IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: January 2009

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, 28 January 2009

Academic Research

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Employment Analysis and Research Unit

Economic and Labour Market Analysis

PUBLICATIONS

Employment Analysis and Research Unit

Employment Working Papers

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/analysis/publ.htm

Recent studies include--

N° 22: The employment effects of North-South trade and technological change - Nomaan Majid (2008)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/download/wpaper/wp22.pdf

N° 17: From corporate-centred security to flexicurity in Japan - Kazutoshi Chatani (2008)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/download/wpaper/wp17.pdf

N° 15: Are there optimal global configurations of labour market flexibility and security? Tackling the "flexicurity" oxymoron - Miriam Abu Sharkh (2008)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/download/wpaper/wp15.pdf

N° 4: Offshoring and employment in the developing world: The case of Costa Rica - C. Ernst and D. Sanchez-Ancochea (2008)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/download/wpaper/wp4.pdf

New Web for the

WALTER P. REUTHER LIBRARY of LABOR & URBAN AFFAIRS

http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include

3955 Unemployment, Market Work and Household Production

3954 Non-Cash Benefits and the Distribution of Economic Welfare

3953 The Financial and Operating Performance of Privatized Firms in Sweden

3952 Self-Employment and the Role of Health Insurance

3951 I'll Marry You If You Get Me a Job: Marital Assimilation and Immigrant Employment Rates

3950 Ethnicity and the Immigration of Highly Skilled Workers to the United States

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

International

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

European restructuring monitor quarterly - Issue 4, winter 2008 [27 January 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0908.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/08/en/1/EF0908EN.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

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

Europe at work: Better life and opportunities for all Four-year work programme 2009-2012 [20 January 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0906.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/06/en/1/EF0906EN.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

European Spatial Planning Observation Network [ESPON]

Territorial dynamics in Europe: Trends in population development

http://www.espon.eu/mmp/online/website/content/programme/1455/2175/2176/2177/index_EN.html

ESPON -Territorial Observations No 1 November 2008 [online 14 January 2009]

http://www.espon.eu/mmp/online/website/content/programme/1455/2175/2176/2177/file_5330/espon_territorial_observation_no1_211108.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

ESPON 2013 Programme

14 January 2009

Press Release No 01/2009

Migration plays a key role for population growth in European regions

http://www.espon.eu/mmp/online/website/content/programme/1455/2175/2176/2177/file_5675/pr_01_to1_14-01-2009.pdf

Federal

BLS: Final Federal Register Notice about the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) [21 January 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/soc/soc2010final.pdf

and

2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Structure

http://www.bls.gov/soc/soc_structure_2010.pdf

or

http://www.bls.gov/soc/soc_structure_2010.xls

BLS

Changes to procedures for producing Current Employment Statistics (CES) State estimates [26 January 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/sae/cesprocs.htm

Business.gov (The Official Business Link to the U.S. Government)

HIRING INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS (updated 21 January 2009)

http://www.business.gov/guides/employment/managing/independent-contractors.html

Census

The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers in California: 2004 [26 January 2009]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/ledow04ca.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Previously released reports on older workers in other states

http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/library/profiles_2007.html

Census

2007 ANNUAL CAPITAL EXPENDITURES SURVEY [22 January 2009]

http://www.census.gov/csd/ace/

or

http://www.census.gov/csd/ace/xls/2007/Full%20Report.htm

Press Release 22 January 2009

Business Spending on Fixed Assets Rises to $1.36 Trillion in 2007

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/economic_surveys/013150.html

Centersfor Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention

CDC WONDER (DATA PORTAL for PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION)

http://wonder.cdc.gov/

U.S. Commercial Service

Doing Business in the United Kingdom: Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies - 2008

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_4792687.pdf

[full-text, 96 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

R40104:

Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies (1/23/2009)

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=66072

[full-text, 23 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

94-971:

Federal Employees: Pay and Pension Increases Since 1969 (1/8/2009)

Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=65998

[full-text, 13 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

RL34349:

Economic Slowdown: Issues and Policies (1/2/2009)

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=66062

[full-text, 40 pages]

U.S. Department of Labor

Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)

First Biennial Report Submitted to Congress Pursuant to Section 403(a)(3) of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act

January 14, 2009

Progress in Implementing Capacity-Building Provisions under the Labor Chapter of the Dominican Republic Central America United States Free Trade Agreement

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/otla/JeffersonReport.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

[Also known as the JEFFERSON REPORT]

Health and Human Services (HHS)

2009 HHS POVERTY GUIDELINES [23 January 2009]

http://aspe.hhs.gov/POVERTY/09poverty.shtml

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

The Fact Book 2006 [23 January 2009]

http://www.opm.gov/feddata/factbook/index.asp

[click here for back issues as well]

or

http://www.opm.gov/feddata/factbook/2006/FACTBOOK2006.pdf

[full-text, 109 pages]

or

http://www.opm.gov/feddata/factbook/2006/factbook.zip

[Excel spreadsheet & Word document]

Small Business Administration (SBA)

FREE ONLINE COURSES from the SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA)

http://www.sba.gov/services/training/onlinecourses/index.html

also

Cursos en Español

http://www.sba.gov/espanol/Biblioteca_en_Linea/

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Office of Advocacy

Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories [23 January 2009]

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/

See NEW YORK EXAMPLE

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/08ny.pdf

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Research & Policy

The Earned Income Tax Credit and Older Workers

Research Report

Janet McCubbin, AARP Public Policy Institute

January 2009

http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/i20_eitc.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/i20_eitc.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

American Rights at Work (ARW)

http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/

The Employee Free Choice Act: Ensuring the Economy Works for Everyone

December 2008

Erin Johansson, Senior Research Associate

Julie Martínez Ortega, Director of Research

http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/dmdocuments/ARAWReports/araw_efca_ensuring_the_economy_works_for_everyone_again.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

Conference Board

TOTAL ECONOMY DATABASE [on OUTPUT & LABOR PRODUCTIVITY]

http://www.conference-board.org/economics/database.cfm

Conference Board

Performance 2009: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies: Productivity Brief

January, 22, 2009

http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/Productivity2009.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Press Release

U.S. Bucks Slowdown in Global Productivity Says The Conference Board

Jan. 22, 2009

http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=3563

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

EBRI Databook on Employee Benefits [Latest Update January 2009]

http://www.ebri.org/publications/books/index.cfm?fa=databook

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

Fundamentals of Employee Benefit Programs

http://www.ebri.org/publications/books/index.cfm?fa=fundamentals

Fortune

From the February 2, 2009 issue [online 21 January 2009]

100 Best Companies to Work For 2009

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2009/full_list/

Hewitt

[Suggestion: If you like the articles from Hewitt, download them now. They may not be available free at a later date].

Surviving and Thriving in Economic Turbulence: HR's Response

by Hewitt Associates

http://www.hewittassociates.com/Intl/NA/en-US/KnowledgeCenter/ArticlesReports/ArticleDetail.aspx?cid=5838

HR Policy Association (HRPA)

http://www.hrpolicy.org/index.aspx

How the Employee Free Choice Act's Compulsory First Contract Provision Would Destabilize Collective Bargaining

Parties Would Position Themselves for Most Favorable Arbitration Decision Rather Than Reaching Agreement on First Contract in Newly Unionized Workplaces

http://www.hrpolicy.org/downloads/2008/08-140%20EFCA%20Poilicy%20Brief%20on%20Collective%20Bargaining.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Watson Wyatt

Press Release

Global pension fund balance sheet stressed [26 January 2009]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=20439

The Global Pension Assets Study 2009 is available at: [free registration]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/europe/research/resrender.asp?id=200901-GPAS&page=1

WorldatWork (The Total Rewards Association)

Bonus Program Practices: A Survey Brief by WorldatWork [January 2009]

http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=30536

[full-text, 19 pages]

Law

EEOC

PRESIDENT APPOINTS STUART ISHIMARU ACTING EEOC CHAIRMAN, CHRISTINE GRIFFIN NAMED ACTING VICE CHAIR [23 January 2009]

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-23-09.html

House Education and Labor Committee

Chairman Miller Announces Subcommittee Chairs, New Members of Education and Labor Committee [21 January 2009]

http://edlabor.house.gov/newsroom/2009/01/chairman-miller-announces-subc.shtml

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Press Release 22 January 2009

WILMA LIEBMAN DESIGNATED NLRB CHAIRMAN

http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/R-2679.pdf

White House

EXECUTIVE ORDERS (under OBAMA Administration)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing_room/executive_orders/

EXAMPLE --

Executive Order -- Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ExecutiveOrder-EthicsCommitments/

Statistical Reports

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2008 [27 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 22 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: AMERICA'S YOUTH AT 21: SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, TRAINING, AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS BETWEEN AGES 20 AND 21 [23 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 14 pages]

BLS: VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES, 2008 [23 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 12 pages]

BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS: FOURTH QUARTER 2008 [22 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 12 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

[NOTE: This service may be useful for those suffering the impact of the recession]

GovBenefits.gov

http://www.govbenefits.gov

GovBenefits.gov is the official benefits website of the U.S. government, with information on over 1,000 benefit and assistance programs.

See for example: NEW YORK STATE BENEFIT PROGRAMS

http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=gbcc_page_locate_state&_nfls=false&_code=NY

Business.gov

New York Cities and Counties

http://www.business.gov/states/new-york/local/

The links [on this page] provide direct access to official county and city governments in New York.

See SPECIAL LINK for NEW YORK CITY

http://www.business.gov/states/new-york/local/new-york.html

For more links to NEW YORK, see-

http://business.gov/states/new-york/

Fact for Features from the Census Bureau [22 January 2009]

Super Bowl XLIII

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/013157.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb09ff-05.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

National Archives

George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum

http://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/visit/bushgw.html

The George W. Bush Library holds millions of pages of official records documenting the two-term administration (2001-2009) of the nation's forty-third president, as well as donated historical materials that document Bush's 2000 presidential campaign and his personal papers as Governor of Texas. In addition to these textual records, the Bush Library has an extensive audiovisual collection containing photographs and videotapes, as well as an extensive artifact collection containing presidential and gubernatorial domestic and foreign gifts.

Includes

Years of Service: 2001-2009

* Executive Orders Signed by George W. President Bush

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/wbush.html

* Public Papers of President George W. Bush

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pubpapers/gwbush.html

* Browse the George W. Bush White House Web Site

http://www.georgewbushlibrary.gov/white-house/

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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, 21 January 2009

Academic Research

NBER Working Paper No. 14647

Issued in January 2009

Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Relationship to Youth Employment, Introduction and Summary

Jonathan Gruber, Kevin Milligan, David A. Wise

http://www.nber.org/papers/w14647.pdf

[full-text, 74 pages]

ABSTRACT

http://www.nber.org/papers/w14647

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ADB Economics

Working Paper Series

The US Financial Crisis, Global Financial Turmoil, and Developing Asia: Is the Era of High Growth at an End? [online 16 January 2009]

William E. James, Donghyun Park, Shikha Jha,

Juthathip Jongwanich, Akiko Terada-Hagiwara, and Lea Sumulong

No. 139 | December 2008

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Working-Papers/2008/Economics-WP139.pdf

[full-text, 85 pages]

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include

3944 Household Labor Supply and Home Services in a General-Equilibrium Model with Heterogeneous Agents

3943 The Wooldridge Method for the Initial Values Problem Is Simple: What About Performance?

3942 Cheaper Child Care, More Children January 2009 Abstract

3941 Are Public Sector Workers Underpaid in Russia? Estimating the Public-Private Wage Gap

3940 Work, Jobs and Well-Being across the Millennium

3939 Reference Points and Effort Provision

3938 Are Young and Old Workers Harmful for Firm Productivity?

3937 Public Policies and Women's Employment after Childbearing

3936 Undocumented Worker Employment and Firm Survival

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

International

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

LABOUR BUREAU,

LABOUR STATISTICS PAGE

LATEST RELEASES

http://labourbureau.nic.in/reports.htm

See also ARCHIVES

http://labourbureau.nic.in/Reports%20old.htm

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

RESEARCH & DATA

STATISTICS [DATABASES & TOOLS]

http://www.iadb.org/research/statistics.cfm

Key Indicators

http://www.iadb.org/gl

Governance Database

http://www.iadb.org/datagob/index.html

Social indicators

http://www.iadb.org/sociometro/index.html

Trade Statistics

http://dataintal.iadb.org

Country Indicators

http://www.iadb.org/countries/

Korea Labor Institute (KLI)

KLI Labor Statistics in Selected Countries 2008 [31 December 2008]

https://www.kli.re.kr/kli/html_eng/03_public/01_view.asp?seq=6619&slang=2&cnum=6#none

or

https://www.kli.re.kr/_FILE/PUBLICATIONS/fc738366259931746839a218a6cb2182.pdf

[full-text. 109 pages]

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

WORLDWIDE STATISTICAL RESOURCES

http://stats.oecd.org/source/

House of Commons Library (UK)

Flexible Working

Standard Note: SN/BT/1086

Last updated: 16 January 2009

Author: Louise Smith

http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snbt-01086.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

For more detailed information see the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory

Reform (BERR) guidance,

Flexible Working: The right to request and the duty to consider, February 2003.

http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/employment/employment-legislation/employment-guidance/page35662.html

See also

Flexible working - the law and best practice

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.l1=1073858787&topicId=1073931239&r.lc=en&r.l2=1080898061&r.s=tl

Federal

Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)

Foreign Labor Trends (FLT) Reports Series

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/flt/

2008 United Kingdom Profile

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/flt/2008uk.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

2007 Canada Profile

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/flt/2007canada.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

2007 U.S. Labor Profile

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/flt/2007USLabor.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages -- in ENGLISH]

or

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/flt/2007USLabor-sp.pdf

(Español)

or

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/flt/2007USLabor-fr.pdf

(Français)

2006 India Profile

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/flt/2006India.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

BLS: Spending on Cell Phone Services Has Exceeded Spending on Residential Phone Services [14 January 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/cex/cellphones2007.htm

BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW [15 January 2009]

December 2008

Vol. 131, Number 12

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

The births and deaths of business establishments in the United States

Akbar Sadeghi

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/12/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Expenditure patterns of young single adults: two recent generations compared

Geoffrey Paulin

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/12/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

Business Processes and Business Functions: a new way of looking at employment

Sharon P. Brown

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/12/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Service occupations, offshoring, and the labor market

Roger J. Moncarz, Michael G. Wolf, and Benjamin Wright

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/12/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

BLS: Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online

Winter 2008-09

Vol. 52, Number 4

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

Toy jobs: Work in the business of play

Elka Maria Torpey

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/winter/art01.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/winter/art01.pdf

Extracurricular activities: The afterschool connection

Bill Lawhorn

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/winter/art02.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/winter/art02.pdf

Career beginnings for business majors

Dina Itkin

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/winter/art03.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/winter/art03.pdf

Grab bag

Brief items of interest to counselors and students.

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/grabbag.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/winter/grabbag.pdf

You're a what? Limnologist

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/yawhat.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/winter/yawhat.pdf

OOChart

Men and women in the working world.

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/oochart.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/winter/oochart.pdf

Census

2007 Service Annual Survey

NAICS 62

Health Care and Social Assistance Services [15 January 2009]

http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/sas62.htm

Press Release

Medicaid Tops Funding for Nursing and Residential Care Facilities [15 January 2009]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/service_industries/013148.html

Executive Office of the President and the Council of Economic Advisers

2009 ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT [14 January 2009]

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/

or

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/2009/2009_erp.pdf

[full-text, 419 pages]

or

2009 Spreadsheet TABLES

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/tables09.html

Joint project of the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Automatic Enrollment 401(k) Plans for Small Businesses

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/automaticenrollment401kplans.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Press Release 15 January 2009

U.S. Labor Department and IRS unveil publication to help small employers understand automatic enrollment for 401(k) plans

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/newsroom/2009/09-53-NAT.html

U.S. Department of Labor

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

Prepared by Coffey Consulting, LLC, and Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. for ETA

EVALUATION OF THE PRISONER RE-ENTRY INITIATIVE FINAL REPORT January 13, 2009

http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/20090113.pdf

[full-text, 292 pages]

The United States Department of Labor

Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

and

Employment and Training Administration

An Evaluation of the Latino Coalition's Reclamando Nuestro Futuro (Reclaiming our Future) Program [12 January 2009]

http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/20090116c.pdf

[full-text, 53 pages]

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

EMPLOYMENT AND TRENDS OF FEDERAL CIVILIAN WORKFORCE STATISTICS May 2008 [15 January 2009]

http://www.opm.gov/feddata/html/2008/may/index.asp

For GRAPHIC PRESENTATION, see

http://www.opm.gov/feddata/html/2008/may/charts.asp

Director's Message

http://www.opm.gov/feddata/html/2008/may/intro.asp

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 2008 ANNUAL REPORT [15 January 2009]

http://pbgc.gov/docs/2008_annual_report.pdf

[full-text, 70 pages]

Press Release 15 January 2009

PBGC Posts Financial, Performance Gains in 2008 Annual Report; Director Millard Urges Continued Investment Diversification

http://pbgc.gov/media/news-archive/news-releases/2009/pr09-12.html

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Program Fact Sheets

2009 Social Security/SSI/Medicare Information FACT SHEET [29 December 2008]

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/legislation/2009factsheet.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

NEW! WHITEHOUSE Web Site

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 at 12:01 pm

Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/change_has_come_to_whitehouse-gov/

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

[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/

Svitlana Svystun

Circus Performer $1,135/week (includes husband) [15 January 2009]

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

Conference Board

Press Release

Managing Employees at Distant Sites is Becoming a Reality of Doing Business

Jan. 15, 2009

http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=3559

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

Fast Facts from EBRI

How Education Affects Retirement Plan Participation [13 January 2009]

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/FE111.13Jan09.Final-a.pdf

National Institute on Retirement Security

Pensions & Retirement Security: A Roadmap for Policy Makers [14 January 2009]

A Report on the American Public's Views on Pensions and Retirement Security

http://www.nirsonline.org/storage/nirs/documents/final_nirs_opinion_research_january_2009.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

Description

http://www.nirsonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=174&Itemid=48

Law

CHINA LAW BLOG (China Law for BUSINESS)

http://www.chinalawblog.com/2009/01/chinas_labor_laws_worry_me_or.html

EXAMPLE:

China's Labor Laws. Worry Me Or Worry Me Not.

http://www.chinalawblog.com/2009/01/chinas_labor_laws_worry_me_or.html#comment-235525

EEOC

REPORT ON THE HISPANIC EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGE IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT [released 14 January 2009]

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/hwg.html

Press Release

EEOC REPORT ADDRESSES 21ST CENTURY FEDERAL HISPANIC EMPLOYMENT ISSUES [14 January 2009]

Low Participation at Higher Levels; Lack of Retention

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-14-09.html

EEOC

CHICAGO DENTIST TO PAY $462,500 TO SETTLE EEOC HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION LAWSUIT [13 January 2009]

Orrington Firm Subjected Employees to Sexual Advances and Scientology Indoctrination and Fired Those Who Complained, Federal Agency Charged

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-13-09.html

EBSA News Release: [01/16/2009]

U.S. Labor Department finalizes rule on investment advice for 401(k) plans and IRAs [16 January 2009]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ebsa/ebsa20090051.htm

RESPONSE

House Education and Labor Committee

Chairmen Miller, Andrews Statement on Last-Minute Special Interest Regulation [16 January 2009]

Rule Could Undermine Retirement Savings Plans for Millions of Americans

http://edlabor.house.gov/newsroom/2009/01/chairmen-miller-andrews-statem.shtml

Statistical Reports

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: DECEMBER 2008 [16 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 23 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN DECEMBER 2008 [16 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 5 pages]

BLS: Producer Price Indexes - December 2008 [15 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 22 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - DECEMBER 2008 - [14 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 16 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

GAO: INTERNATIONAL TAXATION: Large U.S. Corporations and Federal Contractors with Subsidiaries in Jurisdictions Listed as Tax Havens or Financial Privacy Jurisdictions, GAO-09-157, 12-18-08 [Online 16 January 2009]

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09157.pdf

[full-text, 63 pages]

National Disability Rights Network

School is Not Supposed to Hurt: Investigative Report on Abusive Restraint and Seclusion in Schools [13 January 2009]

http://www.ndrn.org/sr/SR-Report.pdf

[full-text, 60 pages]

Press Release

National Disability Rights Network Releases Shocking Report on Seclusion & Restraint in U.S. Schools [13 January 2009]

During Capitol Hill News Conference Today, Group Calls for National Ban on Seclusion and Prone Restraint, Increased Teacher Training and Other Immediate Action Items By Obama Administration and Congress

http://www.ndrn.org/sr/NDRNRelease.pdf

Forum for Peacebuilding Ethics

http://www.prio.no/peaceethics

Launch of the Forum for Peacebuilding Ethics (PeacE)

http://www.prio.no/upload/746/Invitation%20-%20PeacE%20Forum%20Launch.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, 14 January 2009

Academic Research

University of Amsterdam

Amsterdam Institute for Advance labour Studies (AIAS)

Working Papers

http://www.uva-aias.net/101

Library of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation

http://library.fes.de/library/html/english/

DIGITAL LIBRARY of the FRIEDRICH EBERT FOUNDATION

http://library.fes.de/cgi-bin/populo/digbib_en.pl

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include

ace: Evidence from Personnel Data

3916 Comparative Advantage, Segmentation and Informal Earnings: A Marginal Treatment Effects Approach

3915 Authentic Happiness Theory Supported by Impact of Religion on Life Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Analysis with Data for Germany

3914 Who Makes a Good Leader? Social Preferences and Leading-by-Example

3913 Migration in an Enlarged EU: A Challenging Solution?

3912 International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

3911 Does the Minimum Wage Have a Higher Impact on the Informal than on the Formal Labor Market? Evidence from Quasi-Experiments

3910 Vouchers and Caseworkers in Public Training Programs: Evidence from the Hartz Reform in Germany

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

International

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

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

COMPARATIVE STUDY

Working time in the EU and other global economies Industrial relations in the EU and other global economies 20062007 [23 December 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0804058s/index.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0804058s/tn0804058s.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0804058s/tn0804058s.pdf

[full-text, 51 pages]

OECD

OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs) - Updated: January 2009 [12 January 2009]

Composite Leading Indicators signal deep slowdown in OECD area and major non-OECD member economies

http://www.oecd.org/document/59/0,3343,en_2649_34349_41966331_1_1_1_1,00.html

or

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/33/21/41968144.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

* Link to historical data, graphs and methodological information

http://www.oecd.org/document/34/0,3343,en_2649_34349_41966434_1_1_1_1,00.html

* Glossary of Composite Leading Indicators

http://www.oecd.org/document/1/0,3343,en_2649_34349_32694145_1_1_1_1,00.html

* OECD Business Cycle Analysis Database

http://stats.oecd.org/mei/default.asp?rev=2

Federal

Census

2007 Service Annual Survey

NAICS 48/49

Truck Transportation, Messenger Services & Warehousing

http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/sas48.htm

or

http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/48/2007_NAICS48.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

or

http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/48/2007_NAICS48.xls

[spreadsheet]

Press Release 8 January 2009

U.S. Commercial Trucks Cover 94 Billion Miles in 2007; Transportation and Warehousing Revenues Grow

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/transportation_industry/013141.html

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention

Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report (MMWR)

January 2, 2009 / 57(51);1379-1382

Underground Coal Mining Disasters and Fatalities --- United States, 1900--2006 [2 January 2009]

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5751a3.htm

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2009 to 2019 [7 January 2009]

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9957&type=1

[full-text, 58 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Pension Issues: Lump-Sum Distributions and Retirement Income Security [7 January 2009]

Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/586/

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1591&context=key_workplace

[full-text, 19 pages]

The Department of Labor Center for Faith-Based Initiatives (CFBI)

Lessons Learned from Grantees: Creating Communities of Hope, Innovation, Productivity, and Prosperity [13 January 2009]

http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/communites.pdf

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/588

[full-text, 56 pages]

The Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

Office of Workforce Investment

Partnership in Action, Examples of Employer/Faith-Based and Community Organization Partnerships [13 January 2009]

http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/partnership.pdf

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/589

[full-text, 20 pages]

Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI)

Innovations in Compassion The Faith-Based and Community Initiative: A Final Report to the Armies of Compassion [12 January 2009]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/pdf/innovation-in-compassion.pdf

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/590

[full-text, 56 pages]

EEOC

ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER WORK GROUP REPORT TO THE CHAIR OF THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/aapi.html

Press Release 9 January 2009

EEOC ISSUES WORK GROUP REPORT ON FEDERAL ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER EMPLOYMENT

Barriers and Misperceptions Persist; Low Participation in Senior Ranks

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-9-09.html

GAO: U.S. Postal Service: Age and Disability in the Executive Service,GAO-09-255R January 12, 2009

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09255r.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

House Ways and Means Committee

GREEN BOOK 2008 (current to January 2009)

http://waysandmeans.house.gov/Documents.asp?section=2168

This is the 2008 edition of "Background Material and Data on the Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means," informally known as the Green Book.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Research and Development in Industry: 2004 [12 January 2009]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09301/

or

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09301/pdf/nsf09301.pdf

[full-text, 307 pages]

DATA TABLES

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09301/content.cfm?pub_id=3638&id=3

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Office of Advocacy

Firm Size Data [12 January 2009]

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/data.html

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean

2008 Latin America and the Caribbean selected economic and social data

http://dec.usaid.gov/index.cfm?p=search.getCitation&rec_no=152705

or

http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADM600.pdf

[full-text, 211 pages]

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

SHIFTS IN U.S. MERCHANDISE TRADE 2007 [7 January 2009]

http://www.usitc.gov/tradeshifts/2008/default.htm

or

http://www.usitc.gov/tradeshifts/2008/documents/pub4044.pdf

[full-text, 288 pages]

Press Release 7 January 2009

ITC RELEASES SHIFTS IN U.S. MERCHANDISE TRADE 2007

http://www.usitc.gov/ext_relations/news_release/2009/er0107gg1.htm

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Policy & Research

Economic Trends

A Year-End Look at the Economic Slowdown's Impact on Middle-Aged and Older Americans

Research Report

S. Kathi Brown, AARP Knowledge Management

January 2009

http://www.aarp.org/research/economy/trends/economic_slowdown_09.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/economic_slowdown_09.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

Automatic Data Processing, Inc., (ADP)

ADP NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT REPORT [7 January 2009]

http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/pdf/FINAL_Report_December_08.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

METHODOLOGY

http://adpemploymentreport.com/PDF/REVISED_METHODOLOGY_DEC_2008.pdf

Conference Board

Press Release

The Conference Board Reports Online Job Demand Drops 507,000 in December [7 January 2009]

http://www.conference-board.org/economics/helpwantedOnline.cfm

or

http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/HWOL010907.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

EBRI NOTES

January 2009, Vol. 30, No. 1

Lump-Sum Distributions at Job Change [8 January 2009]

http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=4153

or

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_Jan09_Rollovers.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Includes numerous CHARTS & FIGURES....

Press Release

More Workers Are Preserving Retirement Assets, Study Says [8 January 2009]

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR.823_08Jan08_EBRI.pdf

European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) - Research, Education, Health and Safety (REHS)

Collective bargaining newsletter

http://www.etui.org/research/Publications/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter

DECEMBER

http://www.etui.org/research/content/download/5593/28635/file/COLLECTIVE%20BARGAINING%20December%202008.pdf

Families USA: The Voice for Health Care Consumers

A Shot in the Arm for West Virginia: Increasing Health Coverage for Working Families [January 2009]

http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/a-shot-in-the-arm-for-wv.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Families USA

Squeezed! Caught between Unemployment Benefits And Health Care Costs [9 January 2009]

http://www.familiesusa.org/resources/publications/reports/cobra.html

or

http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/cobra-2009.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

and

Key Findings

http://www.familiesusa.org/resources/publications/reports/cobra-key-findings.html

Press Release 9 January 2009

COBRA Premiums for Family Health Coverage Consume 84 Percent of Unemployment Benefits

In 41 States, COBRA Premiums Cost More than Three-Fourths of Unemployment Benefits; in Nine of Those States, They Cost More than 100 Percent

http://www.familiesusa.org/resources/newsroom/press-releases/2009-press-releases/cobra-premiums-for-family.html

Kaiser Family Foundation

Cost Sharing for Health Care: France, Germany, and Switzerland [12 January 2009]

http://www.kff.org/insurance/7852.cfm

or

http://www.kff.org/insurance/upload/7852.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

Mercer

Press Release

Absence rates in Europe rise, but company absence management policies hindered by lack of data [8 Januaray 2009]

http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1332295

Mercer

Canadian Pension Plans Pummelled in 2008 [8 January 2009]

http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1332340

RAND (Europe; UK)

Supporting independent living for disabled people

An evaluation of the Foundations for Living project

By: Edward Nason, Lila Rabinovich, Tom Ling, Lidia Villalba van Dijk

http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR616/

or

http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR616.pdf

[full-text, 80 pages]

Summary

http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR616.sum.pdf

Towers Perrin

CLOSING THE ENGAGEMENT GAP - HOW GREAT COMPANIES UNLOCK EMPLOYEE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERIOR RESULTS [January 2009]

http://www.amazon.com/Closing-Engagement-Gap-Companies-Potential/dp/1591842387/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231347061&sr=1-1

Press Release

Unlocking Employee Potential by "Closing the Engagement Gap" is Now More Critical Than Ever

New Book From Towers Perrin Highlights How Companies Are Reaping the Bottom-Line Benefits of Engaged Workforces

http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/showdctmdoc.jsp?country=global&url=Master_Brand_2/USA/Press_Releases/2009/20090105/2009_01_05.htm

Law

Cornell University Law Library

http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/

Legal Research Engine Home

http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/ResearchGuides/CLL-Legal-Research-Engine.cfm

This unique search engine provides four ways to search for legal information--

(1) Find Legal Research Guides:

Easy access to authoritative guides on every subject

(2) Search the Legal Internet:

The best of the legal web, courtesy of InSITE

(3) Search Academic Blawgs:

Expert commentary from law professors

(4) I want it all!

Search all three at once

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)

Bush Administration's Immigration Prosecutions Soar [Includes CHARTS, MAP, & TABLES)

Total of All Federal Filings Reach New High

http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/crim/201/

Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES November 2008 [13 January 2009]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/trad1108.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/pdf/trad1108.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/xls/trad1108.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/pdf/trad1108_fax.pdf

Also

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/xls/trad_time_series_1108.xls

[1992 - present; spreadsheet]

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: NOVEMBER 2008 [13 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 15 pages]

BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES: SECOND QUARTER 2008 [13 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 23 pages]

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: DECEMBER 2008 [9 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 31 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

OECD

OECD Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs)

OECD Unemployment Rate increases to 6.5% in November 2008 [12 January 2009]

http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,3343,en_2649_34251_41965991_1_1_1_1,00.html

or

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/31/40/41970655.pdf

[full-text 4 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Analysis, Information Management and Communication Activity (AIM) Project

USAID COUNTRY HEALTH STATISTICAL REPORTS [November 2008 and earlier]

http://dec.usaid.gov/index.cfm

[Go to PULL-DOWN MENU for SUBJECT and PICK "HEALTH CARE", then CLICK on GO]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Indirect County and State Estimates of the Percentage of Adults at the Lowest Literacy Level for 1992 and 2003 [8 January 2009]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009482

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009482.pdf

[full-text, 123 pages]

______________________________
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 : 1:46 PM

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, 7 January 2009

Academic Research

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include

3905 Contingent Convergence: A Comparative Analysis of Activation Policies

3904 Cultural Transmission of Work-Welfare Attitudes and the Intergenerational Correlation in Welfare Receipt

3903 Speed Discounting and Racial Disparities: Evidence from Speeding Tickets in Boston

3902 Politicians' Outside Earnings and Political Competition

3901 A Behavioral Account of the Labor Market: The Role of Fairness Concerns

3900 Self-Employment Dynamics, State Dependence and Cross-Mobility Patterns

3899 Strike Three: Umpires' Demand for Discrimination

3898 Comparing the Early Research Performance of PhD Graduates in Labor Economics in Europe and the USA

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

International

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

COMPARATIVE STUDY

Temporary agency work and collective bargaining in the EU [19 December 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0807019s/index.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0807019s/tn0807019s.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

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

Use of technology and working conditions in the European Union [23 December 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0863.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/63/en/1/EF0863EN.pdf

[full-text, 70 pages]

EuroStat

Living conditions in Europe, 2008 Edition (2003 - 2006 data) [17 December 2008]

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1073,46587259&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_product_code=KS-DZ-08-001

or

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-DZ-08-001/EN/KS-DZ-08-001-EN.PDF

[full-text, 176 pages]

European Commission> Public Opinion

EUROBAROMETER 70

PUBLIC OPINION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Standard Eurobarometer 70/ Autumn 2008 -

FIRST RESULTS

Fieldwork: October - November 2008

Publication: December 2008

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb70/eb70_en.htm

or

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb70/eb70_first_en.pdf

[full-text, 87 pages]

and

DATA

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb70/eb70_annex.pdf

[full-text, 69 pages]

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Japanese Working Life Profile 2008/2009 - Labor Statistics [17 December 2008]

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/jwl.htm

or

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborinfo/library/documents/jwlp08-09.pdf

[full-text, 97 pages]

House of Commons Library (UK)

Paternity pay and leave

Standard Note: SN/BT/952

Last updated: 5 January 2009

Author: Louise Smith

Section Business and Transport Section

http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snbt-00952.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

For more detailed information, the following guides may be of help:

HM Revenue and Customs, Pay and time off work for parents, E15 2008

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/helpsheets/e15.pdf

Business Link, Paternity Leave any Pay, 2007

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.l1=1073858787&r.l3=1080898067&topicId=1080898067&r.lc=en&r.t=RESOURCES&r.i=1080903179&r.l2=1080898061&r.s=sc&=en

Business Link, Parental Leave and Time off for Dependents, 2007

http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.l1=1073858787&r.l3=1080898069&topicId=1080898069&r.lc=en&r.t=RESOURCES&r.i=1080914311&r.l2=1080898061&r.s=sc&=en

ACAS, Paternity Leave and Pay, undated

http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1806

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform guidance, Time off for dependants: detailed guide for employers and employees, October 2007

http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file41731.pdf

For information about Maternity Leave and Pay, see Library Standard Note, Maternity Leave and Pay, SN/BT/1429, 23 December 2008

http://pims.parliament.uk:81/PIMS/Static%20Files/Extended%20File%20Scan%20Files/LIBRARY_OTHER_PAPERS/STANDARD_NOTE/snbt-01429.pdf

Federal

BLS: Issues in Labor Statistics

Summary 08-08 / December 2008

Involuntary Part-Time Work on the Rise [31 December 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils71.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

December 2008

Report 1011

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2008 Edition)

http://www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook2008.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook-2008.pdf

[full-text, 101 pages]

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online [23 December 2008]

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

New Definitions of Employee Access to Paid Sick Leave and Retirement Benefits in the National Compensation Survey (12/23/2008)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20081219ar01p1.htm

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in the U.S. Caribbean Territories, 1992-2006 (12/23/2008)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20081218ar01p1.htm

Census

Household Economic Studies

Issued December 2008

P70-117

Americans With Disabilities: 2005 [18 December 2008]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p70-117.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

DETAILED TABLES

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/disability/sipp/disable05.html

Press Release 18 December 2008

Number of Americans With a Disability Reaches 54.4 Million

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/013041.html

Census

Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009 [17 December 2008]

http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/statab2006_2009.html

Press Release 17 December 2008

Health Care Costs, Biofuel Use Among Subjects in Census Bureau's 2009 Statistical Abstract

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/013038.html

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Economic and Budget Issue Brief

Factors Underlying the Decline in Manufacturing Employment Since 2000 [23 December 2008]

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9749&type=1

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/585

[full-text, 8 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Key Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposals [18 December 2008]

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9924

or

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9924/12-18-KeyIssues.pdf

[full-text, 196 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Budget Options, Volume 1: Health Care [18 December 2008]

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9925

or

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9925/12-18-HealthOptions.pdf

[full-text, 235 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

R40080

Job Loss and Infrastructure Job Creation During the Recession

December 23, 2008

Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics

http://opencrs.com/document/R40080

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/573

[full-text, 14 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry: Federal Financial Assistance and Restructuring

December 3, 2008

Stephen Cooney (Coordinator), Specialist in Industrial Organization and Business Resources, Science, and Industry Division

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=65859

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/570

[full-text, 44 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

CHRYSLER CORPORATION LOAN GUARANTEE ACT OF 1979: BACKGROUND, PROVISIONS, AND COSTS

James M. Bickley, Specialist in Public Finance

December 8, 2008

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=65871

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/569

[full-text, 10 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34759

Proposed Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Labor Issues

November 24, 2008

Mary Jane Bolle, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

http://opencrs.cdt.org/getfile.php?rid=65751

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/572

[full-text, 12 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL32562

Border Security: The Role of the U.S. Border Patrol

Updated November 20, 2008

Blas Nuñez-Neto, Analyst in Domestic Security, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://opencrs.cdt.org/getfile.php?rid=65785

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/571

[full-text, 41 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

IMMIGRATION-RELATED WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT: PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Andorra Bruno, Specialist in Immigration Policy

December 2, 2008

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=65869

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/567

(full-text, 15 pages)

National Center for Educations Statistics (NCES)

Distance Education at Degree-Granting Postsecondary Institutions: 2006-07 [30 December 2008]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009044

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009044.pdf

[full-text, 60 pages]

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Federal Scientists and Engineers: 200305 [17 December 2008]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09302/

or

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09302/pdf/nsf09302.pdf

[full-text, 82 pages]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

PENSION INSURANCE DATA BOOK 2007 [31 December 2008]

www.pbgc.gov/docs/2007databook.pdf

[full-text, 120 pages]

Press Release

PBGC Publishes Pension Insurance Data Book 2007 [31 December 2008]

http://www.pbgc.gov/media/news-archive/news-releases/2008/pr09-10.html

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

European Trade Union Institute

ETUI-REHS

European Economic and Employment Policy Brief

Andrew Watt

No. 3 2008

The economic and financial crisis in Europe: addressing the causes and the repercussions [18 December 2008]

http://www.etui.org/research/Media/Files/EEEPB/2008/3-2008

Kaiser

What's New on statehealthfacts.org [17 December 2008]

http://www.statehealthfacts.org/whatsnew.jsp

MDRC

Moving from Jobs to Careers:

Engaging Low-Wage Workers in Career Advancement [December 2008]

Betsy L. Tessler, David Seith, and Zawadi Rucks

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/505/full.pdf

[full-text, 81 pages]

OVERVIEW

Moving from Jobs to Careers:

Engaging Low-Wage Workers in Career Advancement [December 2008]

Betsy L. Tessler, David Seith, and Zawadi Rucks

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/505/overview.html

One World Trust

2008 GLOBAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT [12 December 2008]

http://www.oneworldtrust.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=226&tmpl=component&format=raw&Itemid=55

Press Release 12 December 2008

2008 Global Accountability Report

http://oneworldtrust.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=114&Itemid=144

Pew Research Center

American Mobility

Who Moves? Who Stays Put? Where's Home? [17 December 2008]

http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/Movers-and-Stayers.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 28 January 2009

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 21 January 2009

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 14 January 2009

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 7 January 2009

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