Wednesday, November 06, 2013
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 6 November 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, 6 November 2013
Academic Research
ADAPT University Press
E-Journal of International and Comparative LABOUR STUDIES
Volume 2, No. 3 September - October 2013
THEME: WHISTLEBLOWING
http://adapt.it/EJCLS/index.php/ejcls_adapt/issue/current
[use to access individual articles]
or
http://adapt.it/EJCLS/index.php/ejcls_adapt/article/download/135/190
[full-text, 193 pages]
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
7710 Women Labor Market Participation in Europe: Novel Evidence on Trends and Shaping Factors
7709 Household Consumption at Retirement: A Regression Discontinuity Study on French Data
7708 What If You Had Been Less Fortunate: The Effects of Poor Family Background on Current Labor Market Outcomes
7707 What Is the Case for Paid Maternity Leave?
DigitalCommons@ILR--Most Recent Additions
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/recent_additions.html
Home Page at - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/
BePress (Berkeley Electronic Press)
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COMMONS
http://network.bepress.com/business/human-resources-management/
or
http://network.bepress.com/explore/business/human-resources-management/
ILR PRESS
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/presses/?fa=publisher&NameP=ILR%20Press
Forthcoming and recent ILR Press titles
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/search/?fa=rechercheA&keyType=all&Editeur=ILR%20Press&StartYear=1920
CORNELL HR REVIEW
http://www.cornellhrreview.org/
(The Cornell HR Review is a student-run HR publication that provides timely articles, essays, and executive commentary).
International Labour Organization (ILO)
ILO WORKING PAPERS—Recent Studies
http://www.ilo.org/global/publications/working-papers/lang--en/index.htm
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
African Development Bank (AfDB)
THE STATE OF KENYA'S PRIVATE SECTOR [October 2013]
[full-text, 155 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) www.ifsb.org
[see also for comparison—Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) www.isdb.org ]
Press Release 4 November 2013
IFSB-ADB Conference on Islamic Finance for Asia: Development, Prospects and Inclusive Growth
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB BRIEFS
SOCIAL PROTECTION INDEX BRIEF: SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC [October 2013]
By Terry McKinley, Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies University of London and Consultant Asian Development Bank
and
Sri W. Handayani, Principal Social Development Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
or
[full-text, 12 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT IN ASIA [October 2013]
http://www.adb.org/publications/trade-and-employment-asia
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/trade-employment-asia-chapter1.pdf
[full-text of Chapter 1, 13 pages]
Buy the book from Routledge-- http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415635653/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: Challenges and innovations in labour training, Number 9 [31 October 2013]
[full-text, 26 pages]
Press Release 30 October 2013
Latin American and Caribbean unemployment rate could fall to 6.2% in 2013
Agencies state that this would be a slight decrease in relation to 2012, owing to a slowdown in the labour participation rate.
http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_228167/lang--en/index.htm
European Commission
SPECIAL EUROBAROMETER 408
SOCIAL CLIMATE (October 2013)
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_408_en.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
European Commission
Eurostat
SMARTER, GREENER, MORE INCLUSIVE?: INDICATORS TO SUPPORT THE EUROPE 2020 STRATEGY 2013 EDITION [29 October 2013]
or
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-02-13-238/EN/KS-02-13-238-EN.PDF
[full-text, 220 pages]
Press Release 29 October 2013
Eurostat new flagship publication
A comprehensive source of information to support the Europe 2020 strategy
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STAT-13-157_en.htm?locale=en
International Labour Organization (ILO)
STATEMENT OF WORKERS GROUP ON THE UNLAWFUL DEREGISTRATION OF THE KOREAN TEACHERS AND EDUCATION WORKERS UNION (KTU) [30 October 2013]
http://www.ilo.org/actrav/info/speeches/WCMS_228567/lang--en/index.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---actrav/documents/statement/wcms_228567.pdf
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)
Tercerizacion Mediante Agencias de Trabajo Temporal en America Latina [29 October 2013]
http://www.ilo.org/actrav/what/pubs/WCMS_227991/lang--en/index.htm
or
[full-text, 190 pages]
Press Release 29 October 2013
Americas: Unions launched a new study on Temporary Agency Work
A new study concerning temporary agency work in eight countries in Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Panama and Uruguay) was been launched in Geneva by the Trade Unions Confederation of Americas (TUCA) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), with support of ILO Bureau for Workers Activities (ACTRAV).
http://www.ilo.org/actrav/info/pr/WCMS_227978/lang--en/index.htm
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
HOW'S LIFE? 2013: MEASURING WELL-BEING [5 November 2013]
http://www.oecd.org/statistics/howslife.htm
or
[read online, full-text, 216 pages]
Press Release 5 November 2013
OECD report measures human cost of crisis; underlines need to invest in well-being
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
EFFECTIVE CARBON PRICES [4 November 2013]
http://www.oecd.org/env/tools-evaluation/carbon-prices.htm
or
[read online, 100 pages]
World Bank
WORLD BANK EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCTOBER 2013: REBUILDING POLICY BUFFERS, REINVIGORATING GROWTH [31 October 2013]
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16207
or
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/16207/EAP_EconUpd-Oct2013.pdf?sequence=1
[full-text, 152 pages]
Federal
BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2013/home.htm
[Click on Title below for access]
· Using data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries to estimate the “value of a statistical life” 10/31/2013
· Using workplace safety and health data for injury prevention 10/30/2013
· Occupational Safety and Health Data Users’ Workshop, 2013 10/29/2013
BLS REPORT 1044
LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS BY RACE AND ETHNICITY, 2012 [31 October 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsrace2012.pdf
[full-text, 62 pages]
BLS REPORT 1045 October 2013
HIGHLIGHTS OF WOMEN'S EARNINGS IN 2012 [28 October 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2012.pdf
[full-text, 91 pages]
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Office of Advocacy
Small Business Quarterly Employment Bulletin Third Quarter 2013 [4 November 2013]
Small Business Job Trends Optimistic; Uncertainty Lingers
http://www.sba.gov/advocacy/10871/756505
or
http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/Quarterly%20Employment%20Bulletin,%203q2013.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
U.S. Commercial Service
DOING BUSINESS IN PORTUGAL: 2013 COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE [online October 2013]
http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_3741214.pdf
[full-text, 114 pages]
DOING BUSINESS IN VENEZUELA: 2013 COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE [online October 2013]
http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_7857292.pdf
[full-text, 95 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Change In Average [401 (k)] Account Balances (by Age and Tenure) [1 November 2013]
http://www.ebri.org/?fa=401kbalances
(1) Change In Average Account Balances (by Age and Tenure) From January 1, 2012 – November 1, 2013 Among Consistent 401(k) Participants with Account Balances as of December 31, 2011
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/november%201,%202013%20update%20full%20universe.pdf
(2) Monthly Change In Average Account Balances (by Age and Tenure) for October 2013 Among Consistent 401(k) Participants with Account Balances as of December 31, 2011
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/monthly%20deltas%20for%20October%202013.pdf
Oxfam-America & HART RESEARCH Associates
HARD WORK, HARD LIVES: AMERICA'S LOW-WAGE WORKERS [August 2013]
Report of Findings from a National Survey among Low-Wage Workers
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/files/hart-low-wage-workers-survey
[full-text, 36 pages]
[Summary Report by Oxfam-America]
HARD WORK, HARD LIVES: SURVEY EXPOSES HARSH REALITY FACED BY LOW-WAGE WORKERS IN THE US [28 August 2013]
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/publications/hard-work-hard-lives
or
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/files/low-wage-worker-report-oxfam-america.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
Towers Watson
EXTREME RISKS--2013 [29 October 2013]
http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Insights/IC-Types/Survey-Research-Results/2013/10/Extreme-risks-2013
or
http://www.towerswatson.com/DownloadMedia.aspx?media={0872303A-F08A-4800-90E0-45E225EDCD40}
[full-text, 20 pages]
Press Release 29 October 2013
Focus on the extreme risks ‘that can kill you’ Towers Watson warns institutional investors
Euro break-up and Killer pandemic “out”; Nuclear contamination and Extreme longevity “in”
Urban Institute (UI)
Program on Retirement Policy
Retirement Security Data Brief, Number 9, July 2013
LABOR FORCE STATISTICS ON OLDER AMERICANS, SECOND QUARTER 2013 [30 July 2013, online November 2013]
http://www.urban.org/retirement_policy/url.cfm?ID=412878
or
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412878-labor-force-statistics.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Reauthorization Proposals in the 113th Congress: Comparison of Major Features of Current Law and S.1356
David H. Bradley, Specialist in Labor Economics
Benjamin Collins, Analyst in Labor Policy
October 29, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43265.pdf
[full-text, 52 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Unemployment Insurance: Consequences of Changes in State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Katelin P. Isaacs, Analyst in Income Security
October 30, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41859.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Newly designed website
Of particular interest—
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT [IN THE STATES]
http://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment.aspx
Statistical Reports
BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS THIRD QUARTER 2013 [1 November 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: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - SEPTEMBER 2013 [30 October 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/cpi.supp.toc.htm
BLS: REAL EARNINGS * SEPTEMBER 2013 [30 October 2013]
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
ADAPT and the University of Bergamo just published a Call for Applications for their International School. They offer up to 22 scholarships.
SID - International Ph.D. School Human Capital Formation and Labour Relations
http://www.unibg.it/struttura/en_struttura.asp?cerca=en_DOT-FPDLM
or
in Italian at -- http://www.unibg.it/struttura/struttura.asp?cerca=DOT-FPDLM
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 2013, 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
Creativity Tips From 5 World-Famous Artists
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Oct 2, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/linksy/creativity-tips-from-5-world-famous-artists/
--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 Ways to Boost Innovation Without Breaking the Bank
4 Innovation Lessons from Mozart
Jeff Bezos' Innovation Formula
Are You Listening, Congress? 8 Things to Remember When You Play Chicken
Leadership, Obama, and the Art of the Schmooze
Leadership Lessons From a Dysfunctional Congress
Creativity Tips From 5 World-Famous Artists
Senator Ted Cruz and the Pitfalls of Zealot Leadership
4 Ways to Justify a Good Idea
5 Steps to Becoming an Innovation Champion
President Obama, Syria, and the Leadership of Muddling Through
Using Summer's End To Boost Your Creativity
4 Strategies That Inspire Creativity
Leadership Without Presumption: Lessons From Eisenhower
5 Productivity Strategies from the Mind of Richard Feynman
Coaching: Beyond the Sports Icon
5 Classic Movies, 5 Leadership Lessons
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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