IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: April 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, 25 April 2007

Academic Research

Urban Institute

The Retirement Project

Discussion Paper 07-03

Job Changes at Older Ages: Effects on Wages, Benefits, and Other Job Attributes [2 April 2007]

Richard W. Johnson and Janette Kawachi

March 2007

http://www.urban.org/publications/311435.html

or

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/311435_Job_Changes.pdf

[full-text, 42 pages]

CAHRS Working Paper 07-05

On the Nature and Importance of Cultural Tightness-Looseness

Michele J. Gelfand, Lisa H. Nishii, Jana L. Raver

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP07-05.pdf

[full-text, 57 pages]

Sorting in the Labor Market: Do Gregarious Workers Flock to Interactive Jobs?

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13032.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

Alan B. Krueger, David Schkade

NBER Working Paper No. 13032

Issued in April 2007

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13032

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

International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

European Restructuring Monitor Quarterly, Issue 1, Spring 2007 [25 April 2007]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/index.php?template=quarterly&utm_source=23apr2007&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/templates/displaydoc.php?docID=35

[full-text, 18 pages]

International Labour Organization (ILO)

The ILO Library has published 4 new resource guides to information on the world of work. Each guide contains full text access to key ILO publications on the topic and a bibliography of selected publications, including resources from Geneva and around the world. They also provide links to the relevant Conventions and Recommendations and statistics.

Informal economy

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/subject/informal.htm

Corporate social responsibility

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/subject/csr.htm

Export processing zones

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/subject/epz.htm

Gender equality in the world of work

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/subject/gender.htm

OECD

Statement by the Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, in reply to an article in The Economist of 20 April 2007

http://www.oecd.org/document/38/0,2340,en_2649_201185_38438438_1_1_1_1,00.html

United Kingdom (UK)

Employment Market Analysis and Research

Department of Trade and Industry

TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP 2006 [19 April 2007]

http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file39006.pdf

[full-text, 56 pages]

See also

Previous articles and membership reports

http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/research-evaluation/trade-union-statisitcs/

Press Release 19 April 2007

Department of Trade and Industry (National)

Trade Union membership 2006

http://www.gnn.gov.uk/environment/fullDetail.asp?ReleaseID=279468&NewsAreaID=2

Federal

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2006 [18 April 2007]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cb20070409ar01p1.htm

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [17 April 2007]

February 2007

Vol. 130, Number 2

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

A black community with advanced labor force characteristics, 1960

Ruth B. McKay

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/02/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages

Trends in labor force participation of married mothers of infants

Sharon R. Cohany and Emy Sok

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/02/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Japanese exchange rates, export restraints, and auto prices

Ana Aizcorbe

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/02/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

International comparisons of Harmonized Indexes of Consumer Prices

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/02/ressum.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL33963

High School Graduation, Completion, and Dropouts: Federal Policy, Programs, and Issues

April 12, 2007

Jeffrey J. Kuenzi, Specialist in Education Policy, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33963_20070412.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

EBRI NOTES

April 2007, Vol. 28, No. 4

EMPLOYEE TENURE, 2006 [17 April 2007]

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_04-20071.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=3801

Press Release 17 April 2007

New Research from EBRI:

Job Tenure Longer In Public-Sector Jobs Than Private Sector

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_765_17Apr07.pdf

SEGAL

CAPITAL CHECKUP

April 19, 2007

STEPS HEALTH PLAN SPONSORS CAN TAKE TO PREPARE FOR THE MAY 23, 2007 DEADLINE FOR USING HIPAA NATIONAL PROVIDER IDENTIFIERS

http://www.segalco.com/publications/capitalcheckup/041907.html

Urban Institute

[Audio Files]

Workforce Development Policy and the Economy: Looking to the Future [3 April 2007]

http://www.urban.org/Pressroom/firsttuesdays/apr2007.cfm

Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL33965

The Constitution and Racial Diversity in Elementary and Secondary Education: A Legal Analysis of Pending Supreme Court Cases

April 13, 2007

Jody Feder, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33965_20070413.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22643

April 12, 2007

Regulation of Health Benefits Under ERISA: An Outline

Jennifer Staman, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22643_20070412.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

EEOC

Press Release 17 April 2007

EEOC EXAMINES WORK/LIFE FAMILY BALANCE AND INTERSECTION OF JOB BIAS LAWS

Commission Considers Enforcement Guidance on Emerging Legal Issues

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-17-07.html

EEOC

Press Release 23 April 2007

GERIATRIC CENTER TO PAY $900,000 FOR RACE BIAS, NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION, RETALIATION

EEOC Says Benenson Rehabilitation Pavilion Harassed Black and Caribbean Workers

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-23-07.html

Statistical Reports

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

Summary Estimates for Multinational Companies: Employment, Sales, and Capital Expenditures for 2005 [19 April 2007]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/mnc/mncnewsrelease.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/mnc/2007/pdf/mnc2005.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/mnc/2007/xls/mnc2005.xls

[spreadsheet]

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS BY INDUSTRY: MANUFACTURING, 2005 [19 April 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 9 pages]

BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS: FIRST QUARTER 2007 [18 April 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 7 pages]

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN MARCH 2007 [20 April 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: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MARCH 2007 [20 April 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

28 April update: International Workers' Memorial Day/International Day of Mourning

www.hazards.org/wmd

28 April webpages have been thoroughly updated and can be viewed at the URL above.

Information available includes:

28 April events listing: Details of hundreds of events in about 70 countries and links to national sites with additional listings. Reports of events are still coming in.

http://www.hazards.org/wmd/countrylistings.htm

28 April resources: Briefings on key theme issues including health and safety enforcement and occupational cancer prevention.

www.hazards.org/wmd/background.htm In addition, we have created a dedicated occupational cancer prevention kit.

www.hazards.org/cancer/cancer/preventionkit

28 April artwork: Gallery of posters and promotional materials.

http://www.hazards.org/wmd/images.htm

ITUC's briefing is available online as a pdf file at:

http://www.global-unions.org/pdf/ohsewpH_5Ad.EN.pdf

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

# posted by SBasefsky : 6:36 AM

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, 18 April 2007

Academic Research

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training ( JILPT)

JILPT REPORT No. 4, 2007

2005 Survey Results of Labor-Management Relations, Human Resource Management and Working Conditions in Foreign Affiliated Companies in Japan [April 2007]

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JILPTRNo4.pdf

[full-text, 59 pages]

University of Southern California Law School

Law and Economics Working Paper Series

Year 2007 Paper 62

Happiness and Domain Satisfaction: Theory and Evidence

Richard A. Easterlin, Onnicha Sawangfa

http://law.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1063&context=usclwps

[full-text, 37 pages]

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

International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

Part-time work in European companies [12 April 2007]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef06102.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/102/en/1/ef06102en.pdf

[full-text, 89 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

First European Quality of Life Survey: Time use and worklife options over the life course [12 April 2007]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0699.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/99/en/1/ef0699en.pdf

[full-text, 119 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

COMPARATIVE STUDY

Gender and career development [21 March 2007]

March 2007

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2006/12/studies/index.html

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2006/12/studies/tn0612019s.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

and the

European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

Fostering mobility through competence development [12 April 2007]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0713.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/13/en/1/ef0713en.pdf

[full-text, 42 pages]

See also

Private Pension Plan Bulletin Historical Tables

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/privatepensionplanbulletinhistoricaltables.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

USITC (U.S. International Trade Commission)

Sub-Saharan Africa: Factors Affecting Trade Patterns of Selected Industries [13 April 2007]

First Annual Report

Investigation No. 332--477

Publication 3914, April 2007

http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/332/pub3914.pdf

[full-text, 214 pages]

Women's Bureau

20 Leading Occupations of Employed Women 2006

http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/20lead2006.htm

or

http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/20lead2006.pdf

Earlier years (1999-) archived at -- http://www.dol.gov/wb/media/archives.htm

Women's Bureau

Nontraditional Occupations for Women 2006

http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2006.htm

or

http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2006.pdf

Earlier years (1999-) archived at -- http://www.dol.gov/wb/media/archives.htm

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

Financial Inequality in Higher Education

The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 200607 [12 April 2007]

http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/About/committees/committee+repts/compensation/ecstatreport2006-07/survey2006-07.htm

or

http://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/B25BFE69-BCE7-4AC9-A644-7E84FF14B883/0/zreport.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

TABLES

http://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/FAD15522-BC8A-4BD1-9C73-C6F2BBC85710/0/alltables.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Press Release 12 April 2007

Financial Inequality in Higher Education-AAUP Releases Annual Report on Faculty Salaries

http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/newsroom/pressreleases/zreport.htm

ETC Group

Civil Society/Labor Coalition Rejects Fundamentally Flawed Dupont-ED Proposed Nanotechnology Framework

http://www.etcgroup.org/en/materials/publications.html?id=610

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY AT LARGE [12 April 2007]

Civil Society-Labor Coalition Rejects Fundamentally Flawed DuPont-ED Proposed Framework

Urges All Parties To Reject The Public Relations Campaign

http://www.etcgroup.org/upload/publication/610/01/coalition_letter_april07.pdf

Mercer

Incentives used to reduce employee absence - European survey

UK

London, 12 April 2007

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1263520;jsessionid=22LZXB4UTJ0JUCTGOUFCHPQKMZ0QUJLW

Towers Perrin

A report prepared by CFO Research Services in collaboration with Towers Perrin

Pension Plan Risk: Using the calm before the next storm [11 April 2007]

http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/getwebcachedoc?webc=HRS/USA/2007/200703/CFO_pension_risk_survey_report_final.pdf

[full-text, 26 pages]

Press Release 11 April 2007

Towers Perrin And CFO Research Services Joint Study Finds Many Corporations Slow To Embrace Financial Solutions To Pension Risks

Defined Benefit Pension Plans Show Staying Power

http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/hrservices_webcache_html.jsp?webc=HR_Services/United_States/Press_Releases/2007/20070411/2007_04_11.htm&selected=press&language_code=global

Law

EEOC Press Release

EEOC CHAIR NAOMI EARP URGES ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS RACE AND COLOR BIAS [12 April 2007]

Chief of Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Agency Speaks Out Amid National Debate

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-12-07a.html

Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES February 2007 [13 April 2007]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/pdf/trad0207.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/xls/trad0207.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/pdf/trad0207_fax.pdf

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: MARCH 2007 [17 April 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 20 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN MARCH 2007 [17 April 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 5 pages]

BLS: EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF VETERANS: AUGUST 2005 [16 April 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 17 pages]

BLS: Producer Price Indexes - March 2007 [13 April 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 20 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - MARCH 2007 - [12 April 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 16 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES: THIRD QUARTER 2006 [11 April 2007]

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

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL33956

Counting the Homeless: Homeless Management Information Systems

April 11, 2007

Libby Perl, Analyst in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33956_20070411.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the

University of Chicago

Public Attitudes towards the Regulation of Firearms [10 April 2007]

Tom W. Smith

NORC/University of Chicago, March, 2007

http://www.norc.org/NR/rdonlyres/30013B80-5BA9-4764-9DEA-57B135BBD51B/0/PublicAttitudestowardsReglulationofFirearms2007.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

ILR School (School of Industrial & Labor Relations at Cornell University)

ILR School announces new Program on Globalization and the Workplace

April 12 2007

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/041207_ProgramOnGlobalization.html

ILR influences CBO (Congressional Budget Office)

It is interesting to note that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has incorporated into its analysis of the impact of tax changes on labor supply the estimates of labor supply elasticities that Professors Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn of the ILR School obtained in the paper: "Changes in the Labor Supply Behavior of Married Women: 1980-2000", cited by the CBO as NBER Working Paper No. 11230, March 2005 < http://www.nber.org/papers/w11230>, and which is now forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics.

In its Background Paper (distributed above in this bulletin), "The Effect of Tax Changes on Labor Supply in CBO's Microsimulation Tax Model", April 2007, http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/79xx/doc7996/04-12-LaborSupply.pdf , the CBO states on page 6:

"In some earlier analyses, CBO assumed a higher total wage elasticity (0.5) and substitution elasticity (0.75) for secondary earners. CBO has lowered those estimates on the basis of evidence that secondary earners have become less responsive over time as their participation in the labor force has grown. See Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn, Changes in the Labor Supply Behavior of Married Women: 1980-2000, Working Paper No. 11230 (Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2005)." < http://www.nber.org/papers/w11230>

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)

ASSISTED LIVING FOR OUR PARENTS

A Son's Journey

Daniel Jay Baum; Carol Levine (Foreword)

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4681

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

# posted by SBasefsky : 8:32 AM

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, 11 April 2007

Academic Research

The Brookings Institution

A Pathway to the Middle Class: Migration and Demographic Change in Prince George's County [10 April 2007]

by Brooke DeRenzis and Alice M. Rivlin

April 2007

http://www.brookings.edu/metro/gwrp/20070402_princegeorge.htm

or

http://www3.brookings.edu/metro/gwrp/20070402_princegeorge.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Working Paper Series

Down But Not Out: The Recovery of a Downsized Labor Movement in Argentina (2002-2006) [January 2007]

Sebastian Etchemendy, Torcuato di Tella University, Buenos Aires

Ruth Berins Collier, University of California, Berkeley

http://repositories.cdlib.org/iir/iirwps/iirwps-141-07/

or

http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1143&context=iir

[full-text, 46 pages]

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)

ASSEMBLING WOMEN

The Feminization of Global Manufacturing [May 2007]

Teri L. Caraway

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4657

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

International

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 7.2.2007

COM(2007)49 final

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN

PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND

THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

on EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN - 2007 [4th Report]

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/docs/2007/com_2007_49_en.pdf

[full-text, 26 pages]

For additional information on gender mainstreaming, see

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/gender_mainstreaming/activity_reports_en.html

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

COMPARATIVE STUDY

Place of work and working conditions [5 April 2007]

http://eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/TN0701029S/index.htm

or

http://eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/TN0701029S/TN0701029S.htm

or

http://eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/TN0701029S/TN0701029S.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

OECD Statistical Profile of CHINA [2 April 2007]

http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/viewhtml.aspx?queryname=338&querytype=view

OECD Factbook 2007 [2 April 2007]

http://caliban.sourceoecd.org/vl=7393400/cl=16/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/

[One may need access to SourceOECD, available at most university libraries, to gain access].

Press Release

OECD Factbook 2007 [2 April 2007]

http://www.oecd.org/site/0,2865,en_21571361_34374092_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

Federal

[New!]

BLS: Experimental All Employee Hours and Earnings Series from the Current Employment Statistics Program [6 April 2007]

http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesaepp.htm

Census

* Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas Estimate

* Detailed Tables

* http://www.census.gov/popest/metro.html

* Maps

* http://www.census.gov/popest/gallery/maps/

* State Contacts

* http://www.census.gov/population/www/coop/contacts.html

Census Press Release * CB07-51

50 Fastest-Growing Metro Areas Concentrated in West and South [5 April 2007]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/009865.html

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention

Mobidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

April 6, 2007 / Vol. 56 / No. 13

Fatal Occupational Injuries --United States, 2005 [6 April 2007]

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5613.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL33937

The Financial Health of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

March 23, 2007

William J. Klunk, Actuary, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33937_20070323.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL33951

U.S. Trade Policy and the Caribbean: From Trade Preferences to Free Trade Agreements

April 4, 2007

J. F. Hornbeck, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign

Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33951_20070404.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Department of Labor

Office of Disability Employment Policy et al

Demystifying the Rehabilitation Act: What Faith-Based and Community Organizations Need to Know About Using Federal Financial Assistance to Serve People with Disabilities [6 April 2007]

http://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/fact/faith.htm

Press Release 6 April 2007

U.S. Department of Labor provides new publication for faith-based and community organizations on serving people with disabilities

Labor Department's Office of Disability Employment Policy, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, and Civil Rights Center collaborate on guidance

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/odep20070512.htm

EEOC

Questions and Answers about Deafness and Hearing Impairments in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act [March 2007]

http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/deafness.html

Homeland Security

Office of Immigration Statistics

ANNUAL FLOW REPORT

U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2006 [March 2007]

Kelly Jefferys

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/IS-4496_LPRFlowReport_04vaccessible.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

NIOSH (early informal release of the final approved report, with printed version and CD to follow)

Truck Driver Occupational Safety and Health

2003 Conference Report and Selective Literature Review*

Gregory M. Saltzman and Michael H. Belzer

Revised February 8, 2007

http://www.ilir.umich.edu/TIBP/truckdriverOSH/Reports/TruckDriverConferenceReport.pdf

[full-text, 134 pages]

U.S. Small Business Administration

Office of Advocacy

Minorities in Business: A Demographic Review of Minority Business Ownership [10 April 2007]

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs298tot.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Policy & Research

Training and Reskilling Practices of Healthcare Organizations

Research Report

Elizabeth Willis, AARP Knowledge Management

S. Kathi Brown, AARP Knowledge Management

March 2007

http://www.aarp.org/research/work/issues/health_training.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/health_training.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

AFL-CIO

EXECUTIVE PAY WATCH

http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/

Press Release

AFL-CIO's New Executive PayWatch Website Exposes Rigged CEO Pay System

April 05, 2007

http://www.aflcio.org/mediacenter/prsptm/04042007.cfm

Popular Website Gives Investors the Tools to Reform System, Demand Greater Accountability

www.paywatch.org

The Retirement System in Transition: The 2007 Retirement Confidence Survey [11 April 2007]

April 2007

EBRI Issue Brief #304

Paperback, 28 pp.

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_04a-20075.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Executive Summary

http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3800

Press Release

2007 Retirement Confidence Survey:

Americans Experience Retirement System Changes,

But Are Not Well-Positioned for Post-Work Years

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_764a_11Apr07.pdf

Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)

http://www.kctu.org/

KCTU REPORT:

Understanding the Actual Situation of Labor Rights in South Korea [9 February 2007]

http://nodong.org/bbs/view.php?id=eng_docu&no=56

Mercer

Mercer unveils 2006 Internet Industry Compensation trends for China

China

Beijing, 20 March 2007

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1261180

Mercer

HR Transformation in Europe -- Survey

http://www.mercerhr.com/europehrt2006

Press Release

HR perceives itself as more of a strategic business partner but acknowledges barriers to change

UK

London, 27 March 2007

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1262230

Towers Perrin

Spotlight on 2007 Health Care Cost Survey

March 2007

http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/hrservices_webcache_html.jsp?webc=HR_Services/United_States/News/Spotlights/2007/03192007_spotlight_hccs.htm&language_code=global&selected=home

Law

American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACSLP)

http://www.acslaw.org/

Video of April 5, ACS Briefing on Employer Liability for Discrimination:

BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Los Angeles v. EEOC

http://www.acslaw.org/node/4659

[click on Windows Media Player or RealPlayer at the bottom of the page to start the streaming video]

General Accountability Office (GAO)

Disability Programs: SSA Has Taken Steps to Address Conflicting Court Decisions, but Needs to Manage Data Better on the Increasing Number of Court Remands GAO-07-331, April 5, 2007

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07331.pdf

[full-text, 52 pages]

and

Highlights

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07331high.pdf

Abstract

http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-07-331

Statistical Reports

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: FEBRUARY 2007 [10 April 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 15 pages]

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MARCH 2007 [6 April 2007]

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

or

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: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: FEBRUARY 2007 [4 April 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 22 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22636

April 2, 2007

Alcohol Use Among Youth

Andrew R. Sommers, Analyst in Chronic Care and Disability, Domestic Social Policy Division

Ramya Sundararaman, Analyst in Public Health, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22636_20070402.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

UC BERKELEY'S PRESS RELEASE

UC Berkeley's Institute of Industrial Relations Has a New Name [4 April 2007]

http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/enews/namechange_april07.html

______________________________
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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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, 4 April 2007

Academic Research

BLS Working Paper 403

Establishment Wage Differentials [26 March 2007]

Julia I. Lane, Laurie A. Salmon, and James R. Spletzer (2007)

http://www.bls.gov/ore/abstract/ec/ec070020.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/ore/pdf/ec070020.pdf

[full-text, 37 pages]

BLS Working Paper 404

The Strength of Occupation Indicators as a Proxy for Skill [26 March 2007]

Alec Levenson and Cindy Zoghi (2007)

http://www.bls.gov/ore/abstract/ec/ec070030.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/ore/pdf/ec070030.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

Foreign Firms, Domestic Wages

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13001.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages

Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, James R. Markusen, Bertel Schjerning

NBER Working Paper No. 13001

Issued in March 2007

---- Abstract -----

http://www.nber.org/papers/w13001

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

International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

New structures, forms and processes of governance in European industrial relations [29 March 2007]

http://eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0694.htm

or

http://eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/94/en/1/ef0694en.pdf

[full-text, 96 pages]

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Japanese Working Life Profile 2006/2007 -- Labor Statistics

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborinfo-e/library/JapaneseWorkingLifeProfile2006-2007.pdf [February 2007]

[full-text, 94 pages]

OECD

Ask the economists: The pensions challenge - financing retirement [29 March to 5 April]

http://www.oecd.org/document/0/0,2340,en_2649_201185_38324736_1_1_1_1,00.html

BACKGROUND READING

Pensions at a glance

< http://www.oecd.org/document/33/0,2340,en_2649_201185_34824801_1_1_1_1,00.html >

Pensions Panorama - Retirement Income systems in 53 countries

< http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?lang=EN&sf1=identifiers&st1=9264032118 >

Solving the pensions puzzle (policy brief)

< http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/53/19/34587956.pdf>

Pension challenges and pension reforms in OECD countries

< http://oxrep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/22/1/78>

Global Pension Statistics

< http://www.oecd.org/document/46/0,2340,en_2649_201185_36091822_1_1_1_1,00.html >

Pensions working papers

< http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=16407198/cl=26/nw=1/rpsv/workingpapers/19936397.htm >

United Nations

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

and

African Union

ECONOMIC REPORT ON AFRICA 2007: Accelerating Africa's Development Through Diversification [3 April 2007]

http://www.uneca.org/era2007/

or

http://www.uneca.org/era2007/ERA2007Full.pdf

[full-text, 182 pages]

Federal

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online [28 March 2007]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Pretax Benefits: Access to Section 125 Cafeteria Benefits and Health Savings Accounts in the United States, Private Industry [28 March 2007]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20070321ar01p1.htm

Census

FAMILIES and LIVING ARRANGEMENTS 2006 [27 March 2007]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html

or

DETAILED TABLES

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2006.html

PHOTOS

http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/broadcast/photos/people_places/004309.html

Press Release

CB07-46

Single-Parent Households Showed Little Variation Since 1994, Census Bureau Reports [27 March 2007]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/009842.html

Census

The Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Income and Poverty in the United States: 2005 [29 March 2007]

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/effect2005.html

or

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/p60-232.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

DETAILED TABLES

http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032006/alttoc/toc.htm

GRAPHS

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/graphs.html

TABLES

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/effect2005/tables.html

SOURCE and ACCURACY

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/p60_231sa.pdf

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL33935

The Economics of Corporate Executive Pay

March 22, 2007

Gary Shorter, Specialist in Business and Government Relations, Government and Finance Division

Marc Labonte, Specialist in Macroeconomics, Government and Finance Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33935_20070322.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

A CBO Paper

Labor Productivity: Developments Since 1995 [26 March 2007]

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7910&sequence=0&from=7

or

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/79xx/doc7910/03-26-Labor.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Background Paper:

Utilization of Tax Incentives for Retirement Saving: Update to 2003 [30 March 2007]

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7980&sequence=0&from=7

or

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/79xx/doc7980/03-30-TaxIncentives.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)

Investigation No. 332-325, Publication 3906

February 2007

The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints, Fifth Update 2007 [online 20 March 2007]

http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/332/pub3906.pdf

[full-text, 236 pages]

SSA

Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2006 [30 March 2007]

(released March 2007)

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/asia/index.html

[scroll down for individual country reports]

or

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/asia/ssptw06asia.pdf

[full-text, 228 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

THE 2007 STATE NEW ECONOMY INDEX [27 February 2007]

Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the States

http://www.itif.org/files/2007_State_New_Economy_Index_Small.pdf

[full-text, 92 pages] -- low resolution 1mb

Press Release 27 February 2007

http://www.itif.org/files/2007SNEIRelease.pdf

Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22635

March 28, 2007

Legal Issues in Terminations of Single-Employer Pension Plans: Beck v. PACE International Union

Jennifer Staman, Erika Lunder, Legislative Attorneys, American Law Division

http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22635_20070328.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Statistical Reports

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

State Personal Income 2006 [27 March 2007]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/spi_newsrelease.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2007/pdf/spi0307.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2007/xls/spi0307.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2007/pdf/spi0307pc_fax.pdf

BLS: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-DECEMBER 2006 [29 March 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 28 pages]

BLS: America's Youth at 19: School Enrollment, Training, and Employment Transitions between Ages 18 and 19 Summary [27 March 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 11 pages]

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: FEBRUARY 2007 [30 March 2007]

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

or

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

BLS: Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, Ten Countries, 1960-2006 [20 March 2007]

http://www.bls.gov/fls/flscomparelf.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/fls/lfcompendium.pdf

[full-text, 37 pages]

BLS: Unemployment rates in nine countries, civilian labor force basis, approximating U.S. concepts, seasonally adjusted, 1995-2007 [9 March 2007]

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flsjec.txt

BLS: Unemployment rates in the European Union and selected member countries,civilian labor force basis (1), seasonally adjusted, 1995-2007 [9 March 2007]

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flseur.txt

BLS: Harmonized index of consumer prices for selected countries and areas, percent change from same period of previous year, 2003-2007 [9 March 2007]

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flshicp.txt

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

WOMEN IN NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS [28 February 2007]

http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm

Census

Current Business Reports

BR/06-A

Annual Revision of Monthly Retail and Food Services: Sales and InventoriesJanuary 1992 Through February 2007 [29 March 2007]

Issued March 2007

http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/br06-a.pdf

[full-text, 94 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.

****************************************
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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