Monday, March 08, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 10 March 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, 10 March 2010
Academic Research
OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
http://www.oecd.org/document/4/0,3343,en_2649_33729_2380420_1_1_1_1,00.html
Recent Papers -
No. 101. Trends in South African Income Distribution and Poverty since the Fall of Apartheid
No. 100. Minimum-income Benefits in OECD Countries: Policy Design, Effectiveness and Challenges
No. 99. Happiness and Age Cycles - Return to Start...? On the Functional Relationship between Subjective Well-being and Age
No. 98. Activation Policies in Finland
No. 97. Children of Immigrants in the Labour Markets of EU and OECD Countries: An Overview
No. 96. Income Distribution and Subjective Happiness: A Survey
No. 95. Looking Inside the Perpetual-Motion Machine: Job and Worker Flows in OECD Countries
No. 94. Jobs for Immigrants: Labour Market Integration in Norway
No. 93. The Welfare Effects of Social Mobility
ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
FROM SERVANTS TO WORKERS: South African Domestic Workers and the Democratic State
Shireen Ally
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5484
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
Asian Development Bank (ADB)/Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Key Proposals for Harnessing Business Opportunities in South Asia [3 March 2010]
http://aric.adb.org/pdf/FICCI-ADB_Issue_Paper%203-Mar-10.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
Press Release 3 March 2010
Easing Trade, Investment Barriers Can Unlock South Asia's Vast Potential - Report
http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2010/13168-south-asian-trades-developments/
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
International Women's Day 2010 [on 8 March 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/gender/internationalwomensday2010.htm
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Women in labour markets: Measuring progress and identifying challenges [5 March 2010]
http://www.ilo.org/empelm/what/pubs/lang--en/docName--WCMS_123835/index.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---emp_elm/---trends/documents/publication/wcms_123835.pdf
[full-text, 102 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/intl/81/
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1085&context=intl
[full-text, 103 pages]
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Library
ILO Global Jobs Crisis Observatory
http://www.ilo.org/pls/apex/f?p=109:1:0
The observatory is updated weekly with feature stories and video, ILO documents, and articles from international sources about the economic crisis and its impact on the world of work.
Recently created are Facebook and Twitter accounts which send out announcements when new information is added to the site.
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/business/dashboard/#/pages/ILO-Global-Job-Crisis-Observatory/244242123546?ref=mf
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/ILOCrisisWatch
Federal
AgingStats.gov
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
DATA SOURCES ON OLDER AMERICANS 2009
http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/2009_Documents/Final_DSOA2009_508.pdf
[full-text, 153 pages]
AgingStats.gov
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
AGING FORUM REPORT, Issue No. 1, December 2009
Data Sources on the Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis on the Economic Well-being of Older Americans
http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/main_site/docs/DSOA_Aging_Brief.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Bureau of Labor Statistics
New York-New Jersey Information Office
NEW YORK
http://www.bls.gov/ro2/ro2_ny.htm
SCROLL DOWN this page to find geographically relevant DATA and REPORTS.
BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online
February 2010, Vol. 133, No. 2
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/02/home.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/02/mlr201002.pdf
Out-of-pocket health care expenditures: a comparison
Ann C. Foster
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/02/art1full.pdf
Producing disease-based price indexes
Ralph Bradley, Elaine Cardenas, Daniel H. Ginsburg, Lyubov Rozental, and Frankie Velez
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/02/art2full.pdf
[will be posted soon]
New expenditure data in the PSID: comparisons with the CE
Geng Li, Robert F. Schoeni, Sheldon Danziger, and Kerwin Kofi Charles
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/02/art3full.pdf
Census
U.S.-Chinese Statistics Working Group Reports On Differences in U.S.-China Trade Data [4 March 2010]
http://www.esa.doc.gov/SWG03042010.cfm
or
http://www.esa.doc.gov/03042010.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Census
CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS by SERIES and OTHER POPULATION REPORT SERIES
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2010/03/iws-census-current-population-reports.html
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
Announcing the New WISQARS Fatal Injury Mapping Module [4 March 2010]
http://wisqars.cdc.gov:8080/cdcMapFramework/
See also
WISQARS HOME (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)
http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Inc.
Press Releae 3 March 2010
Planned Job Cuts Drop 41%
42,090 february cuts; fewest since 2006
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2010/03/iws-challenger-job-cuts-drop-41-as.html
ILR School at Cornell University
Employment and Disability Institute (EDI)
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Employment Policy for Persons with Disabilities at Cornell University.
2009 Progress Report on the Economic Well-Being of Working-Age People with Disabilities September 2009 [posted February 2010]
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1283&context=edicollect
[full-text, 16 pages]
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/nymakesworkpay/index.cfm
New York State Disability and Employment Status Report 2009 [posted February 2010]
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1282&context=edicollect
[full-text, 18 pages]
Kaiser Family Foundation
StateHealthFacts.org
SEE SITE MAP for better orientation
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/sitemap.jsp
RECENT UPDATES (as of 4 March 2010)
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/whatsnew.jsp
Merkle
View from the Social Inbox 2010: Actionable Information for Marketers From the Annual Consumer Email & Digital Media Attitudes and Usage Study
[full-text, 10 pages]
Press Release 3 February 2010
MERKLE RELEASES ‘VIEW FROM THE SOCIAL INBOX’ CONSUMER EMAIL AND SOCIAL NETWORKING TRENDS REPORT
http://www.merkleinc.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=1041
Migration Policy Institute
LANGUAGE PORTAL: A TRANSLATION & INTERPRETATON DIGITAL LIBRARY [DATABASE]
http://www.migrationinformation.org/integration/language_portal/search.cfm
INFORMATION ABOUT the LANGUAGE PORTAL
http://www.migrationinformation.org/integration/language_portal/
National Association for Female Executives (NAFE)
NAFE 2010 Top 50 Companies for Executive Women - 2010 Winners: The List
The 2010 champions [March 2010]
http://www.nafe.com/web?service=direct/1/ViewArticlePage/dlinkFullArticle&sp=S3059&sp=5117
Profiles of the TOP TEN
http://www.nafe.com/web?service=direct/1/ViewArticlePage/dlinkFullArticle&sp=S3061&sp=5117
Story
NAFE 2010 Top 50 Companies for Executive Women - 2010 NAFE Top 50 Companies
Pew Global Attitudes Project
Restoring America's Reputation in the World
Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight
by Andrew Kohut, President, Pew Research Center
March 4, 2010
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1512/restoring-americas-reputation-globally-gains-may-be-fragile
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
LINE (Leading Indicators of National Employment)
LINE EMPLOYMENT REPORT for MARCH 2010 [5 March 2010]
Hiring Conditions Get Stronger in March for Manufacturing and Services
http://www.shrm.org/Research/MonthlyEmploymentIndices/line/Documents/LINE March 2010.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
UNISON [UK]
http://www.unison.org.uk/about/about.asp
GOVERNMENT POLICY, RECESSION AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR [online 22 February 2010]
Steve Davies
Senior research fellow
Cardiff School of Social Sciences
November 2009
http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/18938.pdf
[full-text, 52 pages
Press Release 22 February 2010
UNISON publishes major report on funding and the recession in the voluntary sector
http://www.unison.org.uk/voluntary/pages_view.asp?did=10811
Law
Government Accountability Office (GAO
Recovery Act: One Year Later, States' and Localities' Uses of Funds and Opportunities to Strengthen Accountability. GAO-10-437, March 3.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-437
[full-text, 182 pages]
and
Highlights
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10437high.pdf
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/702/
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1707&context=key_workplace
[full-text, 183 pages]
World Legal Information Institute (WORLDLII)
www.worldlii.org
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR LAW
http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/51110.html
Statistical Reports
BLS: February 2010 Disability Employment Statistics Released [5 March 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t06.htm
BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- FEBRUARY 2010 [5 March 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
[full-text, 39 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
BLS
NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY INFORMATION OFFICE
New York, N.Y.
MASS LAYOFFS IN NEW YORK – 2009 ANNUAL TOTALS [4 March 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/ro2/nymlsa.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages 2009, Revised [4 March 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm
BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE UNEMPLOYMENT -- 2009 ANNUAL AVERAGES [3 March 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/srgune.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/srgune.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
BLS: Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers: 2009 [1 March 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2009.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2009.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
BLS (NY-NJ)
Union Membership in New York and New Jersey, 2009 [17 February 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/ro2/unionnynj.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-9-2-633.EN
Arusha, 5 March 2010
Nizeyimana Pleads Not Guilty During Further Appearance
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2010/633.htm
ICTR/INFO-9-2-632.EN
Arusha, 4 March 2010
ICTR to Digitize Video Recordings of its Trial Proceedings
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2010/632.htm
ICTR/INFO-9-2-631.EN
Arusha, 3 March 2010
Tribunal’s Youth Sensitization Project Enters Second Phase
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2010/631.htm
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
Leaders, Don’t Buy The Hype
By Nathan Sheranian on 02/24/10
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/leaders-dont-buy-the-hype/
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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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