Wednesday, January 03, 2007

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 3 January 2007

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
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 3 January 2007


Academic Research

The Johns Hopkins University, Center for Civil Society Studies
DECEMBER 2006
EMPLOYMENT IN AMERICA’S CHARITIES: A PROFILE
LESTER M. SALAMON AND S. WOJCIECH SOKOLOWSKI
http://www.jhu.edu/~ccss/research/pdf/Employment%20in%20Americas%20Charities.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]


CAHRS Working Paper 06-12
Dynamic Organizations: Achieving Marketplace Agility Through Workforce Scalability
Lee Dyer
Jeff Ericksen
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP06-12.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]


CAHRS Working Paper 06-08
How Can Multinational Corporations Retain Their Employees in China?
Ke Fan
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP06-08.pdf
[full-text, 35 pages]


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


International

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
EMCC case studies
Networks, partnerships and corporate social responsibility in Poland: Autokreacja Association [December 2006]
http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/pl06001a.html
or
http://www.emcc.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/2006/ef0548enC10.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]

International Labour Organization (ILO)
Social Security Department
STEP
New Website [15 December 2006]
ILO/STEP
STEP = STRATEGIES & TOOLS AGAINST SOCIAL EXCLUSION & POVERTY
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/secsoc/step/


ILO Library, Bangkok
www.ilo.org/asia/library
Recent Publications, No. 2006/4


Decent Work for Women and Men in the Informal Economy: Profile and Good Practices in Cambodia
by International Labour Office in cooperation with the Economic Institute of Cambodia (EIC) and United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Cambodia
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
95 p.
English version
ISBN 92-2-119045-5 and 978-92-2-119045-5 (print version)
ISBN 92-2-119046-3 and 978-92-2-119046-2 (web version)
Read Online:
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-26.pdf
[full-text, 97 pages] 
        

Good practices in safety, health and working conditions: home workers, farmers and construction workers in Cambodia, Mongolia, and Thailand
edited by Tsuyoshi Kawakami
Bangkok: ILO, 2006. 20 p.
ISBN 92-2-119168-0 and 978-92-2-119168-1 (print)
ISBN 92-2-119169-9 and 978-92-2-119169-8 (web)
Read Online:
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-24.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]


Know more about HIV/AIDS: a toolkit for workers in the informal economy
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
38 p.
English version
ISBN 92-2-118429-3 & 978-92-2-118429-4 (print)
ISBN 92-2-118430-7 & 978-92-2-118430-0 (web)
ISBN 92-2-018489-3 & 978-92-2-018489-9 (CD-ROM)
Read Online:
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-27.pdf
[full-text, 46 pages]
        
Work Improvement for Safe Home: Action Manual for Improving Safety, Health and Working Conditions of Homeworkers
by Tsuyoshi Kawakami, Sara Arphorn and Yuka Ujita
Bangkok: ILO, 2006. 90 p.
ISBN 92-2-119080-3 and 978-92-2-119080-6 (print version)
ISBN 92-2-119081-1 and 978-92-2-119081-3 (web version)
Read Online:
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-22.pdf
[full-text, 92 pages]


Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning (IRAP) in Mongolia
by Chloe Pearse
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
76p. (Rural Accessibility Technical Paper (RATP) Series; no.15)
ISBN 92-2-118859-0 & 978-92-2-118859-9 (print)
ISBN 92-2-118860-4 & 978-92-2-118860-5 (web)
Read Online:
http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-25.pdf
[full-text, 78 pages]
[Thanks to Chanitda Wiwatchanon, Regional Librarian, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific for the tip].


Korea Labor Institute (KLI)
e-Labor News
[Korea] LABOR TRENDS [20 December 2006]
http://www.kli.re.kr/kli/html_eng/08_mail/webzineboard/view_trends.asp?seq=66&rseq=88&tseq=49


Korea Labor Institute (KLI)
e-Labor News No. 61
Issue Paper
Industrial Health and Safety and Worker Participation in Korea:
Current Status and Issues
http://www.kli.re.kr/kli/html_eng/08_mail/webzineboard/upfile/61_Industrial%20Health%20and%20Safety%20and%20Worker%20Participation%20in%20Korea.pdf
[full-text, 67 pages]
YOON Jo-Duk, Senior Fellow, Korea Labor Institute
Email: yoonjd@kli.re.kr
December 2006

World Health Organization (WHO)
Protecting Workers' Health Series No. 7
A practical guide for the use of research information to improve the quality of occupational health practice [December 2006]
http://www.who.int/occupational_health/publications/pwh7/en/index.html
or
http://www.who.int/occupational_health/publications/pwh7elr.pdf
[full-text, 72 pages]


Federal

BLS: Monthly Labor Review [26 December 2006]
November 2006
Vol. 129, Number 11
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

Import price rise in 2005 due to continued high energy prices
Jeffrey Bogen
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/11/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


Income imputation and the analysis of consumer expenditure data
Jonathan D. Fisher
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/11/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]


New look at long-term labor force projections to 2050
Mitra Toossi
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/11/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]


Labor costs of manufacturing employees in China: an update to 2003–04
Erin Lett and Judith Banister
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/11/art4full.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]


Regional Trends

Multiple jobholding in States in 2005
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/11/rgtrends.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]


BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online [27 December 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Access, Participation, and Take-up Rates in Defined Contribution Retirement Plans among Workers in Private Industry, 2006 (12/27/2006)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20061213ar01p1.htm


BLS: Issues in Labor Statistics
Summary 06-06 / December 2006
Telemarketing: Five Industry Centers [29 December 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils56.pdf
[full-text,  2 pages]

U.S. Department of Labor
Semiannual Report to the Congress, April 1 - September 30, 2006 [6 December 2006]
Office of Inspector General (OIG)
http://www.oig.dol.gov/public/semiannuals/56.pdf
[full-text, 68 pages]
Highlights
http://www.oig.dol.gov/public/semiannuals/56Highlights.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]


MSHA Media Advisory: [12/08/2006]
Contact: Dirk Fillpot          Amy Louviere
Phone:    (202) 693-9406   (202) 693-9423
Release Number 06-2056-NAT
U.S. Labor Department's MSHA Makes New Emergency Mine Evacuation Rules Permanent
Emergency Contact Number Established for Reporting All Mining Accidents
http://www.msha.gov/MEDIA/PRESS/2006/NR061208.asp
[One of the more significant results of the new rule is the establishment of only one phone number for use in reporting mine accidents within 15 minutes after it is known an accident occurred. All mine operators, including operators of metal and non-metal mines, must call 1 (800) 746-1553 to report mining accidents within the required time limit.]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

New Commission on the SKILLS OF THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE [14 December 2006]
http://skillscommission.org/

TOUGH CHOICES or TOUGH TIMES
Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce
Executive Summary
http://skillscommission.org/pdf/exec_sum/ToughChoices_EXECSUM.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]

Staff Papers
http://skillscommission.org/staff.htm
Commissioned Papers
http://skillscommission.org/commissioned.htm


Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
Briefing Paper
IWPR No. R334 December 2006
The Best and Worst State Economies for Women
By Heidi Hartmann, Olga Sorokina, and Erica Williams,
with the assistance of Vicky Lovell, Tori Finkle, Ashley English, and Amy Caiazza
http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/R334_BWStateEconomies2006.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
Press Release--
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Running Faster to Stay in Place?
Women's Credentials On the Rise in Every State, But Wage Gap Fails to Close
Pay Gap Grows in 15 States
Report Lays Out Best/Worst State Economies for Women
http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/R334_release.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]


The Work Foundation (UK)
The Risk Myth: CEOs and Labour Market Risk  [22 December 2006]
Provocation Series Volume 2 Number 4
Nick Isles, The Work Foundation
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/products/publications/azpublications/theriskmythceoslabourmarketrisk.aspx
or
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/Assets/PDFs/risk_myth_v2_no4.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
See Press Release 22 December 2006
CEOs should not be paid for risks they do not bear
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/aboutus/media/pressreleases/ceosshouldnotbepaidforriskstheydonotbear.aspx


Law

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Persons with Disabilities--
Accessibility A Key To Federal Courtrooms [VIDEO] -- [19 December 2006]
http://www.uscourts.gov/video/CourtroomMockUp.wmv


Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
NEWS RELEASE 19 December 2006
Inviting A Federal Judge to A Seminar?
You May Have to Report It
http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/disclosurepolicy121906.html
or
http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/disclosurepolicy121906print.html

Related Items
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
http://www.uscourts.gov/library/faq_eduproviders.pdf
Judicial Conference Policy on Judges’ Attendance at Privately Funded Educational Programs
http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/judbrappc906c.pdf


European Commission > Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities
GREEN PAPER--
Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century [22 November 2006]
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2006/nov/green_paper_en.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
see--
Commission launches open debate: Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century [22 November 2006]
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/emplweb/news/news_en.cfm?id=189


Statistical Reports

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: NOVEMBER 2006 [22 December 2006]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/pinewsrelease.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi1106.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi1106.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi1106_fax.pdf


BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT:  THIRD QUARTER 2006 (FINAL) [21 December 2006]
CORPORATE PROFITS:  THIRD QUARTER 2006 (FINAL)
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/gdpnewsrelease.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp306f.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp306f.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp306f_fax.pdf


BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN NOVEMBER 2006 [21 December 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]

Census
Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States
CB06-187
Detailed tables
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007910.html
and then
http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html
and then
Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States, Regions, States, and for Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 (NST-EST2006-01)
http://www.census.gov/popest/states/tables/NST-EST2006-01.xls
State contacts
http://www.census.gov/population/www/coop/contacts.html
Press Release, 22 December 2006
Louisiana Loses Population; Arizona Edges Nevada as Fastest-Growing State
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/007910.html


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

American Library Association/Association of College & Research Libraries
Guide To Public Opinion Poll Web Sites: Polling Data From Around the World
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2006/october06/opinionpoll.htm


AARP Policy & Research
AgeLine Database: Research to Go
http://www.aarp.org/research/ageline/researchtogo.html
For example, see
Recent BIBLIOGRAPHIES on OLDER WORKERS
AgeLine Database Search
Older Workers: Recent Literature
http://star.aarp.org/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=agewebflrtg&id=age1&pass=abcd&search=TAN=TG0249+OR+DE=OLDER+WORKERS+AND+AUD=(RES*+OR+PUB*)+AND+YEAR+GT+2004+AND+FILE+GT+0510+NOT+AUD=GEN*+NOT+DE=(BOOK+REV*+OR+STATE+SURV*)+NOT+TAN=(111066;110432)&format=WEBBRIEFFAST


AgeLine Database Search
Older Workers & Job Displacement
http://star.aarp.org/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=agewebflrtg&id=age1&pass=abcd&search=TAN=TG0123+OR+DE=(EMPLOYMENT+TERM*+OR+INVOLUNTARY+RET*+OR+LAYOFFS)+AND+AUD=(RES*;PUB*)+AND+DE=(UNITED+STATES+OR+INTERNATIONAL)+AND+YEAR+GT+1999+NOT+AUD=GEN*+NOT+TAN=(907534;087423)&format=WEBBRIEFFAST


AgeLine Database Search
Age Discrimination
http://star.aarp.org/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=agewebflrtg&id=age1&pass=abcd&search=TAN=TG0237+OR+(DE=EMPLOYMENT+DISCRIMINATION+OR+DE=(AGE+DISCRIMINATION+AND+OLDER+WORKERS))+AND+AUD=(RES*+OR+PUB*)+AND+YEAR+GT+2004+NOT+DE=BOOK+REV*+NOT+ID=AARP+RESEARCH+FOR+INT*&format=WEBBRIEFFAST


FirstGov.gov --www.firstgov.gov
has added a new section for

Visitors to the United States
http://www.firstgov.gov/visitors.shtml

This new section has information specifically for people who want to:
   * Learn About the United States of America -- History, holidays, culture, U.S. government, laws, facts...
         http://www.firstgov.gov/visitors/about.shtml

   * Do Business in the U.S. -- Buy U.S. products; sell to the U.S.; get trade and economic statistics...
         http://www.firstgov.gov/Business/Foreign_Business.shtml

   * Travel, Study, or Work in the U.S. -- Travel and tourism, study, work, immigration, citizenship, refugees, visas...
         http://www.firstgov.gov/visitors/visit.shtml


And more sections from GET IT DONE ONLINE!

Get the U.S. Time
http://www.time.gov/

Convert Currency to U.S. Dollars
http://www.fms.treas.gov/intn.html

Find Maps of the U.S.
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Maps.shtml

Find a U.S. Embassy Worldwide
http://usembassy.state.gov/

Locate a U.S. College or University
http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/

Get Border Wait Times
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/wait_times/

More Online Services
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Services.shtml


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Institute for Workplace Studies 
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