Wednesday, February 28, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 28 February 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, 28 February 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, 28 February 2007
Academic Research
- Hans Boeckler Stiftung (HBS)
- Flexibility-Flexicurity-Flexinsurance: Response to the European Commission's Green Paper "Modernising Labour Law to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century"
- by Andranik Tangian
- WSI-Diskussionspapier, Nr. 149 E.
- Düsseldorf: 2007, ISSN: 1861-0625. 38 Seiten
- http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_149_e.pdf
- [full-text, 38 pages]
- Child Labor
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12926.pdf
- [full-text, 102 pages]
- Eric V. Edmonds
- NBER Working Paper No. 12926
- Issued in February 2007
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12926
International
- European Commission
- Eurobarometer
- Special Eurobarometer 273
- European Social Reality [26 February 2007]
- Fieldwork November December 2006
- Publication February 2007
- http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_273_en.pdf
- [full-text, 196 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Fourth European Working Conditions Survey [21 February 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0698.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/98/en/2/ef0698en.pdf
- [full-text, 139 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions [Dublin Foundation]
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- TRANSNATIONAL
- Representativeness of the social partners: Telecommunications sector [2 February 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2007/country/trans.national.html
- or
- http://eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2006/06/studies/tn0606017s.html
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Social partners and the social security system [20 February 2007]
- February 2007
- http://eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2005/10/study/index.html
- or
- http://eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2005/09/study/tn0509103s.html
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- Browse by country
- NEW - Industrial relations country profiles [20 February 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/country_index.html
- [The PROFILE is the first link at the top of each country page]
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- The role of competence and qualification development in fostering workforce mobility [16 February 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/content/source/eu07001a.html?p1=reports&p2=null
- ILO Bangkok
- ILO Library Bangkok
- ILO Recent Publications no.2007/1
- The Mekong Challenge - Underpaid, overworked and overlooked: the realities of young migrant workers in Thailand (Volume One)
- By Elaine Pearson [et al.]
- Bangkok : ILO, 2006
- xxviii, 145 p.
- English version
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-35.pdf
- Thai version
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-36.pdf
- The Mekong Challenge Working day and night: the plight of migrant child workers in Mae Sot, Thailand
- by International Labour Office, Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat
- Trafficking in Children and Women
- Bangkok : ILO, 2006
- xviii, 100 p.
- English version
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/child/trafficking/downloads/workingdayandnight-english.pdf
- Thai version
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/child/trafficking/downloads/workingdayandnight-thai.pdf
- Informal economy, poverty and employment in Cambodia, Mongolia, Thailand: good practices and lessons learned: final report
- by International Labour Office, Sub-regional Office for East Asia, Informal
- Economy, Poverty and Employment Project
- Bangkok: ILO, 2007
- 72 p.
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-01.pdf
- Decent work in the informal economy in Cambodia: a literature review
- by Economic Institute of Cambodia (EIC)
- Bangkok: ILO, 2006
- 52 p. (Informal economy, poverty and employment: Cambodia series; no.2)
- English version
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-10.pdf
- Khmer version
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-28.pdf
- Easing the barriers to formality: registration procedures for microenterprises and handicraft exports in Cambodia
- by Artisans' Association of Cambodia
- Bangkok: ILO, 2006
- 92 p. (Informal economy, poverty and employment: Cambodia series no.3)
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-41.pdf
- Easing the barriers to formality: regulatory framework affecting Mongolian micro and small businesses
- by Tsetsen Dashtseren
- Bangkok: ILO, 2006
- 56 p. (Informal economy, poverty and employment: Mongolia series no.3)
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-34.pdf
- Linking farmers to growing markets: excerpts from a field officer's journal in Siem Reap, Cambodia
- by William J. Dalton
- Bangkok : ILO, 2006
- 64 p. (Informal economy, poverty and employment: Cambodia series; no.5)
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-40.pdf
- Reconciling work and family: issues and policies in Thailand
- by Kyoko Kusakabe
- Bangkok: ILO, 2006
- xix, 81 p.
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-44.pdf
- TERRAVIVA: informal economy street vending in Asia
- by Interpress Service Asia Pacific (for the ILO Theme Seminars on the
- Informal Economy: Labour Protection and Street Vending, Bangkok /
- Chiangmai, Thailand, 8 to 11 May 2006)
- Bangkok: Inter Press Service Asia Pacific, 2006
- 16 p.
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-32.pdf
- Training manual: trade union and organizing in the informal economy (In Thai)
- by Dave Spooner, Crystal Dicks, Raghwan, Jarinporn Niyom, Bundit
- Thanachaisetawut and Tura Pajchimvej
- Bangkok: ILO, 2006
- 110 p.
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-33.pdf
- List of published reports, studies and tools produced by the Informal Economy, Poverty and Employment Project
- by International Labour Office, Sub-regional Office for East Asia, Informal
- Economy, Poverty and Employment Project
- Bangkok: ILO, 2007
- 14 p.
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-02.pdf
- The informal economy, poverty and employment: an integrated approach - an independent evaluation
- by Mei Zegers
- [Bangkok]: ILO, 2006
- 83 p.
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-43.pdf
- ILO/WHO guidelines on health services and HIV/AIDS (In Thai)
- by International Labour Office and World Health Organization
- Bangkok : ILO, 2006
- xv, 88 p.
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-38.pdf
- Safety and health at work: AIDS and the workplace (In Thai)
- by International Labour Office
- Bangkok : ILO, 2006
- 69 p.
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub06-39.pdf
- [Thanks to Chanitda Wiwatchanon, Regional Librarian ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific for the information listed above].
- Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Research Department
DATABASES
- http://www.iadb.org/RES/pub_List.cfm?pub_topic_id=DBA&type=pub_type&pub_type_id=DBA&pub_type_id1=DBA&language=english
- OECD - Paris, 23 February 2007
- Society at a Glance: OECD Social Indicators - 2006 Edition [23 February 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/24/0,2340,en_2649_34637_2671576_1_1_1_1,00.html
- BLS: Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online [15 February 2007]
- Winter 2006-07, Vol 50, Number 4
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm
- Census:
- The American Community: 2004 [15 February 2007]
- The American Community Hispanics: 2004
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-03.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- The American Community Blacks: 2004
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-04.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- The American Community Asians: 2004
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-05.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- Census
- Industry Statistics Sampler [This link for other industries]
- http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/data/industry/index.html
- Samplers illustrate or link to all of the different types of data for an industry, including the Economic Census and, where available, a variety of monthly, quarterly, and annual statistics.
- NAICS 624120
- Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities [15 February 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/data/industry/E624120.HTM
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- LABOR (CBO Reports since 1978-)
- http://www.cbo.gov/publications/bysubject.cfm?cat=10
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22604
- February 13, 2007
- Excessive CEO Pay: Background and Policy Approaches [13 February 2007]
- Gary Shorter and Mark Jickling, Government and Finance Division
- Alison A. Raab, Knowledge Services Group
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22604_20070213.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) .... JANUARY 2007
- A CHARTBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR COMPARISONS: THE AMERICAS .... ASIA-PACIFIC .... EUROPE
- http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/chartbook/chartbook_jan07.pdf
- [full-text, 65 pages]
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Teacher Attrition and Mobility: Results from the 2004-05 Teacher Follow-up Survey [online 6 February 2007]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007307
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007307.pdf
- [full-text, 63 pages]
- White House
- Council of Economic Advisers
- Economic Report of the President: 2007 [12 February 2007]
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/index.html
- or
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/2007/2007_erp.pdf
- [full-text, 351 pages]
- Economic Report of the President: 2007 Report Spreadsheet Tables
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/tables07.html
- Population, Employment, Wages, and Productivity:
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/tables07.html#erp2
- White House
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Budget of the United States Government Fiscal Year 2008 [5 February 2007]
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/
- or
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/
- Appendix
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/appendix.html
- and
- Department of Labor [5 February 2007]
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/pdf/appendix/lab.pdf
- Conference Board
- Press Release / News
- U.S Job Satisfaction Declines, The Conference Board Reports [23 February 2006]
- http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressPrinterFriendly.cfm?press_ID=3075
- or
- http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=3075
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Snapsots: Health Care Costs
- Insurance Premium Cost-Sharing and Coverage Take-up [7 February 2007]
- February 2007
- http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/chcm020707oth.cfm
- Mercer
- Employers with 401(k) plans providing richer match rates, survey finds
- United States
- New York, 26 February 2007
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1259715;jsessionid=UIXYBVTD35MSGCTGOUFCIIQKMZ0QUJLW
- Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
- MPI Data Hub
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub/index.cfm
- Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
- The Crossover in Female-Male College Enrollment Rates [February 2007]
- http://www.prb.org/Articles/2007/CrossoverinFemaleMaleCollegeEnrollmentRates.aspx
- Watson Wyatt
- Little Relief From Health Benefit Cost Increases Expected, Watson Wyatt, National Business Group on Health Survey Finds [21 February 2007]
- Employers Focus on Improving Employee Health
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=17089
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22608
- February 21, 2007
- Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Renewal:
- Core Labor Standards Issues: A Brief Overview [21 February 2007]
- Mary Jane Bolle, Specialist in International Trade, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22608_20070221.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33864
- Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)/Fast-Track Renewal: Labor Issues [2 February 2007]
- February 2, 2007
- Mary Jane Bolle, Specialist in International Trade, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33864_20070202.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22609
- February 22, 2007
- Obesity Discrimination and the Americans with Disabilities Act [22 February 2007]
- Jennifer Staman, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22609_20070222.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Order Code RS22590
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- January 31, 2007
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Overview and Selected Issues
- Richard N. Apling, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
- Nancy Lee Jones, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22590_20070131.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- EEOC
- Enforcement Statistics and Litigation [1 February 2007]
- http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/enforcement.html
- Press Release
- JOB BIAS CHARGES EDGED UP IN 2006, EEOC REPORTS [1 February 2007]
- Race and Sex Discrimination, Retaliation Most Frequently Filed Cases
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-1-07.html
- BLS: MAJOR WORK STOPPAGES IN 2006 [27 February 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkstp.toc.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkstp.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkstp.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN JANUARY 2007 [23 February 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- BLS: Employment and Wages, Annual Averages 2005 [22 February 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/cew/cewbultn05.htm
- BLS:
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS 2005, REVISED [22 February 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod4.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod4.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JANUARY 2007 [21 February 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN JANUARY 2007 [21 February 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages for 2006 [7 February 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: DECEMBER 2006 [6 February 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- EuroStat
- Labour Market Latest Trends - 2nd quarter 2006 data - Issue number 1/2007 [22 February 2007]
- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-QA-07-001/EN/KS-QA-07-001-EN.PDF
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY -- 8 MARCH 2007
- http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
- ILR School (School of Industrial & Labor Relations) at Cornell University
- ILR International Programs is pleased to publish the third issue of ILR International eNews, featuring online highlights of the ILR School's teaching, research, and outreach activities around the world.
- ILR International eNews, Vol. 1, No. 3
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/international/news/enews/index.html
- Small Business Administrtion (SBA)
- Report on the Regulatory Flexibility Act, FY 2006 [26 February 2007]
- Annual Report of the Chief Counsel for Advocacy on the Implementation of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 13272
- February 2007
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/laws/flex/06regflx.pdf
- [full-text, 77 pages]
- Research Summary
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/laws/flex/06regflx_rs.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
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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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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