IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: September 2010

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 29 September 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, 29 September 2010

Academic Research

World Bank (New Book!)

The Day After Tomorrow: A Handbook on the Future of Economic Policy in the Developing World [27 September 2010]

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/ORGANIZATION/EXTPREMNET/0,,contentMDK:22708168~pagePK:64159605~piPK:64157667~theSitePK:489961,00.html
or

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTPREMNET/Resources/TDAT_Book.pdf

[full-text, 466 pages]

Press Release 27 September 2010

Developing Countries Come to the Global Economy's Rescue

They account for half of global growth and will surpass economic size of developed nations by 2015

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22713926~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---

5204       Equality, Equity and Incentives: An Experiment
5203       Is Employer-Based Health Insurance a Barrier to Entrepreneurship?
5202       Skill-Biased Change in Entrepreneurial Technology
5201       Public and Private Insurance with Costly Transactions
5200       Respect as an Incentive
5199       Real Wages and the Business Cycle in Germany
5198       Religious Participation versus Shopping: What Makes People Happier?
5197       Parental Risk Attitudes and Children's Secondary School Track Choice
5196       Business Cycle Dependent Unemployment Insurance
5195       Gender Discrimination in Job Ads: Theory and Evidence
5194       The Lasting Impact of Mothers' Fetal Malnutrition on Their Offspring: Evidence from the China Great Leap Forward Famine

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)

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK 2010 UPDATE [28 September 2010]

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2010/Update/

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2010/Update/ado2010-update.pdf

[full-text, 194 pages]

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

MAKING WORK PAY (CASE STUDIES)

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/qualityofwork/betterjobs/Bycategory4.htm

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

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

EMCC case studies: Impact of the financial and economic crisis - Study on ArcelorMittal Galati subsidiary (Romania) [27 September 2010]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1059.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/59/en/1/EF1059EN.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

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

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

COMPARATIVE STUDY

Health and safety at work in SMEs: Strategies for employee information and consultation

September 2010 [23 September 2010]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn0911028s/index.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn0911028s/tn0911028s.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/ewco/tn0911028s/tn0911028s.pdf

[full-text, 67 pages]

Government of India

Central Statistics Office

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

www.mospi.gov.in

MONTHLY ABSTRACT of STATISTICS, Vol. 63, No. 1-3, January-March 2010
http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/mas_january_March_2010.htm

Government of India

Central Statistics Office

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

www.mospi.gov.in

Women and Men in India 2010

12th Issue [June 2010]

http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/w_and_m_2010.htm

Korea Labor Institute (KLI)

Issue Paper

Retirement from the Main Lifetime Job and Reemployment *

by Hanam Phang **

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_ehome/zine/vew.ehome-zine?seq=116&subSeq=348

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli/html_eng/08_mail/webzineboard/upfile/e_102.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Employment

Skills and Employability Department (EMP/SKILLS)

Skills for Green Jobs - 21 background country studies

http://www.ilo.org/skills/what/projects/lang--en/WCMS_144268/index.htm

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Organizacion Internacional del Trabajo (OIT)

2009 LABOUR OVERVIEW [July 2010]

http://intranet.oit.org.pe/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1957&Itemid=1155

http://oit.org.pe/WDMS/bib/publ/panorama/labour_overview_09.pdf

[full-text, 120 pages]

See Spanish Version at http://intranet.oit.org.pe/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1932&Itemid=1155

OECD

Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: Fit not Fat [23 September 2010]

http://www.oecd.org/document/31/0,3343,en_2649_33929_45999775_1_1_1_37407,00.html

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/21/19/46004918.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Federal

BLS, September 2010

Bulletin 2752

National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2010 [24 September 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/benefits/2010/home.htm

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/benefits/2010/ebbl0046.pdf

[full-text, 529 pages]

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

INDUSTRIES AT A GLANCE

http://www.bls.gov/iag/home.htm

Census

AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY (ACS) 2009 DATA RELEASE [28 September 2010]
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/2009_release/
Includes the following ACS Briefs

· Poverty: 2008 and 2009

· Household Income for States: 2008 and 2009

· Men's and Women's Earnings for States and Metropolitan Statistical Areas: 2009

· Food Stamp/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Receipt in the Past 12 Month for Households by State: 2008 and 2009

· Health Insurance Coverage of Children under Age 19: 2008 and 2009

· Disability Among the Working Age Population: 2008 and 2009

· Usual Hours Worked in the Past 12 Months for Workers 16 to 64: 2008 and 2009

Press Release 28 September 2010
Census Bureau Releases 2009 American Community Survey Data
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb10-cn78.html

Census

2010 2nd Quarter Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue [27 September 2010]

http://www.census.gov/govs/qtax/

http://www2.census.gov/govs/qtax/information_sheet.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

National Level

http://www2.census.gov/govs/qtax/2010/q2t1.pdf

http://www2.census.gov/govs/qtax/2010/q2t1.xls

[spreadsheet]

Census

Rose M, Kreider Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division U,S, Bureau of the Census Washington, D,C, 20233-8800

Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division Working Paper

Increase in Opposite-sex Cohabiting Couples from 2009 to 2010 in the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) to the Current Popnlation Survey (CPS)

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/Inc-Opp-sex-2009-to-2010.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Press Release

Working Paper on the Change in Cohabiting Couples from 2009 to 2010 [23 September 2010]

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/families_households/2010-09-23_families_households.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Postsecondary Education: Many States Collect Graduates' Employment Information, but Clearer Guidance on Student Privacy Requirements Is Needed

GAO-10-927 September 27, 2010

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-927

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10927.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages]

and

Highlights

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10927high.pdf

U.S. Congress

Joint Economic Committee (JEC)

Understanding the Economy: State-by-State Snapshots (August Data Update)

Sep 22 2010

http://jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Reports1&ContentRecord_id=d2e386c2-3cad-403c-bbc9-4c71d3ce755b

http://jec.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=f5721647-6b3c-4890-9fde-64935261dc15

[full-text, 112 pages]

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Info Brief

NSF 10-329 | September 2010 |

Universities Report $55 Billion in Science and Engineering R&D Spending for FY 2009; Redesigned Survey to Launch in 2010 [27 September 2010]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf10329/

and

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf10329/nsf10329.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Office of Advocacy

The Impact of Regulatory Costs on Small Firms [September 2010]

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs371tot.pdf

[full-text, 83 pages]

Research Summary

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs371.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Hewitt

Press Release 27 September 2010

U.S. Health Care Cost Rate Increases Reach Highest Levels in Five Years, According to New Data from Hewitt Associates

http://www.hewittassociates.com/Intl/NA/en-US/AboutHewitt/Newsroom/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?cid=9106

Mercer

Global Defined Benefit Pension liabilities hit new highs [22 September 2010]

http://www.mercer.com/press-releases/1393740

Law

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

The Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/digest/index.cfm

This publication includes feature articles on timely issues in equal employment opportunity law, as well as summaries of recent Commission decisions and federal court cases, as they affect Federal government employees.

Commission Federal Sector decisions are currently available on the EEOC web site at http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/decisions.cfm

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

CLASSIFIED INDEX—THE ELECTRONIC NETWORK (CiteNet)
http://12.150.186.170/citenet/home/index.cfm

[excerpt from CiteNet Quick Start at http://12.150.186.170/Citenet/Helpdocs/CiteNetQuickStart.htm ]

Statistical Reports

BEA: TRAVEL AND TOURISM SPENDING GROWS IN SECOND QUARTER 2010 [23 September 2010]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2010/tour210.htm

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2010/pdf/tour210.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2010/xls/tour210.xls
[spreadsheet]

BLS: MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS FOR DETAILED INDUSTRIES, 2008 [28 September 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prin3.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prin3.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS -- AUGUST 2010 [23 September 2010]

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

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

[full-text, 10 pages]

EuroStat

European Day of Languages

In the EU, nearly 80% of children were studying a foreign language at primary school in 2008 [24 September 2010]

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-24092010-AP/EN/3-24092010-AP-EN.PDF

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)

www.ictr.org

INTERIM ORDER ON PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR DEFENCE WITNESSES

NDAHIMANA Gregoire (ICTR-01-68)

Sep 22, 2010

http://www.unictr.org/Portals/0/Case/English/Ndahimana/decisions/100922.pdf

and

CORRIGENDUM TO ORDER FOR DISCLOSURE FILED ON 3 FEBRUARY 2010

NZABONIMANA, Callixte (ICTR-98-44)

Sep 22, 2010

http://www.unictr.org/Portals/0/Case/English/Nzabonimana/decision/100922.pdf

THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/

Failing Upwards: Jeff Zucker & NBC

BY BOBAK MOAZAMI on 09/24/10

http://bacharachblog.com/leader/failing-upwards-jeff-zucker-nbc/

Comparing Leaders from the Sofa: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad & Jack Ma

BY SAMUEL B. BACHARACH on 09/23/10

http://bacharachblog.com/leader/leadership-lessons-from-the-sofa-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-jack-ma/

Our New & Improved Youtube Channel: Video Series on Leadership

BY SAMUEL B. BACHARACH on 09/22/10

http://bacharachblog.com/linksy/our-new-improved-youtube-channel-video-series-on-leadership/

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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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# posted by SBasefsky : 6:33 AM

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 22 September 2010

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 22 September 2010

Academic Research

International Labour Review [Free Access at this time]

SPECIAL ISSUE: THE GLOBAL CRISIS

vol.149, issue 2

pages 151-237

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ilr.2010.149.issue-2/issuetoc

In French:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ilrf.2010.149.issue-2/issuetoc

In Spanish:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ilrs.2010.129.issue-2/issuetoc

ILR School, Catherwood Library (on behalf of the Midwest Center for Labor Research now called the Center for Labor & Community Research -- http://www.clcr.org/about/history.php )

LABOR RESEARCH REVIEW 1982-1996 (All 24 Issues full-text & FREE)

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/lrr/

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

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals: MDG Report 2010 [20 September 2010]

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/MGDS%202010%20Eng.pdf

[full-text, 122 pages]

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

(MDG= Millennium Development Goals)

PATHS TO 2015: MDG Priorities in Asia and the Pacific [20 September 2010]

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Asia-Pacific-MDG-2010/mdg-paths-to-2015.pdf

[full-text, 70 pages]

Press Release 20 September 2010

ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO TURN ROBUST GROWTH INTO ANTI-POVERTY SUCCESS

http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2010/13323-asian-mdg-reports/mdg-joint-nr.pdf

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

Foundation findings - Physical and psychological violence at the workplace [17 September 2010]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1054.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/54/en/1/EF1054EN.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Federal

Census

Survey of Business Owners: Hispanic-Owned Businesses: 2007 [21 September 2010]

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

http://www.census.gov/econ/sbo/#hispanic

Hispanic

· Data on American FactFinder: (Geography and Industry Detail) (Receipts Size) (Employment Size) (All Tables)

· Press Release | Comunicado de Prensa (Español)

· Summary of Findings

· Table of Percent Changes by State [xls, 32K]

· Map of Percent Changes by State [pdf, 215K]

Press Release 21 September 2010
Census Bureau Reports Hispanic-Owned Businesses Increase at More Than Double the National Rate
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/business_ownership/cb10-145.html

Census

Current Population Reports

Consumer Income

P60-238

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 [16 September 2010]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/p60-238.pdf

[full-text, 88 pages]

Press Release 16 September 2010

Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 Summary of Key Findings

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb10-144.html

Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA)

MINES RECENTLY INSPECTED [CHART]

IMPACT INSPECTIONS from April-August 2010

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/MSHA/MSHA20101321.pdf

Press Release 20 September 2010

MSHA announces results of 5 months of impact inspections

Nontraditional approach catches problem mines breaking safety laws

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/MSHA/MSHA20101321.htm

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Office of Advocacy

Global Entrepreneurship and the United States [September 2010]

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs370tot.pdf

[full-text, 62 pages]

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Office of Advocacy

Working Paper

The Role of Small Business in Economic Development of the United States: From the End of the Korean War (1953) to the Present [September 2010]

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs372tot.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Human Rights Watch

A Strange Case: Violations of Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States by European Multinational Corporations [2 September 2010]

http://www.hrw.org/node/92719

http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/bhr0910web_0.pdf

[full-text, 132 pages]

RAND

Research Brief (Fact Sheet)

How Will the Affordable Care Act Affect Employee Health Coverage at Small Businesses? [10 September 2010]

By: Christine Eibner, Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Federico Girosi, Carter C. Price, Amado Cordova, Peter S. Hussey, Alice Beckman

http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9557/

http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9557/index1.html

http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2010/RAND_RB9557.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Urban Institute

Children of Immigrants: 2008 State Trends Update [online 15 September 2010]

Karina Fortuny

http://www.urban.org/uploadedpdf/412212-children-of-immigrants.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

WorldatWork.org (Total Rewards Association)

2010 Global Talent Management and Rewards Survey Report [September 2010]

http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=42295&nonav=yes

[full-text, 28 pages]

WordatWork.org (Total Rewards Association)

COMPENSATION PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES [14 September 2010]

http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=42294&nonav=yes

[full-text, 39 pages]

Law

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

PRESS RELEASE

9-9-10
EEOC Files Trio of New Cases under Amended Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/9-9-10a.cfm

See-

Eckerd Corporation
Fisher, Collins & Carter

EEOC Press Releases, see

http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/index.cfm

Statistical Reports

BEA: State Personal Income: Second Quarter 2010 [20 September 2010]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2010/spi0910.htm

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2010/pdf/spi0910.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2010/xls/spi0910.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2010/pdf/spi0910_fax.pdf

[includes GROWTH & RANKS by STATE table)

BEA: U.S. International Transactions: Second Quarter 2010 [16 September 2010]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2010/trans210.htm

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2010/pdf/trans210.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2010/xls/trans210.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2010/pdf/trans210_fax.pdf

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- AUGUST 2010 [21 September 2010]

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

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: Consumer Price Index - August 2010 [17 September 2010]

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

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS AUGUST 2010 [17 September 2010]

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

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

[full-text, 5 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

www.ictr.org

STATUS OF CASES

http://www.unictr.org/Cases/StatusofCases/tabid/204/Default.aspx

THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/

Social Media Trap Doors

POSTED by SEAN LEE on SEP 16, 2010

http://bacharachblog.com/leader/social-media-trap-doors/

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