IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: July 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, 29 July 2009

Academic Research

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

Growing Pains. Binding Constraints to Productive Investment in Latin America

Authors:Agosin, Manuel R. , Fernández-Arias, Eduardo , Jaramillo, Fidel

Published: June 2009

Language: English

http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?id_sec=3&pub_id=B-634

or

http://www.iadb.org/res/includes/pub_hits.cfm?pub_id=B-634&pub_file_name=pubB-634.pdf

[full-text, 444 pages]

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---

4315 Symbolic Values, Value Formation and Interpersonal Relations

4314 The Effect of Joint Custody on Marriage and Divorce

4313 A Suggested Method for the Measurement of World-Leading Research (Illustrated with Data on Economics)

(forthcoming in: Scientometrics)

4312 Immigrant Circulation and Citizenship: Hotel Canada?

4311 Increased Opportunity to Move Up the Economic Ladder? Earnings Mobility in EU: 1994-2001

4310 Automatic Stabilizers and Economic Crisis: US vs. Europe

4309 Cherry-Picking in Labor Market with Imperfect Information

4308 Neighborhood Dynamics and the Housing Price Effects of Spatially Targeted Economic Development Policy

4307 The Effect of Power Outages and Cheap Talk on Willingness to Pay to Reduce Outages

4306 Fertility Decline and the Heights of Children in Britain, 1886-1938

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

International

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

TRAINING & INSTRUCTIVE MATERIALS [HR-RELATED DATABASE]

http://www.adb.org/Publications/category.asp?CatId=9

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Asia Economic Monitor 2009 [23 July 2009]

http://aric.adb.org/pdf/aem/jul09/Jul_AEM_complete.pdf

[full-text, 101 pages]

special chapter on regulatory reform in emerging East Asia

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

Investing in the future of jobs and skills - series by SECTOR

Investing in the future of jobs and skills: sector report - computer, electronic and optical products [23 July 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0955.htm

or

Full Report

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/55/en/1/EF0955EN.pdf

[full-text, 163 pages]

and

Report Summary

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef09551.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/551/en/1/EF09551EN.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

Investing in the future of jobs and skills: sector report - electricity, gas, water and waste [23 July 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0956.htm

or

Full Report

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/56/en/1/EF0956EN.pdf

[full-text, 131 pages]

and

Report Summary

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef09561.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/561/en/1/EF09561EN.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

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

Employment growth and skills needs in selected sectors in Latvia: Background paper [23 July 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0953.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/53/en/1/EF0953EN.pdf

[full-text, 53 pages]

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

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

ANNUAL REPORT

Working time developments 2008 [27 July 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0903039s/tn0903039s.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0903039s/tn0903039s.pdf

[full-text, 31 pages]

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Arab Human Development Report 2009 [21 July 2009]

Challenges to Human Security in the Arab Countries

http://www.arab-hdr.org/contents/index.aspx?rid=5

or

http://www.arab-hdr.org/publications/other/ahdr/ahdr2009e.pdf

[full-text,288 pages]

Press Release 21 July 2009

"Human Security" offers new way to understand development challenges in the Arab region

http://www.arab-hdr.org/publications/contents/2009/pressrelease-e.pdf

World Trade Organization (WTO)

WORLD TRADE REPORT 2009 [22 July 2009]

Trade Policy Commitments and Contingency Measures

http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/publications_e/wtr09_e.htm

or

http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/anrep_e/world_trade_report09_e.pdf

[full-text, 196 pages]

Federal

BLS Report 1017

Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2008 [23 July 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2008.pdf

[full-text, 91 pages]

BLS

Automotive Industry: Employment, Earnings, and Hours [most current data found here]

http://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iagauto.htm

BLS

Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States, Third Quarter of 2008 through Second Quarter of 2009 Averages [20 July 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt.htm

Census

Local Employment Dynamics

INDUSTRY FOCUS [DATA TOOL]

http://lehd.did.census.gov/cgi-bin/broker?_SERVICE=industry_focus&_PROGRAM=pgm.top_report.sas&_report=no&_question=1+&_state=+&_entity=state&_Ind2=off&_Ind3=off&_output=1&_output=2&_top=10&_question=1&_table=no&_rankings=1&_sex=0&_agegroup=A00&_geog =

Local Employment Dynamics (LED) ON THE MAP

http://lehdmap3.did.census.gov/

ABOUT & HELP PAGE

http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/datatools/onthemap3.html

Instruction on how to use the newly developed analytical tools of the LOCAL EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS (LED) unit of the Census Bureau are at

e-Learning Modules

http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/datatools/elearning.html

For other tools, see -- http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/datatools/datatools.html

Census

DETAILED DATA

Public ElementarySecondary Education Finance Data 2007 [27 July 2009]

http://www.census.gov/govs/school/index.html

GRAPHIC of

STATES with HIGHEST and LOWEST SPENDING per STUDENT 2007

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/pdf/cb09-113graph.pdf

Press Release 27 July 2009

New York Leads in Per-Pupil Public Education Spending at Nearly $16,000, Census Bureau Reports

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/014091.html

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

The U.S. Newspaper Industry in Transition

Suzanne M. Kirchhoff, Analyst in Industrial Organization and Business

July 8, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=82207

[full-text, 26 pages]

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/634/

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

The Size and Role of Government: Economic Issues

Marc Labonte, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy

July 1, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=82197

[full-text, 30 pages]

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/635/

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

See the new

Disability.gov

http://www.disability.gov/

Press Release 27 July 2009

Disability.gov offers social media tools, upgrades to complement information from 22 federal agencies on disability-related programs and services

Launch of revamped site coincides with Americans with Disabilities Act's 19th anniversary

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/ODEP20090834.htm

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Department of Labor: Wage and Hour Division Needs Improved Investigative Processes and Ability to Suspend Statute of Limitations to Better Protect Workers Against Wage Theft. GAO-09-629, June 23. [online 23 July 2009]

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-629

[full-text, 57 pages]

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/633/

and

Highlights -

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09629high.pdf

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Restructuring the U.S. Postal Service to Achieve Sustainable Financial Viability (New) [28 July 2009]

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?gao-09-937sp

Press Release 28 July 2009

GAO Adds Postal Service's Financial Condition to "High-Risk" List

http://www.gao.gov/press/postal_service_pr.html

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Financial Accounting for Local and State School Systems: 2009 Edition [23 July 2009]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009325

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009325.pdf

[full-text, 209 pages]

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade, 2009 Annual Report.[6 July 2009]

http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4084.pdf

[full-text, 132 pages]

Press Release 6 July 2009

USITC REPORTS STRONG U.S. PERFORMANCE IN GLOBAL SERVICES TRADE

United States Has World's Biggest Services Market and Remains Leading Services Exporter, Importer [6 July 2009]

http://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2009/er0706gg1.htm

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

American Benefits Council

Summary of Investment Advice Legislative Issues [9 July 2009]

http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/documents/invadvice_council-summary070909.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Pew Global Attitudes

Pew Global Attitudes Project

KEY INDICATORS DATABASE

http://pewglobal.org/database/

Pew Global Attitudes Project

Confidence in Obama Lifts U.S. Image Around the World

Most Muslim Publics Not So Easily Moved

July 23, 2009

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1289/global-attitudes-survey-2009-obama-lifts-america-image

or

Full Report

http://pewglobal.org/reports/pdf/264.pdf

[full-text, 203 pages]

or

Interactive Graphics

http://pewglobal.org/database/

or

Slide Show

http://pewglobal.org/docs/?DocID=12

St. Cloud Times, Minnesota

STATE EMPLOYEE SALARY DATABASES for 22 STATES [28 July 2009]

http://www.sctimes.com/article/99999999/DOCS/105250001/Search-state-employee-salary-databases

or better yet

http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2009/07/iws-state-employee-salary-databases-for.html

Watson Wyatt

2009/2010 U.S. Strategic Rewards Report

Executive Summary

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/StrategicRewardsHighlights

[full-text, 6 pages] -- includes TABLES

2009/2010 Salary Budget Survey

Results Preview

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/salarybudgetsurveypreview

[full-text, 6 pages] -- includes TABLES

Pay Raises Expected to Rebound in 2010, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds [21 July 2009]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=21843

Watson Wyatt

For article that provides more depth and data, see

Pension Freezes Continue Among Fortune 1000 Companies in 2009

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/us/pubs/insider/showarticle.asp?ArticleID=21857

Press Release 22 July 2009

Pension Plan Freezes Continue at Steady Pace Among Fortune 1000 Companies, Watson Wyatt Analysis Finds

Separate Research Finds Freezes Do Not Increase Stock Price

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=21854

WorldatWork (The Total Rewards Association)

WorldatWork Research

SR-02-09

Flexible Work Arrangements for Nonexempt Employees [July 2009]

http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=33622

[full-text, 30 pages]

WorldatWork (The Total Rewards Association)

Reward Next Practices [June 2009]

A Global Survey by WorldatWork and Hay Group

June 2009

http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=33369&nonav=yes

[full-text, 15 pages]

Law

ETA, WAGE & HOUR DIVISION

[REQUIRED]

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Minimum Wage Poster [24 July 2009]

http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/compliance/posters/flsa.htm

National Employment Law Project (NELP)

Restoring the Minimum Wage for America's Tipped Workers [23 July 2009]

By Rajesh D. Nayak and Paul K. Sonn | August 2009

http://www.nelp.org/tippedworkers2009

[full-text, 28 pages]

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

NLRB RELEASES TWO VIDEOS ON ITS WEBSITE [17 July 2009]

http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2009/R-2699.pdf

INTRODUCTION TO THE NLRB PUBLIC WEBSITE

http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/media/SiteTour/SiteTour.html

HOW TO USE CiteNet

http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/shared_files/media/CiteNetTour/CiteNetTour.html

World Trade Organization (WTO)

WTO Dispute Settlement: One-Page Case Summaries (1995-2008) [July 2009]

http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/publications_e/dispu_settl_1995_2008_e.htm

or

http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/dispu_summary95_08_e.pdf

[full-text, 184 pages]

Statistical Reports

BLS: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS IN THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 2009 [28 July 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ebs2.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

BLS: OCCUPATIONAL PAY COMPARISONS AMONG METROPOLITAN AREAS, 2008 [24 July 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 7 pages]

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN JUNE 2009 [23 July 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 11 pages]

BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES: FOURTH QUARTER 2008 [21 July 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 23 pages]

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT [23 July 2009]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/eta20090846.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Note: The following was presented as a keynote speech by the author at CASLIN 2009 (Czech and Slovak Library Information Network), see - http://alx.upol.cz/caslin2009/index_en.html

LLRX.com

THE END OF INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES & THE BEGINNING OF SOCIAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH SERVICE: AN ENHANCED ROLE FOR LIBRARIES

By Stuart Basefsky

Information Specialist, Lecturer, and Director of the IWS News Bureau

ILR School, Cornell University

http://www.llrx.com/features/socialacademicresearch.htm

or

http://www.llrx.com/node/2177/print

NOTE: The IWS Documented News Service is committed to helping the Rwanda Tribunal garner more attention world-wide. The lessons and legacy of ground-breaking legal matters related to the unspeakable events in Rwanda should not be forgotten. Humans, whether from rich or poor countries, must remain vigilant in curbing the motivations that lead individuals and groups to violent hatred and barbaric acts against a class of people. Consequently, items about this tribunal, which will end shortly after 2010, will appear from time to time on this news service.

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

HANDBOOK for JOURNALISTS [concerning the Rwanda Tribunal)

http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/handbook/index.htm

THE BACHARACH BLOG

http://bacharachblog.com/

Social Media, the Developer's Sandbox, & the Question of Profitability and Productivity

http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-technology/social-media-the-developers-sandbox-the-question-of-profitability-and-productivity/

July 28, 2009

Top 5 Leadership & Technology Articles on Bacharach Blog

http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-links/top-5-leadership-technology-articles-on-bacharach-blog/

July 26, 2009

Leadership Link Round-Up: July 20-24

http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-links/leadership-link-round-up-july-20-24/

July 25, 2009

Gardening and How Life Can Be Easier Without Comparative Bids

http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/gardening-and-how-life-can-be-easier-without-comparative-bids/

July 24, 2009

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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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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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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, 22 July 2009

Academic Research

Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut in der Hans-Boeckler-Stiftung

Towards computer-aided collective bargaining: Enhancing the trade unions position under flexicurity

by Andranik Tangian (Tanguiane)

Diskussionspapier Nr. 165

June 2009

http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_165_e.pdf

[full-text, 154 pages]

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department (EMP/ENTERPRISE)

Employment Sector

Employment Working Paper No. 18

A view on international labour standards, labour law and MSEs [online July 2009]

by Julio Faundez

http://www.ilo.org/empent/Whatwedo/Publications/lang--en/docName--WCMS_110485/index.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/documents/publication/wcms_110485.pdf

[full-text, 70 pages]

Additional working papers from this unit are found at-

http://www.ilo.org/empent/WorkingUnits/lang--en/facet--ORG-_-ED_EMP----EMP_ENT----IFP_SEED-_-TYP-_-Publication-_-2678/WCMS_DOC_ENT_DPT_SEE_EN/index.htm

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)

and the

International Labour Organization (ILO)

THE ILO AND THE QUEST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, 19192009

Gerry Rodgers; Eddy Lee; Lee Swepston; Jasmien Van Daele

$65.00s cloth

2009, 288 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

ISBN: 978-0-8014-4849-2 Quantity

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5599

See Executive Summary

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/article/wcms_105096.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

See also PRESS RELEASE at

http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=18040

State Tax Update: July 2009 [20 July 2009]

http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=18038

or

http://www.ncsl.org/documents/fiscal/StateTaxUpdateJuly2009.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

World Economic Forum (WEF)

Country Studies

http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/CountryStudies/index.htm

Mexico Competitiveness Report [22 June 2009]

http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/MexicoCompetitiveness/MexicoCompetitivenessReport/index.htm

or

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/Mexico/MCR_2009.pdf

[full-text, 128 pages]

Brazil Competitiveness Report [16 April 2009]

http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/BrazilCompetitivenessReport/index.htm

or

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/Global_Competitiveness_Reports/Reports/Brazil/BrazilCompetitivenessReport2009.pdf

[full-text, 151 pages]

Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress

Liana Sun Wyler, Analyst in International Crime and Narcotics

Alison Siskin, Specialist in Immigration Policy

Clare Ribando Seelke, Specialist in Latin American Affairs

July 2, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=82131

[full-text, 52 pages]

Employment Standards Administration (ESA)

ESA News Release: [07/10/2009]

Contact Name: Dolline Hatchett

Phone Number: (202) 693-4651

Release Number: 09-0821-NAT

Federal minimum wage will increase to $7.25 on July 24 [10 July 2009]

Millions of workers across 30 states will see more money in their paychecks

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/esa20090821.htm

Federal Judicial Center (FDC)

A Guide to the Preservation of Federal Judges' Papers [10 July 2009]

Second Edition

http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/judgpa2d.pdf/$file/judgpa2d.pdf

[full-text, 89 pages]

NOTE: The IWS Documented News Service is committed to helping the Rwanda Tribunal garner more attention world-wide. The lessons and legacy of ground-breaking legal matters related to the unspeakable events in Rwanda should not be forgotten. Humans, whether from rich or poor countries, must remain vigilant in curbing the motivations that lead individuals and groups to violent hatred and barbaric acts against a class of people. Consequently, items about this tribunal, which will end shortly after 2010, will appear from time to time on this news service.

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

PAPERS PRESENTED at (more to be added)

Roundtable on Cooperation between the International Criminal Tribunals and National Prosecuting Authorities

Arusha, 26 to 28 November 2008

http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/international_cooperation/papers_presented/index.html

Statistical Reports

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: JUNE 2009 [17 July 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 21 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS: SECOND QUARTER 2009 [16 July 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 8 pages]

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT [16 July 2009]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Census

Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008 [20 July 2009]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html

or

DETAILED TABLES

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting/cps2008.html

Press Release 20 July 2009

Voter Turnout Increases by 5 Million in 2008 Presidential Election, U.S. Census Bureau Reports

Data Show Significant Increases Among Hispanic, Black and Young Voters

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/voting/013995.html

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal

Merete F. Gerli, Information Research Specialist

June 9, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=82145

[full-text, 17 pages]

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Free Online Courses from the Small Business Administration

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

Hans-Boeckler-Foundation [Call for Papers]

Internationale Fachtagung

The World Economy in Crisis - The Return of Keynesianism?

30. Oktober 2009, 12.00 bis 31. Oktober 2009, 20.00

Berlin, Best Western Premier Hotel Steglitz International

Veranstalter: Macroeconomic Policy Insitute (IMK) at the Hans-Boeckler-Foundation, Research Network Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies (FMM)

http://www.boeckler.de/36370_94949.html

or

http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/v_30_10_2009_call_for_papers.pdf

THE BACHARACH BLOG

http://bacharachblog.com/

6 Reasons To Negotiate

http://bacharachblog.com/political-leadership/6-reasons-to-negotiate/

July 21, 2009

Do You Really Want To Negotiate? Maybe Not

http://bacharachblog.com/political-leadership/do-you-really-want-to-negotiate-maybe-not/

July 20, 2009

Leadership Link Round-Up: July 13-17

http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-links/leadership-link-round-up-july-13-17/

July 18, 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.

****************************************
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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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
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 15 July 2009

Academic Research

International Labour Office (ILO)

Industrial and Employment Relations Department

DIALOGUE Working Paper No. 1

Social dialogue in times of crisis: Finding better solutions [May 2009]

Ludek Rychly

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/downloads/papers/crisis.pdf

[full-text, 76 pages]

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Guidelines on Socially-Sensitive Labour Force Restructuring in South Eastern Europe

by Andrea Broughton

Institute of Employment Studies (IES)

February 2009

ISBN: 978-9-22122-203-3, pp. 76

http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/pubs/report.php?id=ilo0609

or

http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/pdflibrary/ilo0609.pdf

[full-text, 82 pages]

For related studies from the ILO Subregional Office in Budapest, see --

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/eurpro/budapest/publ/employ/index.htm

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)

STAGED ACTION: Six Plays from the American Workers' Theatre

Lee Papa (Editor)

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5344

$21.95s paper

288 pages, 6 x 9

ISBN: 978-0-8014-7523-8 Quantity

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---

4300 Gender and Competition

4299 Productivity Growth and the Phillips Curve: A Reassessment of the US Experience

4298 Rebalancing Growth in Asia

4297 Trust and Control at the Workplace: Evidence from Representative Samples of Employees in Europe

4296 The Distributional Effects of Tax-Benefit Policies under New Labour: A Shapley Decomposition

4295 The End of Destitution

4294 Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf: Wie konsistent sind die Reformen?

4293 On the Robustness of Brain Gain Estimates

4292 Demand Side Analysis of Microlending Markets in Germany

4291 Caught in the Trap? The Disincentive Effect of Social Assistance

4290 Inequality and Specialization: The Growth of Low-Skill Service Jobs in the United States

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

Multinational companies and collective bargaining [2 July 2009]

July 2009

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/TN0904049s/index.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/TN0904049s/tn0904049s.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0904049s/tn0904049s.pdf

[full-text, 31 pages]

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

Sweden A country profile [1 July 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0945.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/45/en/1/EF0945EN.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

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

Measures to tackle undeclared work in the European Union [1 July 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0925.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/25/en/1/EF0925EN.pdf

[full-text, 62 pages]

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

DIVERSITY POLICY in EMPLOYMENT and SERVICE PROVISION -- CASE STUDIES 2009

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/bysubject/listdiversity2009.htm

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

European and international framework agreements: Practical experiences and strategic approaches [5 June 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08102.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/102/en/1/EF08102EN.pdf

[full-text, 108 pages]

Islamic Development Bank (ISDB)

ECONOMIC POLICY AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

STATISTICAL MONOGRAPH N0. 29

KEY SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATISTICS ON IDB MEMBER COUNTRIES [May 2009]

http://www.isdb.org/irj/go/km/docs/documents/IDBDevelopments/Internet/English/IDB/CM/Publications/Statistical_Monograph/Monograph-2009.pdf

[full-text, 124 pages]

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT_)

2009 JILPT International Seminar on Working Time [online 10 July 2009]

"Working Time --In Search of New Research Territories Beyond Flexibility Debates--

January 21-23, 2009

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/events_and_information/09_0121_report.htm

The papers presented in the workshop are compiled as JILPT Report No.7.

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/reports/documents/jilpt-reports/no.7.pdf

[full-text, 101 pages]

Korea Labor Institute (KLI)

e-Labor News, No. 91, 14 July 2009

Issue Paper

The Need for Work Sharing to Achieve Work-Life Balance, and Its Direction*

by Hoon Kim ** and Soo Kyeong Hwang ***

https://www.kli.re.kr/kli/html_eng/08_mail/webzineboard/view_sub.asp?seq=98&rseq=276

or

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli/html_eng/08_mail/webzineboard/upfile/e_91.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

OECD HEALTH DATA 2009: STATISTICS & INDICATORS for 30 COUNTRIES [1 July 2009]

http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_2649_201185_43220022_1_1_1_1,00.html

or

http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3343,en_2649_34631_12968734_1_1_1_37407,00.html

and

Data at http://www.ecosante.org/index2.php?base=OCDE&langh=ENG&langs=ENG for individuals and institutions already subscribed.

Federal

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online

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

Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2008 [24 June 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cb20090623ar01p1.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cb20090623ar01p1.htm

Beyond Basic Benefits: Employee Access to Other Types of Benefits, 1979-2008

byJohn E. Buckley

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Originally Posted: May 29, 2009

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20090527ar01p1.htm

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [26 June 2009]

June 2009

Vol. 132, Number 6

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

BLS at 125: using historic principles to track the 21st-century economy

William J. Wiatrowski

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/06/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

How shifting occupational composition has affected the real average wage

Rebecca Keller

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/06/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

What do OES data have to say about increasing wage inequality?

John I. Jones

06/26/2009 "What do OES data have to say about increasing wage inequality?" will be posted to the BLS website soon.

Productivity trends in business cycles: a visual essay

Michael Chernousov, Susan E. Fleck, and John Glaser

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/06/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

Regional report

The prominence of Boston area colleges and universities

Denis M. McSweeney and Walter J. Marshall

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/06/regrep.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

Census

Older Population in the United States: 2007 and 2008 [22 June 2009]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/age/age_sex_older.html

Census

INTERNATIONAL DATA BASE [updated 23 June 2009]

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/

Press Release

Census Bureau Reports World's Older Population Projected to Triple by 2050 [23 June 2009]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/international_population/013882.html

Census

Population Estimates and Projections

P25-1137

Population Dynamics of the Great Plains: 1950 to 2007 [14 July 2009]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p25-1137.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Press Release 14 July 2009

Great Plains' Overall Population Increase Masks Losses in Majority of its Counties

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/013985.html

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program: An Overview

Wendy H. Schacht

Specialist in Science and Technology Policy

June 29, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=82050

[full-text, 9 pages]

Homeland Security

Office of Immigration Statistics

Policy Directorate

Refugees and Asylees: 2008 [12 June 2008]

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_rfa_fr_2008.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Data on Refugees and Asylees

http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/publications/YrBk08RA.shtm

Homeland Security

Office of Immigration Statistics

Policy Directorate

Apprehensions by the U.S. Border Patrol: 2005-2008 [16 June 2009]

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_apprehensions_fs_2005-2008.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Achievement Gaps: How Black and White Students in Public Schools Perform in Mathematics and Reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress [14 July 2009]

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/studies/gaps/

or

Executive Summary

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/studies/2009455.asp

or

Full Report

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/studies/2009455.pdf

[full-text, 80 pages]

U.S. State Department

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT JUNE 2009 [16 June 2009]

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/123357.pdf

[full-text, 324 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Africa Progress Panel

Annual Report of the Africa Progress Panel 2009 [10 June 2009]

An Agenda for Progress at a Time of Global Crisis: A Call for African Leadership

http://africaprogresspanel.socialmediarelease.co.za/files/africanprogresspanel/pdf/APP-ANNUAL-REPORT%202009-FULL%20VERSION%20ENGLISH.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

Executive Summary

http://africaprogresspanel.socialmediarelease.co.za/files/africanprogresspanel/pdf/APP-ANNUALREPORT-EXEC-SUM-ENGLISH.doc

Press Release 10 June 2009

Crisis facing Africa can be turned into an opportunity

Panel of world leaders states that clear-sighted African leadership and international partnership are needed to contain the crisis and to pioneer a new development model

http://africaprogresspanel.socialmediarelease.co.za/

Corporate Voices for Working Families

Conference Board

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)

Society for Human Resource Development (SHRM)

RESEARCH REPORT

THE ILL-PREPARED U.S. WORKFORCE: EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES OF EMPLOYER-PROVIDED WORKFORCE READINESS TRAINING [14 July 2009]

http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/system/files/Ill_preparedWorkforce_RR.pdf

Press Release 14 July 2009

New Report Shows Employers Struggle with Ill-Prepared Workforce, as White House Highlights Future of Workforce Skills

http://www.cvworkingfamilies.org/node/247

Kaiser Family Foundation Launches a Health Reform Gateway Page With New Resources on the 2009 Debate [21 May 2009]

HEALTH REFORM GATEWAY

http://healthreform.kff.org/

Oliver Wyman

2015 CAR INNOVATION: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON INNOVATION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY [2007]

(Executive Summary)

http://www.oliverwyman.com/ow/pdf_files/CarInnovation2015_engl.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

Law

EEOC Press Release

UNITED AIRLINES SUED FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION [4 June 2009]

EEOC Says Airline Failed to Provide Reasonable Accommodations for Disabled Workers

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-4-09.html

USCOURTS.gov (Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts)

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

WHAT'S NEW

http://www.nysb.uscourts.gov/

Announcement

The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York is pleased to announce a pilot project to make digital audio recordings of court proceedings relating to Chrysler LLC, 09-50002, and General Motors Corporation, 09-50026, publicly available online. The audio files are accessible through the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system. Registration for PACER access may be obtained at www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov

Please remember that these digital recordings are copies of court proceedings and are provided as a convenience to the public at the cost of $0.08 per audio file. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 753 (b) "no transcripts of the proceedings of the court shall be considered as official except those made from the records certified by the reporter or other individual designated to produce the record." A list of approved transcription companies can be found on the court's website.

Announcement

All documents in the General Motors Corporation bankruptcy case should be filed and viewed on http://ecf.nysb-mega.uscourts.gov/.

The lead case is: In re General Motors Corporation, 09-50026; parties filing documents (e.g., notices of appearance) should do so in the lead case only.

Additional case and claims filing information can be found on the General Motors page.

Petitions:

09-50026 General Motors Corporation

09-50027 Saturn, LLC

09-50028 Saturn Distribution Corporation

09-13558 Chevrolet-Saturn of Harlem, Inc.

Announcement

All documents in the Chrysler bankruptcy case should be filed and viewed on http://ecf.nysb-mega.uscourts.gov/.

The lead case is: In re Chrysler LLC, 09-50002; parties filing documents (e.g., notices of appearance) should do so in the lead case only.

Additional case and claims filing information can be found on the Chrysler page.

Petitions:

09-50000 Chrysler Realty Company LLC

09-50001 Peapod Mobility LLC

09-50002 Chrysler LLC

09-50003 Chrysler Aviation Inc.

09-50004 Chrysler Dutch Holding LLC

09-50005 Chrysler Dutch Investment LLC

09-50006 Chrysler Dutch Operating Group LLC

09-50007 Chrysler Institute of Engineering

09-50008 Chrysler International Corporation

09-50009 Chrysler International Limited, L.L.C.

09-50010 Chrysler International Services, S.A.

09-50011 Chrysler Motors LLC

09-50012 Chrysler Service Contracts Florida, Inc.

09-50013 Chrysler Service Contracts Inc.

09-50014 Chrysler Technologies Middle East Ltd.

09-50015 Chrysler Transport Inc.

09-50016 Chrysler Vans LLC

09-50017 DCC 929, Inc.

09-50018 Dealer Capital, Inc.

09-50019 Global Electric Motorcars, LLC

09-50020 NEV Mobile Service, LLC

09-50021 NEV Service, LLC

09-50022 TPF Asset, LLC

09-50023 TPF Note, LLC

09-50024 Utility Assets LLC

Statistical Reports

BEA: Foreign Direct Investors' Outlays to Acquire or Establish U.S. Businesses Increased in 2008 [4 June 2009]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/fdi/2009/fdi08.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/fdi/2009/pdf/fdi08.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/fdi/2009/xls/fdi08.xls

[spreadsheet]

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JUNE 2009 [15 July 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN JUNE 2009 [15 July 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 - June 2009 [14 July 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 23 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: International Unemployment Rates and Employment Indexes, 2007-2009 (seasonally adjusted) [2 July 2009, updated monthly]

http://www.bls.gov/fls/intl_unemployment_rates_monthly.htm

or

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

[full-text, 5 pages]

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JUNE 2009 [2 June 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 30 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS First Quarter 2009, Revised [4 June 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 16 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: APRIL 2009 [3 June 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 20 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

NOTE: The IWS Documented News Service is committed to helping the Rwanda Tribunal garner more attention world-wide. The lessons and legacy of ground-breaking legal matters related to the unspeakable events in Rwanda should not be forgotten. Humans, whether from rich or poor countries, must remain vigilant in curbing the motivations that lead individuals and groups to violent hatred and barbaric acts against a class of people. Consequently, items about this tribunal, which will end shortly after 2010, will appear from time to time on this news service.

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

ICTR/INFO-9-2-604.EN

Arusha, 14 July 2009

Tharcisse Renzaho Given Life Sentence

http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2009/604.html

THE BACHARACH BLOG

http://bacharachblog.com/

The Challenges of Being a Proactive & Senior Leader

http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/the-challenges-of-being-a-proactive-senior-leader/

July 15, 2009

Proactive Leaders Skip The Third Cup of Coffee

http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/proactive-leaders-skip-the-third-cup-of-coffee/

July 14, 2009

5 Leadership Lessons From Mary Stuart & Queen Elizabet

http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/5-leadership-lessons-from-mary-stuart-queen-elizabeth-i/

July 13, 2009

You Might Have Missed

http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/you-might-have-missed/

July 12, 2009

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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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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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