Wednesday, May 05, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 5 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, 5 May 2010
Academic Research
OECD HEALTH WORKING PAPERS NO. 51 DELSA/HEA/WD/HWP(2010)2
EFFECTIVE WAYS TO REALISE POLICY REFORMS IN HEALTH SYSTEMS
Jeremy Hurst
http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2010doc.nsf/ENGREFCORPLOOK/NT00000F96/$FILE/JT03280896.PDF
[full-text, 33 pages]
OECD HEALTH WORKING PAPERS NO. 50 DELSA/HEA/WD/HWP(2010)1
HEALTH SYSTEMS INSTITUTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS: A SURVEY OF 29 OECD COUNTRIES
Valerie Paris, Marion Devaux and Lihan Wei
http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2010doc.nsf/ENGREFCORPLOOK/NT000029DA/$FILE/JT03282545.PDF
[full-text, 140 pages]
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
4922 The Development of Multidimensional Poverty in Germany 1985-2007
4921 Charity and Favoritism in the Field: Are Female Economists Nicer (To Each Other)?
4920 Do Rising Top Incomes Lift All Boats?
4919 Economic Reform, Education Expansion, and Earnings Inequality for Urban Males in China, 1988-2007
4918 Tax Morale and Compliance Behavior: First Evidence on a Causal Link
4917 Automatic Stabilizers, Economic Crisis and Income Distribution in Europe
4916 A Long-Run View of the University Gender Gap in Australia
4915 Modern Models of Monopsony in Labor Markets: A Brief Survey
4914 SES Health Gradients during the Epidemiological Transition: The Case of China
4913 Social Ties and Subjective Performance Evaluations: An Empirical Investigation
4912 What Determines Family Structure?
ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
WHEN CHICKEN SOUP ISN'T ENOUGH: Stories of NURSES Standing Up for Themselves, Their Patients, and Their Profession
Suzanne Gordon (Editor)
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5642
$24.95t cloth
2010, 272 pages
ISBN: 978-0-8014-4894-2
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Addressing the GENDER PAY GAP: Government and social partner actions [27 April 2010]
April 2010
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0912018s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0912018s/tn0912018s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0912018s/tn0912018s.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS)
Making migration a development factor: the case of North and West Africa [29 April 2010]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/migration.pdf
[full-text, 179 pages]
Press Release 29 April 2010
In search of jobs: new ILO study on labour migration in North and West Africa
New Zealand Department of Labour
[NEW ZEALAND] LABOUR MARKET REPORTS
http://www.dol.govt.nz/publications/lmr/index.asp
New Zealand Department of Labour
NEW ZEALAND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS PUBLICATIONS
http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/publications/
Organization of American States (OAS)
Inter-American Network for Labor Administration - RIAL
http://www.sedi.oas.org/ddse/english/cpo_rial1.asp
The Institutionalization of a Gender Approach in the Ministries of Labor of the Americas [October 2009]
http://scm.oas.org/pdfs/2009/GenderING.PDF
[full-text, 125 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/721/
Federal
BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 13, Employment Projections— Updated [30 April 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch13.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions
Supplemental Pay in the Finance and Insurance Industry [21 April 2010]
by John L. Bishow
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20100416ar01p1.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cm20100416ar01p1.htm
Earnings of Healthcare Workers by Level of Duties and Responsibilities, 2008 [21 April 2010]
by Miguel Lugo
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20100415ar01p1.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cm20100415ar01p1.htm
BLS: Program Perspectives on Defined Benefit Plans
"FROZEN" DEFINED-BENEFIT PLANS [28 April 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/perspectives/program_perspectives_vol2_issue3.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online
April 2010, Vol. 133, No. 4
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/04/home.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/04/mlr201004.pdf
[full-text, 131 pages]
Articles
Industry shifts over the decade put Philadelphia on a new road to job growth
Gerald Perrins and Diane Nilsen
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/04/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
IPP 2008 year in review
Edwin Bennion
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/04/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
Compensation of residential and nonresidential construction workers
Thomas Moehrle
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/04/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
Program reports
Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 2009
Geoffrey D. Paulin
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/04/art4full.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
A CBO Study
Tax Arbitrage by Colleges and Universities [30 April 2010]
April 2010
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11226&type=1
[full-text, 28 pages]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Educational Technology in U.S. Public Schools: Fall 2008 [28 April 2010]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010034
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010034.pdf
[full-text, 66 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI Issue Brief #342
The Impact of the Recession on Employment-Based Health Coverage [4 May 2010]
May 2010
http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=4539
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_05-2010_No342_Recssn-HlthBns.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Fast Facts
April 28, 2010 #162
How Many Workers Are Delaying Retirement? Why? [28 April 2010]
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/FFE162.28April10.RetDelay-RCS.Final.pdf
GLOBAL UNIONS: Standing Together for Rights of Workers
Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.global-unions.org/spip.php?rubrique2
Trade unionists around the world support rights and justice for US workers
http://www.global-unions.org/spip.php?rubrique72&lang=EN
Hewitt
EMERGING HEALTH TRENDS 2010: The Road Ahead: Under Construction With Increasing Tolls
[full-text, 27 pages]
Press Release
RAND
The Role of Incentive Pays in Military Compensation
JAMES HOSEK, CT-345, April 2010
Testimony presented before the Senate Armed Services Committee,
Subcommittee on Personnel on April 28, 2010
http://rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT345/
or
http://rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2010/RAND_CT345.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
WorldatWork (The Total Rewards Association)
Snapshot Survey: Retirement Plan Options in the U.S.
March 2010
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=37005
Law
EEOC Press Releases
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/index.cfm
NLRB on FACEBOOK
http://www.facebook.com/NLRBpage
NLRB Press Releases
http://www.nlrb.gov/about_us/news_room/index.aspx
Statistical Reports
BEA: Personal Income and Outlays, March 2010 [3 May 2010]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2010/pi0310.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2010/pdf/pi0310.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2010/xls/pi0310.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2010/pdf/pi0310_fax.pdf
BEA: Gross Domestic Product: First Quarter 2010 (Advance Estimate) [30 April 2010]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/gdp1q10_adv.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/pdf/gdp1q10_adv.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/xls/gdp1q10_adv.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/pdf/gdp1q10_adv_fax.pdf
BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX - MARCH 2010 [30 April 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm
BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- MARCH 2010 [28 April 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Government Online: The internet gives citizens new paths to government services and information
Aaron Smith, Research Specialist
April 27, 2010
http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2010/PIP_Government_Online_2010.pdf
[full-text, 44 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)
ICTR/INFO-9-2-637.EN
Arusha, 4 May 2010
Togolese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Visits the Tribunal
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2010/637.htm
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
3 Keys to Avoiding Meetings That Go On and On and On…
By wbriggs on 04/29/10
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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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