Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Tweet[IWS] CRS: Retirement Savings & Household Wealth: Trends from 2001 to 2004 [22 May 2006]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL30922
Retirement Savings and Household Wealth: Trends from 2001 to 2004
Updated May 22, 2006
Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL30922_20060522.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
Summary
Since about 1980, the proportion of workers who participate in employersponsored
retirement plans has remained stable at about half of the workforce. Over
the past 25 years, however, there has been a shift by employers from defined benefit
(DB) pensions which pay a retirement benefit in the form of a lifelong annuity
to defined contribution (DC) plans, which are more like savings accounts maintained
by employers on behalf of each participating employee. One of the key distinctions
between a defined benefit plan and a defined contribution plan is that in a DB plan,
it is the employer who bears the investment risk. The employer must ensure that the
pension plan has sufficient assets to pay the benefits promised to workers and their
surviving dependents. In a DC plan, the worker bears the risk of investment losses.
The workers account balance depends on how much he or she contributes to the plan
and how the plans underlying investments perform.
Once every three years, the Federal Reserve Board collects data on household
assets and liabilities through the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). According to
the most recent survey, 47.9% of workers under age 65 participated in employersponsored
retirement plans both DB and DC in 2004, down from 49.6% in
2001. The decline in retirement plan participation between 2001 and 2004 was most
heavily concentrated among workers under 45 years old, male workers, non-white
workers, unmarried workers, those who did not attend college, and those with
household incomes in the bottom half of the income distribution.
The Survey of Consumer Finances shows that 56.3 million households owned
at least one retirement account in 2004 whether an individual retirement account
(IRA), a 401(k) plan, or other employment-based savings plan compared with
56.9 million households that owned at least one such account in 2001. The
proportion of households that owned a retirement account fell from 53.4% in 2001
to 50.2% in 2004. The median balance in all such accounts (measured in 2004
dollars) rose from $30,462 in 2001 to $36,000 in 2004. The number of households
that owned a defined contribution plan from current or past employment rose from
38.3 million in 2001 to 38.8 million in 2004. The median balance in these accounts
(in 2004 dollars) rose from $19,172 in 2001 to $28,000 in 2004. The number of
households that owned an IRA or Keogh plan for the self-employed fell from 33.4
million in 2001 to 32.6 million in 2004. The median balance in these accounts (in
2004 dollars) rose from $28,758 in 2001 to $30,000 in 2004.
The median value in 2004 of all retirement accounts owned by households
headed persons between the ages of 55 and 64 was $88,000, up from $58,580 in
2001. For a 65-year-old retiring in May 2006, $88,000 would be sufficient to
purchase a level, single-life annuity that would pay $653 per month, based on the
federal Thrift Savings Plans current annuity interest rate of 5.375%. This amount
would replace just 15% of the median household income of $53,400 among
households headed by individuals who were 55 to 64 years old in 2004.
Contents
Trends in Retirement Plan Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
401(k) plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The Survey of Consumer Finances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Participation in Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Recent Trends in Retirement Plan Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Congress and Retirement Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Retirement Savings of American Households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Summary of Retirement Plan Ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Retirement Account Balances by Age of Household Head . . . . . . . . . 11
Retirement Plan Ownership and Demographic Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Household Net Worth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
List of Tables
Table 1. Workers Participation in Retirement Plans in 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Table 2. Workers Participation in Retirement Plans in 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Table 3. Household Retirement Account Balances in 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 4. Household Retirement Account Balances in 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 5. Household Retirement Account Balances, by Age of Householder . . . 12
Table 6. Household Ownership of Individual Retirement Accounts and Keogh Accounts in 2004 . . . . . 14
Table 7. Household Ownership of Defined Contribution Plans from Current or Past Job in 2004 . . . . . . 15
Table 8. Median Household Net Worth in 2001 and 2004, by Age of Household Head . . . . . . ... . . . . . 16
______________________________
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----------------- 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
________________________________________________________________________
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL30922
Retirement Savings and Household Wealth: Trends from 2001 to 2004
Updated May 22, 2006
Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL30922_20060522.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
Summary
Since about 1980, the proportion of workers who participate in employersponsored
retirement plans has remained stable at about half of the workforce. Over
the past 25 years, however, there has been a shift by employers from defined benefit
(DB) pensions which pay a retirement benefit in the form of a lifelong annuity
to defined contribution (DC) plans, which are more like savings accounts maintained
by employers on behalf of each participating employee. One of the key distinctions
between a defined benefit plan and a defined contribution plan is that in a DB plan,
it is the employer who bears the investment risk. The employer must ensure that the
pension plan has sufficient assets to pay the benefits promised to workers and their
surviving dependents. In a DC plan, the worker bears the risk of investment losses.
The workers account balance depends on how much he or she contributes to the plan
and how the plans underlying investments perform.
Once every three years, the Federal Reserve Board collects data on household
assets and liabilities through the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). According to
the most recent survey, 47.9% of workers under age 65 participated in employersponsored
retirement plans both DB and DC in 2004, down from 49.6% in
2001. The decline in retirement plan participation between 2001 and 2004 was most
heavily concentrated among workers under 45 years old, male workers, non-white
workers, unmarried workers, those who did not attend college, and those with
household incomes in the bottom half of the income distribution.
The Survey of Consumer Finances shows that 56.3 million households owned
at least one retirement account in 2004 whether an individual retirement account
(IRA), a 401(k) plan, or other employment-based savings plan compared with
56.9 million households that owned at least one such account in 2001. The
proportion of households that owned a retirement account fell from 53.4% in 2001
to 50.2% in 2004. The median balance in all such accounts (measured in 2004
dollars) rose from $30,462 in 2001 to $36,000 in 2004. The number of households
that owned a defined contribution plan from current or past employment rose from
38.3 million in 2001 to 38.8 million in 2004. The median balance in these accounts
(in 2004 dollars) rose from $19,172 in 2001 to $28,000 in 2004. The number of
households that owned an IRA or Keogh plan for the self-employed fell from 33.4
million in 2001 to 32.6 million in 2004. The median balance in these accounts (in
2004 dollars) rose from $28,758 in 2001 to $30,000 in 2004.
The median value in 2004 of all retirement accounts owned by households
headed persons between the ages of 55 and 64 was $88,000, up from $58,580 in
2001. For a 65-year-old retiring in May 2006, $88,000 would be sufficient to
purchase a level, single-life annuity that would pay $653 per month, based on the
federal Thrift Savings Plans current annuity interest rate of 5.375%. This amount
would replace just 15% of the median household income of $53,400 among
households headed by individuals who were 55 to 64 years old in 2004.
Contents
Trends in Retirement Plan Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
401(k) plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The Survey of Consumer Finances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Participation in Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Recent Trends in Retirement Plan Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Congress and Retirement Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Retirement Savings of American Households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Summary of Retirement Plan Ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Retirement Account Balances by Age of Household Head . . . . . . . . . 11
Retirement Plan Ownership and Demographic Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Household Net Worth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
List of Tables
Table 1. Workers Participation in Retirement Plans in 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Table 2. Workers Participation in Retirement Plans in 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Table 3. Household Retirement Account Balances in 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 4. Household Retirement Account Balances in 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 5. Household Retirement Account Balances, by Age of Householder . . . 12
Table 6. Household Ownership of Individual Retirement Accounts and Keogh Accounts in 2004 . . . . . 14
Table 7. Household Ownership of Defined Contribution Plans from Current or Past Job in 2004 . . . . . . 15
Table 8. Median Household Net Worth in 2001 and 2004, by Age of Household Head . . . . . . ... . . . . . 16
______________________________
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: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: APRIL 2006 [31 May 2006]
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
________________________________________________________________________
METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: APRIL 2006 [31 May 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
Unemployment rates were lower in April than a year earlier in 277 of
the 367 metropolitan areas, higher in 68 areas, and unchanged in 22 areas,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today. Forty-three metropolitan areas, including 29 in the South, regis-
tered jobless rates below 3.0 percent. Six areas, three of which were
located in California, recorded rates of at least 10.0 percent. The na-
tional unemployment rate in April was 4.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted,
down from 4.9 percent a year earlier.
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
****************************************
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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
________________________________________________________________________
METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: APRIL 2006 [31 May 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
Unemployment rates were lower in April than a year earlier in 277 of
the 367 metropolitan areas, higher in 68 areas, and unchanged in 22 areas,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today. Forty-three metropolitan areas, including 29 in the South, regis-
tered jobless rates below 3.0 percent. Six areas, three of which were
located in California, recorded rates of at least 10.0 percent. The na-
tional unemployment rate in April was 4.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted,
down from 4.9 percent a year earlier.
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
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[IWS] ILR Press: NURSES ON THE MOVE: MIGRATION & the GLOBAL HEALTH CARE ECONOMY
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
________________________________________________________________________
ILR Press (an Imprint of Cornell University Press)
NURSES ON THE MOVE
Migration and the Global Health Care Economy
by Mireille Kingma
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4395
South African nurses care for patients in London, hospitals recruit Filipino nurses to Los Angeles, and Chinese nurses practice their profession in Ireland. In every industrialized country of the world, patients today increasingly find that the nurses who care for them come from a vast array of countries. In the first book on international nurse migration, Mireille Kingma investigates one of todays most important health care trends.
The personal stories of migrant nurses that fill this book contrast the nightmarish existences of some with the successes of others. Health systems in industrialized countries now depend on nurses from the developing world to address their nursing shortages. This situation raises a host of thorny questions. What causes nurses to decide to migrate? Is this migration voluntary or in some way coerced? When developing countries are faced with nurse vacancy rates of more than 40 percent, is recruitment by industrialized countries fair play in a competitive market or a new form of colonialization? What happens to these workersand the patients left behindwhen they migrate? What safeguards will protect nurses and the patients they find in their new workplaces?
Highlighting the complexity of the international rules and regulations now being constructed to facilitate the lucrative trade in human services, Kingma presents a new way to think about the migration of skilled health-sector labor as well as the strategies needed to make migration work for individuals, patients, and the health systems on which they depend.
Reviews
Nurses on the Move is an informative, comprehensive discussion of international nurse migration providing a synthesis of numerous reports and publications, poignant interviews with nurse migrants, and analysis of nurse migration in the larger context of the global workforce. Everything related to international nurse migration can be found in this highly readable volume of interest to nurses, policy makers, and the public.Linda H. Aiken, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania
This book analyzes a major policy issuethe migration of nurses around the globe. It considers the way migration has become big business and also highlights the personal experiences of nurses themselves. In so doing, Nurses on the Move gives us a better understanding of this important trend that has an impact on the contemporary health care workforce.James Buchan, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh
Nurses on the Move reveals the new shape of globalization. Skilled, overwhelmingly female nurses are moving in the hundreds of thousands around the globe. Mireille Kingmas exciting book puts a human face on the new worldwide labor market for nurses. Beyond uncovering the complicated economic and social forces that push nurses into migration from poor countries, Kingma explores how labor might transform the brain drain in nursing into a brain gain that benefits nurses, patients, and society as a whole. Anyone interested in health care, global labor, or in organizing health care workers needs to read this book.Elaine Bernard, Harvard Law School
Mireille Kingmas comprehensive review and analysis of nurse migration will be useful for everyone from students to health care professionals and managers to policy makers interested in globalization and the impact of migration on the well-being of individuals and communities. Managing the migration flow of nurses is essential to the success of the UNs Millennium Development Goals.Danielle Grondin, MD, FRCPC, International Organization for Migration
About the Author
Mireille Kingma is a consultant on nursing and health policy for the International Council of Nurses, which is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
More books from ILR Press can be found at -
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_series.html
or
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_listsearch.taf?_function=list&imprint=An%20ILR%20Press%20Book
______________________________
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----------------- 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
________________________________________________________________________
ILR Press (an Imprint of Cornell University Press)
NURSES ON THE MOVE
Migration and the Global Health Care Economy
by Mireille Kingma
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4395
South African nurses care for patients in London, hospitals recruit Filipino nurses to Los Angeles, and Chinese nurses practice their profession in Ireland. In every industrialized country of the world, patients today increasingly find that the nurses who care for them come from a vast array of countries. In the first book on international nurse migration, Mireille Kingma investigates one of todays most important health care trends.
The personal stories of migrant nurses that fill this book contrast the nightmarish existences of some with the successes of others. Health systems in industrialized countries now depend on nurses from the developing world to address their nursing shortages. This situation raises a host of thorny questions. What causes nurses to decide to migrate? Is this migration voluntary or in some way coerced? When developing countries are faced with nurse vacancy rates of more than 40 percent, is recruitment by industrialized countries fair play in a competitive market or a new form of colonialization? What happens to these workersand the patients left behindwhen they migrate? What safeguards will protect nurses and the patients they find in their new workplaces?
Highlighting the complexity of the international rules and regulations now being constructed to facilitate the lucrative trade in human services, Kingma presents a new way to think about the migration of skilled health-sector labor as well as the strategies needed to make migration work for individuals, patients, and the health systems on which they depend.
Reviews
Nurses on the Move is an informative, comprehensive discussion of international nurse migration providing a synthesis of numerous reports and publications, poignant interviews with nurse migrants, and analysis of nurse migration in the larger context of the global workforce. Everything related to international nurse migration can be found in this highly readable volume of interest to nurses, policy makers, and the public.Linda H. Aiken, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania
This book analyzes a major policy issuethe migration of nurses around the globe. It considers the way migration has become big business and also highlights the personal experiences of nurses themselves. In so doing, Nurses on the Move gives us a better understanding of this important trend that has an impact on the contemporary health care workforce.James Buchan, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh
Nurses on the Move reveals the new shape of globalization. Skilled, overwhelmingly female nurses are moving in the hundreds of thousands around the globe. Mireille Kingmas exciting book puts a human face on the new worldwide labor market for nurses. Beyond uncovering the complicated economic and social forces that push nurses into migration from poor countries, Kingma explores how labor might transform the brain drain in nursing into a brain gain that benefits nurses, patients, and society as a whole. Anyone interested in health care, global labor, or in organizing health care workers needs to read this book.Elaine Bernard, Harvard Law School
Mireille Kingmas comprehensive review and analysis of nurse migration will be useful for everyone from students to health care professionals and managers to policy makers interested in globalization and the impact of migration on the well-being of individuals and communities. Managing the migration flow of nurses is essential to the success of the UNs Millennium Development Goals.Danielle Grondin, MD, FRCPC, International Organization for Migration
About the Author
Mireille Kingma is a consultant on nursing and health policy for the International Council of Nurses, which is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
More books from ILR Press can be found at -
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_series.html
or
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_listsearch.taf?_function=list&imprint=An%20ILR%20Press%20Book
______________________________
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] Watson Wyatt: Few Multinationals Implement Health & Productivity Strategy Outside United States [30 May 2006]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Watson Wyatt
Few Multinationals Have Implemented a Health and Productivity Strategy Outside United States [30 May 2006]
Companies Plan to Add Programs to Combat Rising Health Care Costs, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=16116
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2006 Multinational companies have developed a health and productivity strategy in the United States, but they have not been as proactive in other regions of the world, according to a new survey by Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a global human capital consulting firm. However, as health care costs rise around the globe, multinationals are increasingly adding these programs worldwide.
The survey of 90 multinational companies found that 65 percent currently have a strategy to improve the health and productivity of their workers in the United States but significantly fewer have programs in Canada (22 percent), Asia-Pacific (21 percent), Europe (16 percent) and Latin America (15 percent). Although many of these multinationals plan to develop a health and productivity strategy in these regions over the next two years, they will still lag behind their U.S. operations by a wide margin.
AND MORE...including TABLES....
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Watson Wyatt
Few Multinationals Have Implemented a Health and Productivity Strategy Outside United States [30 May 2006]
Companies Plan to Add Programs to Combat Rising Health Care Costs, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=16116
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2006 Multinational companies have developed a health and productivity strategy in the United States, but they have not been as proactive in other regions of the world, according to a new survey by Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a global human capital consulting firm. However, as health care costs rise around the globe, multinationals are increasingly adding these programs worldwide.
The survey of 90 multinational companies found that 65 percent currently have a strategy to improve the health and productivity of their workers in the United States but significantly fewer have programs in Canada (22 percent), Asia-Pacific (21 percent), Europe (16 percent) and Latin America (15 percent). Although many of these multinationals plan to develop a health and productivity strategy in these regions over the next two years, they will still lag behind their U.S. operations by a wide margin.
AND 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
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# posted by SBasefsky : 12:15 PM
[IWS] BLS: CWC--CONSTRUCTION INJURIES, ILLNESSES & FATALITIES 2004 [24 May 2006]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Compensation and Working Conditions Online
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
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----------------- 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
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities in Construction, 2004 [24 May 2006]
- by Samuel W. Meyer and Stephen M. Pegula
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20060519ar01p1.htm
- The safety efforts of a number of governmental organizations have been focused on the construction industry recently; construction workers accounted for 1 in 5 on-the-job fatalities and 1 in 10 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2004.
- by Samuel W. Meyer and Stephen M. Pegula
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.
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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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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:55 AM
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Tweet[IWS] One in six Britons 'Under the Influence' at Work [30 May 2006]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Royal & SunAlliance
News Release
Tuesday May 30 2006
One in six Britons 'under the influence' at work
http://www.royalsunalliance.com/royalsun/media/showpressitem.jsp?type=press&ref=337&link=4&sub=56&sup=
or
http://www.royalsunalliance.com/royalsun/uploads/press/24hourdrinking-consumerFINAL.doc
[full-text, 4 pages]
· 20 25 per cent of workplace accidents attributed to alcohol.1
· Two million Britons have taken a day off sick in the last six months due to a hangover.2
· 1.4 million people plan to hit the pubs in working hours during the World Cup.
· 20 per cent of employers plan to keep their staff out of the pub during the World Cup by showing games in the workplace.3
One in six employees in Britain has been under the influence of alcohol at work in the last six months, a study into Alcohol in the workplace by leading commercial insurer Royal & SunAlliance (R&SA) has revealed.
With 20 25 per cent of accidents in the workplace caused by alcohol, these statistics will be of concern to many employers.
Nearly 60,000 employers also attribute the effects of alcohol the next day, on up to ten per cent of absenteeism, and 54,000 blame up to ten per cent of workplace under-performance on alcohol.
The R&SA study was commissioned to examine the effects of the 24-hour drinking legislation on alcohol in the workplace after six months of the new licensing laws. The research showed that two million working Britons took one or more days off sick due to alcohol-induced illness over the last six months. Whilst both employers and employees did not think the problem has got worse since the introduction of 24-hour drinking in November, there is an ongoing cultural problem in Britain of people drinking alcohol during the working day.
AND MORE....
(Thanks to Timothy Schmidle, New York State Workers' Compensation Board, for the tip).
______________________________
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Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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Fax: (607) 255-9641
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Royal & SunAlliance
News Release
Tuesday May 30 2006
One in six Britons 'under the influence' at work
http://www.royalsunalliance.com/royalsun/media/showpressitem.jsp?type=press&ref=337&link=4&sub=56&sup=
or
http://www.royalsunalliance.com/royalsun/uploads/press/24hourdrinking-consumerFINAL.doc
[full-text, 4 pages]
· 20 25 per cent of workplace accidents attributed to alcohol.1
· Two million Britons have taken a day off sick in the last six months due to a hangover.2
· 1.4 million people plan to hit the pubs in working hours during the World Cup.
· 20 per cent of employers plan to keep their staff out of the pub during the World Cup by showing games in the workplace.3
One in six employees in Britain has been under the influence of alcohol at work in the last six months, a study into Alcohol in the workplace by leading commercial insurer Royal & SunAlliance (R&SA) has revealed.
With 20 25 per cent of accidents in the workplace caused by alcohol, these statistics will be of concern to many employers.
Nearly 60,000 employers also attribute the effects of alcohol the next day, on up to ten per cent of absenteeism, and 54,000 blame up to ten per cent of workplace under-performance on alcohol.
The R&SA study was commissioned to examine the effects of the 24-hour drinking legislation on alcohol in the workplace after six months of the new licensing laws. The research showed that two million working Britons took one or more days off sick due to alcohol-induced illness over the last six months. Whilst both employers and employees did not think the problem has got worse since the introduction of 24-hour drinking in November, there is an ongoing cultural problem in Britain of people drinking alcohol during the working day.
AND MORE....
(Thanks to Timothy Schmidle, New York State Workers' Compensation Board, 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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# posted by SBasefsky : 3:04 PM
[IWS] Kaiser: RETIRED STEELWORKERS & their HEALTH BENEFITS: 2004 Survey [30 May 2006]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
Retired Steelworkers and Their Health Benefits: Results from a 2004 Survey [30 May 2006]
http://www.kff.org/insurance/7518.cfm
or
http://www.kff.org/insurance/upload/7518.pdf
[full-text, 61 pages]
This Kaiser survey report looks at how the bankruptcies of two steel companies, the LTV Corporation and Bethlehem Steel, affected health coverage for the companies' retirees and dependents. The bankruptcies left about 200,000 retirees and spouses without retiree health coverage in 2002 and 2003. The report provides insight into the impact of a tax credit enacted by Congress in 2002 to provide temporary assistance to workers and retirees in "distressed" industries, including the steel industry.
The 2004 survey found that nearly three quarters of the retirees who responded had obtained replacement coverage or a supplement to their Medicare coverage, although many reported that the loss of benefits caused a significant disruption to their retirement.
This survey sample included 2,961 retirees or surviving spouses, including both early retirees ages 64 and younger in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio and Maryland and Medicare-age retirees 65 in the states of Indiana and Ohio. The United Steelworkers of America assisted in the survey by providing information needed to identify affected retirees and surviving spouses for participation in the survey.
______________________________
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Stuart Basefsky
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Cornell/ILR School
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Fax: (607) 255-9641
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
Retired Steelworkers and Their Health Benefits: Results from a 2004 Survey [30 May 2006]
http://www.kff.org/insurance/7518.cfm
or
http://www.kff.org/insurance/upload/7518.pdf
[full-text, 61 pages]
This Kaiser survey report looks at how the bankruptcies of two steel companies, the LTV Corporation and Bethlehem Steel, affected health coverage for the companies' retirees and dependents. The bankruptcies left about 200,000 retirees and spouses without retiree health coverage in 2002 and 2003. The report provides insight into the impact of a tax credit enacted by Congress in 2002 to provide temporary assistance to workers and retirees in "distressed" industries, including the steel industry.
The 2004 survey found that nearly three quarters of the retirees who responded had obtained replacement coverage or a supplement to their Medicare coverage, although many reported that the loss of benefits caused a significant disruption to their retirement.
This survey sample included 2,961 retirees or surviving spouses, including both early retirees ages 64 and younger in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio and Maryland and Medicare-age retirees 65 in the states of Indiana and Ohio. The United Steelworkers of America assisted in the survey by providing information needed to identify affected retirees and surviving spouses for participation in the survey.
______________________________
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
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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
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Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 1:56 PM
[IWS] ETUI-REHS: EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS DATABASE [30 May 2006]
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
________________________________________________________________________
European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education, and Health and Safety
(ETUI-REHS)
European Works Councils database [30 May 2006]
http://www.etui-rehs.org/workers_participation/projects/european_works_councils_database
Description
The European Works Councils database 2006 contains information on
* 2204 multinationals falling within the scope of the EWC directives and on
* 1155 European Works Council agreements.
The records are searchable by multiple criteria: company name, country or region of the headquarters, countries or region of operation, sectors of activity, merger activity...
The full text database offers more than 1470 documents, whereof
* the English text of more than 960 EWC agreements,
* national transposition laws of the EWC Directive,
* documents regarding the revision of the EWC Directive,
* judgments of the European Court of Justice,
* documents regarding the European Social Dialogue framework,
* more than 200 European sector and cross-sector agreements,
* ILO and OECD texts,
* articles on EWCs from the European Trade Union Yearbook
and new in this version:
* around 70 substantive and global agreements concluded by EWCs or within the contexts of EWCs
Order information is found at:
http://www.etui-rehs.org/workers_participation/projects/european_works_councils_database#toc
______________________________
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----------------- 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
________________________________________________________________________
European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education, and Health and Safety
(ETUI-REHS)
European Works Councils database [30 May 2006]
http://www.etui-rehs.org/workers_participation/projects/european_works_councils_database
Description
The European Works Councils database 2006 contains information on
* 2204 multinationals falling within the scope of the EWC directives and on
* 1155 European Works Council agreements.
The records are searchable by multiple criteria: company name, country or region of the headquarters, countries or region of operation, sectors of activity, merger activity...
The full text database offers more than 1470 documents, whereof
* the English text of more than 960 EWC agreements,
* national transposition laws of the EWC Directive,
* documents regarding the revision of the EWC Directive,
* judgments of the European Court of Justice,
* documents regarding the European Social Dialogue framework,
* more than 200 European sector and cross-sector agreements,
* ILO and OECD texts,
* articles on EWCs from the European Trade Union Yearbook
and new in this version:
* around 70 substantive and global agreements concluded by EWCs or within the contexts of EWCs
Order information is found at:
http://www.etui-rehs.org/workers_participation/projects/european_works_councils_database#toc
______________________________
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 : 1:41 PM
[IWS] ELDIS Resource Guides: AGEING, GENDER, GLOBALISATION, POVERTY & More....
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
________________________________________________________________________
ELDIS Resource Guides: AGEING, GENDER, GLOBALISATION, POVERTY & More....
http://www.eldis.org/guides/index.htm
ELDIS -- Gateway to Development Information
Eldis is one of a family of knowledge services at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK
The aim of our resource guides is to bring together information from our databases and to present it for quick access. Each of the guides is overseen by an editor or editorial team
Subject Resource Guides [Links to selected ones are provided in this posting]
Each of our subject-focused guides offers quick access to key documents, organisations, research themes, discussions and other key resources. The guides which are currently available are:
Ageing populations
< http://www.eldis.org/guides/../ageing/index.htm>
Agriculture
Aid & debt
Biodiversity
Children and young people
Climate change
Corporate social responsibility
Debt relief
Education
Finance policy
Food security
Forestry
Gender
< http://www.eldis.org/guides/../gender/index.htm>
Governance
Globalisation
< http://www.eldis.org/guides/../globalisation/index.htm>
Health
Health systems
HIV/AIDS
ICT for development
Influencing policy: research to policy linkages
IPR
Norwegian research
Participation
Pastoralism
Poverty
< http://www.eldis.org/guides/../poverty/index.htm>
Questioning development
Tourism
Trade policy
World Bank & IMF
______________________________
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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
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
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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
________________________________________________________________________
ELDIS Resource Guides: AGEING, GENDER, GLOBALISATION, POVERTY & More....
http://www.eldis.org/guides/index.htm
ELDIS -- Gateway to Development Information
Eldis is one of a family of knowledge services at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK
The aim of our resource guides is to bring together information from our databases and to present it for quick access. Each of the guides is overseen by an editor or editorial team
Subject Resource Guides [Links to selected ones are provided in this posting]
Each of our subject-focused guides offers quick access to key documents, organisations, research themes, discussions and other key resources. The guides which are currently available are:
Ageing populations
< http://www.eldis.org/guides/../ageing/index.htm>
Agriculture
Aid & debt
Biodiversity
Children and young people
Climate change
Corporate social responsibility
Debt relief
Education
Finance policy
Food security
Forestry
Gender
< http://www.eldis.org/guides/../gender/index.htm>
Governance
Globalisation
< http://www.eldis.org/guides/../globalisation/index.htm>
Health
Health systems
HIV/AIDS
ICT for development
Influencing policy: research to policy linkages
IPR
Norwegian research
Participation
Pastoralism
Poverty
< http://www.eldis.org/guides/../poverty/index.htm>
Questioning development
Tourism
Trade policy
World Bank & IMF
______________________________
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 : 9:25 AM
[IWS] EWCO: DECENT WORK - SAFE WORK [29 May 2006]
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
________________________________________________________________________
European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
News Update
Decent work - Safe work [29 May 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/04/EU0604NU04.htm
Abstract:
Some 2.2 million people worldwide die of work-related accidents and diseases each year, according to data from the International Labour Organisation. The figures indicate a slightly rising trend. Estimates for the EU15 suggest that 120,000 deaths occur each year due to work-related diseases, and 4.4 million accidents lead to three or more days'absence from work.
Includes TABLES....
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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----------------- 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
________________________________________________________________________
European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
News Update
Decent work - Safe work [29 May 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/04/EU0604NU04.htm
Abstract:
Some 2.2 million people worldwide die of work-related accidents and diseases each year, according to data from the International Labour Organisation. The figures indicate a slightly rising trend. Estimates for the EU15 suggest that 120,000 deaths occur each year due to work-related diseases, and 4.4 million accidents lead to three or more days'absence from work.
Includes 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
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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:06 AM
[IWS] IILS: IRELAND, ITALY, & S. KOREA SOCIAL PACTS--COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS [online May 2006]
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
________________________________________________________________________
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR STUDIES (IILS) [at the ILO]
Discussion paper DP/162/2006
Decent Work Research Programme
Social pacts as coalitions of weak and moderate: Ireland, Italy and South Korea in comparative perspective
Lucio Baccaro and Sang-Hoon Lim
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp16206.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
Abstract:
Based on an analysis of the Irish, Italian and South Korean cases, this paper argues that
a social pact is a coalition of weak and moderate, namely the result of a strategic alliance
between an electoral weak government faced with a political economic crisis and the most
moderate sections of the labour movement. We relax the assumption, upheld by most literature,
of unions as unitary actors and argue that such strategic commitment only emerges as the result
of an internal political battle inside the unions, when the moderates prevail over the radicals and
shape the strategic stance of the labour movement as a whole. As illustrated by the Italian and
Irish cases, decision-making rules bringing the preferences of the rank-and-file (and even nonunion
workers) to bear on the process of collective decision help the moderate faction to prevail.
In contrast, when the process of collective choice is limited to middle-level leaders, the radicals
are more likely to gain the upper hand, as suggested by the Korean case. The paper also argues
that the employers strategic commitment is not strictly necessary for a social pact to emerge, but
becomes key for its reproduction and stabilization over time. Indeed, the difference in resilience
and duration between the Irish and Italian social pacts can be explained by the divergent longterm
strategic choices of organized employers. We check the robustness of this explanatory
framework by examining briefly a number of counterfactual cases.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction....................................................................................................................... 1
2. Why and how do social pacts emerge?............................................................................... 3
a) Economic crisis ........................................................................................................... 4
b) Weak government........................................................................................................5
c) The struggle between radicals and moderates in the union movement. ...................... 7
i) Korea ... . .. ....7
ii) Italy. . .. 8
iii) Ireland . . ... . 10
d) The role of employers . .11
3. Explaining social pacts: an analytical framework ... 13
4. Concluding remarks .16
References ..19
______________________________
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----------------- 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
________________________________________________________________________
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR STUDIES (IILS) [at the ILO]
Discussion paper DP/162/2006
Decent Work Research Programme
Social pacts as coalitions of weak and moderate: Ireland, Italy and South Korea in comparative perspective
Lucio Baccaro and Sang-Hoon Lim
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp16206.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
Abstract:
Based on an analysis of the Irish, Italian and South Korean cases, this paper argues that
a social pact is a coalition of weak and moderate, namely the result of a strategic alliance
between an electoral weak government faced with a political economic crisis and the most
moderate sections of the labour movement. We relax the assumption, upheld by most literature,
of unions as unitary actors and argue that such strategic commitment only emerges as the result
of an internal political battle inside the unions, when the moderates prevail over the radicals and
shape the strategic stance of the labour movement as a whole. As illustrated by the Italian and
Irish cases, decision-making rules bringing the preferences of the rank-and-file (and even nonunion
workers) to bear on the process of collective decision help the moderate faction to prevail.
In contrast, when the process of collective choice is limited to middle-level leaders, the radicals
are more likely to gain the upper hand, as suggested by the Korean case. The paper also argues
that the employers strategic commitment is not strictly necessary for a social pact to emerge, but
becomes key for its reproduction and stabilization over time. Indeed, the difference in resilience
and duration between the Irish and Italian social pacts can be explained by the divergent longterm
strategic choices of organized employers. We check the robustness of this explanatory
framework by examining briefly a number of counterfactual cases.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction....................................................................................................................... 1
2. Why and how do social pacts emerge?............................................................................... 3
a) Economic crisis ........................................................................................................... 4
b) Weak government........................................................................................................5
c) The struggle between radicals and moderates in the union movement. ...................... 7
i) Korea ... . .. ....7
ii) Italy. . .. 8
iii) Ireland . . ... . 10
d) The role of employers . .11
3. Explaining social pacts: an analytical framework ... 13
4. Concluding remarks .16
References ..19
______________________________
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 : 8:58 AM
Friday, May 26, 2006
Tweet[IWS] ILO, Bangkok: CHILD TRAFFICKING PUBLICATIONS (available in 2006 to date)
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
________________________________________________________________________
International Labour Organization (ILO), Bangkok
Child Trafficking Publications (available in 2006 to date)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub16.htm
Combating child trafficking in Asia: information package
by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
vi, 120 p.
ISBN 92-2-118448-X & 978-92-2-118448-5 (Print version)
ISBN 92-2-118449-8 & 978-92-2-118449-2 (Web version)
< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-01.pdf >
Anti-child trafficking legislation in Asia: a six-country review
by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
vi, 128 p.
ISBN 92-2-118448-X & 978-92-2-118448-5 (Print version)
ISBN 92-2-118449-8 & 978-92-2-118449-2 (Web version)
< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-03.pdf >
Child-friendly standards & guidelines for the recovery and integration of trafficked children
by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
68 p.
ISBN 92-2-118456-0 & 978-92-2-118456-0 (Print version)
ISBN 92-2-118457-9 & 978-92-2-118457-7 (Web version)
< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-04.pdf >
Rehabilitation of the victims of child trafficking: a multidisciplinary approach
by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
v, 48 p.
ISBN 92-2-118450-1 & 978-92-2-118450-8 (Print version)
ISBN 92-2-118451-X & 978-92-2-118451-5 (Web version)
< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-05.pdf >
Good practices in Asia: prevention and rehabilitation
by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
vi, 92 p.
ISBN 92-2-118464-1 & 978-92-2-118464-5 (Print version)
ISBN 92-2-118465-X & 978-92-2-118465-2 (Web version)
< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-06.pdf >
______________________________
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----------------- 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
________________________________________________________________________
International Labour Organization (ILO), Bangkok
Child Trafficking Publications (available in 2006 to date)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub16.htm
Combating child trafficking in Asia: information package
by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
- Asia
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa1.pdf >
- Bangladesh
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa2.pdf >
- Indonesia
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa3.pdf >
- Nepal
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa4.pdf >
- Pakistan
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa5.pdf >
- Sri Lanka
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa6.pdf >
- Thailand
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa7.pdf >
- < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/ticsa1.pdf >
by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
vi, 120 p.
ISBN 92-2-118448-X & 978-92-2-118448-5 (Print version)
ISBN 92-2-118449-8 & 978-92-2-118449-2 (Web version)
< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-01.pdf >
Anti-child trafficking legislation in Asia: a six-country review
by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
vi, 128 p.
ISBN 92-2-118448-X & 978-92-2-118448-5 (Print version)
ISBN 92-2-118449-8 & 978-92-2-118449-2 (Web version)
< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-03.pdf >
Child-friendly standards & guidelines for the recovery and integration of trafficked children
by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
68 p.
ISBN 92-2-118456-0 & 978-92-2-118456-0 (Print version)
ISBN 92-2-118457-9 & 978-92-2-118457-7 (Web version)
< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-04.pdf >
Rehabilitation of the victims of child trafficking: a multidisciplinary approach
by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
v, 48 p.
ISBN 92-2-118450-1 & 978-92-2-118450-8 (Print version)
ISBN 92-2-118451-X & 978-92-2-118451-5 (Web version)
< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-05.pdf >
Good practices in Asia: prevention and rehabilitation
by ILO Regional Project on Combating Child Trafficking for Labour and Sexual Exploitation (TICSA-II)
Bangkok: ILO, 2006
vi, 92 p.
ISBN 92-2-118464-1 & 978-92-2-118464-5 (Print version)
ISBN 92-2-118465-X & 978-92-2-118465-2 (Web version)
< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub06-06.pdf >
______________________________
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 : 4:20 PM
[IWS] ILO: COMPRESSED WORKING WEEKS (2006) Conditions of Work & Employment Series No. 12
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
________________________________________________________________________
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Compressed working weeks (2006), Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 12,
by P. Tucker
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/12cws.pdf
[full-text, 64 pages]
This study provides a comprehensive review of the current state of knowledge regarding the effects of compressed working weeks on a broad range of outcomes, including: productivity and job performance; absenteeism and turnover; sleep and recovery periods; safety in the workplace; occupational health; and workers job satisfaction, attitudes, and preferences. The paper also considers a variety of factors that can affect these outcomes, including potential differences between industrialized and developing countries. It concludes that, while there are clearly increased risks to health and safety associated with compressed workweeks, even with the use of longer (e.g. 12-hour) shifts these potential risks can often be reduced considerably if these shifts are properly structured and include adequate rest periods. Towards that objective, the paper also provides a set of practical recommendations regarding how to implement compressed workweeks to counter fatigue and improve performance.
The sweeping diversification in working time arrangements such as the increasing use of compressed workweeks poses a number of challenges to decent work as it applies to working time. Nevertheless, the rise of arrangements such as compressed workweeks also offer new opportunities for simultaneously meeting the needs of both workers and employers. It is hoped that this study will assist them, with the support of governments, to seize these opportunities and create win-win solutions.
Contents
Page
Preface.................................................................................................................................... v
Executive summary.......................................................................................................................... vii
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Definitions.................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Prevalence of CWWs.................................................................................................... 2
1.3 Rest and recovery......................................................................................................... 2
1.4 CWWs and fatigue........................................................................................................ 3
1.5 Chronic health effects and organizational effects......................................................... 3
1.6 Sleep and circadian rhythms......................................................................................... 4
1.7 Methodological issues................................................................................................... 5
1.8 Outline of the review.................................................................................................... 7
2. Research findings.................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 Sleep and recovery........................................................................................................ 9
2.1.1 Questionnaire surveys........................................................................................ 9
2.1.2 Sleep diary studies.............................................................................................. 10
2.1.3 The effects of shift start and finish times........................................................... 11
2.1.4 Quick returns...................................................................................................... 11
2.1.5 Conclusions........................................................................................................ 11
2.2 Productivity and job performance................................................................................. 12
2.2.1 Industrial studies................................................................................................. 12
2.2.2 Studies of health-care workers and police officers............................................. 12
2.2.3 Factors other than fatigue................................................................................... 13
2.3.4 Conclusions........................................................................................................ 14
2.3 Fatigue......................................................................................................................... 14
2.3.1 CWW schedules that involve longer shifts......................................................... 14
2.3.2 Fatigue, rest breaks and recovery....................................................................... 17
2.3.3 Conclusions on fatigue....................................................................................... 19
2.4 Safety........................................................................................................................... 20
2.4.1 Methodological issues........................................................................................ 20
2.4.2 Extended shifts................................................................................................... 20
2.4.3 Quick returns...................................................................................................... 22
2.4.4 Conclusions on safety......................................................................................... 22
2.5 Health........................................................................................................................... 23
2.5.1 Early research..................................................................................................... 23
2.5.2 Recent evidence.................................................................................................. 23
2.5.3 Conclusions........................................................................................................ 25
______________________________
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----------------- 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
________________________________________________________________________
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Compressed working weeks (2006), Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 12,
by P. Tucker
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/12cws.pdf
[full-text, 64 pages]
This study provides a comprehensive review of the current state of knowledge regarding the effects of compressed working weeks on a broad range of outcomes, including: productivity and job performance; absenteeism and turnover; sleep and recovery periods; safety in the workplace; occupational health; and workers job satisfaction, attitudes, and preferences. The paper also considers a variety of factors that can affect these outcomes, including potential differences between industrialized and developing countries. It concludes that, while there are clearly increased risks to health and safety associated with compressed workweeks, even with the use of longer (e.g. 12-hour) shifts these potential risks can often be reduced considerably if these shifts are properly structured and include adequate rest periods. Towards that objective, the paper also provides a set of practical recommendations regarding how to implement compressed workweeks to counter fatigue and improve performance.
The sweeping diversification in working time arrangements such as the increasing use of compressed workweeks poses a number of challenges to decent work as it applies to working time. Nevertheless, the rise of arrangements such as compressed workweeks also offer new opportunities for simultaneously meeting the needs of both workers and employers. It is hoped that this study will assist them, with the support of governments, to seize these opportunities and create win-win solutions.
Contents
Page
Preface.................................................................................................................................... v
Executive summary.......................................................................................................................... vii
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Definitions.................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Prevalence of CWWs.................................................................................................... 2
1.3 Rest and recovery......................................................................................................... 2
1.4 CWWs and fatigue........................................................................................................ 3
1.5 Chronic health effects and organizational effects......................................................... 3
1.6 Sleep and circadian rhythms......................................................................................... 4
1.7 Methodological issues................................................................................................... 5
1.8 Outline of the review.................................................................................................... 7
2. Research findings.................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 Sleep and recovery........................................................................................................ 9
2.1.1 Questionnaire surveys........................................................................................ 9
2.1.2 Sleep diary studies.............................................................................................. 10
2.1.3 The effects of shift start and finish times........................................................... 11
2.1.4 Quick returns...................................................................................................... 11
2.1.5 Conclusions........................................................................................................ 11
2.2 Productivity and job performance................................................................................. 12
2.2.1 Industrial studies................................................................................................. 12
2.2.2 Studies of health-care workers and police officers............................................. 12
2.2.3 Factors other than fatigue................................................................................... 13
2.3.4 Conclusions........................................................................................................ 14
2.3 Fatigue......................................................................................................................... 14
2.3.1 CWW schedules that involve longer shifts......................................................... 14
2.3.2 Fatigue, rest breaks and recovery....................................................................... 17
2.3.3 Conclusions on fatigue....................................................................................... 19
2.4 Safety........................................................................................................................... 20
2.4.1 Methodological issues........................................................................................ 20
2.4.2 Extended shifts................................................................................................... 20
2.4.3 Quick returns...................................................................................................... 22
2.4.4 Conclusions on safety......................................................................................... 22
2.5 Health........................................................................................................................... 23
2.5.1 Early research..................................................................................................... 23
2.5.2 Recent evidence.................................................................................................. 23
2.5.3 Conclusions........................................................................................................ 25
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[IWS] EPI Issue Guide: OFFSHORING [White Collar] [updated May 2006]
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
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Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
EPI Issue Guide: OFFSHORING [White Collar] [updated May 2006]
http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/issueguide_offshoring
or
http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/offshoring/epi_issue_guide_on_offshoring.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
[excerpt]
Recent reports of the widespread offshoring (substituting foreign for domestic labor) of white-collar jobs that were previously insulated from foreign competition have attracted much public attention. Although workers in manufacturing industries have long been exposed to foreign competition, trends such as falling communication costs, the rise of Internet commerce, and other technological advances have made a much wider spectrum of jobs vulnerable to relocation across national borders.This issue guide aims to provide some insight into the economics of white-collar offshoring: its causes, consequences, impact on the U.S. economy, and implications for the future.
(Thanks to Shirl Kennedy at Docuticker for the tip).
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
EPI Issue Guide: OFFSHORING [White Collar] [updated May 2006]
http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/issueguide_offshoring
or
http://www.epinet.org/issueguides/offshoring/epi_issue_guide_on_offshoring.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
[excerpt]
Recent reports of the widespread offshoring (substituting foreign for domestic labor) of white-collar jobs that were previously insulated from foreign competition have attracted much public attention. Although workers in manufacturing industries have long been exposed to foreign competition, trends such as falling communication costs, the rise of Internet commerce, and other technological advances have made a much wider spectrum of jobs vulnerable to relocation across national borders.This issue guide aims to provide some insight into the economics of white-collar offshoring: its causes, consequences, impact on the U.S. economy, and implications for the future.
(Thanks to Shirl Kennedy at 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.
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[IWS] CANADA: SASKATCHEWAN'S AGING WORKFORCE: What are the Skills Challenges? What are the Opportunities?
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Workplace Partners Panel
http://www.wppdialogue.ca/Default.aspx?DN=598,32,Documents
The Workplace Partners Panel is a national organization created specifically to bring business and labour leaders together to look at different labour market challenges facing Canada. The Workplace Partners Panel is an independent initiative governed and managed by the Canadian Labour and Business Centre.
Saskatchewan's Aging Workforce: What are the Skills Challenges? What are the Opportunities?
http://sask.wppdialogue.ca/
For the French version see -- http://sask.dialoguepmt.ca/?DN=32,Documents&l=French
The face of Saskatchewan is changing and its hair is greying.
The Workplace Partners Panel (WPP) Saskatchewan Task Force would like to invite you to share your best thinking on Saskatchewan's aging workforce and the resulting skills-related challenges and opportunities for the region. You can do this by participating in the WPP's Online Dialogue.
The Saskatchewan WPP Online Dialogue can be accessed at: www.wppdialogue.ca.
What do YOU think?
Should retirement start at 70?
How do we keep our youth from leaving the province?
How do we more successfully engage First Nations and Métis in the province's workforce?
These are some of the key questions we would like you to answer. There are three ways for you to participate:
1. Complete our Skills Quiz! Test your knowledge on the skills challenges facing Saskatchewan.
2. Be the Decision Maker! Tell us how business and labour leaders should prioritize the key issues related to skills challenges in Saskatchewan.
3. Share Your Ideas! Contribute to our best thinking by sharing your solutions on what could be done to address skills shortages in Saskatchewan.
You can participate using one or all three of these methods, at your convenience. If you are unable to participate online, you can call 613.234.0505 to obtain a paper version of the materials.
The Workplace Partners Panel (WPP) is a national initiative created specifically to bring business and labour leaders together look at different labour market challenges facing Canada. The WPP Saskatchewan Task Force is comprised of senior labour and business leaders from the province.
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Workplace Partners Panel
http://www.wppdialogue.ca/Default.aspx?DN=598,32,Documents
The Workplace Partners Panel is a national organization created specifically to bring business and labour leaders together to look at different labour market challenges facing Canada. The Workplace Partners Panel is an independent initiative governed and managed by the Canadian Labour and Business Centre.
Saskatchewan's Aging Workforce: What are the Skills Challenges? What are the Opportunities?
http://sask.wppdialogue.ca/
For the French version see -- http://sask.dialoguepmt.ca/?DN=32,Documents&l=French
The face of Saskatchewan is changing and its hair is greying.
The Workplace Partners Panel (WPP) Saskatchewan Task Force would like to invite you to share your best thinking on Saskatchewan's aging workforce and the resulting skills-related challenges and opportunities for the region. You can do this by participating in the WPP's Online Dialogue.
The Saskatchewan WPP Online Dialogue can be accessed at: www.wppdialogue.ca.
What do YOU think?
Should retirement start at 70?
How do we keep our youth from leaving the province?
How do we more successfully engage First Nations and Métis in the province's workforce?
These are some of the key questions we would like you to answer. There are three ways for you to participate:
1. Complete our Skills Quiz! Test your knowledge on the skills challenges facing Saskatchewan.
2. Be the Decision Maker! Tell us how business and labour leaders should prioritize the key issues related to skills challenges in Saskatchewan.
3. Share Your Ideas! Contribute to our best thinking by sharing your solutions on what could be done to address skills shortages in Saskatchewan.
You can participate using one or all three of these methods, at your convenience. If you are unable to participate online, you can call 613.234.0505 to obtain a paper version of the materials.
The Workplace Partners Panel (WPP) is a national initiative created specifically to bring business and labour leaders together look at different labour market challenges facing Canada. The WPP Saskatchewan Task Force is comprised of senior labour and business leaders from the province.
______________________________
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.
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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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# posted by SBasefsky : 2:34 PM
[IWS] CRS: SALARIES of MEMBERS of CONGRESS 1789-2006 [updated 18 April 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
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Cornell University
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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code 97-1011 GOV
Updated April 18, 2006
Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2006
Paul E. Dwyer, Specialist in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/97-1011.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Summary
Congress is required by Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution to determine its
own pay. Prior to 1969, Congress did so by enacting stand-alone legislation. From
1789 through 1968, Congress raised its pay 22 times using this procedure.
Congressional salaries initially were $1,500. By 1968, they had risen to $30,000.
Stand-alone legislation may still be used to raise Member pay, as it was most recently
in 1982, 1983, 1989, and 1991, but two other methods are now also available, an
automatic annual adjustment procedure and a commission process.
In January 2006, Members received a 1.9% increase under the annual adjustment
procedure, increasing their salary to $165,200. They are scheduled to receive a 2.0%
increase under the procedure in January 2007, to $168,500.
INCLUDES HISTORICAL TABLE --
Table 1. Salaries of Members of Congress, 1789-2006
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code 97-1011 GOV
Updated April 18, 2006
Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2006
Paul E. Dwyer, Specialist in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/97-1011.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Summary
Congress is required by Article I, Section 6, of the Constitution to determine its
own pay. Prior to 1969, Congress did so by enacting stand-alone legislation. From
1789 through 1968, Congress raised its pay 22 times using this procedure.
Congressional salaries initially were $1,500. By 1968, they had risen to $30,000.
Stand-alone legislation may still be used to raise Member pay, as it was most recently
in 1982, 1983, 1989, and 1991, but two other methods are now also available, an
automatic annual adjustment procedure and a commission process.
In January 2006, Members received a 1.9% increase under the annual adjustment
procedure, increasing their salary to $165,200. They are scheduled to receive a 2.0%
increase under the procedure in January 2007, to $168,500.
INCLUDES HISTORICAL TABLE --
Table 1. Salaries of Members of Congress, 1789-2006
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