Tuesday, April 28, 2009
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 29 April 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
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 29 April 2009
Academic Research
International
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions [Dublin Foundation]
Quality of work and employment, industrial relations and restructuring in Turkey
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0915.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/15/en/1/EF0915EN.pdf
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
EU-MIDIS: European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey
http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/eu-midis/index_en.htm
International Labour Standards: Freedom of Association (LibSynd) [DATABASE]
http://webfusion.ilo.org/public/db/standards/normes/libsynd/index.cfm?lang=EN
ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
QUIPUSTAT (Labour Statistics Database for Latin America and the Caribbean)
http://white.oit.org.pe/estad/laclispub/english/menu.php
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Top of the Class - High Performers in Science in PISA 2006 [28 April 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/44/17/42645389.pdf
[full-text, 165 pages]
Press Releases 28 April 2009
Schools must do more to motivate tomorrow's scientists, OECD study shows
http://www.oecd.org/document/27/0,3343,en_2649_34487_42649051_1_1_1_1,00.html
Federal
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, 29 April 2009
Academic Research
- U.S. Government Manual 2008/2009 Edition
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/browse-gm-08.html
- APPENDIX B: TERMINATED AND TRANSFERRED AGENCIES [1933- HISTORICAL RECORD]
- Federal Executive Agencies Terminated, Transferred, or Changed in Name Subsequent to March 4, 1933
- http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2008_government_manual&docid=214669tx_xxx-118.pdf
- [full-text, 59 pages]
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- CONDENSED CAPITALISM: Campbell Soup and the Pursuit of Cheap Production in the Twentieth Century [April 2009]
- Daniel Sidorick
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5333
- $29.95s cloth
- 2009, 312 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, 10 halftones
- ISBN: 978-0-8014-4726-6
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- An Economic Policy Institute Book
- THE STATE OF WORKING AMERICA, 2008/2009 [April 2009]
- Lawrence Mishel; Jared Bernstein; Heidi Shierholz
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5292
- Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial? Distinctions by Entry Visa
- Jennifer Hunt
- NBER Working Paper No. 14920
- Issued in April 2009
- http://www.nber.org/papers/w14920.pdf
- [full-text, 63 pages]
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14920
- Inequality and the Measurement of Residential Segregation by Income In American Neighborhoods
- Tara Watson
- NBER Working Paper No. 14908
- Issued in April 2009
- http://www.nber.org/papers/w14908.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages]
- Abstract
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14908
- IZA Policy Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
- http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/policypapers?menuTriggered=true&noPageLoaded=true
- Recent studies include ---
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International
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions [Dublin Foundation]
Quality of work and employment, industrial relations and restructuring in Turkey
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0915.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/15/en/1/EF0915EN.pdf
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
EU-MIDIS: European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey
http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/eu-midis/index_en.htm
- EU-MIDIS at a glance [22 April 2009]
- http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/attachments/EU-MIDIS_GLANCE_EN.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Includes numerous CHARTS & FIGURES....
- Data in Focus Report 1: The Roma [22 April 2009]
- http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/attachments/EU-MIDIS_ROMA_EN.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Includes numerous CHARTS & FIGURES....
- Technical Report [updated 23 April 2009]
- http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/attachments/EU-MIDIS_Techn-Report.pdf
- [full-text, 119 pages]
International Labour Standards: Freedom of Association (LibSynd) [DATABASE]
http://webfusion.ilo.org/public/db/standards/normes/libsynd/index.cfm?lang=EN
ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
QUIPUSTAT (Labour Statistics Database for Latin America and the Caribbean)
http://white.oit.org.pe/estad/laclispub/english/menu.php
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Top of the Class - High Performers in Science in PISA 2006 [28 April 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/44/17/42645389.pdf
[full-text, 165 pages]
Press Releases 28 April 2009
Schools must do more to motivate tomorrow's scientists, OECD study shows
http://www.oecd.org/document/27/0,3343,en_2649_34487_42649051_1_1_1_1,00.html
Federal
- BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Access to Wellness and Employee Assistance Programs in the United States [22 April 2009]
- by Eli R. Stoltzfus
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20090416ar01p1.htm
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- April 2009 Report 1016
- Consumer Expenditures in 2007 [23 April 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/cex/csxann07.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Census
- EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 2008 [27 April 2009]
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn.html
- 2008 DETAILED TABLES
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/cps2008.html
- Press Release
- Census Bureau Releases Data Showing Relationship Between Education and Earnings [27 April 2009]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/013618.html
- Census
- GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY/MIGRATION
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/migrate.html
- DETAILED TABLES (2007 to 2008) CPS MARCH 2008 [22 April 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/migrate/cps2008.html
- Press Release
- Residential Mover Rate in U.S. is Lowest Since Census Bureau Began Tracking in 1948 [22 April 2009]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/mobility_of_the_population/013609.html
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention
- SWINE FLU (information portal)
- http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/
- For WORKERS & WORKPLACES in case of Pandemic Flu see --
- http://www.pandemicflu.gov/health/index.html#workers
- [Recently released]
- Guidelines and Recommendations
- Interim Guidance for Cargo Trucking Crews for the Prevention of Pandemic Influenza
- http://www.pandemicflu.gov/health/cargo_trucking.html
- U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
- Press Release
- Sandra Polaski sworn in as U.S. Department of Labor's deputy undersecretary for international affairs [27 April 2009]
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ilab/ILAB20090433.htm
- Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
- Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic
- OSHA 3327-02N 2007
- http://www.osha.gov/Publications/influenza_pandemic.html
- or
- http://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3327pandemic.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- From Women's Bureau (WB) web site
- http://www.dol.gov/wb/welcome.html
- See-- DID YOU KNOW...
- that there were more women employed as carpenters and construction laborers in 2007 than in any other construction occupation?
- HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA
- ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES
- 11. Employed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity [2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- EBRI FAST FACTS #119
- April 23, 2009
- "What Are Workers' Expected Major Sources of Retirement Income?"
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/FFE119.16April09.Final.pdf
- Foundation for Child Development
- Children in Immigrant Families The U.S. and 50 States: Economic Need Beyond the Official Poverty Measure [9 April 2009]
- http://www.fcd-us.org/resources/resources_show.htm?doc_id=897338
- or
- http://www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/ChildrenInImmigrantFamiliesPovertyMeasure.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Press Release 9 April 2009
- New Study Finds Nearly One-Half of Children in Immigrant Families Live in Poverty
- Official Measure Understates Poverty for All Children
- http://www.fcd-us.org/usr_doc/ChildrenInImmigrantFamiliesPovertyMeasurePressRelease.pdf
- Mercer
- Suspending the 401(k) Match: Look before you Leap [14 April 2009]
- http://select.mercer.com/blurb/148279/article/20096402/
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- Press Release
- Suspending the 401(k) match: Look before you leap [14 April 2009]
- http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1344275
- Watson Wyatt
- [Example: BRAZIL]
- Survey on Impact of World Economic Slowdown on Health Care Benefits [December 2008]
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/latin-america/media/02B_Impact_of_the_world_financial_crisis_on_Brazilian_benefits_package.pdf
- [Example: BRAZIL]
- Survey on Health Care Benefits [December 2008]
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/latin-america/media/01B_%20Health_Care_Benefits_Survey_ENG.pdf
- [full-text, 43 pages]
- Press Release
- Impact of World Economic Slowdown on Health Care Benefits Watson Wyatt Survey Findings [22 April 2009]
- Watson Wyatt survey indicates 2009 will be a year for intensive market negotiations
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=21031
- WorldatWork (The Total Rewards Asssociation)
- IMPLICATIONS OF EMPLOYER-SUPPLIED CONNECTIVITY DEVICES [online April 2009]
- http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=32005
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- WorldatWork (The Total Rewards Asssociation)
- TRENDS IN 401(k) PLANS -- Survey [March 2009]
- http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=31878
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- WorldatWork (The Total Rewards Asssociation)
- JOB EVALUATION AND MARKET PRICING PRACTICES 2009 [February 2009]
- http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=31378
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- EEOC
- Employer Best Practices for Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities [22 April 2009]
- http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/caregiver-best-practices.html
- Press Release
- EEOC ISSUES EMPLOYER BEST PRACTICES DOCUMENT ON WORK/FAMILY BALANCE [22 April 2009]
- Panelists Discuss Importance of Caregiver-Friendly Policies During Recession
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-22-09.html
- House Ways and Means Committee
- 2008 GREEN BOOK ("Background Material and Data on the Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means," informally known as the Green Book)
- http://waysandmeans.house.gov/Documents.asp?section=2168
- CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM (revised 17 March 2009)
- http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/cse.pdf
- [full-text, 114 pages]
- International Social Security Association (ISSA)
- The Canary Islands Statement on Occupational Risk Prevention [30 March 2009]
- http://www.issa.int/aiss/content/download/65707/1226483/file/2Canary%20Islands%20Statement.pdf
- ISSA, 30.03.2009 | News
- International forum endorses workplace prevention culture
- The Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work has received fresh endorsement from an international forum on occupational risk prevention.
- http://www.issa.int/aiss/News-Events/News/International-forum-endorses-workplace-prevention-culture
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
- Immigrant Policy Project
- April 22, 2009
- 2009 Immigration-Related Bills and Resolutions in the States (January-March 2009)
- http://www.ncsl.org/print//immig/2009%20Immig%20Final%20April%2022%202009.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Press Release 22 April 2009
- Immigration: An Issue for States in Any Economy
- NCSL issues a snapshot view of immigration legislation during the first part of the 2009 legislative session.
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/press/2009/pr04222009ImmigrationReport.htm
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
- Legislative Caucus Web Sites and Social Networking Outreach [as of 12 April 2009]
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/legsocnet.htm
- See also:
- State Legislatures' Internet Links
- http://www.ncsl.org/public/leglinks.cfm
- Broadcasts/Webcasts of Legislative Floor Proceedings and Committee Hearings
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/webcasts.htm
- NCSL's Blog: The Thicket (with links to state blogs and legislators' blogs
- http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/
- Southern Poverty Law Center (SPCL)
- SPLC to Congress: Protect H-2B Guestworkers, Enforce Labor Laws Aggressively [23 April 2009]
- http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=376
- Mary Bauer, director of the SPLC's Immigrant Justice Project, testimony before the House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy.
- http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?sid=144
- BEA: Advance GDP by Industry Statistics [28 April 2009]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2009/gdpind08.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2009/pdf/gdpind08.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2009/xls/gdpind08.xls
- [spreadsheet with Charts & Tables]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2009/pdf/gdpind08_fax.pdf
- BEA: Local Area Personal Income, 2007 [23 April 2009]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/2009/lapi0409.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/2009/pdf/lapi0409.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- DATA at
- http://www.bea.gov/regional/reis/
- BEAR FACTS
- http://www.bea.gov/regional/bearfacts/
- BLS: COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND WORK ACTIVITY OF 2008 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES [28 April 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/hsgec.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/hsgec.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- BLS: Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 2006 [20 April 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshbulletin2006.htm
- BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN MARCH 2009 [23 April 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Databases and Microdata [updated 21 April 2009]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/database.cfm
- WebCASPAR (Integrated Science and Engineering Resources Data System)
- http://webcaspar.nsf.gov/
- IRIS (Industrial Research and Development Information System)
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/iris/
- SESTAT (Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System)
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/sestat/
- Microdata Files
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/database.cfm#MICRODATA
- and
- Data Licensing
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/database.cfm#licensing
- U.S. Commercial Service
- DOING BUSINESS IN BRAZIL 2009 [24 April 2009]
- http://www.focusbrazil.org.br/ccg
- or
- http://www.focusbrazil.org.br/ccg/PDFs/ccg_all_in_one.pdf
- [full-text, 99 pages]
- USA.gov
- GOVERNMENT 2.0 TOOLS
- http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Multimedia.shtml
- Society of Professional Journalists
- Editor's Note: WORKING (Homelands Productions) (the award winner below) is collaborating with the ILR School to maintain a record of this production for the future; to use the WORKING BROWSER -- see http://working.homelands.org/ for study and inquiry (yet to be determined how); and incorporating the above into research, courses, and outreach if possible.
- Announcing winners of the 2008 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for journalism [13 April 2009]
- http://www.spj.org/news.asp?REF=878
- 2008 Sigma Delta Chi Winners:
- [Scroll Down to see the following:]
- RADIO
- Feature Reporting
- "Working," Staff, Homelands Productions, Ithaca, N.Y.
- [Link below is added to see and hear the production]
- http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/
- THE BACHARACH BLOG
- http://bacharachblog.com/
- Leaders Don't Just Rely on Their GPS
- http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/leaders-dont-just-rely-on-their-gps/
- April 22, 2009
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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