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
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 3 January 2007
Academic Research
International
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 3 January 2007
Academic Research
- The Johns Hopkins University, Center for Civil Society Studies
- DECEMBER 2006
- EMPLOYMENT IN AMERICAS 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]
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]
- 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 200304
- 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.]
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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...
- * Do Business in the U.S. -- Buy U.S. products; sell to the U.S.; get trade and economic statistics...
- * Travel, Study, or Work in the U.S. -- Travel and tourism, study, work, immigration, citizenship, refugees, visas...
- 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
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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