Wednesday, May 19, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 19 May 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, 19 May 2010
Academic Research
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
4942 Does International Outsourcing Really Lower Workers' Income?
4941 Lab Labor: What Can Labor Economists Learn from the Lab?
DigitalCommons@ILR--Most Recent Additions
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/recent_additions.html
Home Page at - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Asia Capital Markets Monitor [18 May 2010]
MAY 2010
http://asianbondsonline.adb.org/events/2010/asia_capital_markets_monitor/acmm_2010.pdf
[full-text, 86 pages--may download slowly]
Press Release 18 May 2010
Emerging Asia Should Be Ready to Act on Potentially Destabilizing Capital Inflows - ADB Report
http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2010/13240-asian-capital-inflows/default.asp
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Trade union strategies to recruit new groups of workers May 2010 [17 May 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0901028s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0901028s/tn0901028s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0901028s/tn0901028s.pdf
[full-text, 51 pages]
Government of India
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
National Statistical Organisation
Central Statistics Office
Value Addition & Employment Generation in the ICT Sector in India [11 May 2010]
http://mospi.nic.in/val_add_ICT_sec_11may10.pdf
[full-text, 31 pages]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LABOUR BUREAU
SHIMLA/CHANDIGARH
2010
RURAL LABOUR ENQUIRY
(61st 2004–05 Round of N.S.S.)
REPORT ON WAGES & EARNINGS OF RURAL LABOUR HOUSEHOLDS
http://labourbureau.nic.in/RLE_2004_05WE_REP_FIN.pdf
[full-text, 218 pages]
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
JAPAN LABOR REVIEW [12 May 2010]
Volume 7, Number 2, Spring 2010
Special Edition: Current Employment Situation of Persons with Disabilities and Employment Support
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2010/JLR26_all.pdf
[full-text, 121 pages]
World Bank
Do Our Children Have A Chance?
The 2010 Human Opportunity Report for Latin America and the Caribbean [13 May 2010]
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLAC/Resources/Livro_2010-Imprensa.pdf
[full-text, 176 pages]
Summary
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLAC/Resources/BookletEng.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
Press Release 13 May 2010
Latin America Makes Progress, Gap with Rich Countries Remains
According to the WB 2010 Human Opportunity Index (HOI)
Federal
BLS: FOCUS ON PRICES AND SPENDING
IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICES: FIRST QUARTER 2010 [13 May 2010]
Volume 1, Number 1
http://www.bls.gov/opub/focus/volume1_number1/ipp_1_1.htm
Census
Minority Links [Updated May 2010]
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/minority_links/minority_links.html
Census
Current Populations Reports
Population Characteristics
P20-562
Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008 [12 May 2010]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/p20-562.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Department of Defense
Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council
NET GENERATION: PREPARING FOR CHANGE IN THE FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE [13 May 2010]
http://www.cio.gov/Documents/NetGen.pdf
[full-text, 128 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/729/
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Financial Services Industry: Overall Trends in Management-Level Diversity and Diversity Initiatives, 1993-2008, by Orice Williams Brown, director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, before a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, House Committee on Financial Services. GAO-10-736T, May 12.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-736T
[full-text, 18 pages]
and
Highlights -
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10736thigh.pdf
Library of Congress (LOC)
Career Assistance across the States!
http://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2010/05/career-assistance-across-the-states/
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Presidential Memorandum -- Improving the Federal Recruitment and Hiring Process
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT: Improving the Federal Recruitment and Hiring Process
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-improving-federal-recruitment-and-hiring-process
Agency Guidance
MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
From: John Berry, Director
Subject: Comprehensive Recruitment and Hiring Reform, Implementation of the President’s Memorandum of May 11, 2010
http://www.chcoc.gov/transmittals/TransmittalDetails.aspx?TransmittalID=2958
Press Release 11 May 2010
OPM & OMB Announce Unprecedented Hiring Reforms
Measures Cut Previous Red Tape Clogging the Federal Hiring System; Allow Government to Leverage Technology and Private Sector Best Practices
http://www.opm.gov/news/opm-omb-announce-unprecedented-hiring-reforms,1562.aspx
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Office of Advocacy
QUARTERLY INDICATORS
FIRST QUARTER 2010: THE ECONOMY AND SMALL BUSINESS [13 May 2010]
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/sbqei1001.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Enterprise for Health (EfH)-- Enterprise for Health (EfH) was set up in 2000 to promote the exchange of information and experience among committed enterprises and to publicise examples of the success of a corporate culture based on partnership. Enterprises which feel particularly committed to the health and well-being of their employees will find the right forum here.
EfH was established jointly by the Bertelsmann Stiftung (Foundation) and the Federal Association of Company Health Insurance Funds (Bundesverband der Betriebskrankenkassen GbR) in Germany.
Healthy Enterprises in a Healthy Europe
http://www.enterprise-for-health.org/index.php?id=126
Tax Foundation
INCOME TAX: Tax Data, Charts, & Maps
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/topic/83.html
Law
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
H-1B ADVISOR unveiled in ELAWS by DOL [13 May 2010]
http://www.dol.gov/elaws/h1b.htm
[Click on 'CONTINUE' button in lower left corner to find essential information]
Press Release 13 May 2010
US Labor Department unveils new tool to help employees and small businesses understand foreign worker certification
Online advisor clarifies rights and responsibilities under H-1B visa program
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/asp/oasp20100563.htm
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Comparison of State Unemployment Laws
http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/unemploy/comparison2010.asp
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
[Unemployment Insurance]
State Law Information (Comparison Charts) [last updated 6 April 2010]
http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/unemploy/statelaws.asp
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
UNEMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION DATABASE
http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=20237
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BILL TRACKING DATABASE
http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=19205
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Background Materials on New Process Steel
http://www.nlrb.gov/about_us/news_room/backgrounders/nps_bkgd.aspx
New York State Senate
S.1823-B: Establishes a civil cause of action for employees who are subjected to an abusive work environment
http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S1823B
Senate Passes Landmark Legislation to Halt Bullying and Abuse in the Workplace
Posted by Thomas P. Morahan on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Statistical Reports
BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX—APRIL 2010 [19 May 2010]
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 APRIL 2010 [19 May 2010]
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 - APRIL 2010 [18 May 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
BLS: OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES -- MAY 2009 [14 May 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ocwage.pdf
[full-text, 30 pages]
BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - APRIL 2010 [13 May 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
or
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
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
Please note the following conference and consider attending:
47th Annual CIRA Conference/ International CRIMT Conference
June 16-18 2010
Université Laval, Québec City, Canada
Employee Representation in the New World of Work: The Dynamics of Rights, Voice, Performance and Power:
www.crimt.org/cira-crimt2010.html
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
FedsGetFit
Virtual Cookbook [online 13 May 2010]
http://www.fedsgetfit.gov/RecipeChallenge/Recipes.aspx
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)
LATEST DECISIONS
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/latestdecisions/index.htm
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
Developing the Influencing Skills of Your Leaders: eCornell Webinar
By Heather Burlew-Hayden on 05/14/10
10 Must-Read Leadership & Social Media Links From the Past Week
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 05/14/10
The Web 2.0 Disease & How to Avoid It
By wbriggs on 05/13/10
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-technology/the-web-2-0-disease-how-to-avoid-it/
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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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