Tuesday, November 18, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 19 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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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 19 November 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 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]
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 --
- Implementing Information and Consultation: Early Experience Under the ICE Regulations -- Interim Update Report
- http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file48798.pdf
- [full-text, 23 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Second European Quality of Life Survey First Findings (Résumé) [18 November 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0852.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/52/en/1/EF0852EN.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- ILO: Press release
- Date issued 18 November 2008
- Reference ILO/08/48
- Subjects ILO Director General
- http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_100558/index.htm
- GENEVA (ILO News) Juan Somavia was elected to a third term as Director-General of the International Labour Office (ILO) today, and pledged to work to ensure social justice amidst a growing series of challenges in the global economy.
- ILO: The Library of the International Labour Office (ILO) has produced a new resource guide on labour inspection. This guide is a starting point for anyone beginning research on labour inspection. It provides links to key ILO publications on the topic, ILO labour standards and data, as well as other resources around the world.
- Resource Guide on Labour Inspection [7 November 2008]
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/subject/labourinsp.htm
- Migration and Remittances Team
- Development Prospects Group, The World Bank
- Migration and Development Brief 8
- November 11, 2008
- Outlook for Remittance Flows 2008-2010:
- Growth expected to moderate significantly, but flows to remain resilient
- By Dilip Ratha, Sanket Mohapatra and Zhimei Xu
- http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROSPECTS/Resources/334934-1110315015165/MD_Brief8.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Congressional Budget Office
- Background Paper
- The Outlook for Housing Starts, 2009 to 2012 [18 November 2008]
- November 2008
- http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9885&type=1
- [full-text, 36 pages]
- CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA (CECC)
- ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
- SECOND SESSION
- OCTOBER 31, 2008
- [CHINA] ANNUAL REPORT 2008 [31 October 2008]
- http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_house_hearings&docid=f:45233.wais
- or
- http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_house_hearings&docid=f:45233.pdf
- [full-text, 295 pages]
- Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)
- November 14, 2008
- OLMS Launches Expanded FOIA Web Page
- In an effort to assist the public and to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) has launched a newly expanded Online FOIA Reading Room at:
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/olms/regs/compliance/OLMS_FOIA.htm
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Federal Funds for Research and Development: Fiscal Years 2005-07 [14 November 2008]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09300/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09300/pdf/nsf09300.pdf
- [full-text, 385 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]
- see also http://www.opm.gov/hrd/lead/mentoring.asp
- 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]
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
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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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