Wednesday, January 30, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 30 January 2008
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, 30 January 2008
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, 30 January 2008
Academic Research
- No. ID-17
- OFFICE OF INDUSTRIES WORKING PAPER
- U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION (USITC)
- International Cooperation on Trade and Labor Issues [January 2008]
- Jennifer Baumert, Kyle Johnson, Dawn Heuschel, Brendan Lynch
- http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/research_work_papers/documents/LaborWPID17%20.pdf
- [full-text, 68 pages]
- ILR IMPACT BRIEFS (recently released)
- The ILR Impact Brief series highlights the research and project based work conducted by ILR faculty that is relevant to workplace issues and public policy. The Briefs are prepared by Maralyn Edid, Senior Extension Associate, ILR School.
- Transcending Free Market Unionism: A New Alliance for New York State Unions (Jeff Grabelsky, Cornell ILR)
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/33/
- It's a Paradox: Union Workers Less Satisfied but Less Likely to Quit (Tove H. Hammer and Ariel C. Avgar, Cornell ILR)
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/34/
- Workforce Alignment and Fluidity May Yield a Competitive Advantage (Lee Dyer, Cornell ILR; Jeff Ericksen, University of Illinois)
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/35/
- Labor Branches Out: Resurgence in the Urban Core (Lowell Turner, Cornell ILR)
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/36/
International
- European Commission
- Equality between women and men 2008 [23 January 2008]
- http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/docs/com_2008_0010_en.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- Press Release
- More women in work, but 'better' jobs needed too [23 January 2008]
- http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/79&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
- European Commission
- Women and men in decision-making 2007: Analysis of the situation and trends [25 January 2008]
- http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/gender_mainstreaming/balancedparticipation/report_trends_final_2007_en.pdf
- [full-text, 43 pages]
- Executive Summary
- http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/gender_mainstreaming/balancedparticipation/executive_summary_en.pdf
- European Commission
- Database: Women and men in decision-making
- http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/women_men_stats/index_en.htm
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Programme of work 2008: Annual management plan [24 January 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0802.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/02/en/1/ef0802en.pdf
- [full-text, 29 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- Journalists highlight poor employment conditions and decline in standards [21 January 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2007/12/articles/eu0712029i.htm
- JAPAN LABOR REVIEW
- Vol. 5, No. 1 Winter 2008 [25 January 2008]
- http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR17_all.pdf
- [full-text, 160 pages]
- Special Edition
- Regional Employment
- Korea Labor Institute (KLI)
- [KOREA] LABOR TRENDS 2008 [22 January 2008]
- https://www.kli.re.kr/kli/html_eng/06_trend/engtrendboard/view.asp?seq=62&page=1&mode=2&ctop=1&csub=0&lsize=0&syear=2008&stype=0&stext =
- ILO
- GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS 2008 [23 January 2008]
- http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_090106.pdf
- [full-text, 60 pages]
- Press Release
- http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_090085/index.htm
- International Labour Organization (ILO) Bangkok
- EmployAbility: A resource guide on disability for employers in Asia and the Pacific [2007]
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/disability/download/perry.pdf
- [full-text, 142 pages]
- World Bank
- KEY RESOURCES (links) in SUPPORT of the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
- http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21618003~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html
- Census
- What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2004 [29 January 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/fld-of-trn.html
- or
- DETAILED TABLES
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/sipp2004w2.html
- Press Release
- More Education Pays Off; As Does Certain Fields of Training [29 January 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011392.html
- Census
- Top Ranking Industries Organized by State [28 January 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/topstates.html
- See NEW YORK example
- http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/data/tops/TOPSTNY.HTM
- Press Release
- Know Your State, Economically Speaking [28 January 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/economic_census/011398.html
- Census
- 2006 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey [24 January 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/csd/ace/
- or
- http://www.census.gov/csd/ace/xls/2006/Full%20Report.htm
- Press Release
- Capital Spending Reaches All-Time High [24 January 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/economic_surveys/011360.html
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- CBO PAPER
- Options for Responding to Short-Term Economic Weakness [15 January 2008]
- January 2008
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8916/01-15-Econ_Stimulus.pdf
- [full-text, 35 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2018 [23 January 2008]
- January 2008
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8917/01-23-2008_BudgetOutlook.pdf
- [full-text, 199 pages]
- Testimony on the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2018
- January 24, 2008
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8935/01-24-Senate_Testimony.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Testimony on the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2018
- January 23, 2008
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8933/01-23-House_Testimony.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34315
- The U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: Effects After Three Years
- January 7, 2008
- Dick K. Nanto, Specialist in Industry and Trade, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34315_20080107.pdf
- [full-text, 23 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34319
- Foreign Ownership of U.S. Financial Assets: Implications of a Withdrawal
- January 14, 2008
- James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34319_20080114.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22761
- November 23, 2007
- Extending Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) to Service Workers: How Many Workers Could Potentially Be Covered? [online January 2008]
- John J. Topoleski, Analyst in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22761_20071123.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- U.S. Department of Labor announces $1.25 million to North Carolina to help trade-affected workers pay for health insurance [24 January 2008]
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20080109.htm
- HHS
- 2008 HHS POVERTY GUIDELINES [23 January 2008]
- http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/08poverty.shtml
- See Federal Register 23 January 2008
- http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/08fedreg.htm
- or
- http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/08fedreg.pdf
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Recent Participation in Formal Learning Among Working-Age Adults with Different Levels of Education [29 January 2008]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008041
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008041.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- Technical Appendix
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008041_TechnicalAppendix.pdf
- Standard Error Tables
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008041_SE.pdf
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Alternative Personnel Systems in the Federal Government -
- A Status Report on Demonstration Projects and Other Performance-Based Pay Systems [online 29 January 2008]
- http://www.opm.gov/demos/2007StatusReport_on_DemonstrationProjects_and_OtherPerformance-BasedPaySystems.pdf
- [full-text, 45 pages]
- Press Release
- OPM Issues Status Report on Performance-Based Pay Systems in the Federal Government [29 January 2008]
- http://www.opm.gov/news/opm-issues-status-report-on-performancebased-pay-systems-in-the-federal-government,1356.aspx
- See additional information about Alternative Personnel Systems at
- http://www.opm.gov/aps/reports/index.asp
- Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
- 2006 American Community Survey and Census Data on the Foreign Born by State [28 January 2008]
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub/acscensus.cfm
- RAND
- Occasional Paper
- Managing Diversity in Corporate America: An Exploratory Analysis [23 January 2008]
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP206/
- or
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2007/RAND_OP206.pdf
- [full-text, 46 pages]
- See Press Release [23 January 2008]
- Path to Diversity Success Varies According to Company's History, Culture, Mission
- http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/01/23/
- Towers Perrin
- ASIA/PACIFIC COMPENSATION PLANNING REPORT (October 2007) [From Press Release 17 January 2008]
- http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/getwebcachedoc?webc=HRS/CHN/2008/200801/AsiaPac_survey.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Press Release
- Towers Perrin Global Study Points to High 2008 Salary Growth in Emerging Markets in Asia [17 January 2008]
- http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/hrservices_webcache_html.jsp?webc=HR_Services/China/Press_Releases/2008/20080117/2008_01_17.htm&selected=press&language_code=global
- Watson Wyatt
- Many Companies Still Unlikely to Disclose Performance Goals in Their 2008 Proxy Statements, Watson Wyatt Poll Finds [24 January 2008]
- Most Companies to Make Other Changes to Their Proxy Disclosures for 2008
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/us/news/press.asp?ID=18567
- EEOC
- HENREDON FURNITURE INDUSTRIES TO PAY $465,000 FOR RACIAL HARASSMENT, HANGMAN'S NOOSES [24 January 2008]
- EEOC Settles Class Suit for Black Employees at Racially Hostile Workplace
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-24-08.html
- EEOC: FY 2007 Performance and Accountability Highlights [15 January 2008]
- http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/plan/par/2007/highlights.html
- EEOC
- Improving the Participation Rate of People with Targeted Disabilities in the Federal Work Force [15 January 2008]
- January 2008
- http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/pwtd.html
- or
- http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/pwtd.pdf
- [full-text, 44 pages]
- NLRB ANNOUNCES PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE TAKING OF VIDEO TESTIMONY IN REPRESENTATION PROCEEDINGS [11 January 2008]
- http://www.nlrb.gov/about_us/news_room/template_html.aspx?file=http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/R-2654.htm
- or
- http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/R-2654.pdf
- BEA: Private Services-Producing Sector Continued to Lead Growth in 2006 [29 January 2008]
- Revised Statistics of Gross Domestic Product by Industry, 2004-2006
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/gdpindnewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/pdf/gdpind06_rev.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/xls/gdpind06_rev.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/pdf/gdpind06_rev_fax.pdf
- BLS: UNION MEMBERS IN 2007 [25 January 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf
- [full-text ,12 pages]
- BLS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS IN MANUFACTURING, 2006 [25 January 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ichcc.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ichcc.pdf
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2007 [29 January 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
- [full-text, 23 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN DECEMBER 2007 AND ANNUAL TOTALS FOR 2007 [24 January 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- BLS: AMERICA'S YOUTH AT 20: SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, TRAINING, AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS BETWEEN AGES 19 AND 20 [23 January 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.toc.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsyth.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- BLS: VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES, 2007 [23 January 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/volun.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN DECEMBER 2007 [16 January 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: DECEMBER 2007 [16 January 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
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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
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