Monday, April 01, 2013
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 3 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, 3 April 2013
Academic Research
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
7299 The Impact of Legalized Casino Gambling on Crime
7298 The Impact of City Contracting Set-Asides on Black Self-Employment and Employment
7297 Immigration and Labor Productivity: New Empirical Evidence for Spain
7296 The Effect of Teach for America on the Distribution of Student Achievement in Primary School: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
7295 Sample Attrition in the Canadian Survey of Labor and Income Dynamics
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)
AFRICA & GLOBAL ECONOMIC TRENDS QUARTERLY STATISTICAL REVIEW [online 28 March 2013]
4th Quarter 2012, Volume 12, December 31, 2012
[full-text, 22 pages]
For access to development data on African countries, please visit the AfDB Data Portal Web Site at:
http://intranet.afdb.org/statistics or the Statistics Department Web Site: www.afdb.org/statistics
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
Restructuring in Ireland (Factsheet) [27 March 2013]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1328.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2013/28/en/1/EF1328EN.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
European Parliament calls for EU legal act on restructuring [27 March 2013]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2013/01/articles/eu1301021i.htm
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
2013 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MACROECONOMIC REPORT
RETHINKING REFORMS: HOW LATIN AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN CAN ESCAPE SUPPRESSED WORLD GROWTH [17 March 2013]
http://www.iadb.org/en/research-and-data/publication-details,3169.html?pub_id=IDB-MG-145
or
http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=37653357
[full-text, 95 pages]
ILO
Comment 25 March 2013
Teleworking: The strong case for working remotely
http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/comment-analysis/WCMS_208067/lang--en/index.htm
See--
Global Workplace Analytics and the Telework Research Network
COSTS AND BENEFITS: ADVANTAGES OF TELECOMMUTING FOR COMPANIES
http://www.teleworkresearchnetwork.com/resources/costs-benefits
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
TRADE UNION DENSITY RATE OF PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES [7 February 2013]
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/eshuyo/201304/e0702.htm
OECD
INTERIM ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [28 March 2013]
http://www.oecd.org/eco/economicoutlook.htm
or
http://www.oecd.org/eco/outlook/Economic-Outlook-Handout.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
DATA
http://www.oecd.org/eco/outlook/Economic-Outlook-Handout-Data.xlsx
Economic Outlook Annex Tables and OECD.Stat <click on titles to the left
Press Release 28 March 2013
Global economy is improving but Europe lags behind, says OECD
http://www.oecd.org/eco/outlook/global-economy-is-improving-but-europe-lags-behind.htm
Federal
BLS: Monthly Labor Review
March 2013
Vol. 136, Number 3
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2013/03/mlr201303.pdf
[full-text, 149 pages]
U.S. labor market continued to improve in 2012 Slow and steady: payroll employment grew moderately in 2012 Restricted work due to workplace injuries: a historical perspective Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2012 Changes in the publication of seasonally adjusted Employment Cost Index series |
BLS: OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK QUARTERLY
Spring 2013 Vol. 57, Number 1
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2013/spring/home.htm
Paying for college: Strategies to afford higher education today Resources work: Careers in mining, oil, and gas Using OES occupation profiles in a job search |
My career: Composer
PDF (1.00M)
Interviewed by Sara Royster
Brief items of interest to counselors and students.
PDF (872K)
You're a what? Online seller
PDF (840K)
Elka Torpey
How long do workers stay with the same employer?
PDF (815K)
BLS: Beyond the Numbers, March 2013, vol2, No. 7
SPECIAL STUDIES & RESEARCH
REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE: GREEN TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES AT WORK [25 March 2013]
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-2/pdf/btn-placeholder.pdf
[will post soon]
Census
2011 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey Results [28 March 2013]
http://www.census.gov/econ/ict/
Tip Sheet 28 March 2013
Information and Communication Technology
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/economic_surveys/cb13-tps34.html
Census
SUMMARY OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAX REVENUE: 4th Quarter 2012 [26 March 2013]
http://www.census.gov/govs/qtax/
Tip Sheet 26 March 2013
Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue: 4th Quarter 2012
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/miscellaneous/cb13-tps32.html
DOL>Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
CareerOneStop Business Center
http://www.careeronestop.org/businesscenter/index.aspx
RECRUIT & HIRE
http://www.careeronestop.org/businesscenter/recruitandhire/recruit-and-hire.aspx
TRAIN & RETAIN
http://www.careeronestop.org/businesscenter/trainandretain/train-and-retain.aspx
TOOLKIT
http://www.careeronestop.org/businesscenter/toolkit/toolkit.aspx
Press Release 25 March 2013
US Labor Department announces new online resources to help businesses recruit, train and retain a skilled work force
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ETA20130559.htm
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Brookings Institution
DO SCHOOL DISTRICTS MATTER? [27 March 2013]
By: Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, Matthew M. Chingos and Michael R. Gallaher
http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/03/27-school-district-reform-whitehurst
or
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Full Technical Paper
[full-text, 26 pages]
Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA)
THE FITA LATIN AMERICA TRADE MINI-PORTAL
RESOURCES FOR LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
http://fita.org/countries/la.html
THE FITA EUROPE TRADE MINI-PORTAL
RESOURCES FOR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
http://fita.org/countries/eur.html
THE FITA ASIA TRADE TRADE MINI-PORTAL
RESOURCES FOR ASIAN COUNTRIES
http://fita.org/countries/asia.html
THE FITA AFRICA TRADE MINI-PORTAL
RESOURCES FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES
http://fita.org/countries/africa.html
THE FITA MIDDLE EAST TRADE MINI-PORTAL
RESOURCES FOR MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES
http://fita.org/countries/me.html
THE FITA AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND OCEANIA TRADE MINI-PORTAL
RESOURCES FOR AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND OCEANIA COUNTRIES
http://fita.org/countries/anz.html
Mercer
INSIDE EMPLOYERS' MINDS: CONFRONTING CRITICAL WORKFORCE CHALLENGES [January 2013]
SPECIAL EDITION
[full-text, 27 pages]
Milliman
Milliman 2013 PENSION FUNDING STUDY [25 March 2013]
[full-text, 7 pages]
TransAmerica Center for Retirement Studies
Emerging from the Economic Storm: Retirement Plans in the United States, 2007-2012 [25 March 2013]
A white paper prepared by Catherine Collinson
http://www.transamericacenter.org/resources/Emerging%20from%20the%20Storm%20-%20White%20Paper.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
Press Release 28 March 2013
UAW MEMBERSHIP INCREASES
http://www.uaw.org/articles/uaw-membership-increases-0
Reuters
Press Release 28 March 2013
UPDATE 1-UAW says membership rose slightly in 2012
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/autos-uaw-membership-idUSL2N0CK27220130328
Urban Institute (UI)
ACA Implementation—Monitoring and Tracking
FINANCIAL BURDEN OF MEDICAL SPENDING BY STATE AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE 2014 MEDICAID EXPANSIONS [28 March 2013]
by Kyle Caswell, Timothy Waidmann, Linda J. Blumberg
http://www.urban.org/publications/412778.html
or
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412778-Financial-Burden-of-Medical-Spending-by-State.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
Law
BLS: Changes in federal and state unemployment insurance legislation in 2012
Loryn Lancaster
Summary | Full text in PDF
Statistical Reports
BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS, FEBRUARY 2013 [29 March 2013]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2013/pi0213.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2013/pdf/pi0213.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2013/xls/pi0213.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2013/pdf/pi0213_fax.pdf
BEA: National Income and Product Accounts
Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter and annual 2012 (third estimate);
Corporate Profits, 4th quarter and annual 2012 [28 March 2013]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2013/gdp4q12_3rd.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2013/pdf/gdp4q12_3rd.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2013/xls/gdp4q12_3rd.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2013/pdf/gdp4q12_3rd_fax.pdf
BEA: STATE PERSONAL INCOME 2012 [27 March 2013]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2013/spi0313.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2013/pdf/spi0313.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2013/xls/spi0313.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
Quarterly-- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2013/pdf/spi0313b_fax.pdf
Annual-- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2013/pdf/spi0313_fax.pdf
BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- FEBRUARY 2013 [29 March 2013]
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: OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES -- MAY 2012 [29 March 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ocwage.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
BLS: County Employment and Wages-Third Quarter 2012 [28 March 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
BLS: CONSUMER EXPENDITURES MIDYEAR UPDATE -- JULY 2011 THROUGH JUNE 2012 AVERAGE [27 March 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cesmy.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cesmy.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
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
Work and Vulnerability Workshop
April 5-6, 2013
Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
http://web.gs.emory.edu/vulnerability/conferences/current.html
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
This Week’s 10 Best Leadership Links
Posted by Admin on Mar 21, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/this-weeks-10-best-leadership-links/
Can Innovation Be Taught With a Children’s Story?
Posted by Jim Biolos on Mar 21, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/can-innovation-be-taught-with-a-childrens-story/
How can you gain credibility?
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Mar 21, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/how-can-you-gain-credibility/
BLG Leadership Academy – New Dates Announced!
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Mar 14, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/linksy/blg-leadership-academy-new-dates-announced/
--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 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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