Tuesday, March 18, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 19 March 2008
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
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 19 March 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, 19 March 2008
Academic Research
- IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
- http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
- Recent studies include
- 3405
- 3404
- 3403
- 3402
- W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
- Working Paper 08-138
- Is There a Role for Public Support of Incumbent Worker On-the-Job Training?, Kevin Hollenbeck [2008]
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08-138.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- Abstract
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/08138wp.html
- Thomson-West Publishers
- West Law School Division
- International Labor Law: Cases and Materials on Workers' Rights in the Global Economy (American Casebook Series®)
- http://www.westacademic.com/Professors/ProductDetails.aspx?tab=1&productid=137894
- Authors:
- Atleson, James; Compa, Lance [ilr School]; Rittich, Kerry; Sharpe, Calvin; Weiss, Marley
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Codes of conduct and international framework agreements: New forms of governance at company level [18 March 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0792.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/92/en/1/ef0792en.pdf
- [full-text, 105 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Tackling undeclared work in the European Union [12 March 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0813.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/13/en/1/ef0813en.pdf
- [full-text, 36 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Database of Case Studies [28 currently]
- Tackling undeclared work in the European Union
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/labourmarket/tackling/search.php
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions [Dublin Foundation]
- Below is a series of fact sheets which are part of a Eurofound resource pack on 'Working Longer, Living Better Europe's coming of age'.
- Working longer, living better Women at work
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08245.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/245/en/1/ef08245en.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Working longer, living better Europe's coming of age
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08241.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/241/en/1/ef08241en.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Working longer, living better What companies can do
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08242.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/242/en/1/ef08242en.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Working longer, living better Who cares?
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08243.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/243/en/1/ef08243en.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Working longer, living better Focus on all phases of life
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08244.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08244.htm
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- MAP of REMITTANCES 2007
- http://www.iadb.org/mif/remesas_map.cfm?language=English&parid=5
- Press Release
- March 11, 2008
- Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean slower, IDB fund says
- http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/articledetail.cfm?artid=4459&language=En
- OECD
- Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
- http://www.oecd.org/document/57/0,3343,en_2649_201185_34474617_1_1_1_1,00.html
- or
- www.oecd.org/els/employment/piaac
- The papers listed here are background documents that have been used to help develop such a strategy.
- Draft Strategy Paper: Policy Objectives, Strategic Options and Cost Implications
- * < http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/3/3/34463133.pdf>
- "What Do Policy Makers Need to Know About the Skills of Young People and the School to Work Transition?" (by Peter Dolton)
- * < http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/48/50/34474626.pdf>
- "Developing an International Survey on Adult Skills and Competencies: Aims and Methodological Issues" (by Vincent Merle)
- * < http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/26/34474635.pdf>
- Press Release
- New OECD programme to test skills of adults in today's work environment [17 March 2008]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,3343,en_2649_201185_40290890_1_1_1_1,00.html
- National Director for Health and Work (UK)
- Dame Carol Black's Review of the health of Britain's working age population
- WORKING FOR A HEALTHIER TOMORROW [17 March 2008]
- Presented to the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- 17th March 2008, London: TSO
- http://www.workingforhealth.gov.uk/Carol-Blacks-Review/
- or
- http://www.workingforhealth.gov.uk/documents/working-for-a-healthier-tomorrow-tagged.pdf
- [full-text, 115 pages]
- BLS Spotlight on Statistics
- Around the World in Eight Charts [17 March 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2008/around_the_world/
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC]
- Job Patterns For Minorities And Women In Private Industry 2006 (EEO-1) [14 March 2008]
- http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/jobpat/jobpat.html
- 2006 TABLES
- http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/jobpat/2006/index.html
- HHS
- The Office on Women's Health
- Quick Health Data Online [DATABASE]
- http://www.healthstatus2010.com/owh/
- [Previously known as the National Women's Health Indicator Database]
- To search, go to --
- http://www.healthstatus2010.com/owh/select_variables.aspx
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Telework Under the Microscope - A Report on the National Science Foundation's Telework Program [11 March 2008]
- http://www.teleworkexchange.com/nsfstudy/
- or
- http://www.teleworkexchange.com/nsfstudy/slides.asp
- [19 slides]
- Press Release 08-038 [11 March 2008]
- "Telework" Benefits Employers, Employees and the Environment
- http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111252
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2006, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty, 2006-07 [11 March 2008]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008172
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008172.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages]
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- NSF 08-304 | March 2008
- InfoBrief
- An Overview of Science, Engineering, and Health Graduates: 2006 [10 March 2008]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08304/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08304/nsf08304.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Interest Rates Used for Computation of Back Pay [14 March 2008]
- http://www.opm.gov/oca/pay/backpay/html/backpay.asp
- U.S. State Department
- Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
- March 11, 2008
- 2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices [11 March 2008]
- http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2007/index.htm
- Alzheimer's Association
- 2008 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures [18 March 2008]
- http://www.alz.org/national/documents/report_alzfactsfigures2008.pdf
- [full-text, 43 pages]
- Press Release 18 March 2008
- TEN MILLION U.S. BABY BOOMERS WILL DEVELOP ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
- - One in Eight Boomers Will Develop Alzheimer's Disease
- http://www.alz.org/national/documents/release_031808_2008_facts_and_figures.pdf
- European Trade Union Institute-Research, Education, Health & Safety (ETUI-REHS )
- Benchmarking Working Europe 2008 [10 March 2008]
- isbn 978-2-87452-121-8
- publisher ETUI-REHS and ETUC, Brussels, 2008
- nb. of pages111
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/Publications/Regular-publications/Benchmarking-Working-Europe/Benchmarking-Working-Europe-2008
- or
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/Publications/Regular-publications/Benchmarking-Working-Europe
- Introduction
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/Media/Files/Bench/Bench-2008/Introduction
- John Monks, General Secretary of the ETUC; Philippe Pochet, General Director of the ETUI-REHS; Maria Jepsen,
- Director, Research Department, ETUI-REHS)
- 1. Social Europe means better quality of jobs and collective solutions
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/Media/Files/Bench/Bench-2008/Chapter-1
- Maria Helena André Deputy General Secretary, ETUC
- 2. Macroeconomic developments and policy issues
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/Media/Files/Bench/Bench-2008/Chapter-2
- Andrew Watt, Senior Research Officer, ETUI-REHS
- 3. Employment
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/Media/Files/Bench/Bench-2008/Chapter-3
- Janine Leschke, Research Officer, ETUI-REHS
- 4. Europe's youth = Europe's future
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/Media/Files/Bench/Bench-2008/Chapter-4
- Klaus Schömann, Professor International University of Bremen; Christoph Hilbert, Research Officer, WZB
- 5. Wages developments
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/Media/Files/Bench/Bench-2008/Chapter-5
- Maarten Keune, Senior Research Officer, ETUI-REHS
- 6. Social protection and the social reality of Europe
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/Media/Files/Bench/Bench-2008/Chapter-6
- Maria Jepsen, Director Research Department, ETUI-REHS; Janine Leschke, Research Officer, ETUI-REHS
- 7. Workers' involvement, corporate social responsibility and corporate governance
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/Media/Files/Bench/Bench-2008/Chapter-7
- Romuald Jagodzinski, Research Officer, ETUI-REHS; Norbert Kluge, Senior Research Officer, ETUI-REHS;
- Isabelle Schömann, Senior Research Officer, ETUI-REHS; Michael Stollt, Research Officer, ETUI-REHS
- 8. Europe's social dialogue and European labour law
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/Media/Files/Bench/Bench-2008/Chapter-8
- Stefan Clauwaert, Senior Research Officer, ETUI-REHS; Isabelle Schömann, Senior Research Officer, ETUI-REHS;
- Wiebke Warneck, Research Officer, ETUI-REHS
- International Organisation of Employers (IOE)
- TRENDS IN THE WORKPLACE 2008: Enterprises in a Globalizing World [17 March 2008]
- http://www.ioe-emp.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents_pdf/papers/surveys/english/survey2008_trendsworkplace.pdf
- [full-text, 52 pages]
- Press Release 17 March 2008
- Urgent need for policy makers to better adapt to changing labour markets
- will appear shortly at - http://www.ioe-emp.org/en/press-release/index.html
- http://www.ioe-emp.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents_pdf/press_releases/english/PR-0308-01_Trends_in_the_workplace_launch.pdf
- Mercer
- The emergence of employee benefits in the UAE [United Arab Emirates]
- Last updated: 7 March 2008
- http://www.mercer.com/referencecontent.jhtml?idContent=1295195
- National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA)
- http://www.workforceatm.org/index.cfm
- See also
- One Stop/WIA System Featured Headlines
- http://www.workforceatm.org/subject.cfm?results_sub_id=51
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 2007 [3 March 2008]
- http://www.workforceatm.org/articles/template.cfm?results_art_filename=naswareport07.htm
- or
- http://www.workforceatm.org/sections/pdf/2008/Annuual%20Report%2007.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA)
- Workforce Links
- http://www.workforceatm.org/links.cfm
- Vault
- 2008 OFFICE BETTING POOLS SURVEY [11 March 2008]
- http://www.thevault.com/surveys/betting/index.jsp
- Press Release [11 March 2008]
- It's Prime Time for Office Pools
- http://www.thevault.com/nr/newsmain.jsp?nr_page=3&ch_id=420&article_id=31786739
- Watson Wyatt
- More Companies, Workers Adopt Consumer-Directed Health Plans [13 March 2008]
- Nearly Half of Employers Now Have CDHPs, Watson Wyatt/National Business Group on Health Survey Finds
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=18805
- Work Foundation (UK)
- The Knowledge Economy: How Knowledge is Reshaping the Economic Life of Nations [11 March 2008]
- Ian Brinkley March 2008
- http://theworkfoundation.com/products/publications/azpublications/kereshapingnation.aspx
- or
- http://theworkfoundation.com/Assets/PDFs/KE_life_of_nations.pdf
- [full-text, 92 pages]
- Press Release
- Knowledge economy programme new report published
- 11 March 2008
- http://theworkfoundation.com/aboutus/media/pressreleases/knowledgeeconomyprogrammenewreportpublished.aspx
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22827
- March 4, 2008
- Liability of Plan Fiduciaries under ERISA: LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates
- Jennifer Staman, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22827_20080304.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- EBSA News Release: [03/12/2008]
- Contact Name: John M. Chavez
- Phone Number: (617) 565-2075
- Release Number: 08-0207-NEW
- White Plains, N.Y., employer and company president ordered to restore $1.5 million to retirement plan to resolve U.S. Labor Department lawsuit [12 March 2008]
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ebsa/ebsa20080207.htm
- EEOC
- ALLIED AVIATION TO PAY NEARLY $2 MILLION FOR HARASSMENT OF BLACK AND HISPANIC WORKERS [11 March 2008]
- EEOC Resolves Class Case Involving Nooses, Racial Slurs and Graffiti at Airport Facility
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-11-08.html
- ESA News Release: [03/14/2008]
- Contact Name: Loren Smith or Richard Manning
- Phone Number: (202) 693-4676
- Release Number: 08-0327-NAT
- U.S. Labor Department enforcement agency announces eight criminal convictions for February [14 March 2008]
- Convictions up 20 percent, indictments 39 percent over fiscal year 2007
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/esa20080327.htm
- Export.gov (U.S. Government Site under International Trade Administration)
- NAFTA
- Regional Database
- http://web.ita.doc.gov/ticwebsite/naftaweb.nsf
- BLS: Producer Price Indexes - February 2008 [18 March 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN FEBRUARY 2008 [14 March 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: FEBRUARY 2008 [14 March 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - FEBRUARY 2008 - [13 March 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: JANUARY 2008 [12 March 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 29 pages]
- BLS: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-DECEMBER 2007 [12 March 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- U.S. State Department
- Released by the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
- Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism Report: A Report Provided to the United States Congress [13 March 2008]
- http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/102301.pdf
- [ful-text, 94 pages]
- Library of Congress & National Endowment for the Humanities
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (BETA) [a work in progress]
- http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/
- The list of historic newspapers that are available to read online in Chronicling America at the Library of Congress can be found and browsed at -
- http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/availableNewspapers.html
- PEW
- Project for Excellence in Journalism
- THE STATE of the NEWS MEDIA 2008 [17 March 2008]
- http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2008/
- Executive Summary
- http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2008/chapter%20pdfs/PEJ2008-Overview.pdf?cat=9&media=1
- CHARTS & TABLES INDEX
- http://stateofthemedia.org/2007/charts.asp
- For previous reports, see -
- http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2008/previous.php
- Press Release
- State of the News Media 2008
- March 17, 2008
- http://pewresearch.org/pubs/767/state-of-the-news-media-2008
- Printing the Report
- http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2008/printingthereport.php
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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