IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 8 December 2010

Academic Research

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

Working Paper

An Overview and Examination of the Malaysian Service Sector
No. ID-21
by Lisa Alejandro, Jennifer Baumert Powell, Samantha Brady, and Isaac Wohl, Office of Industries;
November 2010
http://usitc.gov/publications/332/working_papers/ID-21.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers

Recent studies include ---
5360       The Impact of Labor Market Entry Conditions on Initial Job Assignment, Human Capital Accumulation, and Wages

5359       Sequentiality versus Simultaneity: Interrelated Factor Demand

5358       The Importance of Two-Sided Heterogeneity for the Cyclicality of Labour Market Dynamics        

5357       Great Expectations: Law, Employment Contracts, and Labor Market Performance           

5356       Directed Generosity and Network Formation: Network Dimension Matters        

5355       No Claim, No Pain: Measuring the Non-Take-up of Social Assistance Using Register Data

                (forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Inequality)              

5354       Immigrants' Employment Outcomes over the Business Cycle     

5353       African Leaders: Their Education Abroad and FDI Flows

5352       Contracts between Legal Persons           

5351       Perceptions, Expectations, and Entrepreneurship: The Role of Extreme Events


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)

Gender Equality Results Case Studies: Bangladesh [2 December 2010]

http://www.adb.org/documents/reports/gender/case-studies-ban/default.asp

or

http://www.adb.org/documents/reports/gender/case-studies-ban/gender-case-study-ban.pdf

[full-text, 58 pages]

Gender Equality Results Case Studies: Nepal [2 December 2010]

http://www.adb.org/documents/reports/gender/case-studies-nep/default.asp

or

http://www.adb.org/documents/reports/gender/case-studies-nep/gender-case-study-nep.pdf

[full-text 31 pages]

Development Bank (ADB)

Knowledge Solutions

E-Learning and the Workplace

By Olivier Serrat

http://www.adb.org/documents/information/knowledge-solutions/e-learning-and-the-workplace.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Knowledge Solutions

Enriching Knowledge Management Coordination [1 December 2010]

By Olivier Serrat

http://www.adb.org/documents/information/knowledge-solutions/enriching-knowledge-management-coordination.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

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

Juan Menéndez-Valdés [2 December 2010]

[New] Director

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

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/press/presspack/general/menendezvaldescv.htm

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

Industrial relations, social dialogue and working time: The commerce sector in Europe [2 December 2010]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1089.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/89/en/1/EF1089EN.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

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

Social dialogue and recession in the automotive sector: a global perspective [30 November 2010]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef10371.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/371/en/1/EF10371EN.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

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

European Working Conditions Observatory [EWCO]

EU LEVEL/INFORMATION UPDATE

Key elements of fair employment and decent work [for HEALTH EQUITY] [23 November 2010]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/2010/10/EU1010011I.htm

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY OFFICE

HOUSING CONDITION AND AMENITIES IN INDIA, 2008-09 [15 November 2010]

http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/press_note_535_15nov10.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

World Economic and Financial Surveys

Fiscal Monitor

November 2010

Fiscal Exit: From Strategy to Implementation [4 November 2010]

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fm/2010/02/fmindex.htm

or

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fm/2010/fm1002.pdf

[full-text, 153 pages]

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

(The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an internationally standardised assessment that was jointly developed by participating economies and administered to15-year-olds in schools).

PISA 2009 Results [7 December 2010]

http://www.oecd.org/document/61/0,3343,en_2649_35845621_46567613_1_1_1_1,00.html

PISA ONLINE DATABASE 2009

http://pisa2009.acer.edu.au/

Press Release 7 December 2010

Korea and Finland top OECD's latest PISA survey of education performance

http://www.oecd.org/document/12/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46623628_1_1_1_1,00.html

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

OECD Broadband Portal [updated 6 December 2010]

http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_2649_34225_38690102_1_1_1_1,00.html

World Bank

WORLD BANK PUBLIC SECTOR DEBT STATISTICS [6 December 2010]

http://go.worldbank.org/9PIAZORON0

or

http://www.worldbank.org/qpsd

[Data found in left margin at above URL]

Press Release 6 December 2010

World Bank and IMF Launch Quarterly Online Public Sector Debt Database

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22782893~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html

Federal

BLS: U.S. Department of Labor/ Career One Stop

Competency Model Clearinghouse

INDUSTRY COMPETENCY MODELS

http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/default.aspx

BLS: Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject

http://www.bls.gov/data/

BLS: Monthly Labor Review
November 2010

Vol. 133, Number 11
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/

or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/11/mlr201011.pdf
[full-text 123 pages]

The Nation's underemployed in the "Great Recession" of 2007–09
Andrew Sum and Ishwar Khatiwada
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/11/art1full.pdf

Reversals in the patterns of women's labor supply in the United States, 1977–2009
Diane J. Macunovich
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/11/art2full.pdf

           Fatal occupational injuries at road construction sites, 2003–07
           Stephen Pegula
           http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/11/art3full.pdf


Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Local Police Departments, 2007  
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=1750
or
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/lpd07.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

STATS of the STATES (Health and Vital Statistics by State)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/stats_states.htm

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2009 [1 December 2010]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf11306/

or

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf11306/nsf11306.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

U.S. Commercial Service

Doing Business in South Africa - 2010 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies [November 2010]

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_1428477.pdf

[full-text, 125 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING [Newsletter]

Issue 10 / 2010 November

http://www.etui.org/research/Publications/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter
or
http://www.etui.org/research/content/download/7786/36832/version/1/file/Collective+bargaining+November+2010.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

RAND

INCORPORATING STUDENT PERFORMANCE MEASURES INTO TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEMS [1 December 2010]

By: Jennifer L. Steele, Laura S. Hamilton, Brian M. Stecher

http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR917/

or

http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2010/RAND_TR917.pdf

[full-text, 53 pages]

Summary

http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2010/RAND_TR917.sum.pdf

World Economic Forum [WEF] & Accenture

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: ACCELERATING THE AGENDA [7 December 2010]

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_EN_EnergyEfficiency_AcceleratingAgenda_Report_2010.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

Press Release 7 December 2010
New Report Launched at COP16 Aims to Cut Expected US$ 26 Trillion Energy Costs by 2030
http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20News%20Releases/NR_Energy_Efficiency_2010

Law

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

IMMIGRATION POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES: AN UPDATE [3 December 2010]

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11959

or

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/119xx/doc11959/12-03-Immigration_Chartbook.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

Chart Book

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11959&type=11

Statistical Reports

BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover – October 2010 [7 December 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: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- OCTOBER 2010 [7 December 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

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- NOVEMBER 2010 [3 December 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: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Third Quarter 2010, Revised [1 December 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS DICTIONARY [Now Celebrating its 5^th Birthday on 6 December 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/industrialrelations/dictionary/

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

Hategekimana Convicted and Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

            ICTR/INFO-9-2-661.EN       

            Dec 6, 2010

            http://www.unictr.org/tabid/155/Default.aspx?id=1181

THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/

10 Must-Read Social Media & Leadership Stories From December 1-3

By Samuel B. Bacharach on 12/03/10

http://bacharachblog.com/linksy/10-must-read-social-media-leadership-stories-from-december-1-3/

How to Write a Social Media Article [Free Template Included]

By wbriggs on 12/03/10

http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-technology/how-to-write-a-social-media-article-free-template-included/

Controversial Content, GASP!, Equals Social Media Success

By wbriggs on 12/02/10

http://bacharachblog.com/leader/controversial-content-gasp-equals-social-media-success/

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

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Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
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New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 1 December 2010

Academic Research

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
WORKING PAPERS
https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:25676.8822230575/rid:cd3b3ea87f247376a0783a9db435c345

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

WORKING PAPERS

http://www.adbi.org/catalog/index.php?tab=1&modid=36&breadcrumblabel=Working+Papers%2A

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers

Recent studies include ---
5350       Accounting for Labor Demand Effects in Structural Labor Supply Models               

5349       Cronyism            

5348       Female Labour Supply and Spousal Education    

5347       Is Earnings Nonresponse Ignorable?      

5346       Urban Infrastructure and Economic Development: Experimental Evidence from Street Pavement            

5345       Racial Discrimination and Household Chores       

5344       Die Messung von Armut unter Berücksichtigung regional divergierender Lebenshaltungskosten und öffentlicher Leistungen                

5343       The Case for Presenteeism        

5342       Unions, Dynamism, and Economic Performance

               (forthcoming in: Research Handbook on the Economics of Labor and Employment Law)

5341       The Minimum Wage and Latino Workers              

5340       Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession: France vs. Spain             

5339       Private Wealth and Planned Early Retirement: A Panel Data Analysis for the Netherlands, 1994-2009      

5338       Work, Risk and Health: Differences between Immigrants and Natives in Spain


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

European Working Conditons Observatory (EWCO)

COMPARATIVE STUDY

WORK-RELATED STRESS [19 November 2010]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn1004059s/index.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn1004059s/tn1004059s.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/ewco/tn1004059s/tn1004059s.pdf

[full-text, 51 pages]

Executive Summary

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef10751.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/751/en/1/EF10751EN.pdf

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

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

Extending flexicurity – The potential of short-time working schemes: ERM Report 2010 [23 November 2010]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1071.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/71/en/1/EF1071EN.pdf

[full-text, 136 pages]

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Transition to a low-carbon economy: Public goals and corporate practices [29 November 2010]

http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46280502_1_1_1_1,00.html

or

http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/get-it.asp?REF=2010051E.PDF&TYPE=browse

[full-text, 119 pages]

OECD

HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS: EFFCIENCY AND POLICY SETTINGS [29 November 2010]

http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46491431_1_1_1_1,00.html

or

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/health-care-systems_5km7sm0td6hk.pdf?contentType=/ns/Book&itemId=/content/book/9789264094901-en&containerItemId=/content/book/9789264094901-en&accessItemIds=&mimeType=application/pdf

[full-text, 211 pages]

Press Release 29 November 2010

Health: Improving health care efficiency is key to curbing spiraling costs

http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46534006_1_1_1_1,00.html

World Bank

[TRADE] DATA VISUALIZER [22 November 2010]

http://devdata.worldbank.org/TradeVisualizer/

Go to DATA SELECTION in left margin to find variables and countries

NEW DATA VISUALIZERS for TRADE DATA [22 November 2010]

http://data.worldbank.org/news/new-data-visualizers-for-trade-data

Federal

BLS: QUARTERLY CENSUS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES (QWEC STATE & COUNTY MAP--BETA)

http://www.bls.gov/cew/

Introducing the QCEW State and County Map Application

http://www.bls.gov/cew/map_application.htm

BETA of QWEC STATE and COUNTY MAP

http://beta.bls.gov/maps/cew/us

BLS: Program Perspectives, Vol. 2 Issue 6

November 2010

DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS [29 November 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/perspectives/program_perspectives_vol2_issue6.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

BLS: Focus on Prices and Spending | Import and Export Prices | Volume 1, Number 11

Third Quarter 2010

Current Price Topics: The Impact of the European Debt Crisis on U.S. Import Prices [16 November 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/focus/volume1_number11/ipp_1_11.htm

BLS: Focus on Prices and Spending | Consumer Expenditure | Volume 1, Number 12

Household Energy Spending: Two Surveys Compared [18 November 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/focus/volume1_number12/cex_1_12.htm

Census [New!]

Economic Indicator Search Tool [18 November 2010]

http://www.census.gov/econ/currentdata/

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output From July 2010 Through September 2010 [24 November 2010]

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11975

or

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/119xx/doc11975/11-24-ARRA.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBo)

Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Family Income of the Unemployed

November 17, 2010

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11960

[full-text, 16 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure [17 November 2010]

November 2010

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11940

or

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/119xx/doc11940/11-17-Infrastructure.pdf

[full-text, 62 pages]

and

Summary

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/119xx/doc11940/2010_11-17-Infrastructure_summary.pdf

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

IMPACT OF THE ECONOMY ON OLDER WORKERS [17 November 2010]

http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/meetings/11-17-10/index.cfm

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Women in Management: Analysis of Female Managers' Representation, Characteristics, and Pay

    GAO-10-892R, Sep 20, 2010

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10892r.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

U.S. Senate

Joint Economic Committee (JEC)

Understanding the Economy: State-by-State Snapshots (October Data)

Nov 23 2010

http://jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Reports1&ContentRecord_id=1920d522-03e8-4d72-b977-6ab287a00637&ContentType_id=efc78dac-24b1-4196-a730-d48568b9a5d7&Group_id=c120e658-3d60-470b-a8a1-6d2d8fc30132

or

http://jec.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=1a6a5de0-a648-43a1-93fa-7fff2fd56408

[full-text, 112 pages]

U.S. Senate

Joint Economic Committee (JEC)

Extending the Federal Unemployment Insurance Benefits Program: Critical to Keeping the Economic Recovery On-Track [18 November 2010]

http://jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Reports1&ContentRecord_id=209ee642-86f4-495f-a18f-7353201369ab&ContentType_id=efc78dac-24b1-4196-a730-d48568b9a5d7&Group_id=c120e658-3d60-470b-a8a1-6d2d8fc30132

or

http://jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Reports1&ContentRecord_id=1920d522-03e8-4d72-b977-6ab287a00637&ContentType_id=efc78dac-24b1-4196-a730-d48568b9a5d7&Group_id=c120e658-3d60-470b-a8a1-6d2d8fc30132&MonthDisplay=11&YearDisplay=2010

[full-text, 8 pages]

U.S. Senate

Joint Economic Committee (JEC)

Women and the Economy 2010 Series

http://jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=2010-women-in-the-economy-series

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Info Brief

NSF 11-305

November 2010

Numbers of Doctorates Awarded Continue to Grow in 2009; Indicators of Employment Outcomes Mixed [22 November 2010]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf11305/

or

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf11305/nsf11305.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC)

[CHINA] 2010 REPORT TO CONGRESS [17 November 2010]

of the

U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

NOVEMBER 2010

http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2010/annual_report_full_10.pdf

[full-text, 324 pages

Executive Summary

http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2010/ExecutiveSummaryandKeyRecommendations(page1).pdf

Chapter by Chapter access

http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2010/10report_chapters.php

Press Release 17 November 2010

Release of 2010 Annual Report to Congress

http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2010/10_11_17pr.php

United States International Trade Commission [USITC]

Investigation No. 332-510

USITC Publication 4189

November 2010

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Characteristics and Performance [9 November 2010]

http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4189.pdf

[full-text, 228 pages]

Press Release 9 November 2010

Smaller Exporters Play Large Role in Trade

Exports by Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises Support Four Million U.S. Jobs

http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2010/november/smaller-exporters-play-large-role-trade

see also from USITC-- http://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2010/er1109hh1.htm

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Public Policy Institute

Fact Sheet

Impact of Modernizing the American Poverty Measure on the Poverty Status of Older Persons [29 November 2010]

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/ppi/econ-sec/fs205-economic2.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Work Foundation (UK)

UNDERSTANDING THE DEAL: Placing the employee at the heart of the employment relationship [November 2010]

http://workfoundation.org/research/publications/publicationdetail.aspx?oItemId=275&parentPageID=102&PubType=

or

http://workfoundation.org/assets/docs/publications/275_understanding_deal.pdf

[full-text, 64 pages]

A Report by WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)

Sales Compensation Programs and Practices

November 2010

http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=44112&nonav=yes

[full-text, 24 pages]

A Report by WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)

The Connection Between Academic Research Findings and Total Rewards Professionals: A Survey of Practitioner Knowledge & Discussion of Research

November 2010

http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=44841

[full-text, 24 pages]

Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

[CRISIS]

Rulemaking Requirements and Authorities in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Curtis W. Copeland, Specialist in American National Government

November 3, 2010

http://www.opencrs.com/document/R41472/2010-11-03/download/1013/

[full-text, 92 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Immigration Reform Issues in the 111th Congress

Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy

October 29, 2010

http://opencrs.com/document/R40501/2010-10-29/download/1013/

[full-text, 16 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

The Use of Seclusion and Restraint in Public Schools: The Legal Issues

Nancy Lee Jones, Legislative Attorney

Jody Feder, Legislative Attorney

October 14, 2010

http://opencrs.com/document/R40522/2010-10-14/download/1013/

[full-text, 15 pages]

Statistical Reports

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS -- OCTOBER 2010 [23 November 2010]

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

or

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

[full-text, 10 pages]

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- OCTOBER 2010 [23 November 2010]

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

or

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS:  FIRST QUARTER 2010 [18 November 2010]

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

or

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

[full-text, 17 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS IN MANUFACTURING - 2008 [18 November 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod5.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod5.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

BLS: Consumer Price Index - October 2010 [17 November 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  OCTOBER 2010 [17 November 2010]

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

or

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

[full-text, 5 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

INVITATION by
ILERA (International labour and Employment Relations Association),

WORKPLACE RESEARCH CENTRE, University of Sydney, and the

JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (JIR) published by the Industrial Relations Association of Australia (IRSA)

EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT: AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM
in SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 30 MARCH 2011
GLOBAL FORUM ON EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
http://www.erglobalforum.com/
or
http://www.erglobalforum.com/documents/GlobalERForum2011Brochure.pdf
Contact Information
http://www.erglobalforum.com/contact-us.php
REGISTRATION
http://wrc.org.au/event-details.php?eventid=101

Employment Relations in a Global Context

A Global Forum on Employment Relations will take place in Sydney on 30 March 2011.  The Forum will focus on recent trends in employment relations in key economies North America, Europe and Asia and their implications for Australia.  The Global Forum in 2011 follows the highly successful World Congress on Industrial Relations held in Sydney in 2009 attended by more than 900 participants from over 40 countries. A number of keynote speakers from that congress are returning to Sydney to review international changes which have occurred since the Global Financial Crisis and its aftermath. The Forum will also provide an opportunity to review the effects of recent reforms in Australia in the context of the re-elected Labour government from a wide range of employer and union perspectives.

The Global Forum is jointly sponsored by the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) based in Geneva, the Journal of Industrial Relations (JIR) published by the Industrial Relations Association of Australia (IRSA)  and the Workplace Research Centre (WRC) at the University of Sydney.

Registrations are now open with a limited amount of early bird tickets available at $450 until the 31st of December (Standard rate $550 after this date). To book and for more information please go to www.erglobalforum.com  

We advise you to book early for this important forum.

Janice Bellace      

University of Pennsylvania Director

President, International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA)

Tayo Fashoyin

Director, Industrial Relations Dept, ILO Secretary, International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA)

Russell Lansbury                                                                             

Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney

Immediate Past President, International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA)

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