Wednesday, September 12, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 12 September 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, 12 September 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, 12 September 2007
Academic Research
- International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
- Geneva
- Discussion Paper 178/2007
- See additional papers at -- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/papers/index.htm
- Globalization, the impact of trade liberalization, and labour law: The case of South Africa
- by Jan Theron, Shane Godfrey and Margareet Visser
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp17807.pdf
- [full-text, 37 pages]
- Explaining the Spread of At-Will Employment as an Inter-Jurisdictional Race-to-the-Bottom of Employment Standards
- RICHARD A. BALES
- Northern Kentucky University - Salmon P. Chase College of Law
- July 19, 2007
- http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=989013
- or
- http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=richard_bales
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Research Net. Working Papers: R-539
- Discrimination and Social Networks: Popularity among High School Students in Argentina
- http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=R-539
- or
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubR-539.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- Author:
- Elías, Víctor, Ronconi, Lucas, Elías, Julio
- Published:
- August 2007
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Research Dep. Working Papers: WP-614
- Discrimination in Latin America : an elephant in the room?
- http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=WP-614
- or
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-614.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- Author:
- Chong, Alberto, Ñopo, Hugo
- Published:
- July 2007
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Market or State? Three Decades of Reforms in the Latin American Electric Power Industry [July 2007]
- Millan, Jose Jaime
- ISBN: 13: 978-1-59782-055-4
- http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=1042168
- [full-text, 308 pages]
- UC Berkeley Labor Center
- Job Quality and Black Workers: An Examination of the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York [2 September 2007]
- http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/blackworkers/black_workers_2007.pdf
- [full-text, 60 pages]
- or
- Executive Summary
- http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/blackworkers/black_workers_2007_summary.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Minimum wages in Europe - Background paper [7 September 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0783.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/83/en/1/ef0783en.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Working conditions surveys A comparative analysis [29 August 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0744.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/44/en/1/ef0744en.pdf
- [full-text, 60 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Financial participation of employees in the European Union: Much ado about nothing? (Background Paper) [3 September 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0772.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/72/en/1/ef0772en.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- ILO
- Key Indicators of the Labour Market, Fifth Edition
- http://www.ilo.org/kilm
- and registration (free)
- http://kilm.ilo.org/2007/register/
- Press Release
- New ILO report says US leads the world in labour productivity, some regions are catching up, most lag behind [2 September 2007]
- http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_083976/index.htm
- Video - Interview with Lawrence J. Johnson on Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM), 5th Edition
- * < http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Broadcast_materials/Videointerviews/lang--en/docName--WCMS_083985/index.htm >
- Video - East Asia is the growth productivity story of the decade, according to new figures from the Key Indicators of the Labour Market, released this week at a press conference in Geneva.
- * < http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Broadcast_materials/B-rolls/lang--en/docName--WCMS_083987/index.htm >
- BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW ONLINE [31 August 2007]
- July/August 2007
- Vol. 130, Number 7/8
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Price highlights, 2006: energy goods retreat, moderating producer prices
- Tammy Hredzak, Joseph Kowal, Antonio Lombardozzi, and William Snyders
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/07/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Railroad-related work injury fatalities
- Dino Drudi
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/07/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- Earnings by gender: evidence from Census 2000
- Daniel H. Weinberg
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/07/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- Reports
- Labor force status of families: a visual essay
- Stella Cromartie
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/07/ressum.pdf
- [coming soon]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Economic and Budget Issue Brief
- Assessing Pay and Benefits for Military Personnel
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8550&type=0
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/85xx/doc8550/08-15-MilitaryCompensation_Brief.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34155
- Income Inequality and the U.S. Tax System
- September 4, 2007
- Thomas L. Hungerford, Specialist in Public Finance, Government and Finance Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34155_20070904.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL30122
- Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends
- Updated September 6, 2007
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30122_20070906.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL30629
- Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends
- Updated September 7, 2007
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30629_20070907.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- U.S. Department of Labor
- Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
- The Department of Labor's 2006 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor [4 September 2007]
- Report Required by the Trade and Development Act of 2000
- http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2006OCFTreport.pdf
- [full-text, 706 pages]
- U.S. Labor Department issues sixth annual report on child labor in trade beneficiary countries [4 September 2007]
- Report required under Trade and Development Act
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ilab/ILAB20071325.htm
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- September 4, 2007
- "The Demand for Local Services and Infrastructure Created by an Aging Population,"
- by Richard Deitz and Ramon Garcia
- (Upstate New York Regional Review, vol. 2, no. 1)
- http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/regional_economy/upstate/upstatenews2-1.html
- or
- http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/regional_economy/upstate/reg_rev2-1.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- See Press Release, 4 September 2007
- http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2007/rp070904.html
- Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
- THE BEIGE BOOK [5 September 2007]
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/beigebook/2007/
- or
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/beigebook/2007/20070905/FullReport.htm
- GAO: Health Care 20 Years From Now: Taking Steps Today to Meet Tomorrow's Challenges.
- (Highlights of a forum convened by the comptroller general of the United States.) GAO-07-1155SP, September 2007.
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-1155SP
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d071155sp.pdf
- [full-text, 38 pages]
- and
- Highlights -
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071155sphigh.pdf
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES_
- New! Mini-Digest of Education Statistics 2006 [6 September 2007]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007067
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007067.pdf
- [full-text, 75 pages]
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2004
- (released August 2007)
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/eedata_sc/2004/index.html
- or
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/eedata_sc/2004/eedata_sc04.pdf
- [full-text, 485 pages]
- or
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/eedata_sc/2004/eedata_sc04.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2006
- (released August 2007)
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2006/index.html
- or
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2006/di_asr06.pdf
- [full-text, 181 pages]
- or
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2006/di_asr06.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS)
- NOTE: The item below refers to TRANSFER (Periodical) --
- see http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/publications/regular_publications/transfer
- or for this specific issue, see
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/publications/regular_publications/transfer/2007/transfer_2_2007_accommodating_and_managing_change_trade_union_strategies_in_europe
- 6/09/2007 - Press release:
- Trade Unions in the modern world: Tracing the path towards strategies that successfully manage change (Transfer 02/2007)
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/en/about_etui_rehs/press/press_releases#022007
- or
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/en/content/download/1222/6168/file/MASTERENCP022007TRANSFERMANAGINGCHANGE.pdf
- Greater Manchester Hazards Centre
- Web site: http://www.gmhazards.org.uk/
- The following is found at the web site above under CAMPAIGNING.
- Press Release immediate use 7th September 2007
- http://www.gmhazards.org.uk/PR%20re%20Work%20Foundation%207.9.07.doc
- NOTE: The above is a response to the latest Work Foundation Report (see below in this category)
- Hudson Employment Index Tumbles in August [5 September 2007]
- Worker Confidence Plunges to Lowest Reading in Nearly Two Years
- http://www.hudson-index.com/node.asp?SID=8362
- or
- http://www.hudson-index.com/documents/us-hudson-index-release-090507.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- MORE DETAIL at
- http://www.hudson-index.com/
- Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
- Fact Sheet
- IWPR #B527 August 2007
- Maternity Leave in the United States
- Paid Parental Leave is still Not Standard, even among the Best U.S. Employers
- http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/parentalleave.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- PRESS RELEASE: September 5, 2007
- Contact: Elisabeth Crum 202.785.5100 x24
- Even the Best U.S. Corporations Fail to Provide Maternity and Paternity Leave
- New IWPR Analysis Reveals Minimal Coverage for Working Parents
- http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/parentalleaverelease.pdf
- Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
- "The Burden of Out-of-Pocket Health Spending Among Older Versus Younger Adults: Analysis from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1998-2003" [7 September 2007]
- analysis by Katherine A. Desmond, M.S., and Thomas Rice, Ph.D., of the University of California, Los Angeles; and Juliette Cubanski, Ph.D. and Patricia Neuman, Sc.D., of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
- http://www.kff.org/medicare/7686.cfm
- or
- http://www.kff.org/medicare/upload/7686.pdf
- Mercer
- After a three-year lull, health benefit cost growth picks up a little speed in 2008
- United States
- New York, 5 September 2007
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1279545;jsessionid=HE5ENIWEZCJWCCTGOUFCHPQKMZ0QUJLW
- Towers Perrin
- Press Release
- Towers Perrin Survey Shows Corporate Reward Programs Out of Date in a Rapidly Changing Market [5 September 2007]
- Results Show Rewards and Performance Management Seldom in Line With Business Strategy and Viewed as Less Than Effective in Meeting Business Needs
- http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/hrservices_webcache_html.jsp?webc=HR_Services/United_States/Press_Releases/2007/20070905/2007_09_05.htm&selected=press&language_code=global
- Watson Wyatt
- THE WORLD'S LARGEST 300 PENSION FUNDS
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/europe/research/pdf/PI_300_Analysis_2007.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- Press Release [5 September 2007]
- Top global pension funds reach ten trillion dollar mark
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=17780
- The Work Foundation (UK)
- Fit for Work: Musculoskeletal Disorders and Labour Market Participation
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/products/publications/azpublications/fitforwork.aspx
- or
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/Assets/PDFs/fit_for_work_small.pdf
- [full-text, 72 pages]
- Press Release
- Work is 'cure as well as cause' of major workplace illnesses
- 07 September 2007
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/aboutus/media/pressreleases/workiscureaswellascauseofmajorworkplaceillnesses.aspx
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22697
- July 23, 2007
- Federal Law on Parking Privileges for Persons with Disabilities
- Anna Henning, Law Clerk, American Law Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RS22697_20070723.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33313
- Congressional Commissions, Committees, Boards, and Groups: Appointment Authority and Membership
- Updated April 4, 2007
- Matthew E. Glassman, Analyst in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33313.pdf
- [full-text, 123 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22713
- August 28, 2007
- Health and Safety Concerns Over U.S. Imports of Chinese Products: An Overview
- Wayne M. Morrison, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22713_20070828.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- General Accountability Office (GAO)
- Employer-Sponsored Benefits: Many Factors Affect the Treatment of Pension and Health Benefits in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. GAO-07-1101, September 6.
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d071101.pdf
- [full-text, 48 pages]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071101high.pdf
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
- U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES July 2007 [11 September 2007]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/pdf/trad0707.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/xls/trad0707.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/pdf/trad0707_fax.pdf
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: JULY 2007 [11 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- BLS: Employment from the BLS household and payroll surveys: summary of recent trends [7 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ces_cps_trends.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- Issues in Labor Statistics
- Summary 07-08/ August 2007
- Security guard employment before and after 2001
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils61.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- BLS: Unemployment rates in ten countries, civilian labor force basis, approximating U.S. concepts, seasonally adjusted, 1995-2007 [7 September 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 [7 September 2007]
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flseur.txt
- BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: AUGUST 2007 [7 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Second Quarter 2007, Revised [6 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm
- Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2007:
- Sept. 15 Oct. 15
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010327.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2007/cb07ff-14.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- Economist.com
- Selected Rankings from the Pocket World in Figures [22 August 2007]
- RANKINGS by TOPIC and COUNTRY
- http://www.economist.com/markets/rankings/
- [use pull-down menu on right]
- Cornell
- NEW YORK MarketMaker [Database]
- http://nymarketmaker.cornell.edu/
- Press Release
- Chronicle Online e-News
- New York MarketMaker Web site links farms and businesses across the state [4 September 2007]
- http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept07/MarketMaker.ws.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.
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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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