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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, 10 February 2010

Academic Research

 

 

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---

4741       Ethnic Discrimination in Germany's Labour Market: A Field Experiment 

4740       Policies to Promote Growth and Economic Efficiency in Mexico

4739       Demographics, Fiscal Health, and School Quality: Shedding Light on School Closure Decisions      

4738       Modeling College Major Choices Using Elicited Measures of Expectations and Counterfactuals  

4737       Immigration Policies and the Ecuadorian Exodus

4736       Returning to the Question of a Wage Premium for Returning Migrants  

4735       The Working Hours of Immigrants in Germany: Temporary versus Permanent   

4734       An Inquiry into the Theory, Causes and Consequences of Monitoring Indicators of Health and Safety at Work    

4733       Do Labor Statistics Depend on How and to Whom the Questions Are Asked? Results from a Survey Experiment in Tanzania                

4732       Strategic Sophistication of Individuals and Teams in Experimental Normal-Form Games

4731       The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Firm Level Evidence

 

 

In ABA JOURNAL OF Labor & Employment Law

The Journal of the ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law

Volume 25, Number 1, Fall 2009

Improving the Administration of the National Labor Relations Act Without Statutory Change [pages 1-24]

by Samuel Estreicher

[NOTE: The full article is available free from the author. He can be contacted at samuel.estreicher@nyu.edu

or see https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/profile.cfm?personID=19902 for additional information]

 

 

National Mediation Board (NMB) Knowledge Store [DATABASE]

http://kas.cuadra.com/starweb1/nmbks/servlet.starweb1?path=nmbks/nmb.web#

The National Mediation Board Knowledge Store consists of information of value to the airline and railroad labor communities and to the public at large. The NMB Knowledge Store is a public information service established in July, 2005. It currently incorporates over 100,000 documents and is an ongoing effort to establish a searchable archive that includes PEB Reports, NMB Representation Determinations, NMB Annual Reports, Airline and Railroad Labor Contracts, and Arbitration Awards.

 

 

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


International

 

 

African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union

and Oxford University Press

Oil and Gas in Africa [2 February 2010]

Supplement to the African Development Report
http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Full%20Document%20-%20Oil%20and%20Gas%20in%20Africa.pdf
[full-text, 272 pages]

 

 

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

OUR PEOPLE STRATEGY [Internal]

http://www.adb.org/documents/brochures/our-people/

[full-text, 19 pages]

Press Release 2 February 2010

ADB Launches New Staff Resources Strategy to Help Meet Development Goals

http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2010/13150-adb-people-strategy/

 

 

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

Active inclusion of young people with disabilities or health problems - Background paper [2 February 2010]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1013.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/13/en/1/EF1013EN.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

 

 

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Economic Survey of CHINA 2010 [2 February 2010]
http://www.oecd.org/document/43/0,3343,en_2649_34571_44477419_1_1_1_37443,00.html

POLICY BRIEF
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/22/19/44468723.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]

 

 

Federal

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Issues in Labor Statistics | Summary 10-01 | February 2010

Recession leads to lackluster employment in the trucking industry [3 February 2010]

by Emily Richards and Frank Conlon

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/trucking.htm

Census

2008 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey [4 February 2010]
http://www.census.gov/econ/aces/xls/2008/Full%20Report.htm

 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Information on Reducing Payroll Taxes to Encourage Employment

February 3, 2010

Letter to the Honorable Robert P. Casey Jr.

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11042&type=1

[full-text, 7 pages]

 

 

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Business Investment and Employment Tax Incentives to Stimulate the Economy

Thomas L. Hungerford, Section Research Manager

Jane G. Gravelle, Senior Specialist in Economic Policy

January 22, 2010

http://opencrs.com/document/R41034/2010-01-22/download/1013/

[full-text, 18 pages]

or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/701/

or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1706&context=key_workplace

[full-text, 19 pages]

 

 

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

The Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF): State Insolvency and Federal Loans to States

Julie M. Whittaker, Specialist in Income Security

January 12, 2010

http://opencrs.com/document/RS22954/2010-01-12/download/1013/

[full-text, 14 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/699/

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1704&context=key_workplace

[full-text, 15 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Understanding China’s Political System

Kerry Dumbaugh, Specialist in Asian Affairs

Michael F. Martin, Specialist in Asian Affairs

December 31, 2009

http://opencrs.com/document/R41007/2009-12-31/download/1013/

[full-text, 27 pages]

 

Homeland Security

Office of Immigration Statistics

Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2009 [9 February 2010]

MICHAEL HOEFER, NANCY RYTINA, AND BRYAN C. BAKER

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_ill_pe_2009.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

 

 

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

 

 

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

The [LABOR] Unions of the States
February 2010, John Schmitt
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/publications/reports/the-unions-of-the-states/
or
http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/unions-states-2010-02.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]

Press Release 3 February 2010

The Union Advantage Across the States
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/press-releases/press-releases/union-advantage-across-states/

 

 

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

Issue in Brief:

"Why Did Some Employers Suspend Their 401(k) Match?" [2 February 2010]

http://crr.bc.edu/briefs/why_did_some_employers_suspend_their_401_k_match_.html

or

http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Briefs/ib_10-2.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

 

 

Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

Press Release, FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Job Cuts Rise to Five-Month High

EMPLOYERS ANNOUNCE 71,482 LAYOFFS TO START 2010
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2010/02/iws-challenger-job-cuts-at-5-month-high.html

 

 

Conference Board

Press Release 9 February 2010

U.S. Salary Increase Budgets Nearly Matching Inflation

Survey Shows Lowest Level in 25-Year History

http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=3844

Report is available (not free) at--

http://www.conference-board.org/publications/describe.cfm?id=1741

 

 

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

Fast Facts

Feb. 4, 2010, #153

Income and Benefits, II: Retirement Plan Participation [4 February 2010]

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/FFE153.4Feb10.Final.pdf

 

 

European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)

Collective bargaining newsletter

Issue 1/2010 - January

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

or

http://www.etui.org/research/Publications/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter/Issue-1-2010-January

 

 

Principal/Financial Group

The [BENEFITS] Best Practices Guide

Latest Best Practices Guide—2009

Providing Employees Shelter from the Economic Storm

BENEFITS BEST PRACTICES FROM THE PRINCIPAL 10 BEST COMPANIES – 2009
http://www.principal.com/theprincipal10best/bestpractices.htm
or
http://www.principal.com/theprincipal10best/documents/2009bpg.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
Press Release 26 January 2010

http://www.principal.com/about/news/2010/crp-best-practices-guide012610.htm?WT.mc_id=home013110e

The Best Practices Guide: Winner Success Stories

http://www.principal.com/theprincipal10best/casestudies.htm

 

Work Foundation (UK)

Exceeding Expectation: the principles of outstanding leadership
Published:  January 2010
Authors:  Penny Tamkin, Gemma Pearson, Wendy Hirsh and Susannah Constable
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/research/publications/publicationdetail.aspx?oItemId=233&parentPageID=102&PubType=
or
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/Assets/Docs/leadershipFINAL_reduced.pdf
[full-text, 98 pages]

Press Release 15 January 2010

In-depth study reveals controlling, target-driven approach to leadership as counter-productive

http://www.theworkfoundation.com/pressmedia/news/newsarticle.aspx?oItemId=219

 

 

Law

 

 

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Unauthorized Alien Students, Higher Education, and In-State Tuition Rates: A Legal Analysis

Jody Feder, Legislative Attorney

January 13, 2010

http://opencrs.com/document/RS22500/2010-01-13/download/1013/

[full-text, 9 pages]

 

 

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Federal Employee Benefits and Same-Sex Partnerships

Wendy R. Ginsberg, Analyst in Government Organization and Management

January 21, 2010

http://opencrs.com/document/R41030/2010-01-21/download/1013/

[full-text, 25 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/700/

or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1705&context=key_workplace

[full-text, 26 pages]

 

 

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues

Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy

Karma Ester, Information Research Specialist

January 19, 2010

http://opencrs.com/document/RS20844/2010-01-19/download/1013/

[full-text, 10 pages]

 

 

Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)

FEDERAL REGISTER

PROPOSED RULES [2 February 2010]

Lifetime Income Options for Participants and Beneficiaries in Retirement Plans

5253–5258 [2010–2028]

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-2028.htm

or

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-2028.pdf

News Release

US Labor Department seeks public comments on lifetime income options for retirement plans

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ebsa/EBSA20091571.htm

 

 

Statistical Reports

 

 

BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover – December 2009 [9 February 2010]

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

or

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

[full-text, 16 pages]

 

 

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- JANUARY 2010 [5 February 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

 

 

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS  Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages 2009, Preliminary [4 February 2010]

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

or

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

[full-text, 12 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

 

 

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- DECEMBER 2009 [2 February 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

 

 

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

 

 

A Service of Black Radio Network, Inc.; BlackRadioNetwork.com; MinorityNewsService.com; MinorityNews.net

MINORITY NEWS

http://www.blackradionetwork.com/

 

 

Census Facts for Features

# CB10-FF.01 # Dec. 2, 2009

Black (African-American) History Month: February 2010
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/014487.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/pdf/cb10ff-01_blackhistory.pdf
[full-text, 6 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)

www.ictr.org

Press Release

ICTR/INFO-9-2-628.EN

Arusha, 9 February 2010

Grégoire Ndahimana pleads not guilty during his further appearance
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2010/628.htm

 

 

THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/

 

                       

Undercover Boss: Engaging Employees the Hard Way

By Samuel B. Bacharach on 02/08/10

http://bachrachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/undercover-boss-engaging-employees-the-hard-way/

 

 

Uncertainty and (Maybe) A Paradigm Shift

By Samuel B. Bacharach on 02/04/10

http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/uncertainty-and-maybe-a-paradigm-shift/

 

 

The Quest for the Foundations of Mathematics Or How to Push New Ideas

By Samuel B. Bacharach on 02/03/10

http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/the-quest-for-the-foundations-of-mathematics-or-how-to-push-new-ideas/

 

 

 

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