IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: November 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
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Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
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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, 19 November 2008

Academic Research

National Academies Press (NAP)

Construction Research at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [11 November 2008]

http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12530&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=New+from+NAP+111108&utm_content=web&utm_term =

Full-text

http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12530&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=New+from+NAP+111108&utm_content=web&utm_term=#toc

Summary

http://www.nap.edu/nap-cgi/report.cgi?record_id=12530&type=pdfxsum

International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO

Labour, globalization and inequality: Are Trade Unions still redistributive?

by Lucio Baccaro.

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp19208.pdf

[full-text, 81 pages]

Impact of changing work patterns on income inequality

by Uma Rani

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp19308.pdf

[full-text, 46 pages]

Policies for redistribution: The use of taxes and social transfers

by Naren Prasad

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp19408.pdf

[full-text, 42 pages]

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

International

African Development Bank (AfDB)

2008 African Economic Conference

http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=473,8814271&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

AFRICAN ECONOMIC CONFERENCE 12-14 November 2008, Tunis, Tunisia

SESSION PAPERS

http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=473,30752692&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) (UK)

EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS RESEARCH SERIES NO. 97

Implementing information and consultation in medium-sized organisations

BY MARK HALL, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, SUE HUTCHINSON, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, JANE PARKER, JOHN PURCELL AND MICHAEL TERRY, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file48723.pdf

[full-text, 84 pages]

see also --

National Patterns of R&D Resources: 2007 Data Update [14 November 2008]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf08318/

or

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf08318/pdf/nsf08318.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Measuring the Status and Change of NAEP State Inclusion Rates for Students with Disabilities [18 November 2008]

November 2008

Authors: Sami Kitmitto and Victor Bandeira de Mello

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/studies/2009453.asp

or

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/studies/2009453.pdf

[full-text, 118 pages]

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

BEST PRACTICES: MENTORING [online 12 November 2008]

http://www.opm.gov/hrd/lead/BestPractices-Mentoring.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

NOTE: This book list the positions to which President-Elect Obama can make appointments.

The Plum Book (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions): 2008 Edition

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plumbook/2008/index.html

or

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plumbook/2008/2008_plum_book.pdf

[full-text, 217 pages]

U.S. Senate Finance Committee

White Paper

REFORMING AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM: A CALL TO ACTION [12 November 2008]

http://finance.senate.gov/healthreform2009/finalwhitepaper.pdf

[full-text, 98 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Policy & Research

The Employment Picture, October 2008Mostly Grim News for Older and Younger Workers

Research Report

Sara E. Rix, Ph.D., AARP Public Policy Institute

November 2008

http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/fs148_employment.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/fs148_employment.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

Fast Facts from EBRI

FFE #105, Nov. 13, 2008

Goals for Reforming the U.S. Health Care System

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/facts/fastfacts/fastfact11132008.pdf

RAND

Explaining the Increase in Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers During the Global War on Terror [17 November 2008]

By: David S. Loughran, Jacob Alex Klerman

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR588/

or

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR588.pdf

[full-text, 72 pages]

or

Summary

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR588.sum.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

WorldAtWork: The Total Rewards Association (formerly American Compensation Association)

Employers Want To Keep Work-Sponsored Insurance [17 November 2008]

http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimComment?id=29774&from=Home%20Total%20Rewards%20News2

or

http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimComment?id=29774&from=Home%20Total%20Rewards%20News2&printable

World Economic Forum (WEF)

THE GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT [12 November 2008]

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gendergap/report2008.pdf

[full-text, 181 pages]

Press Release 12 November 2008

NORWAY TOPS THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM'S GENDER GAP INDEX

http://email.weforum.org/I?a=A9X7Cq3L7oAu8R05sKiJoRjirA

Country Highlights and Profiles

http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Gender%20Gap/Countries2008/index.htm

Law

EEOC

GOLD'N PLUMP AND THE WORK CONNECTION SETTLE SUITS BY EEOC FOR RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION [12 November 2008]

Prayer Breaks Sought by Muslim Employees to be Instituted; Total of $365,000 to be Paid in Two Cases

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/11-12-08.html

EEOC

LAKE RIDGE ACADEMY TO PAY NEARLY $1 MILLION FOR RETALIATORY DISCHARGE, JURY RULE IN EEOC SUIT [10 November 2008]

Federal Agency Says Prep School Fired Employee for Protesting Unequal Pay for Women

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/11-10-08a.html

WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

RULES

The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

2008-26577 View Pdf

[Filed: 11/14/08 at 8:45 am; Publication Date: 11/17/2008]

http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2008-26577_PI.pdf

[full-text, 762 pages]

Press Release 14 November 2008

U.S. Department of Labor final rule will expand FMLA for military families and clarify rules for workers and employers

Final rule brings two-year public process to close with common sense reforms for modern workforce

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/esa20081703.htm

Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES September 2008 [13 November 2008]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/trad0908.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad0908.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/xls/trad0908.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad0908_fax.pdf

BLS: Producer Price Indexes - October 2008 [18 November 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 21 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES-OCTOBER 2008 [14 November 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: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2008 [13 November 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 22 pages]

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: SEPTEMBER 2008 [13 November 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 15 pages]

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES - INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS [7 November 2008]

Consumer Price Indexes, Percent Changes, Nine Countries, 1995-2008

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

or

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

and

Harmonized Indexes of Consumer Prices, Percent Changes, Eight Countries or Areas, 2003-2008

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

or

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

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Morbidity and Mortality Week Report (MMWR)

November 14, 2008 / 57(45);1221-1226

Cigarette Smoking Among Adults --- United States, 2007

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5745a2.htm

______________________________
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 : 11:02 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, 12 November 2008

Academic Research

Boston College Center for International Higher Education

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/

International Comparison of Academic Salaries: An Exploratory Study [October 2008]

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/salary_report.pdf

[full-text, 84 pages]

VIDEO of authors discussing the study

http://stream.bc.edu/ramgen/MTS/cihestudy.rm

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India

http://oii.igidr.ac.in:8888/dspace/handle/123456789/8/simple-search?query=2008

Working Papers

Recent studies include --

Title

Authors

Pro-Poor growth: Illusions of marriage and divorce? Suryanarayana, M.H

Poverty and food insecurity in India: A Disaggregated regional profile Suryanarayana, M.H; Silva, Dimitri

Agflation and the PDS: Some issues Suryanarayana, M.H

Understanding industrial energy use:Physical energy intensity changes in Indian manufacturing sector Ray, Binay Kumar; Reddy, B. Sudhakara

Trade liberalization, poverty and food security in India Panda, Manoj K; Ganesh-Kumar, A

The Great climate debate? A Developing country perspective Reddy, B. Sudhakara; Assenza, Gaudenz B

Estimating the probability of trade union membership in India: Impact of Communist parties, personal attributes and industrial characteristics Pal, Rupayan

An Alternative approach to measure HDI Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle; Mishra, Srijit; Reddy, B. Sudhakara

On measuring group differential: Some further results Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle; Mishra, Srijit

A conceptual framework for development of sustainable development indicators Nathan, Hippu Salk Kristle; Reddy, B. Sudhakara

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

A Comparison of Career Guidance Information in the US and Japan [online October 2008]

Lynn Shniper

http://www.jil.go.jp/profile/documents/Lynn%20Shniper.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers

Recent studies include

3817 Does Retirement Kill You? Evidence from Early Retirement Windows

3816 Who Becomes an Entrepreneur? Labor Market Prospects and Occupational Choice

3815 Children and Parents Time Use: Empirical Evidence on Investment in Human Capital in France, Italy and Germany

3814 Car Ownership and the Labor Market of Ethnic Minorities

3813 Economic Satisfaction and Income Rank in Small Neighbourhoods

3812 Does Relative Income Matter for the Very Poor? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

3811 An Experimental Study of Sex Segregation in the Swedish Labour Market: Is Discrimination the Explanation?

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

International

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Knowledge Solutions October 2008

Managing Knowledge Workers

by Olivier Serrat

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Information/Knowledge-Solutions/Managing-Knowledge-Workers.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

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

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

CASE STUDIES

Managing change in EU cross-border mergers and acquisitions [March 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/content/source/eu08005a.htm?p1=events&p2=null

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

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

Who needs up-skilling? Low-skilled and low-qualified workers in the European Union [7 November 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0897.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/97/en/1/EF0897EN.pdf

[full-text, 36 pages]

International Labour Office, Geneva

October 2008

WP.265

SECTORAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME

Working Paper

Guide for social dialogue in the tourism industry [October 2008]

by Dain Bolwell and Wolfgang Weinz

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/tourism/wp265.pdf

[full-text, 97 pages]

International Labour Office, Geneva

October 2008

WP.266

SECTORAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME

Working Paper

Reducing poverty through tourism [October 2008]

by Dain Bolwell and Wolfgang Weinz

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/tourism/wp266.pdf

[full-text, 66 pages]

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

OECD eXplorer: New tool for analysing the OECD Regional Database! [VISUAL ANALYTICS}

http://www.oecd.org/document/50/0,3343,en_2649_33735_41564530_1_1_1_1,00.html

Try out OECD eXplorer for large regions

http://stats.oecd.org/OECDregionalstatistics/indexTL2.html

Try out OECD eXplorer for small regions

http://stats.oecd.org/OECDregionalstatistics/indexTL3.htm

Find out more on Regional Statistics and Indicators

http://www.oecd.org/document/62/0,3343,en_2649_33735_36878718_1_1_1_1,00.html

World Bank

GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES [8 November 2008]

G-20 Finance Ministers' Meeting

São Paulo, Brazil

November 8, 2008

http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/financial-crisis/pdf/G20FinBackgroundpaper.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

World Health Organization (WHO)

African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety

http://www.who.int/occupational_health/publications/africnewsletter/en/

Older Issues at

http://www.ttl.fi/Internet/English/Information/Electronic+journals/African+Newsletter/

CURRENT ISSUE

Volume 18, number 2, August 2008

PRACTICAL TOOLS

http://www.ttl.fi/NR/rdonlyres/CA1C3F25-C9CB-4477-838D-6257846ADFB4/0/AfricanNewsletter22008taitto.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

World Health Organization (WHO)

Protecting Workers' Health Series No. 1

Preventing health risks from the use of pesticides in agriculture

http://www.who.int/entity/occupational_health/publications/pesticides/en

Protecting Workers' Health Series No. 2

Understanding and performing economic assessments at the company level

http://www.who.int/entity/occupational_health/publications/ecoassessment/en

Protecting Workers' Health Series No. 3

Work organization and stress

http://www.who.int/entity/occupational_health/publications/stress/en

Protecting Workers' Health Series No. 4

Raising awareness to psychological harassment at work

http://www.who.int/entity/occupational_health/publications/harassment/en

Protecting Workers' Health Series No. 5

Preventing musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace

http://www.who.int/entity/occupational_health/publications/muscdisorders/en

Protecting Workers' Health Series No. 6

Raising awareness of stress at work in developing countries

http://www.who.int/entity/occupational_health/publications/pwh6/en

Protecting Workers' Health Series No. 7

A practical guide for the use of research information to improve the quality of occupational health practice

http://www.who.int/entity/occupational_health/publications/pwh7/en

World Health Organizaiton (WHO)

Asian Pacific Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety

http://www.who.int/occupational_health/publications/asianewslet/en/

OLDER Issues at

http://www.ttl.fi/Internet/English/Information/Electronic+journals/Asian-Pacific+Newsletter/

CURRENT ISSUE

Volume 15, number 2, September 2008

OSH - A Societal Responsibility

http://www.ttl.fi/NR/rdonlyres/01710FEE-4BCF-4D59-8764-3411DC946F9B/0/Asiannewsletter208.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Federal

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [10 November 2008]

October 2008

Vol. 131, Number 10

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

Take off and descent of airline employment

Christopher J. Goodman

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/10/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

Employment programs for unemployment insurance recipients

Stephen A. Wandner

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/10/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

Union membership in 2007: a visual essay

James A. Walker

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/10/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL30329

Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts

Updated October 21, 2008

Gail E. Makinen, Economic Policy Consultant, Government and Finance Division

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=65419

[full-text, 17 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL32639

Inequality in the Distribution of Income: Trends and International Comparisons

Updated October 20, 2008

Brian W. Cashell, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy, Government and Finance Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32639_20081020.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22627

Updated October 22, 2008

Who Are the "Middle Class"?

Brian W. Cashell, Specialist in Quantitative Economics, Government and Finance Division

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=65372

[full-text, 6 pages]

NOTE: Obama Appointed Positions will appear here shortly.

The Plum Book (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions): Main Page

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plumbook/

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

2009 Congressional and Presidential Transition

http://www.gao.gov/transition_2009/

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

The Use and Abuse of Faculty Suspensions (2008)

http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/comm/rep/A/facsup

or

http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/comm/rep/A/facsup.htm?PF=1

Mercer

Leading through unprecedented times [3 November 2008]

http://www.mercer.com/unprecedentedtimes

National Women's Law Center (NWLC)

A Platform for Progress: Building a Better Future for Women and Their Families [5 November 2008]

http://www.nwlc.org/details.cfm?id=3308&section=infocenter

or

http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/PlatformforProgress2008.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

Press Release 5 November 2008

NWLC Congratulates New Administration, Offers Platform for Future

http://www.nwlc.org/details.cfm?id=3377&section=newsroom

Population Reference Bureau (PRB)

2008 Africa Population Data Sheet [October 2008]

http://www.prb.org/pdf08/africadatasheet2008.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa [October 2008]

http://www.prb.org/pdf08/reproductivehealth_subsaharanafrica.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Press Release

Africa Faces Mixed Progress, Daunting Challenges, in Improving Population Well-Being

http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2008/apds2008.aspx

Towers Perrin

Press Release 7 November 2008

Towers Perrin Survey Finds that the Economy is Forcing Companies to Evaluate Compensation and Incentive Plans

Current Approach to Cutbacks Reflects Smarter Strategies and a Focus on Long-Term Profitability

http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/showdctmdoc.jsp?country=global&url=Master_Brand_2/USA/Press_Releases/2008/20081107/2008_11_07.htm

Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL32930

Labor Union Recognition Procedures: Use of Secret Ballots and Card Checks

Updated April 2, 2007

Gerald Mayer, Analyst in Public Finance, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=58394

[full-text, 27 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22219

Updated October 15, 2008

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coverage of Contagious Diseases

Nancy Lee Jones, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=65376

[full-text, 6 pages]

EEOC

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX TO PAY $1,875,000 FOR RELIGIOUS BIAS AGAINST NON-MORMONS

EEOC Settles Suit on Behalf of Class of Enrollment Counselors in Online Division

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/11-10-08.html

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Labor Laws of Japan -- in ENGLISH TRANSLATION [online 14 October 2008]

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborinfo/library/Laws.htm

Act for Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Undertakings and Improved Working Conditions for Dispatched Workers

http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data/aspo.pdf

[full-text, 46 pages

Ordinance for Enforcement

http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data/easpo.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

Order for Enforcement

http://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisaku/hourei/data/oeaspo.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Statistical Reports

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: OCTOBER 2008 [7 November 2008]

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 Third Quarter 2008, preliminary [6 November 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rate stable at 6.0% in September 2008 [10 November 2008]

http://www.oecd.org/document/17/0,3343,en_2649_34251_41653009_1_1_1_1,00.html

or

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/61/37/41652934.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

BLS: SPOTLIGHT ON STATISTICS

November 2008

THANKSGIVING [10 November 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2008/thanksgiving/

RAND (for UK)

Reducing alcohol harm: International benchmark [10 November 2008]

By: Lila Rabinovich, Jan Tiessen, Barbara Janta, Annalijn Conklin, Joachim Krapels, Christian van Stolk

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR592/

or

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR592.pdf

[full-text, 94 pages]

Summary

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR592.sum.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
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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, 5 November 2008

Academic Research

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers

Recent studies include

3809 Downloading Wisdom from Online Crowds

3808 Internal Finance and Growth: Microeconometric Evidence on Chinese Firms

3807 Adding Rungs to the Exporting Ladder: Plant-Level Exporting Dynamics and Total Factor Productivity Growth

3806 Education-Occupation Mismatch: Is There an Income Penalty?

3805 The Determinants of University Participation in Canada (1977-2003)

3804 Optimal Income Taxation with Endogenous Participation and Search Unemployment

3803 Welfare in Models of Trade with Heterogeneous Firms

3802 The Impacts of Labor Market Policies on Job Search Behavior and Post-Unemployment Job Quality

3801 Intergenerational Top Income Mobility in Sweden: A Combination of Equal Opportunity and Capitalistic Dynasties

3800 Alternative Approaches to Evaluation in Empirical Microeconomics

3799 Automatically Activated Stereotypes and Differential Treatment Against the Obese in Hiring

National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER)

Recent studies include

The Skill Composition of Immigrants and the Generosity of the Welfare State: Free vs. Policy-Controlled Migration

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14459

Alon Cohen and Assaf Razin #14459

Measuring Labor Earnings Inequality using Public-Use March Current Population Survey Data: The Value of Including Variances and Cell Means When Imputing Topcoded Values

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14458

Richard V. Burkhauser, Shuaizhang Feng, and Jeff Larrimore #14458

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

International

ILO Asia-Pacific Working Paper Series

The gender wage gap in Bangladesh

by Steven Kapsos

Bangkok: ILO, 2008

iii, 29 p.

ISBN 9789221213376 (web pdf)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/wp08-01.pdf

[full-text, 43 pages]

ILO Bangkok

Labour and Social Trends in ASEAN 2008: Driving Competitiveness and Prosperity with Decent Work [20 October 2008]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub08-36.pdf

[full-text, 124 pages]

Press Release

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/public/releases/yr2008/pr08_31.htm

Key Findings

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/download/yr2008/asean.pdf

ILO Bangkok

ILO Asia-Pacific Working Paper Series

Labour market scenarios for the Asian Decent Work Decade in the Pacific Island countries

by Ron Duncan and Carmen Voigt-Graf

Bangkok: ILO, 2008

iv, 32 p.

ISBN 9789221213390 (web pdf)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/wp08-02.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

UN-HABITAT

State of the World's Cities 2008/2009 - Harmonious Cities [23 Ocotber 2008]

http://www.unhabitat.org/pmss/getPage.asp?page=bookView&book=2562

or

http://www.unhabitat.org/content.asp?cid=5964&catid=7&typeid=46&subMenuId=0

[full-text extracts]

Press Release 23 October 2008

UN-HABITAT unveils State of the World's Cities report

http://www.unhabitat.org/content.asp?cid=5979&catid=5&typeid=6&subMenuId=0

Federal

Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)

[CHILD LABOR] Faces of Change Second Edition [28 October 2008]

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/20081028.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

Press Release

Faces of Change Second Edition Just Published [28 October 2008]

Highlights of U.S. Department of Labor Efforts to Combat International Child Labor

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/highlights/if-20081028.htm

New!

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Program Perspectives on Health Benefits [29 October 2008]

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

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/perspectives/issue1for11by17.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online

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

Wages in the Nonprofit Sector: Management, Professional, and Administrative Support Occupations [28 October 2008]

by Amy Butler

Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20081022ar01p1.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cm20081022ar01p1.htm

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL31770

Individual Retirement Accounts and 401(k) Plans: Early Withdrawals and Required Distributions

Updated October 27, 2008

Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=65256

[full-text, 19 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL30631

Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress

Updated October 28, 2008

Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://www.opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=65272

[full-text, 16 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS20844

Updated September 30, 2008

Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues

Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy, Domestic Social Policy Division

Karma Ester, Technical Information Specialist, Knowledge Services Group

http://opencrs.cdt.org/getfile.php?rid=65229

[full-text, 6 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34709

Economic Development Assistance for Communities Affected by Employment Changes Due to Military Base Closures

October 16, 2008

Oscar Gonzales, Analyst in Economic Development Policy, Government and Finance Division

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=65338

Department of Labor

Veterans' Employment and Training Service

HIRE VETS FIRST - web site

http://www.hirevetsfirst.gov/

In celebration of Veterans Day, Hire Vets First is coordinating 123 job fairs in 31 states between October 24 and November 25.

Click here to find the job fairs nearest you.

http://www.hirevetsfirst.gov/pdf/vets_day_job_fairs.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

Press Release

For Veterans Day, U.S. Department of Labor encourages employers to participate in second nationwide month-long job fair �blitz� [28 October 2008]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/vets/vets20081535.htm

Economic Research Service (ERS)

Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-40) 6 pp, October 2008

Rural America At A Glance, 2008 Edition [31 October 2008]

http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eib40/

or

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB40/EIB40.htm

or

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB40/EIB40.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Economic Research Service (ERS)

Economic Research Report No. (ERR-60) 65 pp, July 2008

Profile of Hired Farmworkers, A 2008 Update

By William Kandel

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR60/

or

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR60/ERR60.pdf

[full-text, 65 pages]

Summary

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR60/ERR60_ReportSummary.pdf

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 68 No. 2, 2008

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v68n2/index.html

The Canadian Safety Net for the Elderly [October 2008]

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v68n2/v68n2p53.html

or

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v68n2/v68n2p53.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Policy & Research

Staying Ahead of the Curve 2007: The AARP Work and Career Study

Research Report

http://www.aarp.org/research/work/agediscrim/work_career_08.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/work_career_08.pdf

[full-text, 175 pages]

and

Highlights and Implications Report

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/work_career_08_1.pdf

AARP Policy & Research

Retirement Security or Insecurity? The Experience of Workers Aged 45 and Older [October 2008]

Research Report

Colette Thayer, Ph.D., AARP Knowledge Management

http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/retirement_survey_08.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/retirement_survey_08.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

AARP Policy & Research

The Coverage of Employer-Provided Pensions: Partial and Uncertain [October 2008]

Research Report

Sandy Mackenzie, AARP Public Policy Institute

Ke Bin Wu, AARP Public Policy Institute

http://www.aarp.org/research/work/benefits/d19108_pensions.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/d19108_pensions.pdf

[full-text, 56 pages]

Center for Health Workforce Studies, University at Albany

School of Public Health

New York City Physician Workforce Profile, 2008 Edition

http://chws.albany.edu/index.php?nyc2008

Full report:

http://chws.albany.edu/download.php?id=3911451,359,2 nycprofile2008.zip

An accompanying dataset containing the data presented in the profile is also available:

Dataset:

http://chws.albany.edu/download.php?id=136192,360,2 NYC_Physician_Profile_2008_Dataset.xls

The Foundation for Child Development (FCD)

America's Vanishing Potential: The Case for PreK-3rd Education [22 October 2008]

http://www.fcd-us.org/resources/resources_show.htm?doc_id=711495

or

http://www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/AmericasVanishingPotentialFulllReport.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)

The Challenge to Act: How Progressive Women Activists Reframe American Democracy [30 October 2008]

http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/I920ChallengetoAct.pdf

[full-text, 64 pages]

New Report Outlines Seven Values that Motivate Women's Activism and Reframe American Democracy [30 October 2008]

http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/I920Release.pdf

[NOTE: The following series is appropriately used for teaching in high schools and colleges; training and development in industry; and for general policy discussions].

American Public Media produced by Homelands Productions - http://homelands.org/

MARKETPLACE (Radio & Website)

WORKING [profiles of single workers in the global economy]

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/

Agus Laodi PIRATE $0-$2,000/operation

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/pirate.html

Agus Laodi could barely feed his family with his earnings as a cocoa farmer. So eight years ago, with his wife's blessing, he left his Indonesian village to seek his fortune as a pirate. Now he lives in on an island in the Strait of Malacca, slipping out in the dead of night to rob cargo ships with a machete. Sound romantic? Think again.

RAND

Facing Human Capital Challenges of the 21st Century: Education and Labor Market Initiatives in Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates - October 24, 2008

Gabriella Gonzalez, Lynn Karoly, Louay Constant, Hanine Salem, Charles Goldman

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG786/

or

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG786.pdf

[full-text, 333 pages]

or

Summary

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG786.sum.pdf

See also Research Brief - http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2008/RAND_RB9383.pdf

RAND

Migrant women in the EU labour force: Current situation and future prospects [30 October 2008]

By: Jennifer Rubin, Michael S. Rendall, Lila Rabinovich, Flavia Tsang, Barbara Janta, Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau

http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR591.3/

or

http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR591.pdf

[full-text, 207 pages]

Summary of Findings

http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR591.3.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Towers Perrin

Express M&A: Here to Stay? [3 November 2008]

Analysis by Towers Perrin Shows Changing Nature of M&A Process

http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/showdctmdoc.jsp?country=global&url=Master_Brand_2/GBR/Press_Releases/2008/20081103/2008_11_03.htm

THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS

Prepared by Global Insight

U.S. Metro Economies: Current and Potential Green Jobs in the U.S. Economy [October 2008]

http://www.usmayors.org/pressreleases/uploads/GreenJobsReport.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22500

Updated October 7, 2008

Unauthorized Alien Students, Higher Education, and In-State Tuition Rates: A Legal Analysis

Jody Feder, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division

http://opencrs.cdt.org/getfile.php?rid=65225

[full-text, 6 pages]

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

EEOC AND STATE OF NEW MEXICO LAUNCH LANDMARK MEDIATION PARTNERSHIP [31 October 2008]

First Universal Mediation Agreement Between EEOC and State Government Bolsters National Trend

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/10-31-08.html

NLRB General Counsel Issues Report on FY 2008 Operations [29 October 2008]

http://www.nlrb.gov/about_us/news_room/template_html.aspx?file=http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/W-2675.htm

or

http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/W-2675.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Statistical Reports

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS September 2008 [31 October 2008]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/pi0908.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/pdf/pi0908.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/xls/pi0908.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2008/pdf/pi0908_fax.pdf

BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: THIRD QUARTER 2008 (ADVANCE) [30 October 2008]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/gdp308a.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/pdf/gdp308a.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/xls/gdp308a.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/pdf/gdp308a_fax.pdf

BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-SEPTEMBER 2008 [31 October 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 24 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: SEPTEMBER 2008 [29 October 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 21 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 RL34435

Federal Research and Development Funding at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Updated September 26, 2008

Christine M. Matthews, Specialist, Science and Technology Policy, Resources, Science, and Industry Division

http://opencrs.cdt.org/getfile.php?rid=65246

[full-text, 24 pages]

NATIONAL CENTER ON GRANDPARENTS RAISING CHILDREN

http://chhs.gsu.edu/nationalcenter/index.asp

Grandparent Programs by State

http://chhs.gsu.edu/nationalcenter/909.html

Reports

http://chhs.gsu.edu/nationalcenter/912.html

Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS)

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/

Last week the first IWS Workplace Colloquium event, as part of the this year's Joseph R. Rich Lectures, took place at the Cornell Club.

Professor Vernon Briggs http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/directory/vmb2/

and

Professor Bob Smith http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/directory/rss14/

discussed immigration policy from two different perspectives. Their presentations are available for your viewing. Just go to the following:

Each lecture we host for the Workplace Colloquium Series is filmed. This year we have decided to share these videos with you on our website.

Colloquium Video Footage

Illegal Immigration: A Problem for the US?

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/news/colloquium10238.html <---CLICK HERE

Then click on the part of the video that you would like to view in the right margin of the viewing area.

Future Colloquium presentations will also be made available online. Please note that the next Colloquium event will be December 11 with Harry Katz and Tom Kochan who will discuss: Crafting and Implementing a New Labor Policy.

______________________________
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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