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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 10 January 2007

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, 10 January 2007

Academic Research

The Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS)

University at Albany

School of Public Health

Rensselaer, N.Y. 12144

The Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS)

http://chws.albany.edu/

CENTER REPORTS (available full-text)

http://chws.albany.edu/index.php?id=11,0,0,1,0,0

Immigration and the Survival of Social Security: A Political Economy Model

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12800.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

Edith Sand, Assaf Razin

NBER Working Paper No. 12800

Issued in December 2006

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12800

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

International

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

Transnational

Industrial relations developments in Europe in 2005

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/01/feature/tn0601102f.html

See also NATIONAL REPORTS from each of the EU Countries for 2005

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/annualreports.html

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

EWCO Survey Data Reports

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/surveyreports.htm

Ireland: Attitudes of employers and employees to the changing workplace [21 December 2006]

< http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveyreports/IE0610019D/IE0610019D.htm >

EMPLOYER SURVEY

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveyreports/IE0610019D/IE0610019D_1.htm

EMPLOYEE SURVEY

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveyreports/IE0610019D/IE0610019D_2.htm

COMMENTARY

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveyreports/IE0610019D/IE0610019D_3.htm

REFERENCES

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveyreports/IE0610019D/IE0610019D_4.htm

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

EWCO News Updates

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/newsupdates.htm

Bulgaria: Survey examines migration intentions post-accession (04 January 2007)

< http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/10/BG0610069I.htm>

Czech Republic: Cooperation between employers and employees regarding parental leave (04 January 2007)

< http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/11/CZ0611029I.htm>

Austria: Training opportunities for older workers (04 January 2007)

< http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/12/AT0612019I.htm>

Denmark: Risk factors in long-term sickness absence (04 January 2007)

< http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/11/DK0611039I.htm>

Malta: Case studies document practical experience of teleworking (04 January 2007)

< http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/11/MT0611019I.htm>

Directorate General of Employment & Training

Ministry of Labour

Government of India

Occupational Educational Pattern of Employees in India [2002 data for the PUBLIC SECTOR]

http://dget.gov.in/publications/opr/OPRPS2002.pdf

[full-text, 87 pages]

Directorate General of Employment & Training

Ministry of Labour

Government of India

World of Work Series

Facilities for Disabled

http://dget.gov.in/cirtes/csc/courses/facilitiesfordisabled.pdf

[full-text, 58 pages]

INDIA

Ministry of Labour and Employment

New Website Address

http://labour.gov.in/

The Ministry of Labour Annual Report 2005-2006

http://labour.nic.in/annrep/annrep2005.htm

Earlier Annual Reports can be found at-

http://labour.nic.in/annrep/annrep.htm

INDIA

United Progressive Alliance (UPA)

Report to the People

UPA Government 2004 - 2006 [May 2006]

http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2006/may2006/UPAbook2004-06.pdf

[full-text, 66 pages]

See Press Release

http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=18001&kwd

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

2007 Report on Economic and Social Progress in Latin America:

Living with Debt: How to Limit the Risks of Sovereign Finance [3 January 2007]

http://www.iadb.org/res/ipes/2007/index.cfm

[USE THE PULL-DOWN MENU to go to EACH CHAPTER]

for List of Figures see

http://www.iadb.org/res/ipes/2007/figures.cfm?Language=English

for List of Tables see

http://www.iadb.org/res/ipes/2007/tables.cfm?Language=English

See Press Release 3 January 2007

Role of Multilateral Lending

http://www.iadb.org/research/homepageDetails.cfm?language=English&conid=56&page=1&frame=1

ILO

Social Dialogue

Workers' Activities

Labour Education 2006/1

No. 142

Globalization and the sectors

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/142/index.htm

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/142/142.pdf

[full-text, 88 pages]

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Economic survey of the Euro Area 2007 [4 January 2007]

http://www.oecd.org/document/40/0,2340,en_2649_201185_37849384_1_1_1_1,00.html

OECD Policy Brief:

Economic Survey of the Euro Area 2007 [4 January 2007]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/28/37867660.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Federal

Bureau of Health Professions

National Center for Health Workforce Analysis Reports

U.S. Health Workforce Reports

http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/

More of these are found at-

http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/reports/

Databases

Area Resource File

http://www.arfsys.com/

Public Use Files from National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses

http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/NSSRN.htm

U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF JEFFREY L. FIEDLER [4 January 2007]

http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2007/07_01_04pr.php

http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2007/07_01_04pr.pdf

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979 to 2004 [6 January 2007]

December 2006

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7718&sequence=0&from=7

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7718/EffectiveTaxRates.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

and

Supplemental Tables

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7718/SupplementalTables.xls

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Background Paper:

Housing Wealth and Consumer Spending [6 January 2007]

January 2007

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7719&sequence=0&from=7

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7719/01-05-Housing.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Public-Use Data Files and Documentation: Foods and Physical Activity in Public Elementary Schools, 2005 [4 January 2007]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006106

http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/frss/downloads.asp#FRSS8

Calories In, Calories Out: Food and Exercise in Public Elementary Schools, 2005

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/nutrition/

List of TABLES

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/nutrition/03.asp

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Center for PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES (PAS)

http://www.pascenter.org/home/index.php

The Workplace PAS Project [Disabilities]

http://www.pascenter.org/workplace_pas/index.php

See also their BULLETIN at -

http://www.pascenter.org/newsletter/CenterforPASBulletinJan07.pdf

One can sign up to receive this automatically at-

http://www.pascenter.org/newsletter/index.php

Employee Benefit Research Institute(EBRI)

EBRI NOTES

January 2007, Vol. 28, No. 1

IRA Assets, Contributions, and Market Share [9 January 2007]

and

Health Insurance Coverage of the Near Elderly, 1994-2005

http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=3774

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_01-20071.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

GALLUP MANAGEMENT JOURNAL SURVEYS

http://gmj.gallup.com/gmj_surveys/category.aspx?i=10

Current items available are:

GMJ Surveys

Who's Driving Innovation at Your Company?

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/24472/Whos-Driving-Innovation-at-Your-Company.aspx

Worker Disengagement Continues to Cost Singapore

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/22720/Worker-Disengagement-Continues-to-Cost-Singapore.aspx

Why Dilbert Is Right

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/21802/Why-Dilbert-Is-Right.aspx

At Work, Feeling Good Matters

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/20311/At-Work-Feeling-Good-Matters.aspx

Grim News for Japan's Managers

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/17242/Grim-News-for-Japans-Managers.aspx

Wake-Up Call for Thailand, Inc.

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/16285/Wake-Up-Call-for-Thailand-Inc.aspx

The Limits of Employee Training

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/14497/The-Limits-of-Employee-Training.aspx

Engagement Keeps the Doctor Away

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/14500/Engagement-Keeps-the-Doctor-Away.aspx

All Eyes on Ohio

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/12295/All-Eyes-on-Ohio.aspx

Getting Personal in the Workplace

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/11956/Getting-Personal-in-the-Workplace.aspx

Beyond the Dot-Com Bust

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/9841/Beyond-the-Dot-Com-Bust.aspx

Great Britain's Workforce Lacks Inspiration

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/9847/Great-Britains-Workforce-Lacks-Inspiration.aspx

Disengaged Employees Cost Singapore $4.9 Billion

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/1207/Disengaged-Employees-Cost-Singapore-4.9-Billion.aspx

Bringing Work Problems Home

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/1078/Bringing-Work-Problems-Home.aspx

Warning: Corporate Scandals May Demoralize Employees

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/826/Warning-Corporate-Scandals-May-Demoralize.aspx

Who Cared?

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/427/Who-Cared.aspx

Talk of Ages

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/430/Talk-of-Ages.aspx

Think Big, Act Small

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/433/Think-Big-Act-Small.aspx

The Gender Question

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/436/The-Gender-Question.aspx

What Your Disaffected Workers Cost

http://gmj.gallup.com/content/439/What-Your-Disaffected-Workers-Cost.aspx

Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Singapore

IPS Working Papers No. 17. January 2007

Singapore: The Art Of Building A Global City

by Sanjeev Sanyal

http://www.ips.org.sg/publications/index-wp.htm

Hewitt

Hewitt Associates Research Shows Impact That Pivotal Employees Have on Business Results [8 January 2007]

Data Establishes Link Between Shareholder Value and Companies Ability to Attract and Retain Top Performers

http://www.hewittassociates.com/Intl/NA/en-US/AboutHewitt/Newsroom/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?cid=3411

Kaiser Family Foundation

Snapshots: Health Care Costs

Health Care Spending in the United States and OECD Countries [3 January 2007]

January 2007

http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/chcm010307oth.cfm

Mercer

Executive pay in European financial services companies - survey

London, 9 January 2007

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1254330;jsessionid=ZRXGIM2HKUXUECTGOUFCIIQKMZ0QUJLW

Pew Charitable Trusts

Analysis: The Complicated Politics of Free Trade, Unrestricted Trade Makes for Strange Political Bedfellows

January 4, 2007

http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3857&content_type_id=18&issue_name=Public%20opinion%20and%20polls&issue=11&page=18&WT.mc_id=01/08/2007

For CHARTS -- see --- http://pewresearch.org/obdeck/?ObDeckID=116

For DETAILS -- see -- http://pewresearch.org/reports/?ReportID=77

and http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=299

RAND

Nanomaterials in the Workplace: A Summary of the RAND Policy and Planning Workshop on Occupational Safety and Health January 4, 2007

Eric Landree

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT269/

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2007/RAND_CT269.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Segal/Sibson

2007 REPORTING & DISCLOSURE CALENDAR for BENEFIT PLANS [December 2006]

http://www.segalsibson.com/publications/r&dcalendar/2007.html

http://www.segalsibson.com/publications/r&dcalendar/2007.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

Abstract

http://www.segalsibson.com/corporate/pub-corporate.cfm?ID=699

Segal

2007 REPORTING & DISCLOSURE CALENDAR for MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS [December 2006]

http://www.segalco.com/publications/r&dcalendar/2007.html

http://www.segalco.com/publications/r&dcalendar/2007.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Abstract

http://www.segalco.com/taft/pub-taft.cfm?ID=698

Wall Street Journal

Markets Data Center -- FREE [New version launched January 2007]

http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/marketsdata.html

Need Help Finding Tables?

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116716548881759827.html

take a tour of new features.

http://online.wsj.com/submkt/tourc/MDCtour_2007.html

Watson Wyatt

Employee Ratings of Senior Management Dip, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds [4 January 2007]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=16887

Law

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Asian Development Bank Institute

NGO Law and Governance: A Resource Book [4 January 2007]

http://www.adbi.org/book/2007/01/04/2086.ngo.law/

http://www.adbi.org/files/2007.12.26.book.ngo.law.governance.pdf

[full-text, 136 pages]

2006 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary [1 January 2007]

http://www.uscourts.gov/newsroom/yearend06.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

Abstract:

Federal Judges' Pay: "Constitutional Crisis"

NLRB GENERAL COUNSEL ISSUES REPORT ON FY 2006 OPERATIONS [3 January 2007]

http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2006/R-2611%20Summary%20of%20Operations.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

Statistical Reports

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

County Estimates of Compensation by Industry, 20032005 [29 December 2006]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/lapi1206.htm

Tables for all areas for 19982005 can be accessed interactively at

www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: DECEMBER 2006 [5 January 2006]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

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

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: NOVEMBER 2006 [3 January 2007]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

January 5, 2007 / Vol. 55 / Nos. 51 & 52

Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0--18 Years --- United States, 2007

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5551a7.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5551-Immunization.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Order Code 97-1011 GOV

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Updated April 18, 2006

Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2006

Paul E. Dwyer, Specialist in American National Government, Government and Finance Division

http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/97-1011.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB07-FF.03

January 4, 2007

Women's History Month: March 2007

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/009383.html

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb07ff-03.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

RAND

I Want You!

The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force

By: Bernard D. Rostker

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG265/

RESEARCH BRIEF

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2006/RAND_RB9195.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

News Release 14 September 2006

http://www.rand.org/news/press.06/09.14.html

General Accountability Office (GAO)

Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight. GAO-07-308SP, January 9, 2007

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-308SP

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07308sp.pdf

[full-text, 120 pages]

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