Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Tweet[IWS] BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN JULY 2004 [31 August 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
MASS LAYOFFS IN JULY 2004 [31 August 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
In July 2004, employers took 2,094 mass layoff actions, as measured by
new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, according
to data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single establishment, and
the number of workers involved totaled 253,929. (See table 1.) Both the
number of events and initial claims were higher than a year ago, with the
number of mass layoff events and the number of associated initial claims
higher than any July since 2001. However, July 2004 contained 5 weeks for
possible mass layoffs, compared with 4 weeks in each July of the prior 4
years. From January through July 2004, the total number of events, at
10,208, and of initial claims, at 1,049,541, were lower than in January-
July 2003 (11,947 and 1,183,024, respectively).
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
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.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
Tweet
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
MASS LAYOFFS IN JULY 2004 [31 August 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
In July 2004, employers took 2,094 mass layoff actions, as measured by
new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, according
to data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single establishment, and
the number of workers involved totaled 253,929. (See table 1.) Both the
number of events and initial claims were higher than a year ago, with the
number of mass layoff events and the number of associated initial claims
higher than any July since 2001. However, July 2004 contained 5 weeks for
possible mass layoffs, compared with 4 weeks in each July of the prior 4
years. From January through July 2004, the total number of events, at
10,208, and of initial claims, at 1,049,541, were lower than in January-
July 2003 (11,947 and 1,183,024, respectively).
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
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.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 5:44 PM
[IWS] CANADA: Weekly Work Report, 30 August 2004
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
________________________________________________________________________
(The following is courtesy of the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto).
Weekly Work Report for the Week of August 30, 2004
These highlights of the week's HR/IR news are prepared by the Librarians at the Centre for Industrial Relations for our subscribers, alumni, faculty and students, and are intended for their individual use only. Please visit the <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/library/wwreport/weeklyworkreport.html> CIR website for terms of use and information about organizational subscriptions. This message is composed in MS Outlook Express and contains hyperlinks that require an HTML-enabled email program.
The WWR is protected by Canadian copyright law and should not be reproduced or forwarded without permission. For inquiries or comments, please contact the Editor, <mailto:elizabeth.perry@utoronto.ca>.
----------
THE NEXT ISSUE OF WEEKLY WORK REPORT WILL BE SENT ON WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 8, TO ALLOW FOR THE LABOUR DAY HOLIDAY.
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ROSALIE ABELLA AND LOUISE CHARRON APPOINTED TO CANADA'S SUPREME COURT: The Honourable Louise V. Charron and the Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella were appointed as Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada on August 30. Madam Justice Abella brings impressive experience in the areas of employment and human rights, having chaired the Ontario Labour Relations Board and served as a member of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Ontario Public Service Labour Relations Tribunal. She is perhaps best known in her role as sole Commissioner of the 1984 Royal Commission on Equality in Employment, from which she is credited with originating the term "employment equity". In 2004, she was awarded the Walter S. Tarnopolsky Award for Human Rights. Their appointments followed a new process whereby the candidates were nominated by the federal Minister of Justice and the nominations reviewed and confirmed by an ad hoc committee of Members of Parliament and legal experts.
LINKS:
Biography of Rosalie Abella from the Ontario Court of Appeal website at <http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca/court_of_appeal/judges/bio/abella.htm>
Prime Minister's office press release (including brief biographies both appointees) at <http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news.asp?id=249>
----------
FEMINIZATION OF LABOUR UNIONS IN CANADA: A study released by Statistics Canada on August 31 presents statistics about union membership in Canada between 1977 and 2003 and identifies 3 major trends: feminization of the membership; growth of public sector unions, and the decline of international unions. Union membership has grown by 43% from 2.8 million in 1977 to just over 4 million in 2003, but since this growth has not kept pace with employment growth, the unionization rate in Canada has actually declined from 32.6% in 1977 to between 30% and 31% over most of the past decade. According to the analysis, "the biggest and most profound transformation in membership occurred in the mix of men and women." Between 1977 and 2003, the percentage of union members who are women has grown from 12% to 48% .
LINKS:
Summary of "The union movement in transition" in The Daily, August 31 at <http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040831/d040831b.htm> or order the complete issue of online Perspectives on Labour and Income, August 2004 issue (PDF) for $6 from Statistics Canada at
<http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=75-001-X&CHROPG=1>
----------
MERGER OF IWA AND USWA RATIFIED: On August 27, the tentative results from a national ratification vote by members of the Industrial Wood and Allied Workers union indicated approval of the merger agreement with the United Steelworkers of America. According to the IWA press release, the merged union will be the largest private sector union in Canada, with approximately 250,000 members. Effective September 1, 2004, the IWA will exist as the IWA Council, affiliated to the USWA.
LINKS:
Press release at the IWA website (1 page, PDF) at <http://www.iwa.ca/news/media/nr-27august04.pdf>
United Steelworkers of America website at <http://www.uswa.ca/>
Highlights of the proposed IWA Steelworkers merger (31 pages, PDF) at <http://www.iwa.ca/news/media/mergerhighlightspdf.pdf>
----------
BACK-TO- SCHOOL MAY BRING WORK-TO-RULE: Teachers and support staff in Ontario stand poised to begin work-to-rule campaigns as Labour Day approaches. In Toronto, the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4400 will announce details of a work-to-rule campaign by custodians, educational assistants and clerical staff at 2 p.m. on August 31. With contracts expiring on August 31, Ontario's teachers are also dissatisfied. The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario has rejected a 2% wage increase and is seeking an increase to 200 minutes of preparation time per week. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation President Rhonda Kimberley-Young is quoted in the Toronto Star as rejecting a 2% wage increase and a 3-year contract term, arguing that the uncertainty of school board funding makes such a lengthy term impossible.
In Alberta, a 10 year contract duration was under negotiation. In return for the labour stability of a 10-year agreement, the province had offered to assume the cost of the unfunded liability in the teachers' pension plan. Talks between the Alberta Teachers Association and the Alberta School Boards Association broke off earlier in the summer, but teachers in Edmonton, Calgary, and Sturgeon County have reached tentative agreements through local bargaining. Ratification results will not be known until after Labour Day.
LINKS:
"Support workers eye work-to-rule action at public schools" in the Globe and Mail (August 31) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040831/SCHOOL31/?query=TEACHERS+union>
Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation Leadership Conference reports at <http://www.osstf.on.ca/www/abosstf/summerworksp04/index.html>
Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario Collective Bargaining documents at <http://www.etfo.on.ca/browse_categories.htm?ETFO_token=:ETFO_token&step=2&catid=133&iscat=1>
Deal dead as dodo at the Alberta Teachers Association website at <http://www.teachers.ab.ca/what/media/index.cfm?p_ID=7044&p_Year=2004>
Edmonton teachers latest group to reach tentative contract agreement (Yahoo news, August 27) at <http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20040827/ca_pr_on_na/alta_teachers_1>
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ARBITRATION AWARDS NOVA SCOTIA HEALTH CARE WORKERS 15.96% INCREASE: On August 18th, an arbitration board awarded the health care workers in the Capital Health District Authority in Nova Scotia a maximum compounded wage increase of 15.96 % over 3 years. The increase comprises a 2.9 % economic increase in each of 3 years and a 2.1 % catch-up increase in each year for those in job classifications that do not rank first in wages in Atlantic Canada. The board stated that the CHDA operates the leading medical facilities in Atlantic Canada and employees should be compensated accordingly. The employees are represented by the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU).
LINKS:
NSGEU news release with links to the decision at <http://action.web.ca/home/nsgeu/news.shtml?x=61820&AA_EX_Session=f55d4a80a7ce335ccd5d53145f879907>
Interest Arbitation decision between Capital District Health Authority and the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union ( 5 pages, HTML) at <http://nsgeu.ns.ca/local42/NovaScotiaAward.html>
----------
FEDERAL MEDIATOR BRINGS PARTIES TOGETHER IN ALIANT DISPUTE : For the first time since mid-July, representatives from Aliant and its unions met on August 30th under the guidance of federally appointed mediator Elizabeth MacPherson. The strike at the telecommunications company began on April 23 and has involved 4,300 telephone operators, technicians and clerical staff represented by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) in New Brunswick, PEI and Newfoundland and the Atlantic Communication and Technical Workers Union in Nova Scotia.
LINKS:
ACTWU strike information archive at <http://www.actwu.ns.ca/strike/>
CEP Atlantic website at <http://www.cep.ca/reg_atlantic/files/aliant/aliant_e.html>
CBC story at <http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/08/27/aliant_040827>
"Aliant mediator named" in the Halifax Herald (August 27) at <http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2004/08/27/f135.raw.html>
----------
GAP'S CANDOUR AN EXAMPLE OF CORPORATE COURAGE: The theme of the September 2004 issue of Fast Company is courage, with examples from the personal and corporate world. One of the case studies, that of Gap Inc., hails a new corporate willingness to make fuller disclosure of working conditions.
LINKS:
Table of contents, with links to articles in Fast Company online September 2004 issue at <http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/86/>
"Gap's new look: the see through" in Fast Company online September 2004 issue <http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/86/gap.html>
----------
NEW DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES FOR THE U.K.: In October 2004 the new disciplinary and grievance procedures set out in the Employment Act 2002 will come into effect in the United Kingdom. The legislation is intended to improve communication in the workplace and reduce litigation over employment issues by requiring minimum dispute resolution procedures in all workplaces. It is hoped that as well as improving employees' rights to access formal dispute resolution procedures, the legislation will reduce the recourse to employment tribunals by encouraging the resolution of disputes in the workplace.
LINK:
New statutory workplace dispute resolution procedures outlined ( 4 pages, HTML) at the European Industrial Relations Observatory On-line website at <http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/08/feature/uk0408102f.html>
----------
121 St. George St. Toronto Canada M5S 2E8 <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir>
_____________________________
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.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
Tweet
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
(The following is courtesy of the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto).
Weekly Work Report for the Week of August 30, 2004
These highlights of the week's HR/IR news are prepared by the Librarians at the Centre for Industrial Relations for our subscribers, alumni, faculty and students, and are intended for their individual use only. Please visit the <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/library/wwreport/weeklyworkreport.html> CIR website for terms of use and information about organizational subscriptions. This message is composed in MS Outlook Express and contains hyperlinks that require an HTML-enabled email program.
The WWR is protected by Canadian copyright law and should not be reproduced or forwarded without permission. For inquiries or comments, please contact the Editor, <mailto:elizabeth.perry@utoronto.ca>.
----------
THE NEXT ISSUE OF WEEKLY WORK REPORT WILL BE SENT ON WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 8, TO ALLOW FOR THE LABOUR DAY HOLIDAY.
----------
ROSALIE ABELLA AND LOUISE CHARRON APPOINTED TO CANADA'S SUPREME COURT: The Honourable Louise V. Charron and the Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella were appointed as Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada on August 30. Madam Justice Abella brings impressive experience in the areas of employment and human rights, having chaired the Ontario Labour Relations Board and served as a member of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Ontario Public Service Labour Relations Tribunal. She is perhaps best known in her role as sole Commissioner of the 1984 Royal Commission on Equality in Employment, from which she is credited with originating the term "employment equity". In 2004, she was awarded the Walter S. Tarnopolsky Award for Human Rights. Their appointments followed a new process whereby the candidates were nominated by the federal Minister of Justice and the nominations reviewed and confirmed by an ad hoc committee of Members of Parliament and legal experts.
LINKS:
Biography of Rosalie Abella from the Ontario Court of Appeal website at <http://www.ontariocourts.on.ca/court_of_appeal/judges/bio/abella.htm>
Prime Minister's office press release (including brief biographies both appointees) at <http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news.asp?id=249>
----------
FEMINIZATION OF LABOUR UNIONS IN CANADA: A study released by Statistics Canada on August 31 presents statistics about union membership in Canada between 1977 and 2003 and identifies 3 major trends: feminization of the membership; growth of public sector unions, and the decline of international unions. Union membership has grown by 43% from 2.8 million in 1977 to just over 4 million in 2003, but since this growth has not kept pace with employment growth, the unionization rate in Canada has actually declined from 32.6% in 1977 to between 30% and 31% over most of the past decade. According to the analysis, "the biggest and most profound transformation in membership occurred in the mix of men and women." Between 1977 and 2003, the percentage of union members who are women has grown from 12% to 48% .
LINKS:
Summary of "The union movement in transition" in The Daily, August 31 at <http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040831/d040831b.htm> or order the complete issue of online Perspectives on Labour and Income, August 2004 issue (PDF) for $6 from Statistics Canada at
<http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=75-001-X&CHROPG=1>
----------
MERGER OF IWA AND USWA RATIFIED: On August 27, the tentative results from a national ratification vote by members of the Industrial Wood and Allied Workers union indicated approval of the merger agreement with the United Steelworkers of America. According to the IWA press release, the merged union will be the largest private sector union in Canada, with approximately 250,000 members. Effective September 1, 2004, the IWA will exist as the IWA Council, affiliated to the USWA.
LINKS:
Press release at the IWA website (1 page, PDF) at <http://www.iwa.ca/news/media/nr-27august04.pdf>
United Steelworkers of America website at <http://www.uswa.ca/>
Highlights of the proposed IWA Steelworkers merger (31 pages, PDF) at <http://www.iwa.ca/news/media/mergerhighlightspdf.pdf>
----------
BACK-TO- SCHOOL MAY BRING WORK-TO-RULE: Teachers and support staff in Ontario stand poised to begin work-to-rule campaigns as Labour Day approaches. In Toronto, the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4400 will announce details of a work-to-rule campaign by custodians, educational assistants and clerical staff at 2 p.m. on August 31. With contracts expiring on August 31, Ontario's teachers are also dissatisfied. The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario has rejected a 2% wage increase and is seeking an increase to 200 minutes of preparation time per week. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation President Rhonda Kimberley-Young is quoted in the Toronto Star as rejecting a 2% wage increase and a 3-year contract term, arguing that the uncertainty of school board funding makes such a lengthy term impossible.
In Alberta, a 10 year contract duration was under negotiation. In return for the labour stability of a 10-year agreement, the province had offered to assume the cost of the unfunded liability in the teachers' pension plan. Talks between the Alberta Teachers Association and the Alberta School Boards Association broke off earlier in the summer, but teachers in Edmonton, Calgary, and Sturgeon County have reached tentative agreements through local bargaining. Ratification results will not be known until after Labour Day.
LINKS:
"Support workers eye work-to-rule action at public schools" in the Globe and Mail (August 31) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040831/SCHOOL31/?query=TEACHERS+union>
Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation Leadership Conference reports at <http://www.osstf.on.ca/www/abosstf/summerworksp04/index.html>
Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario Collective Bargaining documents at <http://www.etfo.on.ca/browse_categories.htm?ETFO_token=:ETFO_token&step=2&catid=133&iscat=1>
Deal dead as dodo at the Alberta Teachers Association website at <http://www.teachers.ab.ca/what/media/index.cfm?p_ID=7044&p_Year=2004>
Edmonton teachers latest group to reach tentative contract agreement (Yahoo news, August 27) at <http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20040827/ca_pr_on_na/alta_teachers_1>
----------
ARBITRATION AWARDS NOVA SCOTIA HEALTH CARE WORKERS 15.96% INCREASE: On August 18th, an arbitration board awarded the health care workers in the Capital Health District Authority in Nova Scotia a maximum compounded wage increase of 15.96 % over 3 years. The increase comprises a 2.9 % economic increase in each of 3 years and a 2.1 % catch-up increase in each year for those in job classifications that do not rank first in wages in Atlantic Canada. The board stated that the CHDA operates the leading medical facilities in Atlantic Canada and employees should be compensated accordingly. The employees are represented by the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU).
LINKS:
NSGEU news release with links to the decision at <http://action.web.ca/home/nsgeu/news.shtml?x=61820&AA_EX_Session=f55d4a80a7ce335ccd5d53145f879907>
Interest Arbitation decision between Capital District Health Authority and the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union ( 5 pages, HTML) at <http://nsgeu.ns.ca/local42/NovaScotiaAward.html>
----------
FEDERAL MEDIATOR BRINGS PARTIES TOGETHER IN ALIANT DISPUTE : For the first time since mid-July, representatives from Aliant and its unions met on August 30th under the guidance of federally appointed mediator Elizabeth MacPherson. The strike at the telecommunications company began on April 23 and has involved 4,300 telephone operators, technicians and clerical staff represented by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) in New Brunswick, PEI and Newfoundland and the Atlantic Communication and Technical Workers Union in Nova Scotia.
LINKS:
ACTWU strike information archive at <http://www.actwu.ns.ca/strike/>
CEP Atlantic website at <http://www.cep.ca/reg_atlantic/files/aliant/aliant_e.html>
CBC story at <http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/08/27/aliant_040827>
"Aliant mediator named" in the Halifax Herald (August 27) at <http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2004/08/27/f135.raw.html>
----------
GAP'S CANDOUR AN EXAMPLE OF CORPORATE COURAGE: The theme of the September 2004 issue of Fast Company is courage, with examples from the personal and corporate world. One of the case studies, that of Gap Inc., hails a new corporate willingness to make fuller disclosure of working conditions.
LINKS:
Table of contents, with links to articles in Fast Company online September 2004 issue at <http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/86/>
"Gap's new look: the see through" in Fast Company online September 2004 issue <http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/86/gap.html>
----------
NEW DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES FOR THE U.K.: In October 2004 the new disciplinary and grievance procedures set out in the Employment Act 2002 will come into effect in the United Kingdom. The legislation is intended to improve communication in the workplace and reduce litigation over employment issues by requiring minimum dispute resolution procedures in all workplaces. It is hoped that as well as improving employees' rights to access formal dispute resolution procedures, the legislation will reduce the recourse to employment tribunals by encouraging the resolution of disputes in the workplace.
LINK:
New statutory workplace dispute resolution procedures outlined ( 4 pages, HTML) at the European Industrial Relations Observatory On-line website at <http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/08/feature/uk0408102f.html>
----------
121 St. George St. Toronto Canada M5S 2E8 <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir>
_____________________________
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.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 5:37 PM
[IWS] AARP: 35 Best Employers for Workers Over 50 honored [31 August 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
AARP Honors 35 Best Employers for Workers Over 50 [31 August 2004]
http://www.aarp.org/research/press/presscurrentnews/Articles/a2004-08-24-employers.html
Separate Report Spotlights Best Practices by Best Employers
Staying Ahead of the Curve 2004: Employer Best Practices for Mature Workers
http://research.aarp.org/econ/multiwork_2004.html
See Executive Summary
http://research.aarp.org/econ/multiwork_2004_1.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
2004 AARP Best Employers for Workers 50 and Over (in alphabetical order)
* Adecco Employment Services (Melville, NY)
* Beaumont Hospitals (Southfield, MI)
* Bon Secours Richmond Health System (Richmond, VA)
* Brethren Village (Lancaster, PA)
* Centegra Health System (Woodstock, IL)
* Deere & Company (Moline, IL)
* Delaware North Companies Inc. (Buffalo, NY)
* DentaQuest Ventures, Inc. (Boston, MA)
* First Horizon National Corporation (Memphis, TN)
* Gemini Incorporated (Cannon Falls, MN)
* Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Nutley, NJ)
* Lee County Electric Cooperative (North Fort Myers, FL)
* Lincoln Financial Group (Philadelphia, PA)
* Loudoun Healthcare, Inc. (Leesburg, VA)
* Minnesota Life (St. Paul, MN)
* Mitretek Systems (Falls Church, VA)
* New York University Medical Center (New York, NY)
* North Memorial Health Care (Robbinsdale, MN)
* Pitney Bowes, Inc. (Stamford, CT)
* Principal Financial Group (Des Moines, IA)
* SSM Health Care (St. Louis, MO)
* St. Mary's Medical Center (Huntington, WV)
* Scottsdale Healthcare (Scottsdale, AZ)
* Scripps Health (San Diego, CA)
* Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (Clayton, MO)
* Sonoco (Hartsville, SC)
* Stanley Consultants, Inc. (Muscatine, IA)
* The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, MA)
* The Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
* The Vanguard Group (Valley Forge, PA)
* Volkswagen of America, Inc. (Auburn Hills, MI)
* WELBRO Building Corporation (Maitland, FL)
* West Virginia University Hospitals (Morgantown, WV)
* Westgate Resorts (Orlando, FL)
* Zurich North America (Schaumburg, IL)
[Thanks to Steven Cohen at ResourceShelf.com for the tip]
_____________________________
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.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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AARP Honors 35 Best Employers for Workers Over 50 [31 August 2004]
http://www.aarp.org/research/press/presscurrentnews/Articles/a2004-08-24-employers.html
Separate Report Spotlights Best Practices by Best Employers
Staying Ahead of the Curve 2004: Employer Best Practices for Mature Workers
http://research.aarp.org/econ/multiwork_2004.html
See Executive Summary
http://research.aarp.org/econ/multiwork_2004_1.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
2004 AARP Best Employers for Workers 50 and Over (in alphabetical order)
* Adecco Employment Services (Melville, NY)
* Beaumont Hospitals (Southfield, MI)
* Bon Secours Richmond Health System (Richmond, VA)
* Brethren Village (Lancaster, PA)
* Centegra Health System (Woodstock, IL)
* Deere & Company (Moline, IL)
* Delaware North Companies Inc. (Buffalo, NY)
* DentaQuest Ventures, Inc. (Boston, MA)
* First Horizon National Corporation (Memphis, TN)
* Gemini Incorporated (Cannon Falls, MN)
* Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Nutley, NJ)
* Lee County Electric Cooperative (North Fort Myers, FL)
* Lincoln Financial Group (Philadelphia, PA)
* Loudoun Healthcare, Inc. (Leesburg, VA)
* Minnesota Life (St. Paul, MN)
* Mitretek Systems (Falls Church, VA)
* New York University Medical Center (New York, NY)
* North Memorial Health Care (Robbinsdale, MN)
* Pitney Bowes, Inc. (Stamford, CT)
* Principal Financial Group (Des Moines, IA)
* SSM Health Care (St. Louis, MO)
* St. Mary's Medical Center (Huntington, WV)
* Scottsdale Healthcare (Scottsdale, AZ)
* Scripps Health (San Diego, CA)
* Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (Clayton, MO)
* Sonoco (Hartsville, SC)
* Stanley Consultants, Inc. (Muscatine, IA)
* The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Cambridge, MA)
* The Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)
* The Vanguard Group (Valley Forge, PA)
* Volkswagen of America, Inc. (Auburn Hills, MI)
* WELBRO Building Corporation (Maitland, FL)
* West Virginia University Hospitals (Morgantown, WV)
* Westgate Resorts (Orlando, FL)
* Zurich North America (Schaumburg, IL)
[Thanks to Steven Cohen at ResourceShelf.com for the tip]
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[IWS] SHRM: LEADING INDICATOR OF NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT (LINE) created with Rutgers [31 August 2004]
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SHRM and Rutgers Join to Create National Employment Indicator [31 August 2004]
http://www.shrm.org/press/CMS_009613.asp#P-4_0
SHRM and Rutgers Join to Create National Employment Indicator
Indicator Will Be Launched in November 2004
(Alexandria, Va., August 31, 2004)The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations will collaborate to create the Leading Indicator of National Employment (LINE). LINE will be a current month indicator released the fourth Tuesday of each month.
We are pleased to work with Rutgers on what we view as a valuable addition to current employment indicators,said Susan R. Meisinger, SPHR, president and CEO of SHRM. HR professionals are positioned to accurately indicate employment in their organizations and can collectively predict employment and economic trends overall. We expect LINE to be a valuable source for economists, financial analysts, and informed business leaders throughout the country.
The rate of job creation is among the most important measures of the strength of our economy,said Steven M. Director, Ph.D., a Rutgers faculty member and the principal investigator for the LINE project. The SHRM/Rutgers LINE will provide decision and policy makers in the public and private sectors with timely information available from no other source. It will remind the nation, on a monthly basis, of the key role HR professionals play in the functioning of the U.S. economy.
SHRM has more than 185,000 members and represents HR professionals throughout the U.S. and abroad. HR professionals have a unique position of knowing the current and projected employment conditions at their organizations. They are also the first to recognize and affect fluctuations in compensation packages offered to new hires and projected hiring in the months ahead.
The Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations is a leading center for scholarly and applied research on Human Resource Management issues. The principal investigator for LINE from Rutgers teaches courses in financial analysis and labor economics.
SHRM and Rutgers will release the first LINE report on November 23, 2004.
In the initial launch, LINE will release data from the manufacturing sector since that sector tends to be the most cyclically sensitive and often acts as a leading indicator of change in the overall economy.
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Cornell University
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New York, NY 10016
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SHRM and Rutgers Join to Create National Employment Indicator [31 August 2004]
http://www.shrm.org/press/CMS_009613.asp#P-4_0
SHRM and Rutgers Join to Create National Employment Indicator
Indicator Will Be Launched in November 2004
(Alexandria, Va., August 31, 2004)The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations will collaborate to create the Leading Indicator of National Employment (LINE). LINE will be a current month indicator released the fourth Tuesday of each month.
We are pleased to work with Rutgers on what we view as a valuable addition to current employment indicators,said Susan R. Meisinger, SPHR, president and CEO of SHRM. HR professionals are positioned to accurately indicate employment in their organizations and can collectively predict employment and economic trends overall. We expect LINE to be a valuable source for economists, financial analysts, and informed business leaders throughout the country.
The rate of job creation is among the most important measures of the strength of our economy,said Steven M. Director, Ph.D., a Rutgers faculty member and the principal investigator for the LINE project. The SHRM/Rutgers LINE will provide decision and policy makers in the public and private sectors with timely information available from no other source. It will remind the nation, on a monthly basis, of the key role HR professionals play in the functioning of the U.S. economy.
SHRM has more than 185,000 members and represents HR professionals throughout the U.S. and abroad. HR professionals have a unique position of knowing the current and projected employment conditions at their organizations. They are also the first to recognize and affect fluctuations in compensation packages offered to new hires and projected hiring in the months ahead.
The Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations is a leading center for scholarly and applied research on Human Resource Management issues. The principal investigator for LINE from Rutgers teaches courses in financial analysis and labor economics.
SHRM and Rutgers will release the first LINE report on November 23, 2004.
In the initial launch, LINE will release data from the manufacturing sector since that sector tends to be the most cyclically sensitive and often acts as a leading indicator of change in the overall economy.
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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:10 AM
[IWS] ILO: New! ECONOMIC SECURITY FOR A BETTER WORLD [available 1 September 2004]
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From the ILO's InFocus Programme on Socio-Economic Security
Economic Security for a Better World [Published on 1 September 2004]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/ses/index.htm
[Here you will find FACT SHEETS from the report to be published tomorrow]
Executive Summary
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/ses/index.htm
Economic security index linked to happiness
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/ses/index.htm
[full-text, 3 pages]
Press Release
ILO to publish first global survey of economic insecurity
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2004/ses.htm
Friday 27 August 2004
GENEVA (ILO News) - The vast majority of the global workforce today lives in a world marked by economic uncertainty and insecurity over the future, says a new study to be published by the International Labour Office (ILO) on 1 September 2004.
The study, entitled "Economic Security for a Better World" attempts for the first time to measure social and economic security of individuals as well as economies in some 90 countries representing over 85 per cent of the world's population.
Among the elements of the study are the impact of globalization and employment policies - including outsourcing - on individuals as well as states, an analysis of the needs and aspirations of individuals in the world of work and whether people are happy or unhappy with their jobs, the impact of poverty and development on human security, and the extent of economic and social risk to which people are being increasingly exposed in their societies.
The report also contains a measure of Economic Security for the 90 countries surveyed in terms of labour market, skills, work and income security as well as employment protection and their access to representation.
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From the ILO's InFocus Programme on Socio-Economic Security
Economic Security for a Better World [Published on 1 September 2004]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/ses/index.htm
[Here you will find FACT SHEETS from the report to be published tomorrow]
Executive Summary
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/ses/index.htm
Economic security index linked to happiness
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/ses/index.htm
[full-text, 3 pages]
Press Release
ILO to publish first global survey of economic insecurity
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2004/ses.htm
Friday 27 August 2004
GENEVA (ILO News) - The vast majority of the global workforce today lives in a world marked by economic uncertainty and insecurity over the future, says a new study to be published by the International Labour Office (ILO) on 1 September 2004.
The study, entitled "Economic Security for a Better World" attempts for the first time to measure social and economic security of individuals as well as economies in some 90 countries representing over 85 per cent of the world's population.
Among the elements of the study are the impact of globalization and employment policies - including outsourcing - on individuals as well as states, an analysis of the needs and aspirations of individuals in the world of work and whether people are happy or unhappy with their jobs, the impact of poverty and development on human security, and the extent of economic and social risk to which people are being increasingly exposed in their societies.
The report also contains a measure of Economic Security for the 90 countries surveyed in terms of labour market, skills, work and income security as well as employment protection and their access to representation.
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# posted by SBasefsky : 10:33 AM
[IWS] Number of Bankruptcy Cases Filed in Federal Courts Down Less Than One Percent [27 August 2004]
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
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________________________________________________________________________
Bankruptcy Statistics
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
August 27, 2004 Contact: Karen Redmond
Number of Bankruptcy Cases Filed in Federal Courts Down Less Than One Percent
http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/june04bk.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
For more data, see -
http://www.uscourts.gov/bnkrpctystats/bankruptcystats.htm
The total number of bankruptcies filed in federal courts declined slightly in the 12-month period ending
June 30, 2004, the first time since 2000 that bankruptcies have declined in the 12-month period ending June 30.
The total number of bankruptcy cases filed in this 12-month period totaled 1,635,725, down 0.9 percent from
June 30, 2003, when filings were 1,650,279. The data were released today by the Administrative Office of the
U.S. Courts. Bankruptcy filings remain well above the one million mark, a record first set in the 12-month period ending
June 30, 1996.
Non-business filings totaled 1,599,986, down 0.8 from the 1,613,097 cases filed during the 12-month period
ending June 30, 2003. In the 12-month period ending June 30, 2004, businessfilings dropped to 35,739, down 3.9
percent from 37,182.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
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Bankruptcy Statistics
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
August 27, 2004 Contact: Karen Redmond
Number of Bankruptcy Cases Filed in Federal Courts Down Less Than One Percent
http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/june04bk.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
For more data, see -
http://www.uscourts.gov/bnkrpctystats/bankruptcystats.htm
The total number of bankruptcies filed in federal courts declined slightly in the 12-month period ending
June 30, 2004, the first time since 2000 that bankruptcies have declined in the 12-month period ending June 30.
The total number of bankruptcy cases filed in this 12-month period totaled 1,635,725, down 0.9 percent from
June 30, 2003, when filings were 1,650,279. The data were released today by the Administrative Office of the
U.S. Courts. Bankruptcy filings remain well above the one million mark, a record first set in the 12-month period ending
June 30, 1996.
Non-business filings totaled 1,599,986, down 0.8 from the 1,613,097 cases filed during the 12-month period
ending June 30, 2003. In the 12-month period ending June 30, 2004, businessfilings dropped to 35,739, down 3.9
percent from 37,182.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:12 AM
[IWS] IADB: Employment Protection and Gross Job Flows: A Differences-in-Differences Approach [August 2004]
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
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Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Research Department Working Paper
Employment Protection and Gross Job Flows: A Differences-in-Differences Approach
http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-508.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]
Micco, Alejandro; Pagés-Serra, Carmen
WP-508
August 2004
Abstract:
This paper examines the effect of employment protection regulation on gross job flows in a sample of developed and developing countries. By implementing a differences-in-differences test we lessen the potentially severe endogeneity and omitted variable problems associated with cross-country regressions. This test is based on the hypothesis that job security regulations are more binding in some sectors of economic activity than in others, depending on sector-specific characteristics such as the variance of demand or technological shocks. Unlike most of the existing literature, our analysis indicates that more stringent job security regulations slow down gross job flows, and this tendency is more pronounced in sectors that require higher labor flexibility. These effects occur within the sample of developed and developing countries and are very large in magnitude. Moreover, these effects are robust to changes in regulatory measures, measurement of sector flexibility requirements, control variables and samples.
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Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Research Department Working Paper
Employment Protection and Gross Job Flows: A Differences-in-Differences Approach
http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-508.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]
Micco, Alejandro; Pagés-Serra, Carmen
WP-508
August 2004
Abstract:
This paper examines the effect of employment protection regulation on gross job flows in a sample of developed and developing countries. By implementing a differences-in-differences test we lessen the potentially severe endogeneity and omitted variable problems associated with cross-country regressions. This test is based on the hypothesis that job security regulations are more binding in some sectors of economic activity than in others, depending on sector-specific characteristics such as the variance of demand or technological shocks. Unlike most of the existing literature, our analysis indicates that more stringent job security regulations slow down gross job flows, and this tendency is more pronounced in sectors that require higher labor flexibility. These effects occur within the sample of developed and developing countries and are very large in magnitude. Moreover, these effects are robust to changes in regulatory measures, measurement of sector flexibility requirements, control variables and samples.
_____________________________
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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:02 AM
[IWS] IADB: Privatization in Mexico [August 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Research Department Working Paper
Privatization in Mexico
http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-513.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]
Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio; Chong, Alberto
WP-513
August 2004
Abstract:
Over the last 20 years, Mexico redefined the role of the state in its economy through an ambitious program to liberalize trade, promote efficiency and reduce the size and scope of the state-owned sector. In Mexico, privatization led to a significant improvement in firm performance, as profitability increased 24 percentage points and converged to levels similar to those of private firms. From this increase, at most 5 percent can be attributed to higher prices and 31 percent to transfers from workers, with the remaining 64 percent representing productivity gains. There is evidence that privatization provides other social benefits, as greater access to services, which usually follows privatization, leads to welfare gains for the poorest consumers that outweigh any increase in prices. Moreover, an often-overlooked aspect of privatization is its fiscal impact, whereby the proceeds from the sale are augmented by reduced subsidies and increased taxes and can help pay off debt or finance social spending. The Mexican privatization program can provide a valuable guide to privatization dos and donts: First, the privatization process must be carefully designed and run in a transparent way. Special requirements such as bans on foreign direct investment or cash-only payments lead to substantial price discounts for firms sold, while simplicity breeds competition and leads to higher prices. A transparent program can also help quell the tendency of politicians to favor their friends by tweaking the rules of the game. Second, restructuring firms prior to privatization is counterproductive in raising net sale prices and should be avoided. Governments spend substantial resources on politically motivated investment or efficiency programs that are not valued by bidders and which can rarely be justified on the social ground on which they are sold. Additionally, restructuring programs lengthen the privatization process considerably and lower prices for firms sold in the case of Mexico, each month of delay reduced the sale price by 2.2 percent. Finally, this paper argues that it is essential to carefully deregulate and re-regulate privatized firms to ensure that they behave appropriately as well as to provide a corporate governance framework to ensure firms are able to finance their operations without relying on the Government for help.
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Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Research Department Working Paper
Privatization in Mexico
http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-513.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]
Lopez-de-Silanes, Florencio; Chong, Alberto
WP-513
August 2004
Abstract:
Over the last 20 years, Mexico redefined the role of the state in its economy through an ambitious program to liberalize trade, promote efficiency and reduce the size and scope of the state-owned sector. In Mexico, privatization led to a significant improvement in firm performance, as profitability increased 24 percentage points and converged to levels similar to those of private firms. From this increase, at most 5 percent can be attributed to higher prices and 31 percent to transfers from workers, with the remaining 64 percent representing productivity gains. There is evidence that privatization provides other social benefits, as greater access to services, which usually follows privatization, leads to welfare gains for the poorest consumers that outweigh any increase in prices. Moreover, an often-overlooked aspect of privatization is its fiscal impact, whereby the proceeds from the sale are augmented by reduced subsidies and increased taxes and can help pay off debt or finance social spending. The Mexican privatization program can provide a valuable guide to privatization dos and donts: First, the privatization process must be carefully designed and run in a transparent way. Special requirements such as bans on foreign direct investment or cash-only payments lead to substantial price discounts for firms sold, while simplicity breeds competition and leads to higher prices. A transparent program can also help quell the tendency of politicians to favor their friends by tweaking the rules of the game. Second, restructuring firms prior to privatization is counterproductive in raising net sale prices and should be avoided. Governments spend substantial resources on politically motivated investment or efficiency programs that are not valued by bidders and which can rarely be justified on the social ground on which they are sold. Additionally, restructuring programs lengthen the privatization process considerably and lower prices for firms sold in the case of Mexico, each month of delay reduced the sale price by 2.2 percent. Finally, this paper argues that it is essential to carefully deregulate and re-regulate privatized firms to ensure that they behave appropriately as well as to provide a corporate governance framework to ensure firms are able to finance their operations without relying on the Government for help.
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[IWS] IADB: Inequality, Institutions, and Informality [September 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
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Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Research Department Working Paper
Inequality, Institutions, and Informality
http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-516.pdf
[full-text, 29 pages]
Chong, Alberto; Gradstein, Mark
WP-516
September 2004
Abstract:
This paper presents theory and evidence on the determinants of the size of the informal sector. We propose a simple theoretical model in which the informal sectors size is negatively related to institutional quality and positively related to income inequality. These predictions are then empirically validated using different proxies of the size of the informal sector, income inequality, and institutional quality. The results are shown to be robust with respect to a variety of econometric specifications.
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Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Research Department Working Paper
Inequality, Institutions, and Informality
http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-516.pdf
[full-text, 29 pages]
Chong, Alberto; Gradstein, Mark
WP-516
September 2004
Abstract:
This paper presents theory and evidence on the determinants of the size of the informal sector. We propose a simple theoretical model in which the informal sectors size is negatively related to institutional quality and positively related to income inequality. These predictions are then empirically validated using different proxies of the size of the informal sector, income inequality, and institutional quality. The results are shown to be robust with respect to a variety of econometric specifications.
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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:57 AM
Monday, August 30, 2004
Tweet[IWS] EIROnline: COMPARATIVE STUDY: Occupational pensions and industrial relations [30 August 2004]
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From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Occupational pensions and industrial relations [30 August 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/04/study/index.html
or
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/about/2004/04/study/tn0404101s.html
Abstract:
Pensions have become one of the key issues on the industrial relations agenda across Europe. Many national governments have recently reformed their public pensions systems, often in consultation with the social partners, though in some cases in the face of major trade union opposition. Governments have also been promoting occupational pension provision, which has become an increasingly important issue in collective bargaining. This EIRO comparative study examines the industrial relations aspects of recent pensions developments in 18 countries, focusing mainly on occupational pensions, an area where the social partners often play a significant or even dominant role.
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Occupational pensions and industrial relations [30 August 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/04/study/index.html
or
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/about/2004/04/study/tn0404101s.html
Abstract:
Pensions have become one of the key issues on the industrial relations agenda across Europe. Many national governments have recently reformed their public pensions systems, often in consultation with the social partners, though in some cases in the face of major trade union opposition. Governments have also been promoting occupational pension provision, which has become an increasingly important issue in collective bargaining. This EIRO comparative study examines the industrial relations aspects of recent pensions developments in 18 countries, focusing mainly on occupational pensions, an area where the social partners often play a significant or even dominant role.
_____________________________
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# posted by SBasefsky : 2:03 PM
[IWS] BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: SECOND QUARTER 2004 (PRELIMINARY) [27 August 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
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New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: SECOND QUARTER 2004 (PRELIMINARY) [27 August 2004]
CORPORATE PROFITS: SECOND QUARTER 2004 (PRELIMINARY)
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204p.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204p.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204p.xls
[spreadsheet]
and HIGHLIGHTS
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204p_fax.pdf
Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property
located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2004,
according to preliminary estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter,
real GDP increased 4.5 percent.
The GDP estimates released today are based on more complete source data than were available for
the advance estimates issued last month. In the advance estimates, the increase in real GDP was 3.0
percent (see "Revisions" on page 3).
The major contributors to the increase in real GDP in the second quarter were personal
consumption expenditures (PCE), equipment and software, residential fixed investment, private
inventory investment, and government spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of
GDP, increased.
The deceleration in real GDP growth in the second quarter primarily reflected decelerations in
PCE and in private inventory investment and an acceleration in imports that were partly offset by
accelerations in residential fixed investment and in equipment and software and an upturn in
nonresidential structures.
Motor vehicle output subtracted 0.76 percentage point from the second-quarter change in real
GDP after contributing 0.30 percentage point to the first-quarter change.
The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents,
increased 3.5 percent in the second quarter, the same as the advance estimate; this index increased 3.4
percent in the first quarter. Excluding food and energy prices, the price index for gross domestic
purchases increased 2.5 percent in the second quarter, the same increase as in the first.
FOOTNOTE.--Quarterly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise
specified. Quarter-to-quarter dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Percent
changes are calculated from unrounded data and annualized. "Real" estimates are in chained (2000)
dollars. Price indexes are chain-type measures.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: SECOND QUARTER 2004 (PRELIMINARY) [27 August 2004]
CORPORATE PROFITS: SECOND QUARTER 2004 (PRELIMINARY)
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204p.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204p.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204p.xls
[spreadsheet]
and HIGHLIGHTS
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204p_fax.pdf
Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property
located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2004,
according to preliminary estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter,
real GDP increased 4.5 percent.
The GDP estimates released today are based on more complete source data than were available for
the advance estimates issued last month. In the advance estimates, the increase in real GDP was 3.0
percent (see "Revisions" on page 3).
The major contributors to the increase in real GDP in the second quarter were personal
consumption expenditures (PCE), equipment and software, residential fixed investment, private
inventory investment, and government spending. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of
GDP, increased.
The deceleration in real GDP growth in the second quarter primarily reflected decelerations in
PCE and in private inventory investment and an acceleration in imports that were partly offset by
accelerations in residential fixed investment and in equipment and software and an upturn in
nonresidential structures.
Motor vehicle output subtracted 0.76 percentage point from the second-quarter change in real
GDP after contributing 0.30 percentage point to the first-quarter change.
The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents,
increased 3.5 percent in the second quarter, the same as the advance estimate; this index increased 3.4
percent in the first quarter. Excluding food and energy prices, the price index for gross domestic
purchases increased 2.5 percent in the second quarter, the same increase as in the first.
FOOTNOTE.--Quarterly estimates are expressed at seasonally adjusted annual rates, unless otherwise
specified. Quarter-to-quarter dollar changes are differences between these published estimates. Percent
changes are calculated from unrounded data and annualized. "Real" estimates are in chained (2000)
dollars. Price indexes are chain-type measures.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
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Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016
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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:33 AM
[IWS] BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: JULY 2004 [30 August 2004]
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
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New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: JULY 2004 [30 August 2004]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0704.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0704.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0704.xls
[spreadsheet]
and HIGHLIGHTS at
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0704_fax.pdf
Personal income increased $11.0 billion, or 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased
$7.9 billion, or 0.1 percent, in July, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption
expenditures (PCE) increased $65.6 billion, or 0.8 percent. In June, personal income increased $22.1 billion,
or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $19.9 billion, or 0.2 percent, and PCE decreased $15.3 billion, or 0.2 percent,
based on revised estimates.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
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Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
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Cornell/ILR School *
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*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: JULY 2004 [30 August 2004]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0704.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0704.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0704.xls
[spreadsheet]
and HIGHLIGHTS at
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0704_fax.pdf
Personal income increased $11.0 billion, or 0.1 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased
$7.9 billion, or 0.1 percent, in July, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption
expenditures (PCE) increased $65.6 billion, or 0.8 percent. In June, personal income increased $22.1 billion,
or 0.2 percent, DPI increased $19.9 billion, or 0.2 percent, and PCE decreased $15.3 billion, or 0.2 percent,
based on revised estimates.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
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.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:03 AM
Friday, August 27, 2004
Tweet[IWS] BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online, August 2004,Vol. 127, Number 8 [27 August 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
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New York, NY 10016
____________________________________________________________________
Monthly Labor Review Online, August 2004,Vol. 127, Number 8 [27 August 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
The National Compensation Survey: a wealth of benefits data
Allan P. Blostin
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/08/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
New benefits data from the National Compensation Survey
Jordan Pfuntner
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/08/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
Incidence benefits measures in the National Compensation Survey
Carl B. Barsky
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/08/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Medical and retirement plan coverage: exploring the decline in recent years
William J. Wiatrowski
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/08/art4full.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Trends in employer-provided prescription-drug coverage
Elizabeth Dietz
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/08/art5full.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
New statistics for health insurance from the National Compensation Survey
Michael Lettau
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/08/art6full.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
_____________________________
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Stuart Basefsky
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Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
____________________________________________________________________
Monthly Labor Review Online, August 2004,Vol. 127, Number 8 [27 August 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
The National Compensation Survey: a wealth of benefits data
Allan P. Blostin
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/08/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
New benefits data from the National Compensation Survey
Jordan Pfuntner
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/08/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
Incidence benefits measures in the National Compensation Survey
Carl B. Barsky
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/08/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Medical and retirement plan coverage: exploring the decline in recent years
William J. Wiatrowski
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/08/art4full.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Trends in employer-provided prescription-drug coverage
Elizabeth Dietz
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/08/art5full.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
New statistics for health insurance from the National Compensation Survey
Michael Lettau
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/08/art6full.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
_____________________________
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.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
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# posted by SBasefsky : 3:47 PM
[IWS] MILITARY DRAFT SURVEY Raises Question: What if They Gave a Draft and Nobody Came? [25 August 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From the Alliance for Security (AFS)
First Comprehensive National Survey on the Draft Raises Question: What if They Gave a Draft and Nobody Came? [25 August 2004]
Executive Summary
http://www.allianceforsecurity.org/files/AFS_survey_memo.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Full Survey Questionnaire
http://www.allianceforsecurity.org/files/AFS_survey_questionnaire.pdf
Press Release from Alliance for Security (AFS)
AFS Survey Finds Escalating Concern About the Draft
http://www.allianceforsecurity.org/survey/pressrelease
or
http://www.allianceforsecurity.org/files/AFS_survey_release.pdf
First Comprehensive National Survey on the Draft Raises Question: What if They Gave a Draft and Nobody Came?
Majority of Draft Eligible Adults Say They Will Seek Deferment or Refuse to Serve
* Unprecedented Number of Parents Dont Support Sending Their Child to Serve
* Uneasiness over War in Iraq and Overextended Military Lead to Escalating Concern about the Draft
* Majority believe U.S. is One World Event Away from Draft
AND MUCH MORE.....
[Thanks to Resource Shelf's Docuticker for the tip]
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Stuart Basefsky *
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Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
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*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
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Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the Alliance for Security (AFS)
First Comprehensive National Survey on the Draft Raises Question: What if They Gave a Draft and Nobody Came? [25 August 2004]
Executive Summary
http://www.allianceforsecurity.org/files/AFS_survey_memo.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Full Survey Questionnaire
http://www.allianceforsecurity.org/files/AFS_survey_questionnaire.pdf
Press Release from Alliance for Security (AFS)
AFS Survey Finds Escalating Concern About the Draft
http://www.allianceforsecurity.org/survey/pressrelease
or
http://www.allianceforsecurity.org/files/AFS_survey_release.pdf
First Comprehensive National Survey on the Draft Raises Question: What if They Gave a Draft and Nobody Came?
Majority of Draft Eligible Adults Say They Will Seek Deferment or Refuse to Serve
* Unprecedented Number of Parents Dont Support Sending Their Child to Serve
* Uneasiness over War in Iraq and Overextended Military Lead to Escalating Concern about the Draft
* Majority believe U.S. is One World Event Away from Draft
AND MUCH MORE.....
[Thanks to Resource Shelf's Docuticker for the tip]
_____________________________
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.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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[IWS] BLS: Compensation & Working Conditions Online (August 2004)
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
________________________________________________________________________
Compensation and Working Conditions Online [25 August 2004]
Comparing Current and Former Industry and Occupation ECEC Series (08/25/2004)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20040823ar01p1.htm
BLS recently converted the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series to new industrial and occupational classification systems. Some of the resulting new series are comparable to the old ones, while others are not.
_____________________________
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.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Compensation and Working Conditions Online [25 August 2004]
Comparing Current and Former Industry and Occupation ECEC Series (08/25/2004)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20040823ar01p1.htm
BLS recently converted the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series to new industrial and occupational classification systems. Some of the resulting new series are comparable to the old ones, while others are not.
_____________________________
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.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:50 AM
[IWS] BLS: Kids' Pages -- Expanded and Improved [NOT JUST FOR KIDS] 26 August 2004
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
________________________________________________________________________
BLS Kids' Pages -- Expanded and Improved [NOT JUST FOR KIDS] 26 August 2004
http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm
Exploring Career Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Web site for kids provides introductory career information for students in Grades 4-8. Most of the material on the site has been adapted from the Bureau's Occupational Outlook Handbook a career guidance publication for adults and upper-level high school students that describes the job duties, working conditions, training requirements, earnings levels, and employment prospects of hundreds of occupations.
On the kids' site, wording and labor market concepts have been simplified and some statistical detail has been eliminated. In addition, the occupations on the site are categorized according to interests and hobbies common among students. The twelve categories and their corresponding occupations are shown at the end of this Teacher's Guide. To help students continue their career exploration, each occupational description on the kids' site links to related information in the Handbook. The Bureau's Web site for kids is updated every 2 years with each new edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
_____________________________
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.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
BLS Kids' Pages -- Expanded and Improved [NOT JUST FOR KIDS] 26 August 2004
http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm
Exploring Career Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Web site for kids provides introductory career information for students in Grades 4-8. Most of the material on the site has been adapted from the Bureau's Occupational Outlook Handbook a career guidance publication for adults and upper-level high school students that describes the job duties, working conditions, training requirements, earnings levels, and employment prospects of hundreds of occupations.
On the kids' site, wording and labor market concepts have been simplified and some statistical detail has been eliminated. In addition, the occupations on the site are categorized according to interests and hobbies common among students. The twelve categories and their corresponding occupations are shown at the end of this Teacher's Guide. To help students continue their career exploration, each occupational description on the kids' site links to related information in the Handbook. The Bureau's Web site for kids is updated every 2 years with each new edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
_____________________________
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.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:48 AM
