Wednesday, April 24, 2013
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 24 April 2013
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, 24 April 2013
Academic Research
IZA Policy Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/policypapers
Recent studies include ---
56 Connecting the Disconnected: Improving Education and Employment Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Youth
55 Slovakia: A Catching Up Euro Area Member In and Out of the Crisis
54 Why Do Russian Firms Use Fixed-Term and Agency Work Contracts?
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)
Economic Brief
STATE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN EAST AFRICA [23 April 2013]
[full-text, 31 pages]
European Commission
EuroStat
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN EUROPE 2013 EDITION [12 April 2013]
or
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-GN-13-001/EN/KS-GN-13-001-EN.PDF
[full-text, 148 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Audiovisual sector [17 April 2013]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1202044s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1202044s/tn1202044s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn1202044s/tn1202044s.pdf
[full-text, 100 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre pn Change (EMCC)
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
ERM QUARTERLY, Qtr. 1, April 2013 [19 April 2013]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/templates/displaydoc.php?docID=76
[full-text, 4 pages
Government of India
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
National Sample Survey Office
STATUS OF EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN INDIA [published March 2013]
NSS 6th Round 2009-2010
http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/nss_report_551.pdf
[full-text, 296 pages]
Government of India
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
[INDIA] INFRASTRUCTURE STATISTICS 2013 [March 2013]
http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/infra_stat_2013/main_infra_stat_2013.htm
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Working Paper 1/2013
International perspectives on women and work in hotels, catering and tourism [7 April 2013]
by Thomas Baum
http://www.ilo.org/gender/Informationresources/WCMS_209867/lang--en/index.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---gender/documents/publication/wcms_209867.pdf
[full-text, 75 pages]
World Bank
GLOBAL MONITORING REPORT 2013: MONITORING THE MDGs--RURAL-URBAN DYNAMICS [18 April 2013]
or
[full-text, 194 pages]
World Bank
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS 2013 [18 April 2013]
http://issuu.com/world.bank.publications/docs/9780821398241
[read online, 152 pages]
Redesigned! WDI 2013 publication (PDF - 27mb) | Buy
New! Online tables
Redesigned! Data Finder Apps (iOS and Android)
Press Release 18 April 2013
World Development Indicators 2013 Released
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/04/18/world-development-indicators-2013-released
World Bank
NOTE
THE STATE OF THE POOR: WHERE ARE THE POOR AND WHERE ARE THEY POOREST? [17 April 2013]
http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/State_of_the_poor_paper_April17.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
Federal
BLS: Beyond the Numbers, April 2013, vol. 2, no. 10
PAY & BENEFITS
RETIREMENT AND MEDICAL BENEFITS: WHO HAS BOTH? [17 April 2013]
By Lindsay B. Kimbro and Michelle B. Mayfield
http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-2/retirement-and-medical-benefits-who-has-both.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-2/pdf/retirement-and-medical-benefits-who-has-both.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Testimony:
Using the Chained CPI to Index Social Security, Other Federal Programs, and the Tax Code for Inflation
Jeffrey Kling, Associate Director for Economic Analysis
Before the Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
April 18, 2013
http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/44083_ChainedCPI.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
Summary:
http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44083
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Expediting the Return to Work: Approaches in the Unemployment Compensation Program
Julie M. Whittaker, Specialist in Income Security
April 18, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43044.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
ECONOMIC RECOVERY: SUSTAINING U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH IN A POST-CRISIS ECONOMY
Craig K. Elwell, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy
April 18, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41332.pdf
[full-text, 30 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Small Business: Access to Capital and Job Creation
Robert Jay Dilger, Senior Specialist in American National Government
April 18, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40985.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Foreign Investment and National Security: Economic Considerations
James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
April 4, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL34561.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]
National Science Foundation (NSF)
InfoBrief
NSF 13-323 / April 2013
Baccalaureate Origins of U.S.-trained S&E Doctorate Recipients [22 April 2013]
by Mark K. Fiegener and Steven L. Proudfoot
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf13323/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf13323/nsf13323.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Academic Institution Profiles [17 April 2013]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/profiles/academic/
U.S. Department of State
COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 2012 [19 April 2013]
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER (BPC)
A Bipartisan Rx for Patient-Centered Care and System-Wide Cost Containment [18 April 2013]
http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Cost%20Containment%20Report.pdf
[full-text, 142 pages]
Executive Summary
[full-text, 18 pages]
HOW TO BUILD A BETTER HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM
By Tom Daschle, Bill Frist, Pete Domenici and Alice Rivlin
April 18, 2013
http://bipartisanpolicy.org/news/articles/2013/04/how-build-better-health-care-system
Press Release 18 April 2013
Bipartisan Policy Center Proposes New Modernized, Integrated Medicare System and Tax Reforms to Encourage Greater Efficiency and Competition
Recommendations Urge Better Quality, Higher Value Health Care
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Issue Brief No. 3, April 2013
SIDE-BY SIDE COMPARISON OF 2013 SENATE IMMIGRATION FRAMEWORK WITH 2006 AND 2007 SENATE LEGISLATION [17 April 2013]
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/CIRbrief-2013SenateFramework-Side-by-Side.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
MPI's research and data resources most on point to the ongoing immigration debate are collected in one place: www.migrationpolicy.org/cir
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
Emerging Technology in Health Engagement [online April 2013]
A report by WorldatWork and Buck Consultants
March 2013
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=71428
[full-text, 28 pages]
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: An Overview
James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
April 16, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20803.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
Statistical Reports
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
SUMMARY ESTIMATES FOR MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES: EMPLOYMENT, SALES, AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR 2011 [18 April 2013]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/mnc/2013/mnc2011.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/mnc/2013/_pdf/mnc2011.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/mnc/2013/_xls/mnc2011.xls
[spreadsheet]
BLS: NOTE: . The final release of Mass Layoffs Statistics data will occur on June 21st, with publication of the May 2013 data.
MASS LAYOFFS -- MARCH 2013 [23 April 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- MARCH 2013 [19 April 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS FIRST QUARTER 2013 [18 April 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
BLS: COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND WORK ACTIVITY OF 2012 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES [17 April 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/hsgec.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/hsgec.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
Editor's Note: The following example focuses on OLIVIER SERRAT who has produced numerous briefs and materials useful to the field of Human Resources and other related disciplines. Cornell/ILR's Catherwood Library collects most of his intellectual product at http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/do/search/?q=author_lname%3A%22Serrat%22%20author_fname%3A%22Olivier%22&start=0&context=36020
Additionally his work can be found at http://www.adb.org/site/knowledge-management/main or http://www.scribd.com/Knowledge_Solutions
Social Innovaton Exchange (SIX)
http://www.socialinnovationexchange.org/
About SIX
http://www.socialinnovationexchange.org/about
INVITATION:
Institute for Workplace Studies Colloquium Series
Beyond the Checklist: Protecting Patient Safety with Suzanne Gordon
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/news/colloquium.html
WHEN: Thursday, May 16, 2013
6:30 pm: Check‐in and reception
7:00‐9:00 pm: Program and Dinner
WHERE: The Cornell Club
6 E. 44th Street
New York, NY 10017
FEE: $55 (includes reception and dinner)
Toulouse Business School (Work Employment and Health Research Group)
in collaboration with
ADAPT; Marco Biagi Centre for International and Comparative Studies;
ANMIL, the Italian National Association for Injured and Disabled Workers;
Middlesex University Business School; and
Curtin University Business School.
CALL FOR PAPERS-
3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VULNERABLE WORKERS AND PRECARIOUS WORK--Toulouse, France 12-13 September 2013
USA.GOV
MOBILE APPS GALLERY
ADAPT University Press
Revista Internacional y Comparada
de RELACIONES LABORALES Y DERECHO DEL EMPLEO
see
http://www.adapt.it/definitvo_flyer.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Solicitud de Ponencias [Call for Papers]
Association for International and Comparative Studies in the Field of Labour Law and Industrial Relations (ADAPT)
ADAPT Labour Studies BOOK-SERIES
Youth Unemployment in Africa: Recent Developments and New Challenges
Call for Papers [DEADLINE 1 July 2013]
http://www.adapt.it/englishbulletin/docs/cfp_rev.pdf
Launching the BLG Leadership Academy
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/new-developments-launching-the-blg-leadership-academy/
BLG LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: Developing Pragmatic Leaders
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/blg/
NOTE: In light of the continuing economic crisis, it is wise to educate ourselves about the social dangers that can result if societies and individuals forget the lessons of history and act irresponsibly. With this in mind, the following ongoing educational project is being brought to your attention.
Camp des Milles: A Memorial for the Future
http://www.campdesmilles.org/index2.html
or
http://www.campdesmilles.org/home2.html
[English Version]
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 2012, will appear from time to time on this news service.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
www.ictr.org
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
LEADERSHIP: New Voice, New Insights, RESULTS-ORIENTED
4 Reasons Your Employees Resist Change–And How to Overcome Them
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Apr 17, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/4-reasons-your-employees-resist-change-and-how-to-overcome-them/
--see also
BACHARACH LEADERSHIP GROUP (BLG)
http://sambacharach.com/blg-lead/
and
INC.com & Inc. Magazine
www.inc.com
Samuel Bacharach Articles
http://www.inc.com/author/samuel-bacharach
5 Leadership Lessons From a Hollywood Pope
4 Reasons Your Employees Resist Change--And How To Overcome Them
Are You Still a Great Leader?
4 Lessons for Mid-Life Entrepreneurs
5 Leadership Lessons From the Seder
The One Thing You Need To Create Change
How Competition Makes You Better: 4 Lessons from Picasso and Matisse
Change: A Play in 4 Acts
Creativity Tips From 5 Very Funny People
Great Leaders Know When to Step Down: A Lesson From the Pope
5 Reasons Leaders Fail
Stop Procrastinating: 5 Tips From Ben Franklin
How to Avoid a Desperate Decision
You Talk Too Much
Leading for a Gender-Inclusive Workplace
Can You Manage and Lead?
How to Hang Onto Your Best & Brightest
Negotiation: How to Play the Doomsday Strategy
Your Own Private Whale: Leadership Lessons From Moby Dick
Why He Won: A Lesson in What People Really Want in a Leader
The Leadership Gifts of Keeping Your Mouth Shut
Will They Tell You You're Naked?
5 Traits of True Leaders
How to Lead Creative Geeks
Boosting "Big Mo"
Leadership Training for Your High-Potential Employees
Gen-Y Employees: How to Motivate Them
The 5 Traits of High-Potential Employees
Why You Should Say What You Pay Employees
How to Change Your Mind Without Being a Flip-Flopper
Don't Do Office Politics? Then You Don't Do Leadership.
Leading Teams: Find the Right Balance Between Hands-on and Hands-off
Charisma Is Not Enough. Great Leaders Execute
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