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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 23 June 2010

 

Academic Research

 

                                                                                                                 

IZA Policy Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

      http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/policypapers/index_html?noAutoMenu=true&print=true

Recent studies include ---

16           Labor Market and Globalization: A Comparison of the Latin American and the East Asian Experiences in the 1980s and 1990s                 
15           Agenda 2020: Strategies to Achieve Full Employment in Germany            

14           Macedonia’s Accession to the EU and the Labor Market: What Can Be Learned from the New Member States?                

13           An Awkward Dance: China and the United States

 

 

DigitalCommons@ILR--Most Recent Additions

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/recent_additions.html
Home Page at - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/

 

 

Cornell HR Review

Mitchell B. Langbert

Managing Psychopathic Employees

In Essays on June 16, 2010 at 7:04 pm

http://cornellhrreview.org/2010/06/16/managing-psychopathic-employees/

or

http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=cornellhrreview.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcornellhrreview.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fchrr-2010-langbert-managing-psychopathic-employees1.pdf&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fcornellhrreview.org%2F2010%2F06%2F16%2Fmanaging-psychopathic-employees%2F

[full-text, 5 pages]

 

 

Cornell HR Review

Allison A. Gordon, Jennifer L. Kaswin

Effective Employee Incentive Plans: Features and Implementation Processes

In Essays on May 31, 2010 at 6:41 pm

http://cornellhrreview.org/2010/05/31/effective-employee-incentive-plans-features-and-implementation-processes/

or

http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=cornellhrreview.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcornellhrreview.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fchrr-2010-gordon-kaswin-employee-incentives.pdf&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fcornellhrreview.org%2F2010%2F05%2F31%2Feffective-employee-incentive-plans-features-and-implementation-processes%2F

[full-text, 6 pages]

 

 

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


International

 

 

African Development Bank (AfDB)

The ADB Statistics Pocketbook 2010

http://www.afdb.org/en/knowledge/publications/the-adb-statistics-pocketbook/

or

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/ADB_Pocketbook_2010_web.pdf

[full-text, 171 pages]

 

 

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries 2010

http://www.afdb.org/en/knowledge/publications/gender-poverty-and-environmental-indicators-on-african-countries/

or

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/ADB_Gender_2010_web.pdf

[full-text, 312 pages]

 

 

African Development Bank (AfDB)

African Statistical Yearbook 2010

http://www.afdb.org/en/knowledge/publications/african-statistical-yearbook/

or

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/ADB_Yearbook_2010_web.pdf

[full-text, 401 pages]

 

 

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Poverty and Sustainable Development in Asia: Impacts and Responses to the Global Economic Crisis

http://www.adb.org/documents/books/poverty-sustainable-development/

or

http://www.adb.org/documents/books/poverty-sustainable-development/poverty-sustainable-development-asia.pdf

[full-text, 543 pages]

Press Release 17 June 2010

ADB Calls for More Social Protection in Wake of Global Economic Crisis

http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2010/13253-asian-social-protections/

 

 

European Commission>Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities>News

MONTHLY MONITOR: EU EMPLOYMENT SITUATION AND SOCIAL OUTLOOK--JUNE 2010 [21 June 2010]

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=831&furtherNews=yes

[full-text, 21 pages]

For back issues, see -- http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=120&langId=en

 

 

European Commission

Survey conducted by The Gallup Organization, Hungary upon the request of

Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Eurobarometer

Flash EB Series #289

Monitoring the social impact of the crisis: public perceptions in the European Union

Wave 4: Analytical report [22 June 2010]

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/flash_arch_en.htm#289

or

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_289_en.pdf

[full-text, 110 pages]

and

Summary

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_289_sum_en.pdf

 

 

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

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

COMPARATIVE REPORTS on RESTRUCTURING
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/comparativeinformation.htm

 

 

International Labour Organization (ILO)

International Labour Organization Conference

PR No. 13A - TEXT OF THE RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING HIV AND AIDS AND THE WORLD OF WORK

http://www.ilo.org/global/What_we_do/Officialmeetings/ilc/ILCSessions/99thSession/pr/lang--en/docName--WCMS_141906/index.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_141906.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Resolution concerning the promotion and the implementation of the Recommendation on HIV and AIDS and the world of work, 2010

http://www.ilo.org/aids/lang--en/docName--WCMS_141898/index.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---ilo_aids/documents/normativeinstrument/wcms_141898.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Press Release 17 June 2010

ILO conference adopts unprecedented new international labour standard on HIV and AIDS

http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_141928/index.htm

 

 

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT 2010: SHIFTING WEALTH [16 June 2010]

http://www.oecd.org/document/8/0,3343,en_2649_33959_45462088_1_1_1_1,00.html

Press Release 16 June 2010

Economy : Developing countries set to account for nearly 60% of world GDP by 2030, according to new estimates

http://www.oecd.org/document/12/0,3343,en_2649_33959_45467980_1_1_1_1,00.html

 

 

World Bank

China Quarterly Update, June 2010 [18 June 2010]

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/CHINAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:22617700~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:318950,00.html
or

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/CHINAEXTN/Resources/318949-1268688634523/Quarterly_June_2010.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

Includes numerous TABLES & GRAPHS....

High Resolution Graphics from the report

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/CHINAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:22617598~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:318950,00.html
Overview

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/CHINAEXTN/Resources/318949-1268688634523/overview_Quarterly_June_2010.pdf

Press Release 18 June 2010

World Bank remains upbeat about China’s growth prospects

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22619255~noSURL:Y~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html

 

The World Bank in Russia

Russian Economic Report No. 22, June 2010 [16 June 2010]

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTRUSSIANFEDERATION/Resources/305499-1245838520910/rer_22_eng.pdf

[full-text, 29 pages]

 

 

Federal

 

 

United States Department of Agriculture

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Miscellaneous Publication Number 1528-2009

Expenditures on Children by Families, 2009

http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/CRC/crc2009.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

Press Release 9 June 2010

A Child Born in 2009 Will Cost $222,360 to Raise According to USDA Report

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os_gAC9-wMJ8QY0MDpxBDA09nXw9DFxcXQ-cAA_1wkA5kFaGuQBXeASbmnu4uBgbe5hB5AxzA0UDfzyM_N1W_IDs7zdFRUREAZXAypA!!/dl3/d3/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnZ3LzZfUDhNVlZMVDMxMEJUMTBJQ01IMURERDFDUDA!/?contentidonly=true&contentid=2010%2f06%2f0312.xml

or

http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os_gAC9-wMJ8QY0MDpxBDA09nXw9DFxcXQ-cAA_1wkA5kFaGuQBXeASbmnu4uBgbe5hB5AxzA0UDfzyM_N1W_IDs7zdFRUREAZXAypA!!/dl3/d3/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnZ3LzZfUDhNVlZMVDMxMEJUMTBJQ01IMURERDFTODU!/?printable=true&contentidonly=true&contentid=2010%2f06%2f0312.xml

 

 

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

June 2010

Report 1024

Extended Mass Layoffs in 2008

http://www.bls.gov/mls/mlsreport1024.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

 

 

BLS: Occupational Outlook Quarterly

Summer 2010 Vol. 54, Number 2 [11 June 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2010/summer/home.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2010/summer/summer2010ooq.pdf

[full-text, 36 pages]

 

Museum work: Put your skills on exhibit

Elka Maria Torpey

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2010/summer/art01.pdf

 

The 2010 SOC: A classification system gets an update

Alissa Emmel and Theresa Cosca

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2010/summer/art02.pdf

 

Informational interviewing: Get the inside scoop on careers

Olivia Crosby and Tamara Dillon

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2010/summer/art03.pdf

 

And more….

 

 

Census

State and County Housing Unit Estimates: July 1, 2009 [16 June 2010]

http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.html

 

 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Average Federal Taxes by Income Group [2007] [18 June 2010]

June 2010

http://www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/collections.cfm?collect=13

See CHART GALLERY

http://www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/tax/2010/graphics.cfm

 

 

U.S. Department of Labor

STATEMENT OF

SETH D. HARRIS, DEPUTY SECRETARY

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS

U.S. SENATE

June 17, 2010

WORKER MISCLASSIFICATION ISSUE

http://www.dol.gov/_sec/newsletter/2010/20100617-2.htm

 

 

Employment and Training Administration (ETA) & Mathematica Policy Research

Series # :          ETAOP 2010-06

Title :  National Evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program

Subtitle :          Characteristics of Workers Eligible under the 2002 TAA Program and Their Early Program Experiences

Release Date :             June 4, 2010

http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/keyword.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_resultDetails&pub_id=2442&mp=y

or

http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/FullText_Documents/National%20Evaluation%20of%20the%20Trade%20Adjustment%20Assistance%20Program%20Characteristics%20of%20Workers%20Eligible%20Under%20the%202002%20TAA%20Program%20and%20Their%20Early%20Program%20Experiences%20Final%20Report%2Epdf

[full-text, 101 pages]

Methodology

National Evaluation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: Methodological Appendices Regarding the Baseline Survey (Covering Workers Eligible Under the 2002 Program)

http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/FullText_Documents/National%20Evaluation%20of%20the%20Trade%20Adjustment%20Assistance%20Program%20%2D%20Methodological%20Appendices%20Regarding%20the%20Baseline%20Survey%20%28Covering%20Workers%20Eligible%20Under%20the%202002%20Program%29%2Epdf

[full-text, 72 pages]

 

 

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

ETA Research Publication Database

http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/eta_default.cfm

Advanced SEARCH at

http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/keyword.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_advanceSearch

 

 

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

COMPENDIUM OF AFRICAN TRADE-RELATED SUCCESS STORIES AND CASE STUDIES [June 2010]

http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADS418.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

 

 

Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)

Equipment Safety and Health Concerns

Equipment Related Accidents (1995-2009)

http://www.msha.gov/equipmentsafety/equipmentaccidents.asp

fatalgrams and accident reports

Current year and information

http://www.msha.gov/FATALS/FAB.HTM

 

 

Women's Bureau (WB)

20 Leading Occupations of Employed Women

2009 Annual Averages

(employment in thousands)

http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/20lead2009.htm

 

 

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

 

 

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

Fast Facts June 16, 2010 #169

Why Health Savings Accounts Cannot Cover All Retiree Medical Costs

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/FFE169.16June10.HSAs.Final.pdf

 

 

Global Labour Universtiy (GLU)

http://www.global-labour-university.org/

&

University of the Witwatersrand-Johannesburg

Corporate Strategy & Industrial Devleopment (CSID)

http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/CLM/SEBS/Research/CSID/aboutCSID.htm

GLOBAL LABOUR COUMN

More pay and more jobs: how Brazil got both [16 June 2010]

http://column.global-labour-university.org/2010/06/more-pay-and-more-jobs-how-brazil-got.html

 

 

Mercer

PRESS RELEASE 15 June 2010

Employers reshaping talent management programs as economy shifts toward growth

http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1382875

 

 

Migration Information Source (MIS)

Indian Immigrants in the United States [June 2010]

By Aaron Terrazas and Cristina Batog, Migration Policy Institute

http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=785

 

 

Pew Global Attitudes Project

Obama More Popular Abroad Than at Home, Global Image of U.S. Continues to Benefit: Muslim Disappointment -- 22-Nation Pew Global Attitudes Survey [17 June 2010]

http://pewglobal.org/2010/06/17/obama-more-popular-abroad-than-at-home/2/#chapter-1-views-of-the-u-s-and-american-foreign-policy

or

http://pewglobal.org/files/pdf/Pew-Global-Attitudes-Spring-2010-Report.pdf

[full-text, 176 pages)

Key Indicators Database

http://pewglobal.org/database/

Press Release 17 June 2010

Obama More Popular Abroad than at Home, Global Image of U.S. Continues to Benefit 22-Nation Pew Global Attitudes Survey

June 17, 2010

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1630/obama-more-popular-abroad-global-american-image-benefit-22-nation-global-survey

 

 

Law

 

 

The Leadership Conference: The Nation's Premier Civil & Human Rights Coalition

Railroaded out of Their Rights: How a Labor Law Loophole Prevents FedEx Express Employees from Being Represented by a Union

June 2010 [15 June 2010]

http://www.civilrights.org/publications/fedex-rla-loophole/

or

http://www.civilrights.org/publications/fedex-rla-loophole/rla-fedex-loophole.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

See PRESS RELEASE 15 June 2010

http://www.civilrights.org/press/2010/fedex-rla-report.html

 

 

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Outgoing General Counsel reports on injunction activity in his term [15 June 2010]
http://www.nlrb.gov/about_us/news_room/template_html.aspx?file=http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press

or
http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2010/R-2751.pdf
See injunction data from appendix at

http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/about/foia/10j/10J_EndofTerm_Appendices.pdf

 

 

[Federal Register: May 11, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 90)]

[Rules and Regulations]              

[Page 26062-26089]

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

29 CFR Parts 1202 and 1206

[Docket No. C-6964]

RIN 3140-ZA00

Representation Election Procedure

AGENCY: National Mediation Board.

ACTION: Final rule.

infoline@nmb.gov.

http://frwebgate4.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/TEXTgate.cgi?WAISdocID=710208523479+0+1+0&WAISaction=retrieve

or

http://frwebgate4.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/PDFgate.cgi?WAISdocID=710208523479+0+2+0&WAISaction=retrieve

[full-text, 28 pages]

FOLLOWED BY

Federal Register /Vol. 75, No. 109 /Tuesday, June 8, 2010 /Rules and Regulations 32273

ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-13696.htm

or

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-13696.pdf

 

 

U.S. Department of State

Release 15 June 2010

U.S. Engagement With The International Criminal Court and The Outcome Of The Recently Concluded Review Conference

http://www.state.gov/s/wci/us_releases/remarks/143178.htm

 

 

Statistical Reports

 

 

BEA: TRAVEL AND TOURISM SPENDING TURNS UP IN FIRST QUARTER 2010 [22 June 2010]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2010/tour110.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2010/pdf/tour110.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2010/xls/tour110.xls

[spreadsheet]

 

 

BEA: State Personal Income: First Quarter 2010 [18 June 2010]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2010/spi0610.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2010/pdf/spi0610.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi//2010/xls/spi0610.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2010/pdf/spi0610_fax.pdf

 

 

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- MAY 2010 [18 June 2010]

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

or

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

[full-text, 20 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

 

 

BLS: Consumer Price Index -May 2010 [17 June 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  MAY 2010 [17 June 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 - MAY 2010 [16 June 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

 

 

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

ILR School at Cornell University
Labor and Employment Law Program
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor, 212-340-2866
Codes of Conduct and Corporate Social Responsibility: Global Strategies for Global Compliance
July 8, 2010 – NYC
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/law/events/Codes-of-Conduct-and-Corporate-Social-Responsibility.html
This Third Annual Conference on International Employment Law is a special workshop focused on the issue of multinational employers’ global codes of conduct and corporate social responsibility [CSR] initiatives.

 

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 Releases

http://www.unictr.org/News/PressReleases/tabid/64/Default.aspx

Appeals Chamber Hears Parties’ Arguments in Renzaho Case

ICTR/INFO-643.EN

Jun 16, 2010

The Appeals Chamber Hears Oral Arguments in the Rukundo Case

ICTR/INFO-9-2-642.EN

Jun 15, 2010

Closing Arguments Submitted in Ntawukulilyayo Trial

ICTR/INFO-9-2-641.EN

Jun 15, 2010

 

 

THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/

 

 

The Case for Online Distractions

By wbriggs on 06/21/10

http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-technology/the-case-for-online-distractions/

 

 

10 Must-Read Social Media & Leadership Stories From June 14-18

By Samuel B. Bacharach on 06/18/10

http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/10-must-read-social-media-leadership-stories-from-june-14-18/

 

 

The Leadership Debate Beneath the Oil Slick: Obama vs. Hillary Again

By Samuel B. Bacharach on 06/17/10

http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/the-leadership-debate-beneath-the-oil-slick-obama-vs-hillary-again/

 

 

 

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