Wednesday, October 13, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 13 October 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, 13 October 2010
Academic Research
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
JAPAN LABOR REVIEW
Volume 7, Number 4, Autumn 2010
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2010/JLR28_all.pdf
[full-text, 102 pages]
Special Edition: Managers in Japan
Social Europe Journal
The ILO's 'Decent Work' And Labour Law Deregulation: Can They Be Reconciled? [8 October 2010]
by Michele Faioli
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
5230 Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
5229 Economic Reform, Informal-Formal Sector Linkages and Intervention in the Informal Sector in Developing Countries: A Paradox
5228 Wage Cyclicality under Different Regimes of Industrial Relations
5227 Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Lagrange Multiplier Tests for Panel Seemingly Unrelated Regressions with Spatial Lag and Spatial Errors: An Application to Hedonic Housing Prices in Paris
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
European Commission (EC)
Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Towards a set of Composite Indicators on Flexicurity: a Comprehensive Approach [8 October 2010]
by MANCA ANNA RITA; GOVERNATORI Matteo; MASCHERINI Massimiliano
http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/111111111/13518
or
[full-text, 117 pages]
Press Release 8 October 2010
Towards a set of Composite Indicators on Flexicurity: a Comprehensive Approach
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&newsId=908&furtherNews=yes
European Commission
EUROBAROMETER
Special Eurobarometer 345
MENTAL HEALTH [11 October 2010]
Part 1:
Report [Includes COMFORT at WORK]
Fieldwork: February – March 2010
Publication: October 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/health/mental_health/docs/ebs_345_en.pdf
[full-text, 64 pages]
Country Factsheets
http://ec.europa.eu/health/mental_health/docs/ebs345_country_en.zip
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
EMCC dossier on the financial services sector [12 October 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/content/source/eu10001a.htm
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
EMCC case studies: Dexia Bank (Belgium) [7 October 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1069.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/69/en/1/EF1069EN.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
EMCC case studies: Danske Bank (Denmark) [5 October 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1068.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/68/en/1/EF1068EN.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Posted workers in the European Union [6 October 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1073.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/73/en/1/EF1073EN.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]
POSTED WORKERS (Definition)
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/industrialrelations/dictionary/definitions/postedworkers.htm
World Bank/Latin America & Caribbean (LAC)
GLOBALIZED, RESILIENT, DYNAMIC: THE NEW FACE OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN [6 October 2010]
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLAC/Resources/AnnualMeetingsLACOutlookReport_01Oct10ENG.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]
Federal
BLS: Issues in Labor Statistics:
Summary 10-10 / October 2010
Ranks of those unemployed for a year or more up sharply [6 October 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils87.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
BLS: Program Perspectives on Fee-For-Service Plans [8 October 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/perspectives/program_perspectives_vol2_issue5.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Federal Programs Available to Unemployed Workers
Katelin P. Isaacs, Coordinator, Analyst in Income Security
David H. Bradley, Analyst in Labor Economics
Janemarie Mulvey, Specialist in Aging and Income Security
John J. Topoleski, Analyst in Income Security
July 26, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34251/2010-07-26/download/1013/
[full-text, 19 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans: A Data Primer
Carol Rapaport, Analyst in Health Care Financing
August 17, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RS22877/2010-08-17/download/1013/
[full-text, 10 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Unemployment and Economic Recovery
Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics
August 20, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R40925/2010-08-20/download/1013/
[full-text, 11 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Deflation: Economic Significance, Current Risk, and Policy Responses
Craig K. Elwell, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy
August 30, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R40512/2010-08-30/download/1013/
[full-text, 19 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Bush Tax Cuts and the Economy
Thomas L. Hungerford, Specialist in Public Finance
September 3, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R41393/2010-09-03/download/1013/
[full-text, 18 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Southwest Border Violence: Issues in Identifying and Measuring Spillover Violence
Kristin M. Finklea, Coordinator, Analyst in Domestic Security
Jennifer E. Lake, Section Research Manager
Celinda Franco, Specialist in Crime Policy
Chad C. Haddal, Specialist in Immigration Policy
William J. Krouse, Specialist in Domestic Security and Crime Policy
Mark A. Randol, Specialist in Domestic Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism
August 24, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R41075/2010-08-24/download/1013/
[full-text, 46 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Role of Trade Secrets in Innovation Policy
John R. Thomas, Visiting Scholar
August 31, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R41391/2010-08-31/download/1013/
[full-text, 18 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Pending U.S. and EU Free Trade Agreements with South Korea: Possible Implications for Automobile and Other Manufacturing Industries
Michaela D. Platzer
Specialist in Industrial Organization and Business
September 1, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R41389/2010-09-01/download/1013/
[full-text,35 pages]
U.S. Department of Labor
Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)
Press Release 7 October 2010
MSHA issues 11 closure orders during surprise inspection at West Virginia coal mine
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/MSHA/MSHA20101420.htm
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Statistics in Brief
Eighth-Grade Algebra: Findings From the Eighth-Grade Round of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99 (ECLS-K) [6 October 2010]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010016
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010016.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
From the Director's Desk
John Howard, M.D.
Director, NIOSH
October eNews 2010
The Gold Watch Decision [with LINKS to recent studies]
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/enews/enewsv8n6.html
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF 11-300 | October 2010 |
NSF Releases New Statistics on Business Innovation [5 October 2010]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf11300/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf11300/nsf11300.pdf
[ful-text, 8 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI Issue Brief #349
November 2010
The Impact of Auto-enrollment and Automatic Contribution Escalation on Retirement Income Adequacy [7 October 2010]
http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=4657
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_011-2010_No349_EBRI-DCIIA.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Press Release 7 October 2010
EBRI: Total National Retirement Income Deficit With Current Social Security
Retirement Benefits Counted Is $4.6 Trillion, or a Per-Individual Average of
$48,000; Nearly Double Without Social Security Benefits
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR.893.07Oct10.Testimony.pdf
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
Health-Care Reform Law: Implementation Timeline
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/Content/publicpolicy/hcr-implementation-timeline.jsp
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Birthright Citizenship Under the 14th Amendment of Persons Born in the United States to Alien Parents
Margaret Mikyung Lee, Legislative Attorney
August 12, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RL33079/2010-08-12/download/1013/
[full-text, 21 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues
Alison M. Smith, Legislative Attorney
August 18, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RL31994/2010-08-18/download/1013/
[full-text, 32 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Family and Medical Leave Act: Current Legislative Activity
Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics
August 3, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/RL31760/2010-08-03/download/1013/
[full-text, 18 pages]
Zvon – see http://zvon.org
Welcome to Zvon, a site trying to simplify access to all sorts of information.
Zvon.org law section
Statistical Reports
BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- SEPTEMBER 2010 [8 October 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: Job Openings and Labor Turnover – August 2010 [7 October 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/jolts.supp.toc.htm
BLS: PRELIMINARY MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS - 2009 [6 October 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod3.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod3.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
BLS: CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES, NEW YORK CITY − 2009 [6 October 2010]
Fatal work injuries declined to series low
http://www.stats.bls.gov/ro2/cfoi9660.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
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)
Death of Convict Georges Rutaganda in Benin
ICTR/INFO-9-2-652.EN
Oct 12, 2010
http://www.unictr.org/tabid/155/Default.aspx?id=1165
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
The Art of Campaigning
POSTED by SAMUEL B. BACHARACH on OCT 4, 2010
http://bacharachblog.com/travel/the-art-of-campaigning/
The Daily Show & The Dialogue of Execution
BY JEREMY FLYNN on 09/29/10
http://bacharachblog.com/linksy/the-daily-show-the-dialogue-of-execution/
Proactive Retirement & Giving Back
POSTED by SAMUEL B. BACHARACH on SEP 22, 2010
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-stories/proactive-retirement-giving-back/
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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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