Tuesday, January 20, 2009
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 21 January 2009
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, 21 January 2009
Academic Research
International
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
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
****************************************
_______________________________
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
- 3943
- 3942
- 3941
- 3940
- 3939
- 3938
- 3937
- 3936
- Issued in January 2009
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/
- http://www.iadb.org/gl
- 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
- LABOUR BUREAU,
- 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]
- http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/flt/2008uk.pdf
- 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]
- Akbar Sadeghi
- 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
- Elka Maria Torpey
- Census
- 2007 Service Annual Survey
- NAICS 62
[15 January 2009]- Health Care and Social Assistance Services
- 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/
- Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
- Foreign Labor Trends (FLT) Reports Series
- [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
- 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
- American Public Media produced by Homelands Productions - http://homelands.org/
- CHINA LAW BLOG (China Law for BUSINESS)
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
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- 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
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09157.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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