IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: [IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 17 February 2010

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 17 February 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, 17 February 2010

Academic Research

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---

4755 Are Happiness and Productivity Lower among University Students with Newly-Divorced Parents? An Experimental Approach

4754 Longer-Term Impacts of Mentoring, Educational Services, and Incentives to Learn: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

4753 Returns to Education and Macroeconomic Shocks: Evidence from Argentina

4752 Earnings Determination and Taxes: Evidence from a Cohort Based Payroll Tax Reform in Greece

4751 Determinants of Lifetime Unemployment: A Micro Data Analysis with Censored Quantile Regressions

4750 Locus of Control and Job Search Strategies

4749 Rates of Return to University Education: The Regression Discontinuity Design

4748 Minimum Wages and Employment: Reconsidering the Use of a Time-Series Approach as an Evaluation Tool

4747 Family Values and the Regulation of Labor

4746 Intrinsic Motivations and the Non-Profit Health Sector: Evidence from Ethiopia

4745 Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial? Distinctions by Entry Visa

4744 The Effect of Enclave Residence on the Labour Force Activities of Immigrants in Canada

4743 Dialects, Cultural Identity, and Economic Exchange

4742 Ethnic Concentration and Language Fluency of Immigrants in Germany

James G. McGann, University of Pennsylvania

The 2009 Global Rankings of Think Tanks (aka Think Tank Index)

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/irp/documents/2009GlobalGoToReportThinkTankIndex_1.31.2010.02.01_000.pdf

[full-text, 72 pages]

[actual title: THE THINK TANKS AND CIVIL SOCIETIES PROGRAM 2009

THE GLOBAL “GO-TO THINK TANKS”: The Leading Public Policy Research Organizations In The World]

Revised

January 31, 2010

Editor’s Note: The following creates a potential research problem as well as concerns for both companies and workers in our globalized environment.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

The 2011 President’s Budget for the Bureau of Labor Statistics [2 February 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/bls/budget2011.htm

NOTE: Scroll down to the bottom of this page to find --

Eliminate the International Labor Comparisons (ILC) Program (-$2.0 million). In order to partially finance other needs, the BLS will eliminate the ILC program. Currently, the ILC program provides international comparisons of hourly compensation costs; productivity and unit labor costs; labor force, employment and unemployment rates; and consumer prices.

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

International

European Commission

EuroStat

LABOUR MARKET (including LABOUR FORCE SURVEY)

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/labour_market/introduction

(NOTE the subjects and links on both the left and right margins)

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

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

COMPARATIVE STUDY

Individual disputes at the workplace: Alternative disputes resolution [10 February 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0910039s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0910039s/tn0910039s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0910039s/tn0910039s.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

The following chapter comes from the forthcoming GOING FOR GROWTH 2010 publication which will be released on 10 March 2010 – see http://www.oecd.org/document/24/0,3343,en_2649_34325_41665624_1_1_1_1,00.html

Press Release 10 February 2010 for the following:

http://www.oecd.org/document/14/0,3343,en_2649_34325_44575438_1_1_1_1,00.html

Chapter 5: A Family Affair: Intergenerational Social Mobility across OECD Countries

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/17/42/44566315.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]

STATISTICAL ANNEX at

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/784787325068

Federal

BLS Spotlight on Statistics

African American History Month [16 February 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2010/african_american_history/

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2010/african_american_history/pdf/african_american_spotlight.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Audio

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2010/african_american_history/audio/blackhistorymonth_spotlight_02042010.mp3

Text of Script

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2010/african_american_history/audio.htm

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Job Patterns For Minorities And Women In Private Industry, 2008 [2 February 2010]

http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/employment/jobpat-eeo1/index.cfm

http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/employment/jobpat-eeo1/2008/index.html\

See Also -

2010 OUTLOOK: BUSINESS ISSUES & INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES
http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/Insights/hot-topics/2010-Outlook/index.htm

Key Media Pty Ltd

HRM Asia [Human Resource Management]
http://www.hrmasia.com/

Law

Baker & McKenzie

Worldwide Guide to Trade Unions and Works Councils 2009 Edition [online February 2010]
http://bakerxchange.com/ve/O30Jn85a718393es5/stype=dload/OID=70955213548273/VT=0
[full-text, 336 pages]

Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 29 / Friday, February 12, 2010 / Rules and Regulations

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

RULES

Temporary Agricultural Employment of H–2A Aliens in the United States ,

6884–6995 [2010–2731]
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-2731.htm
or

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-2731.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages]

FACT SHEET
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20100198-fs.htm

Press Release 11 February 2010

Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announces final rule for H-2A program

Labor certification for temporary agricultural employment of H-2A workers in US to strengthen worker protection for both American and foreign workers

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20100198.htm

Statistical Reports

BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - JANUARY 2010 [17 February 2010]

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

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

BLS: MAJOR WORK STOPPAGES IN 2009 [10 February 2010]

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

[full-text, 5 pages]

BLS: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES December 2009 [10 February 2010]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/trad1209.htm

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/pdf/trad1209.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/xls/trad1209.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/pdf/trad1209annual_fax.pdf

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

ILR School at Cornell University PROGRAM
International Employment and Executive Compensation Law
New Burdens for Employers: Perspectives from the U.S., the U.K., and Germany.
March 11, 2010, NYC
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/events/International-Employment-and-Executive-Compensation-Law.html

Universities Worldwide

Links to 8450 Universities in 201 countries (February 9th, 2010)
http://univ.cc/index.html

WORLD LISTING
http://univ.cc/world.php

UNITED STATES LISTING
http://univ.cc/states.php

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

ICTR/INFO-9-2-629.EN

Arusha, 11 February 2010

Muvunyi Sentenced to 15 Years After Retrial
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2010/629.htm

THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/

Top 7 Social Media Links For Proactive Leaders

By Samuel B. Bacharach on 02/12/10

http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-links/top-7-social-media-links-for-proactive-leaders/

The IWS Colloquium Series

By Samuel B. Bacharach on 02/11/10

http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/the-iws-colloquium-series/

Lessons Learned Through Verdi’s Stiffelio

By Stephanie Sutow on 02/10/10

http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/lessons-learned-through-verdi%e2%80%99s-stiffelio/

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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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