pdf
[full-text, 440 pages]

World Health Organization (WHO)
Gender equality, work and health: A review of the evidence [6 November 2006]
http://www.who.int/occupational_health/publications/genderwork/en/index.html
or
http://www.who.int/gender/documents/Genderworkhealth.pdf
[full-text, 57 pages]


Federal

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
CBO�s Economic Forecasting Record
An evaluation of the economic forecasts CBO made from January 1976 through January 2004
November 2006
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/76xx/doc7680/11-09-EconForecast.pdf
[full-text, 46 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL33703
Summary of the Pension Protection Act of 2006
October 23, 2006
Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33703_20061023.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]

U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA 3323-10N
2006
Guidance for Protecting Employees Against Avian Flu [14 November 2006]
http://www.osha.gov/dsg/guidance/avian-flu.html
or
OSHA Guidance Update on Protecting Employees from Avian Flu (Avian Influenza) Viruses [14 November 2006]
http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_AvianFlu/avian_flu_guidance_english.pdf
[full-text, 76 pages]

Social Security Administration (SSA)
Income of the Aged Chartbook, 2004 [September 2006]
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/income_aged/2004/index.html
or
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/income_aged/2004/iac04.html
or
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/income_aged/2004/iac04.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Question of the Month [Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University]
November 2006
Question:
How many unions are there in the United States?
How many of these unions are for relatively small labor organizations of say 200 or less members?
Has this changed over time?
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/questionOfTheMonth/nov06.html


Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
http://kctu.org/
KCTU Launches a General Strike! [14 November 2006]
http://kctu.org/maybbs/pdsview.php?db=kctuinfo2&code=eng_action&n=36


RAND
Benchmarking of the use of personal advisers in Jobcentre Plus [14 November 2006]
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR374/
or
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR374.pdf
[full-text, 84 pages]
and
Summary
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR374.sum.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
By: Christian van Stolk, Jennifer Rubin, Jonathan Grant


Watson Wyatt
Companies in Singapore forecasting a 4% average salary increase in 2007 [14 November 2006]
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=16720


Law

NLRB Press Releases R-2608
NLRB REPORTS ON CASE PRODUCTION IN FY 2006 [6 November 2007]
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2608.htm
or
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2608.pdf


Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES September 2006 [9 November 2006]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/tradnewsrelease.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trad0906.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trad0906.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/trad0906_fax.pdf


BLS: Producer Price Indexes - October 2006 [14 November 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm


BLS: CONSUMER EXPENDITURES IN 2005 [8 November 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cesan.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cesan.pdf
and
DETAILED TABLES will be found at
http://www.bls.gov/cex/


BLS: HOURLY  COMPENSATION  COSTS  FOR  PRODUCTION  WORKERS  IN  MANUFACTURING [Revised 6 November 2006]
32  COUNTRIES  OR  AREAS
22  MANUFACTURING  INDUSTRIES, 1992-2004
http://www.bls.gov/fls/flshcindnaics.htm
or
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/industrynaics.txt


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

BNA's Web Watch
Climate Change/Global Warming
http://www.bna.com/webwatch/climatechange.htm


Benetech
Bookshare.org
http://www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html
[For people with visual or other print disabilities]

______________________________
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                  
****************************************


Wednesday, November 08, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 8 November 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, 8 November 2006


Academic Research

Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 06-130
Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Productivity Measurement in Manufacturing
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06-130.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
Susan Houseman
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
e-mail: houseman@upjohninstitute.org
June 2006
Revised September 2006
Abstract
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06130wp.html


School Quality and the Black-White Achievement Gap
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12651.pdf
[full-text, 55 pages]
Eric A. Hanushek, Steven G. Rivkin
NBER Working Paper No. 12651
Issued in October 2006
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12651


The Effects of Education Quality on Income Growth and Mortality Decline
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12652.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]
Eliot A. Jamison, Dean T. Jamison, Eric A. Hanushek
NBER Working Paper No. 12652
Issued in October 2006
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12652


ILR School Theses and Dissertations: A Listing [1946-August 2006]
Compiled by Susan LaCette
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/ilrtheses/


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


International

European Commission (EC)
Employment in Europe 2006 [6 November 2006]
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2006/nov/employment_europe_en.pdf
[full-text, 292 pages]

European Commission > Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities >
SURVEY --
European Employment and Social Policy
Fieldwork: May - June 2006
Publication: October 2006
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2006/nov/euro_baro_report_en.pdf
[full-text, 115 pages]
Press Release
Europeans ready to meet challenges of job market according to new EU survey [6 November 2006]
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1507&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en


European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
FIFTEEN YEARS OF WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE EU: CHARTING THE TRENDS [7 November 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0685.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/85/en/1/ef0685en.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Working and Living Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Fourth European Working Conditions Surveys (2005)
http://www.eurofound.eu.int//ewco/surveys/EWCS2005/index.htm
includes
Fourth European Working Conditions Survey: Résumé
http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0678.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/78/en/1/ef0678en.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
and

Fourth European Working Conditions survey (infosheet)
http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0652.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/52/en/1/ef0652en.pdf
[full-text 2 pages]


Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers (Vol. 1) - Norway, Poland and Switzerland [7 November 2006]
http://www.oecd.org/document/25/0,2340,en_2649_201185_37600345_1_1_1_1,00.html
[full-text available via SourceOECD at most universities]


Federal

Census
Current Population Survey (CPS)
Technical Paper 66 (TP66)
Design and Methodology
Issued October 2006
http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/tp-66.pdf
[full-text, 175 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL31146
Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation
Updated October 11, 2006
Chad Christian Haddal, Analyst in Immigration Policy, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL31146_20061011.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Characteristics of Recent Science and Engineering Graduates: 2003, NSF 06-329 [6 November 2006]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06329/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06329/pdf/nsf06329.pdf
[full-text, 207 pages]
and
DETAILED TABLES
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06329/pdf/tables.pdf
[full-text, 82 pages]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Public Policy Institute
Workplace Issues
Older Worker Training: What We Know and Don't Know [October 2006]
Research Report
http://www.aarp.org/research/work/issues/2006_22_worker.html
or
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2006_22_worker.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
Neil Charness, Florida State University, Sara J. Czaja, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
October 2006

Council for Affordable Health Insurance
STATE HEALTH INSURANCE INDEX 2006:
A 50-State Comparison of the Nation’s Health Insurance Market [26 October 2006]
http://www.cahi.org/cahi_contents/resources/pdf/StateIndex.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
November 2006
EBRI Issue Brief #299
Employment-Based Retirement Plan Participation: Geographic Differences and Trends, 2005 [2 November 2006]
http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3761
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_11-20061.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
Press Release
More Women Workers Than Men Have a Retirement Plan in Key Employment Group [2 November 2006]
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_753_02Nov06.pdf


[New!] INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITCU) web site
http://www.ituc-csi.org/
For ENGLISH language use
http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?rubrique1&lang=en


Migration Information Source (MIS)
Trans-Saharan Migration to North Africa and the EU: Historical Roots and Current Trends
By Hein de Haas, University of Oxford
November 1, 2006
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=484


URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY
STATE OF BLACK KANSAS CITY
2006 EQUALITY INDEX [23 October 2006]
http://www.ulkc.org/race/2006-equality-index/ULEQUALITYINDEX.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]


Law

EEOC
TYSON FOODS AGREES TO RESOLVE RACE HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION LAWSUIT [7 November 2006]
Settlement by EEOC and Private Plaintiffs Mandates Systemic Changes
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/11-7-06.html


Statistical Reports

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER:  SEPTEMBER 2006 [7 November 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]


BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX—SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Health insurance, private industry, 12-month percent change in employer costs per hour worked [October 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/echealth.pdf
[full-text, 1 page]


BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  OCTOBER 2006 [3 November 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
and
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm


BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Third Quarter 2006, preliminary [2 November 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Women in National Parliaments [as of 31 October 2006]
http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm

______________________________
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                  
****************************************


Wednesday, November 01, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 1 November 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, 1 November 2006


Academic Research

Tangian A.S. (2006)
European flexicurity: concepts (operational definitions), methodology (monitoring instruments), and policies (consistent implementations).
WSI Diskussionspapier 148, Hans Böckler Foundation, Düsseldorf, 60 pp.
http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_148_e.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]
Abstract:
http://www.boeckler.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3D0AB75D-54D005A6/hbs/hs.xsl/show_product_wsi.html?productfile=HBS-003699.xml


Released this week --
Keep Them on Your Side: Leading and Managing for Momentum (Adams Media, 2006)
by Samuel Bacharach
http://adamsmedia.stores.yahoo.net/kethonyosi.html
or
http://www.amazon.com/Keep-Them-Your-Side-Momentum/dp/1593377290/sr=1-1/qid=1162389913/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-9005202-1084053?ie=UTF8&s=books
[The the first book to address maintaining organizational momentum for projects and agendas ­ and managing change for the long haul].


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


International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
Annual review of working conditions in the EU: 2005­2006 [25 October 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0620.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/20/en/1/ef0620en.pdf
[full-text, 100 pages]

International Labour Organization (ILO)
GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS FOR YOUTH [27 October 2006]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/gety06en.pdf
[full-text, 58 pages]

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
[Japan] MAIN LABOR ECONOMIC INDICATORS [updated 31 October 2006]
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/eshuyo/200611/index.htm


Federal

BLS: SURVEY OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION, 2005 [27 October 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osnr0026.txt
or
http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osnr0026.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]

U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
September 2006
Report 997
Extended Mass Layoffs in 2005 [23 October 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/mls/mlsreport997.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]


BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions (CWC) Online
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Major Work Stoppages in 2004 and 2005 [25 October 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cb20061018ar01p1.htm


Census
Educational Attainment in the United States: 2005 [26 October 2006]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn.html
DETAILED TABLES
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/cps2005.html
Press Release
Census Bureau Data Underscore Value of College Degree
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/007660.html


Census
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book: 2006  (6th Edition) [25 October 2006]
A Statistical Abstract Supplement
http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/smadb/smadb-06.pdf
[full-text, 448 pages]
See Press Release
Census Bureau's State & Metro Book:
Rochester a Health Mecca, Florida Metros Lead Medicare Rolls,
Virginia Tops in Newspaper Readership
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007665.html


THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Background Paper
Projecting Labor Force Participation and Earnings in CBO's Long-Term Microsimulation Model
October 2006
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/76xx/doc7676/10-27-LaborForce.pdf
[full-text, 120 pages]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
October 30, 2006
Web Publication
Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted, 2005 [30 October 2006]
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/killed/2005/


Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS)
Mapping Immigration:
Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) [25 October 2006]
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/data/maps/lprmaps.htm


Women's Bureau
Quick Facts
Employment Status of Women and Men in 2005
http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-ESWM05.htm


State

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Disabilities and Employment
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/disab-work.htm


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
AAUP Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006 [26 October 2006]
Martha S. West and John W. Curtis
http://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/63396944-44BE-4ABA-9815-5792D93856F1/0/AAUPGenderEquityIndicators2006.pdf
[full-text, 86 pages]
See Press Release 26 October 2006
New Gender Equity Report
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/newsroom/pressreleases/gender.htm


Mercer
As retirement lifestyle expectations fall, savings stress rises
United States
New York, 30 October 2006
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1247510


Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Press Release
SHRM Forms Alliance with ODEP to Promote Employment of Workers with Disabilities [27 October 2006]
http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_018991.asp#P-4_0


Law

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

NCSL 50-State Legislative Tracking Web Resources
Updated October 2006
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/lrl/50statetracking.htm

At the request of NCSL's  Legislative Research Librarians (LRL) staff section, NCSL has developed this resource of 50-state compilations covering various issues that concern state legislators and legislative staff. Here you will find a topical, alphabetical listing of legislative and statutory databases, compilations and state charts/maps.
See
Labor & Employment as a key example:


Day Laborer Laws (statutes)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/daylabor.htm


Employment (legislative bill tracking)
(Includes Pensions and Retirement Plans, Minimum Wage, Living Wage, Family Leave, Prevailing Wage, Outsourcing and Unemployment Insurance)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/e-chart.htm


Family/Medical Leave Laws (statutes)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/fmlachart.htm


Job Applicant Credit Check Laws  (statutes)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/jobapplicantcreditchecklaws.htm


Medical Leave Laws (statutes)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/fmlachart.htm


Minimun Wage Laws (statutes)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/stateminimumwages2006.htm


Minors - Employment Laws (statutes)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/childlabor.htm


Overtime Laws (statutes)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/workhours.htm


Sick Leave Laws  (statutes)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/sickleave.htm


Unlawful Discrimination Laws (statutes)
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/employ/empdisc.htm


Statistical Reports

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: SEPTEMBER 2006 [30 October 2006]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/pinewsrelease.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0906.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0906.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0906_fax.pdf


Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Advance Estimates of GDP by State for 2005 by NAICS Sector [26 October 2006]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/GSPNewsRelease.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gsp1006.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gsp1006.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gsp1006_fax.pdf


BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-SEPTEMBER 2006 [31 October 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm


BLS: Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, 10 Countries, 1960-2005 [19 October 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/fls/flscomparelf.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/fls/lfcompendium.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]


BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES:  FIRST QUARTER 2006 [26 October 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

New York State DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
New York State Government Publications
Executive Branch
Labor
Unfortunately at this site, the links that are attached to a sequence or pathway time out. Consequently to get to the material listed above, one has to do the following:
(1) Go to --
Excelsior: New York State Library/Archives/Museum Catalog
http://nysl.nysed.gov/uhtbin/cgisirsi/RaNqSVFAsS/0/49

(2) Click on the button at the bottom entitled, SEARCH DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
This should take you to a page on which the Third Button at the Top says, BROWSE
(3) Click on the BROWSE button
This will take you to a page where one of the collections listed will be NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
(4) Click on NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
(5) Then click on EXECUTIVE BRANCH
(6) Then click on LABOR
Following the same logic, one will find the material listed under LABOR


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