Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Tweet[IWS] CANADA: Weekly Work Report 27 March 2006
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
________________________________________________________________________
(The following is courtesy of the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto).
Weekly Work Report for the Week of March 27, 2006
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ONTARIO CONSULTATION TARGETS THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY IN CONSTRUCTION : On March 28, Ontario's Labour Minister announced a proposal to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 to force independent operators, sole proprietors , partners and executive officers in the construction sector to participate in the workplace safety and insurance system. As stated in the government consultation paper on the topic, the purpose of the amendments is less to improve safety standards and more to combat the growth the underground economy. The proposed amendments flow from a recommendation in the March 2004 report, Attacking the underground economy in the ICI Sector of Ontario's Construction Industry, by Tim Armstrong and John O'Grady, and commissioned by the Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS). The Ministry's Consultation paper poses 27 questions to focus the discussion; responses will be accepted by mail, email or fax to the Ministry of Labour until by June 30, 2006.
LINKS:
Press release at <l" eudora="autourl"> http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/news/2006/06-36.html>l;
Backgrounder at < http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/news/2006/06-36b.html>
Discussion paper at < http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/about/consultation/06_wsia/index.html >
Ontario Construction Secretariat website at < http://www.iciconstruction.com/site/index.html> , including Attacking the underground economy (158 pages, PDF) at < http://www.iciconstruction.com/site/pdf/Attacking the Underground Economy - April 2004 - Full Report.pdf>
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ONTARIO'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISPUTE GOES TO ARBITRATION: Ontario's 150,000 community college students returned to their classrooms on March 28, after the Colleges Compensation and Appointments Council and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union agreed to a return-to-work protocol and to the appointment of William Kaplan as an arbitrator of their labour dispute. The parties remain opposed over workload, class sizes and salary, and have characterized the strike as one over educational quality. The strike has been marred by bitter public statements, and most importantly, by the death of John Stammers, an instructor at Centennial College in Toronto, who was struck by a car while picketing.
LINKS:
"Ontario colleges to resume classes after bitter strike" in the Globe and Mail (March 27) at < http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060327.ONTCOLLEGE27/TPStory/TPNational/ >
Colleges Compensation and Appointment Council website at < http://www.thecouncil.on.ca/english/bargaining/acad-barg.html>, including Memorandum of agreement (2 pages, PDF) at < http://www.thecouncil.on.ca/english/bargaining/pdfs/Memorandum of Agreement.pdf> and the Return to work protocol (3 pages, PDF) at < http://www.thecouncil.on.ca/english/bargaining/pdfs/Appendix C - RTW Protocol.pdf>
OPSEU website re Community College Bargaining at < http://www.opseu.org/caat/caat_ac/2006bargaining/caatabargainingindex.htm >
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NEW UNION ORGANIZING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY: The United Food and Commercial Workers announced on March 22 that UFCW Canada Local 421 has been created as a home for " new members from all aspects of the entertainment industry." The UFCW local intends to work toward a hiring hall system for technicians, as well as an apprenticeship and certification program. Some other unions in the entertainment sector include ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists), which in April 2005 announced a strategic alliance with the United Steelworkers " to take on the globalization of the culture industry and to address a range of common issues" , the Canadian Actors Equity Association, and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Motion Picture Technicians Artists and Allied Crafts (IATSE).
LINKS:
UFCW press release at < http://www.ufcw.ca/cgi-bin/full_story.cgi?story_id=1792&from_page=6 >
ACTA-USWA press release at < http://www.actratoronto.com/home/actra_steel.htm>
Canadian Actors Equity Association at < http://www.caea.com/EquityWeb/default.aspx>
IATSE website at < http://www.iatse-intl.org/index_flash.html>
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CAW EXECUTIVE BOARD URGES SPLIT WITH NDP: On March 21st the National Executive Board of the Canadian Autoworkers adopted a resolution calling for the CAW leadership, members, locals, and staff to withdraw support from the New Democratic Party. According to the CAW press release, the resolution was prompted by the expulsion of Buzz Hargrove from the Ontario New Democratic Party, which the union sees as "an outright attack on the ability of organizations affiliated to the party to take independent political action in the interests of their members and the broader community." This NEB resolution is not binding and will be debated at a council meeting in April. At that time it could become official CAW policy.
LINKS:
CAW press release, resolution, and Q & A at the CAW website at < http://www.caw.ca/news/newsnow/news.asp?artID=1080>
'CAW leadership urges members to abandon NDP" in the Globe and Mail (March 25) at < http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060325.CAW25/TPStory/?query=TU+THANH+HA >
"Progressive Disarray" editorial in the Toronto Star (March 28) at < http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1143499811787&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795 >
"The good reasons for the CAW and the NDP to split up" in Rabble.ca (March 28) by Jim Stanford, an economist at the CAW, at < http://www.rabble.ca/for_the_sake_of_argument.shtml?x=48431>
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IVEY BUSINESS JOURNAL THEME: THE ENGAGED WORKPLACE: The March/April 2006 issue of the Ivey Business Journal offers five articles on the theme of The Engaged Workplace. In addition, Edward Lawler III and Christopher G. Worley provide an article titled Winning support for organizational change. Other contents: an interview with Rosabeth Moss Kantor in which she reflects on her 30 year career and the subject of corporate leadership.
LINKS:
Ivey Business Journal online at < http://www.iveybusinessjournal.com/>
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PERSONAL INTERNET USE AT WORK: A survey released on March 22 by the U.S. recruitment consultants Hudson shows that 23 % of U.S. workers who use a computer at work admit to having searched for a new job at work, and 12% surf the internet for personal reasons often at work. 30% send and receive personal e-mails at work often, and a further 28% do so occasionally. The Hudson Internet Use Survey is based on a national poll of 2,694 U.S. workers who use computers at work conducted March 11-13, 2006. Data is broken down by employer type, company size, managerial status, gender, age and race.
LINKS:
Summary and press release at the Hudson website at < http://www.hudson-index.com/node.asp?SID=5763>
March Internet Usage Data (Excel spreadsheet) at < http://www.hudson-index.com/documents/us-hudson-index-data-032206.xls >
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MORE RESOURCES FOR PANDEMIC PREPARATION: Several organizations have developed websites devoted to the issue of pandemic flu, such as avian flu. Mercer Human Resource Consulting has a new website with information specific to the workplace, including a survey released on March 27, Avian Flu Pandemic Preparedness' Global Survey Report and a White Paper entitled The Emerging Global Pandemic: Human Resource Implications.
On March 28, Health Canada announced a Pandemic Influenza portal which brings together information from across the Government of Canada's departments and agencies , including the Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada and the World Health Organizaiton. The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board also has a website containing resources specific to the workplace.
LINKS:
The Mercer website: < http://www.mercerhr.com/knowledgecenter/reportsummary.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1207955;jsessionid=E2RXCQAL4TL2YCTGOUFCHPQKMZ0QUI2C >
The Canadian Government website: < http://www.influenza.gc.ca/index_e.html>
The WSIB website: < http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/public/flu_resources>
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BOOMER RETIREMENT TRENDS: A new study by Statistics Canada looks at the retirement intentions of Canadians. The report, titled New Frontiers of Research on Retirement, focuses on four trends: gender difference in retirement patterns, joint retirement decisions of couples, maintaining a standard of living in retirement and flexible retirement. The Conference Board of Canada has also recently published a a brief overview of the issues related to the aging workforce, titled Canada's Demographic Revolution: Adjusting to an Aging Population.
LINKS:
Summary of New Frontiers of Research on Retirement at the Statistics Canada website at < http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060327/d060327b.htm>. The full report is 458 pages and can be ordered online: (Catalogue # < http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/IPS/display?cat_num=75-511-XIE>75-511-XIE , $49 for electronic text; # < http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/IPS/display?cat_num=75-511-XPE>75-511-XPE , $65 for paper). The CIRHR Library has ordered a paper copy.
"A woman's work may never be done" in the Globe and Mail (March 28) at < http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060328.RBOOMER28/TPStory/?query=omar+el+akkad >
Canada's Demographic Revolution: adjusting to an aging population (7 pages, PDF) at the Conference Board website at < http://www.conferenceboard.ca/boardwiseii/temp/BoardWise2ONJKOFKAELFJOCOHHEFPPNND2006328131346/181-06 Canada's Demographic Revolution-ExecAction.pdf>
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GENERAL MOTORS LAYS OFF U.S. WORKERS: General Motors made two major restructuring announcements in the past week: on March 22, it announced it would offer voluntary buyout packages to approximately 100,000 hourly workers of GM and an additional 13,000 hourly workers at auto parts subsidiary Delphi. The amounts of the buyouts range from between $35,000 and $140,000, depending on the employee's tenure. Delphi filed for bankruptcy in October and is currently negotiating with the United Auto Workers to reach a new contact by March 30. On March 28 , GM announced approximately 500 additional layoffs of salaried workers at 30 locations across the United States.
LINKS:
"GM to lay off several hundred employees" in the Washington Post (March 28) at < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR2006032800424.html >
GM to offer early retirement to about 113,000 U.S. workers at the CBC Business website at < http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2006/03/22/gmretirement-060322.html >
Delphi documents on the UAW website at < http://www.uaw.org/delphi/delphiupdate.cfm?duId=42>http://www.uaw.org/delphi/delphiupdate.cfm?duId=42 including Key Points of the Attrition Program (2 pages, PDF) at < http://www.uaw.org/delphi/2006_Attrition_Program_highlights.pdf >
----------
POST SECONDARY EDUCATION PAYS: On average, workers who participated in adult education and obtained a post-secondary certificate made significant gains in wages and earnings, according to a new study released by Statistics Canada on March 24. The study documented participation patterns in adult education among workers during two periods: 1994 to 1997, and 1997 to 2000, using data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. It also examined the impact of adult education on hourly wages and annual earnings, taking into account factors such as union status, occupation, firm size, industry and province.
LINKS:
Participation in Adult Schooling and its Earnings Impact in Canada (35 pages, PDF) (Analytical Studies Branch research paper #276) (Catalogue #11F0019MIE2006276) at < http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/11F0019MIE/11F0019MIE2006276.pdf >
----------
Book of the Week:
Sexual harassment investigations: how to limit your liability and more: a practical guide by Arjun P. Aggarwal and Madhu M. Gupta. Ottawa: Harassment Publications, 2004. 207 p. ISBN0-9735335-0-1
The authors present a comprehensive overview of the current law on sexual harassment in North America and provide a practical guide with step-by-step procedures for resolving harassment complaints in the workplace. They also provide a roadmap for employers to prevent such conduct and to respond effectively when it does manifest itself.
About the Authors:
Arjun P.Aggarwal is the author of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (Butterworths 3rd ed. 2000), Sexual Harassment - A Guide for Understanding and Prevention (Butterworths 1992) Sex Discrimination: Employment Law and Practices (Butterworths1994).
Madhu M. Gupta resides in Chicago,Illinois, where she practiced with the law firm of Chapman and Cutler. She is co-author of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (Butterworths 3rd ed. 2000).
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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 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, elizabeth.perry@utoronto.ca.
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121 St. George Street, Toronto Canada M5S 2E8 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir
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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
________________________________________________________________________
(The following is courtesy of the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto).
Weekly Work Report for the Week of March 27, 2006
----------
ONTARIO CONSULTATION TARGETS THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY IN CONSTRUCTION : On March 28, Ontario's Labour Minister announced a proposal to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 to force independent operators, sole proprietors , partners and executive officers in the construction sector to participate in the workplace safety and insurance system. As stated in the government consultation paper on the topic, the purpose of the amendments is less to improve safety standards and more to combat the growth the underground economy. The proposed amendments flow from a recommendation in the March 2004 report, Attacking the underground economy in the ICI Sector of Ontario's Construction Industry, by Tim Armstrong and John O'Grady, and commissioned by the Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS). The Ministry's Consultation paper poses 27 questions to focus the discussion; responses will be accepted by mail, email or fax to the Ministry of Labour until by June 30, 2006.
LINKS:
Press release at <l" eudora="autourl"> http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/news/2006/06-36.html>l;
Backgrounder at < http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/news/2006/06-36b.html>
Discussion paper at < http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/about/consultation/06_wsia/index.html >
Ontario Construction Secretariat website at < http://www.iciconstruction.com/site/index.html> , including Attacking the underground economy (158 pages, PDF) at < http://www.iciconstruction.com/site/pdf/Attacking the Underground Economy - April 2004 - Full Report.pdf>
----------
ONTARIO'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISPUTE GOES TO ARBITRATION: Ontario's 150,000 community college students returned to their classrooms on March 28, after the Colleges Compensation and Appointments Council and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union agreed to a return-to-work protocol and to the appointment of William Kaplan as an arbitrator of their labour dispute. The parties remain opposed over workload, class sizes and salary, and have characterized the strike as one over educational quality. The strike has been marred by bitter public statements, and most importantly, by the death of John Stammers, an instructor at Centennial College in Toronto, who was struck by a car while picketing.
LINKS:
"Ontario colleges to resume classes after bitter strike" in the Globe and Mail (March 27) at < http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060327.ONTCOLLEGE27/TPStory/TPNational/ >
Colleges Compensation and Appointment Council website at < http://www.thecouncil.on.ca/english/bargaining/acad-barg.html>, including Memorandum of agreement (2 pages, PDF) at < http://www.thecouncil.on.ca/english/bargaining/pdfs/Memorandum of Agreement.pdf> and the Return to work protocol (3 pages, PDF) at < http://www.thecouncil.on.ca/english/bargaining/pdfs/Appendix C - RTW Protocol.pdf>
OPSEU website re Community College Bargaining at < http://www.opseu.org/caat/caat_ac/2006bargaining/caatabargainingindex.htm >
----------
NEW UNION ORGANIZING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY: The United Food and Commercial Workers announced on March 22 that UFCW Canada Local 421 has been created as a home for " new members from all aspects of the entertainment industry." The UFCW local intends to work toward a hiring hall system for technicians, as well as an apprenticeship and certification program. Some other unions in the entertainment sector include ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists), which in April 2005 announced a strategic alliance with the United Steelworkers " to take on the globalization of the culture industry and to address a range of common issues" , the Canadian Actors Equity Association, and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Motion Picture Technicians Artists and Allied Crafts (IATSE).
LINKS:
UFCW press release at < http://www.ufcw.ca/cgi-bin/full_story.cgi?story_id=1792&from_page=6 >
ACTA-USWA press release at < http://www.actratoronto.com/home/actra_steel.htm>
Canadian Actors Equity Association at < http://www.caea.com/EquityWeb/default.aspx>
IATSE website at < http://www.iatse-intl.org/index_flash.html>
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CAW EXECUTIVE BOARD URGES SPLIT WITH NDP: On March 21st the National Executive Board of the Canadian Autoworkers adopted a resolution calling for the CAW leadership, members, locals, and staff to withdraw support from the New Democratic Party. According to the CAW press release, the resolution was prompted by the expulsion of Buzz Hargrove from the Ontario New Democratic Party, which the union sees as "an outright attack on the ability of organizations affiliated to the party to take independent political action in the interests of their members and the broader community." This NEB resolution is not binding and will be debated at a council meeting in April. At that time it could become official CAW policy.
LINKS:
CAW press release, resolution, and Q & A at the CAW website at < http://www.caw.ca/news/newsnow/news.asp?artID=1080>
'CAW leadership urges members to abandon NDP" in the Globe and Mail (March 25) at < http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060325.CAW25/TPStory/?query=TU+THANH+HA >
"Progressive Disarray" editorial in the Toronto Star (March 28) at < http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1143499811787&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795 >
"The good reasons for the CAW and the NDP to split up" in Rabble.ca (March 28) by Jim Stanford, an economist at the CAW, at < http://www.rabble.ca/for_the_sake_of_argument.shtml?x=48431>
----------
IVEY BUSINESS JOURNAL THEME: THE ENGAGED WORKPLACE: The March/April 2006 issue of the Ivey Business Journal offers five articles on the theme of The Engaged Workplace. In addition, Edward Lawler III and Christopher G. Worley provide an article titled Winning support for organizational change. Other contents: an interview with Rosabeth Moss Kantor in which she reflects on her 30 year career and the subject of corporate leadership.
LINKS:
Ivey Business Journal online at < http://www.iveybusinessjournal.com/>
----------
PERSONAL INTERNET USE AT WORK: A survey released on March 22 by the U.S. recruitment consultants Hudson shows that 23 % of U.S. workers who use a computer at work admit to having searched for a new job at work, and 12% surf the internet for personal reasons often at work. 30% send and receive personal e-mails at work often, and a further 28% do so occasionally. The Hudson Internet Use Survey is based on a national poll of 2,694 U.S. workers who use computers at work conducted March 11-13, 2006. Data is broken down by employer type, company size, managerial status, gender, age and race.
LINKS:
Summary and press release at the Hudson website at < http://www.hudson-index.com/node.asp?SID=5763>
March Internet Usage Data (Excel spreadsheet) at < http://www.hudson-index.com/documents/us-hudson-index-data-032206.xls >
----------
MORE RESOURCES FOR PANDEMIC PREPARATION: Several organizations have developed websites devoted to the issue of pandemic flu, such as avian flu. Mercer Human Resource Consulting has a new website with information specific to the workplace, including a survey released on March 27, Avian Flu Pandemic Preparedness' Global Survey Report and a White Paper entitled The Emerging Global Pandemic: Human Resource Implications.
On March 28, Health Canada announced a Pandemic Influenza portal which brings together information from across the Government of Canada's departments and agencies , including the Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada and the World Health Organizaiton. The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board also has a website containing resources specific to the workplace.
LINKS:
The Mercer website: < http://www.mercerhr.com/knowledgecenter/reportsummary.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1207955;jsessionid=E2RXCQAL4TL2YCTGOUFCHPQKMZ0QUI2C >
The Canadian Government website: < http://www.influenza.gc.ca/index_e.html>
The WSIB website: < http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/public/flu_resources>
----------
BOOMER RETIREMENT TRENDS: A new study by Statistics Canada looks at the retirement intentions of Canadians. The report, titled New Frontiers of Research on Retirement, focuses on four trends: gender difference in retirement patterns, joint retirement decisions of couples, maintaining a standard of living in retirement and flexible retirement. The Conference Board of Canada has also recently published a a brief overview of the issues related to the aging workforce, titled Canada's Demographic Revolution: Adjusting to an Aging Population.
LINKS:
Summary of New Frontiers of Research on Retirement at the Statistics Canada website at < http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060327/d060327b.htm>. The full report is 458 pages and can be ordered online: (Catalogue # < http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/IPS/display?cat_num=75-511-XIE>75-511-XIE , $49 for electronic text; # < http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/IPS/display?cat_num=75-511-XPE>75-511-XPE , $65 for paper). The CIRHR Library has ordered a paper copy.
"A woman's work may never be done" in the Globe and Mail (March 28) at < http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060328.RBOOMER28/TPStory/?query=omar+el+akkad >
Canada's Demographic Revolution: adjusting to an aging population (7 pages, PDF) at the Conference Board website at < http://www.conferenceboard.ca/boardwiseii/temp/BoardWise2ONJKOFKAELFJOCOHHEFPPNND2006328131346/181-06 Canada's Demographic Revolution-ExecAction.pdf>
----------
GENERAL MOTORS LAYS OFF U.S. WORKERS: General Motors made two major restructuring announcements in the past week: on March 22, it announced it would offer voluntary buyout packages to approximately 100,000 hourly workers of GM and an additional 13,000 hourly workers at auto parts subsidiary Delphi. The amounts of the buyouts range from between $35,000 and $140,000, depending on the employee's tenure. Delphi filed for bankruptcy in October and is currently negotiating with the United Auto Workers to reach a new contact by March 30. On March 28 , GM announced approximately 500 additional layoffs of salaried workers at 30 locations across the United States.
LINKS:
"GM to lay off several hundred employees" in the Washington Post (March 28) at < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR2006032800424.html >
GM to offer early retirement to about 113,000 U.S. workers at the CBC Business website at < http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2006/03/22/gmretirement-060322.html >
Delphi documents on the UAW website at < http://www.uaw.org/delphi/delphiupdate.cfm?duId=42>http://www.uaw.org/delphi/delphiupdate.cfm?duId=42 including Key Points of the Attrition Program (2 pages, PDF) at < http://www.uaw.org/delphi/2006_Attrition_Program_highlights.pdf >
----------
POST SECONDARY EDUCATION PAYS: On average, workers who participated in adult education and obtained a post-secondary certificate made significant gains in wages and earnings, according to a new study released by Statistics Canada on March 24. The study documented participation patterns in adult education among workers during two periods: 1994 to 1997, and 1997 to 2000, using data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. It also examined the impact of adult education on hourly wages and annual earnings, taking into account factors such as union status, occupation, firm size, industry and province.
LINKS:
Participation in Adult Schooling and its Earnings Impact in Canada (35 pages, PDF) (Analytical Studies Branch research paper #276) (Catalogue #11F0019MIE2006276) at < http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/11F0019MIE/11F0019MIE2006276.pdf >
----------
Book of the Week:
Sexual harassment investigations: how to limit your liability and more: a practical guide by Arjun P. Aggarwal and Madhu M. Gupta. Ottawa: Harassment Publications, 2004. 207 p. ISBN0-9735335-0-1
The authors present a comprehensive overview of the current law on sexual harassment in North America and provide a practical guide with step-by-step procedures for resolving harassment complaints in the workplace. They also provide a roadmap for employers to prevent such conduct and to respond effectively when it does manifest itself.
About the Authors:
Arjun P.Aggarwal is the author of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (Butterworths 3rd ed. 2000), Sexual Harassment - A Guide for Understanding and Prevention (Butterworths 1992) Sex Discrimination: Employment Law and Practices (Butterworths1994).
Madhu M. Gupta resides in Chicago,Illinois, where she practiced with the law firm of Chapman and Cutler. She is co-author of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (Butterworths 3rd ed. 2000).
----------
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 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, elizabeth.perry@utoronto.ca.
----------
121 St. George Street, 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
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