Monday, January 25, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 27 January 2010
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, 27 January 2010
Academic Research
Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS)
ICTWSS: Database on Institutional Characteristics of Trade Unions, Wage Setting, State Intervention and Social Pacts in 34 countries between1960 and 2007
Jelle Visser, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), University of Amsterdam
http://www.uva-aias.net/208
Code Book
http://www.uva-aias.net/uploaded_files/regular/TheICTWSSDatabaseandcodebook.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
ICTWSS Database 2.1 January 2009
http://www.uva-aias.net/uploaded_files/regular/ICTWSSDatabase212009.xls
Upjohn Institute
Human Resource Economics and Public Policy
Essays in Honor of Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
Charles J. Whalen, Editor
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/titles/hrepp.html
See ILR Press Release
January 15 2010
"Festschrift" Honors Briggs
Tribute by social scientists tracks economist's influence
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/VernonBriggs_01152010.html
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
To find LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS, go to
OECD.Stat Extracts
http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?
Look at the category for LABOUR in the left margin. Click on it and you will get data for numerous variables --
or SEE
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2010/01/iws-oecd-labour-force-statistics.html
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Spain: a country profile [19 January 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1008.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/08/en/1/EF1008EN.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
JAPAN LABOR REVIEW [14 January 2010]
Volume 7, Number 1, Winter 2010
Special Edition: Current Situation of Japan's Benefit Programs
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2010/JLR25_all.pdf
[full-text, 145 pages]
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
Labor Situation in Japan and Analysis: General Overview 2009/2010 [19 January 2010]
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/lsj.html
(Note: Individual Chapters can be downloaded at this URL)
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborsituation/2009-2010/general_overview/general_2009-2010.pdf
[full-text, 179 pages -- this may download slowly]
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies: Israel [20 January 2010]
www.oecd.org/els/israel2010
Press Release 20 January 2010
Reforming education and raising employment key to Israel’s long-term economic growth
http://www.oecd.org/document/37/0,3343,en_2649_34487_44411365_1_1_1_1,00.html
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Economic Survey of Israel 2009 [20 January 2010]
http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,3343,en_2649_33733_44384757_1_1_1_1,00.html
POLICY BRIEF: ECONOMIC SURVEY OF ISRAEL 2009 [20 January 2010]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/41/30/44383721.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
Federal
Census
Home-Based Workers in the United States: 1999-2005 [25 January 2010]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/workathome.html
[Scroll Down]
Press Release
Census Bureau Reports Home-Based Workers Number 11 Million in 2005 [25 January 2010]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/employment_occupations/014553.html
Census
Race and Hispanic Origin of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States: 2007 [20 January 2010]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/acs-11.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Federal Employees: Pay and Pension Increases Since 1969
Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security
January 20, 2010
http://www.opencrs.com/document/94-971/2010-01-20/download/1013/
[full-text, 13 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/697/
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1702&context=key_workplace
[full-text, 14 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program
Lennard G. Kruger, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy
December 17, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/RL33375/2009-12-17/download/1013/
[full-text, 13 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
THE 2010 DECENNIAL CENSUS: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES
Jennifer D. Williams, Specialist in American Government
April 27, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40551/2009-04-27/download/1013/
[full-text, 18 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Pay-for-Performance: Lessons from the National Security Personnel System
Wendy R. Ginsberg, Analyst in Government Organization and Management
December 18, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34673/2009-12-18/download/1013/
[full-text, 34 pages
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Friday, January 22, 2010
Social Security Makes New Data Available to Public
Commissioner Astrue Applauds President Obama’s Transparency and Open Government Initiative
http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/pr/dataset-pr.htm
U.S. Congress, Joint Economic Committee
THE 2009 JOINT ECONOMIC REPORT [11 January 2010]
REPORT OF THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
ON THE 2009 ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
TOGETHER WITH MINORITY VIEWS
http://jec.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=75456dc2-c8c1-4fbc-9d60-f4f3b239ffe9
[full-text, 127 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
The Association Of American Colleges And Universities
By Hart Research Associates
Raising The Bar: Employers’ Views On College Learning In The Wake Of The Economic Downturn [20 January 2010]
http://www.aacu.org/leap/documents/2009_EmployerSurvey.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
Press Release 20 January 2010
Employers Seek More College-Educated Workers With Higher Levels of Learning and Broader Sets of Skills, New Survey Reveals
AAC&U Board of Directors Issues Statement on “The Quality Imperative”— Calls for Nation to Match Ambitious Goals for Completion with Ambitious Vision for College-Level Learning
http://www.aacu.org/press_room/press_releases/2010/employersurvey.cfm
The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Issue in Brief:
"Pension Obligation Bonds: Financial Crisis Exposes Risks" [19 January 2010]
By Alicia H. Munnell, Thad Calabrese, Ashby Monk, and Jean-Pierre Aubry
http://crr.bc.edu/briefs/pension_obligation_bonds_financial_crisis_exposes_risks.html
or
http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/slp_9.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Fast Facts
Jan. 20, 2010, #151
How Union Status Affects Health Insurance Premiums [20 January 2010]
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/FFE151.20Jan10.Final.pdf
FORTUNE
100 Best Companies to Work For 2010 [21 January 2010]
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/snapshots/1.html
Full List
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/full_list/
The GUARDIAN (UK - Newspaper/blog)
DATA BLOG: Facts are Sacred
Government data from around the world. Welcome to our single gateway
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jan/07/government-data-world
Governments around the world are opening up their data vaults. Now you can search all of them, from one place: here
• Go straight to our World Government Data search
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world-government-data
• Gallery: the full list of government data sites
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/gallery/2010/jan/20/official-government-data-sites
• Gallery: the top 10 best visualisations and apps
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/gallery/2010/jan/20/government-data-applications-vizualisations
Human Rights Watch
WORLD REPORT 2010: EVENTS OF 2009
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2010
or
http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/related_material/wr2010.pdf
[full-text, 624 pages]
Press Release 20 January 2010
World Report: Abusers Target Human Rights Messengers [20 January 2010]
Rights-Respecting Governments Should Speak Up to Protect Defenders
http://www.hrw.org/en/world-report-2010/news-release
Pew Research Center
Women, Men and the New Economics of Marriage
by Richard Fry and D’Vera Cohn, Pew Research Center
January 19, 2010
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1466/economics-marriage-rise-of-wives?src=prc-latest&proj=peoplepress
or
http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/new-economics-of-marriage.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
Law
Baker & McKenzie
China Employment Law Update [December 2009]
http://bakerxchange.com/ve/79U8961uu89V70bU293/VT=0/stype=dload/OID=8091229101724907
[full-text, 4 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
U.S. Immigration Policy on Haitian Migrants
Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy
January 15, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RS21349/2010-01-15/download/1013/
[full-text, 12 pages]
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Extension of the 2009 Poverty Guidelines until at least March 1, 2010 [19 January 2010]
http://aspe.hhs.gov/POVERTY/09extension.shtml
[Federal Register: January 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 14)]
[Notices] [Page 3734-3735]
2009 HHS Poverty Guidelines Extended Until March 1, 2010
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-1234.htm
orhttp://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-1234.pdf Statistical Reports
BLS: UNION MEMBERS - 2009 [22 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS FOURTH QUARTER 2009 [21 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
BLS: PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - DECEMBER 2009 [20 January 2010]
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
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
The ILR School at Cornell Universtiy is hosting a
Health Care Conference
A Working Conference for Practitioners, Researchers, Union Leaders, and Policymakers
Health Care Delivery System Reform and the Implications for the Work Force: From the Workplace to the White House
May 11-12, 2010, New York City
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/events/healthcare/
The Our Documents initiative is a cooperative effort among National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps
OUR DOCUMENTS
www.ourdocuments.gov
To help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy, we invite you to explore 100 milestone documents of American history. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to "form a more perfect union."
Census
Census Data and Emergency Preparedness
EARTHQUAKE in HAITI [Updated 22 January 2010]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/emergencies/index.html
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)
Completion Strategy
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/completionstrat/index.htm
THE BACHARACH BLOG
Make Adjustments but Don’t Overreact
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Jan 22, 2010
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/make-adjustments-but-don%e2%80%99t-overreact/
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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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