Tuesday, January 30, 2007

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[IWS] NO MESSAGE until 6 February 2007

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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
 ________________________________________________________________________


No Messages will be sent until 6 February 2007.

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

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Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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[IWS] BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2006 [30 January 2007]

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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:  DECEMBER 2006 [30 January 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm


 Unemployment rates were lower in December than a year earlier in 238 of
the 367 metropolitan areas, higher in 99 areas, and unchanged in 30 areas,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today.  Forty-nine metropolitan areas registered jobless rates below 3.0
percent, while two areas recorded rates of at least 10.0 percent.  The
national unemployment rate in December was 4.3 percent, not seasonally
adjusted, down from 4.6 percent a year earlier.

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

   In December, 167 metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates below
4.0 percent, up from 125 areas a year earlier, while 24 areas posted rates
of at least 7.0 percent, unchanged from December 2005.  Honolulu, Hawaii,
and Logan, Utah-Idaho, had the lowest unemployment rates, 1.6 and 1.8
percent, respectively.  El Centro, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz.--two adjacent,
highly agricultural areas--registered the highest jobless rates, 14.5 and
11.2 percent, respectively.  Overall, 202 areas recorded unemployment rates
below the U.S. figure of 4.3 percent, 160 areas had higher rates, and 5
areas had the same rate.  (See table 1.)

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....


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Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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Monday, January 29, 2007

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[IWS] LII: LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAWS of the 50 STATES, D.C. & P.R.

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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
 ________________________________________________________________________

Legal Information Institute (LII)


Labor and Employment Laws of the Fifty States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
 http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/Table_Labor.htm


This page links to the employment and labor laws of the states, the provisions governing the compensation, hours, and other conditions of work.
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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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[IWS] CRS: PRIVATIZATION & THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: AN INTRODUCTION [28 December 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
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 ________________________________________________________________________

Order Code RL33777
Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Privatization and the Federal Government: An Introduction
December 28, 2006
Kevin R. Kosar, Analyst in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33777_20061228.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]

Summary
During the past two decades, the privatization of federal agencies and activities
has been much debated. That said, privatization — here defined as the use of the
private sector in the provision of a good or service, the components of which include
financing, operations (supplying, production, delivery), and quality control — is not
a recent phenomenon. Since its founding in 1789, the federal government has used
private firms to provide goods and services. Hence, privatization is of perennial
interest to Congress.

This report is an introduction to privatization in the federal governmental
context. It discusses the emergence of privatization on the federal policy agenda in
the late 1970s and early 1980s. To some, privatization appeared as an answer to the
purported failures of “big government.” Privatization attracted political support due
to its rhetorically persuasive rationales, purported benefits, and political
attractiveness. However, privatization also has been controversial. Critics have
complained that privatization is a form of union busting and that privatization can
have unforseen and undesirable consequences.

This report also supplies a typology of the various means through which federal
agencies and activities have been privatized. The typology shows that privatization
is not an either/or proposition. Rather, privatization, as this report’s definition
implies, is a matter of degree. Policymakers may transfer to the private sector one
or more of the components of government provision of goods and services —
however many they deem appropriate.

Next, the report explains the distinction between privatization and
marketization, an alternative to privatization, which is “the structuring of a
government agency so that it provides goods and services in the efficient manner of
a private firm.” Marketization retains an activity within the governmental sector;
privatization moves the components of an activity to the private sector. This
distinction is significant because entities within these differing sectors tend to behave
differently. Private sector firms tend to be self-directing and profit-seeking;
government agencies tend to be process-oriented and pursue the multiple and
sometimes conflicting goals assigned to them by Congress and the President. Hence,
policymakers who wish to improve an agency’s efficiency or performance, but are
leery of privatization, may find marketization an attractive option.

Finally, the report notes that, whenever policymakers consider privatizing a
federal agency or activity, a fundamental issue arises — “Which activities are
essential to the state and should remain directly accountable to the elected
representatives of the people and which may be carried out by the private sector?”
This question is complex and value-laden; no definitive answer exists. Thus, the
decision to privatize is inherently controversial.
This report will not be updated.


Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Privatization: A Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Background: The Recent Political Salience of Privatization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Rhetorically Potent Rationales for Privatization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Purported Benefits of Privatization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Political Attractiveness of Privatization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Criticisms of Privatization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Means of Privatization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Divestiture/Load-Shedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Contracting for Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Contracting for Services (Outsourcing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Vouchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Quasi Governmental Entities/GOCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Third-Party Financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Grants to Private Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Prize Competitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Use of Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Privatization: Ramifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Behavior of the Entity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Accountability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Marketization: An Alternative to Privatization? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Agency Franchises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
User Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Government Corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Competitive Sourcing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
To Privatize or Not — The Inevitability of Political Controversy . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32


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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
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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                
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[IWS] CRS: GENETIC TESTING: Scientific Background for Policymakers [26 January 2007]

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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
 ________________________________________________________________________

Order Code RL33832
Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Genetic Testing: Scientific Background for Policymakers
January 26, 2007
Amanda K. Sarata, Analyst in Genetics, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33832_20070126.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]

Summary
In the 109th Congress, several pieces of legislation were introduced that related
to genetic and genomic technology and testing, including the Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act of 2005 (S. 306/H.R. 1227), the Genomics and Personalized
Medicine Act of 2006 (S. 3822) and the Prenatally Diagnosed Condition Awareness
Act (S. 609). Although none of these bills passed, they signal the growing
importance of the public policy issues surrounding the clinical and public health
implications of new genetic technology. As genetic technologies proliferate and are
increasingly used to guide clinical treatment, these public policy issues are likely to
continue to garner considerable attention. Understanding the basic scientific
concepts underlying genetics and genetic testing may help facilitate the development
of more effective public policy in this area.

Most diseases have a genetic component. Some diseases such as Huntington's
Disease are caused by a specific gene. Other diseases, such as heart disease and
cancer, are caused by a complex combination of genetic and environmental factors.
For this reason, the public health burden of genetic disease is substantial, as is its
clinical significance. Experts note that society has recently entered a transition
period in which specific genetic knowledge is becoming critical to the delivery of
effective health care for everyone. Therefore, the value of and role for genetic testing
in clinical medicine is likely to increase significantly in the future.

______________________________
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                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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[IWS] CRS: EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION: SEC Regulations & Congressional Proposals [26 January 2007]

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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
 ________________________________________________________________________

Order Code RS22583
Congressional Research Service (CRS)

January 26, 2007
Executive Compensation: SEC Regulations and Congressional Proposals
Michael V. Seitzinger, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22583_20070126.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

Summary
Concern about shareholder value, corporate governance, and the economic and
social impact of escalating pay for corporate executives has led to a controversy
regarding the practices of paying these executives. On July 26, 2006, the Securities and
Exchange Commission voted to adopt revisions to its rules on disclosure of executive
compensation. On December 22, 2006, the SEC announced that it had adopted changes
in the July 26 rules. These December 22 changes have become somewhat controversial,
with opponents saying that they obfuscate executive compensation and with proponents
saying that the changes are necessary to give a truly accurate picture of executive
compensation. Congressional proposals concerning executive pay have thus far not
focused on the SEC rules. Instead, proposals have been made concerning additional
disclosure of executive compensation and limiting the amount of deferred compensation
for tax purposes. This report will be updated as warranted.

______________________________
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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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                
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[IWS] EEOC: TARGET CORP.--RACIAL HARASSMENT Settlement $775,000 [26 January 2007]

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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
 ________________________________________________________________________

EEOC

TARGET CORP. TO PAY $775,000 FOR RACIAL HARASSMENT [26 January 2007]
EEOC Settles Suit for Class of African American Employees; Remedial Relief Included
 http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-26-07.html

PHILADELPHIA -- Target Corporation, the Minneapolis-based retail sales giant, has agreed to pay $775,000 to a group of black workers as part of a litigation settlement of a race discrimination and retaliation case brought by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The settlement also includes employer training and other remedial relief.

The EEOC charged that Target violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by creating and condoning a racially hostile work environment at its Springfield, Pa., store for a class of African American employees. The racial harassment included inappropriate comments and verbal berating based on race. Further, when one of the black employees objected to this treatment, he was allegedly retaliated against, leaving him no choice but to resign.

EEOC said in the suit that Michael Hill, a senior merchant at the Springfield store (an apprentice in training to become a store manager) and others were subjected to racial harassment by a white store manager, whom they reported for the unlawful conduct. Hill ultimately left the job due to the negative health effects of the discrimination and the lack of effective response to his internal complaints. EEOC charged that Hill’s resignation was forced upon him, amounting to a constructive discharge.

The consent decree settling the lawsuit provides Hill and a class of 13 African American employees with $775,000 and requires that all managers and supervisors at the Springfield store will receive training in the company’s equal employment opportunity policies. The decree also requires Target to post a notice about the settlement; ensure that its complaint procedure is effectively communicated to the workforce; and take remedial action if an employee violates its equal employment opportunity policy.

According to its web site (< http://www.target.com> ), Target “operates approximately 1,500 stores in 47 states, including more than 175 SuperTarget® stores that add an upscale grocery shopping experience.”

"We are pleased that the parties could reach an amicable resolution of this matter,” said EEOC Regional Attorney Jacqueline McNair. “We expect the proposed training and emphasis on anti-discrimination policies to create a more employee-friendly work environment at Target's facility.”

Title VII makes it illegal to deny a person any employment opportunity because of that person’s race or color, sex, religion or national origin. A work environment free from illegal harassment and different treatment based on race are included in the range of such employment opportunities. In addition, Title VII recognizes that persons made to work in an intolerable environment may be constructively discharged, or compelled to resign their employment. Finally, it is illegal to retaliate against someone because he has made a complaint of illegal discrimination.
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****************************************
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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                
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[IWS] BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW ONLINE, December 2006, Vol. 129, No. 12 [26 January 2007]

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
 ________________________________________________________________________

Monthly Labor Review Online [26 January 2007
December 2006
Vol. 129, Number 12
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
Industry dynamics in the Washington, DC, area: has a second job core emerged?
Gerald Perrins and Diane Nilsen
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/12/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages


Employment change by occupation, industry, and earnings quartile, 2000-05
 Randy Ilg
(Coming soon)


Price transmission: from crude petroleum to plastics products
Jonathan C. Weinhagen
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/12/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]


Price and expenditure measures of petroleum products: a comparison
 Abby L. Duly, Jeffrey A. Harris, Ara M. Khatchadourian, Rozi T. Ulics, and Melissa C. Wolter
(Coming soon)
Report


Item replacements and hedonic quality adjustments in apparel price indexes
Craig Brown and Anya Stockburger
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/12/art5full.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
Report

Proportion of workers in selected pay ranges by region and State, 2005
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/12/ressum.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

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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                
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[IWS] OECD: WORLDWIDE STATISTICAL SOURCES

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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
 ________________________________________________________________________

OECD

Worldwide Statistical Sources
 http://stats.oecd.org/source/


From this web page, one can browse by Country or seek statistical sources of International Organizations or find Other Data Sources that have been selected by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).


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[IWS] CHINA: Population Reference Bureau web page

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Population Reference Bureau


CHINA [Materials, documents, reports, links...]
 http://www.prb.org/Countries/China.aspx

This web page provides a starting point for finding data, articles, reports, links by topic and more to material produced or gathered by the Population Reference Bureau on CHINA.


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[IWS] OECD: MINIMUM WAGES, MINIMUM LABOUR COSTS AND THE TAX TREATMENT OF LOW-WAGE EMPLOYMENT [18 January 2007]

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OECD
OECD SOCIAL, EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION WORKING PAPERS NO. 46

MINIMUM WAGES, MINIMUM LABOUR COSTS AND THE TAX TREATMENT OF LOW-WAGE EMPLOYMENT [18 January 2007]
Herwig Immervoll
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/34/37930738.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]

SUMMARY
1. International comparisons of minimum-wage levels have largely focused
on the gross value of minimum wages, ignoring the effects of taxation on
both labour costs and the net income of employees. This paper presents
estimates of the tax burdens facing minimum-wage workers. These are used
as a basis for cross-country comparisons of the net earnings of these
workers as well as the cost of employing them. In addition, results show
the evolution of net incomes and labour costs during the 2000-2005 period
and the relative importance of minimum-wage adjustments and tax reforms in
driving these changes.

2. Statutory minimum wages are in place in 21 OECD countries, ranging
between USD 0.7 and USD 10 per hour. In a number of countries,
minimum-wage levels have gone up in real terms in recent years. Given
considerable tax burdens even at the lowest wage levels, tax policy
measures can have a sizable impact on the net earnings available to
low-wage workers. Social contributions and payroll taxes add, on average,
around 15% to the cost of employing minimum-wage workers. The
international variation of minimum labour costs in dollar terms is
enormous, with hourly costs in the highest-cost country (the Netherlands)
exceeding those at the bottom (Mexico) by a factor of 12. Differences are
also large when compared across countries that are closer geographically
or whose economies are more integrated. Despite reductions in non-wage
labour costs in several countries, there has been no convergence of
minimum labour costs in recent years.

3. This paper is the working paper version of a chapter to appear in the
2007 edition of Taxing Wages, an annual OECD publication. The Taxing Wages
chapter will include results for 2006.

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Friday, January 26, 2007

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[IWS] BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FIRST QUARTER 2006 [26 January 2007]

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School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
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 ________________________________________________________________________

BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS:  FIRST QUARTER 2006 [26 January 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewbd.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]

From December 2005 to March 2006, the number of job gains from opening
and expanding private sector establishments was 7.6 million, and the number
of job losses from closing and contracting establishments was 6.8 million,
according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor.  Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in all
sectors, except manufacturing, information, and utilities.  (See table 3.)
Firms with 20 to 49 employees accounted for 18.9 percent of the net gains in
employment, representing the largest contribution to employment growth among
all firm size classes.  (See tables D and 4.)

   The Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data series include gross job
gains and gross job losses at the establishment level by major industry
sector, as well as, gross job gains and gross job losses at the firm level
by employer size class.

   The change in the number of jobs over time is the net result of in-
creases and decreases in employment that occur at all businesses in
the economy.  BED statistics track these changes in employment at pri-
vate business units from the third month of one quarter to the third
month of the next.  Gross job gains are the sum of increases in employ-
ment from expansions at existing units and the addition of new jobs at
opening units.  Gross job losses are the result of contractions in em-
ployment at existing units and the loss of jobs at closing units.  The
difference between the number of gross jobs gained and the number of
gross jobs lost is the net change in employment.  (See the Technical
Note for more information.)

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES & CHARTS....

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[IWS] Dublin Foundation: AGEING WORKFORCE POLICIES by COUNTRY [24 January 2007]

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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview reports by COUNTRY [24 January 2007]


Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: United Kingdom
 < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07051.htm >
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/051/en/1/ef07051en.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]

This report looks at the evolution of initiatives related to older employees undertaken by selected organisations (case studies) in the UK over the last decade. It reviews the following points: main impacts of measures/initiatives at the company level; driving forces for implementing good practice [...]

Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: Spain
 < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef070510.htm >
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/0510/en/1/ef070510en.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]

This report looks at the evolution of initiatives related to older employees undertaken by selected organisations (case studies) in Spain over the last decade. It reviews the following points: main impacts of measures/initiatives at the company level; driving forces for implementing good practice a[...]


Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: Finland
 < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07054.htm >
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/054/en/1/ef07054en.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]

This report looks at the evolution of initiatives related to older employees undertaken by selected organisations (case studies) in Finland over the last decade. It reviews the following points: main impacts of measures/initiatives at the company level; driving forces for implementing good practice[...]


Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: France
 < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07055.htm >
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/055/en/1/ef07055en.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]

This report looks at the evolution of initiatives related to older employees undertaken by selected organisations (case studies) in France over the last decade. It reviews the following points: main impacts of measures/initiatives at the company level; driving forces for implementing good practice [...]


Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: Germany
 < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07056.htm >
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/056/en/1/ef07056en.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]

This report looks at the evolution of initiatives related to older employees undertaken by selected organisations (case studies) in Germany over the last decade. It reviews the following points: main impacts of measures/initiatives at the company level; driving forces for implementing good practice[...]


Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: Greece
 < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07057.htm >
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/057/en/1/ef07057en.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]

This report looks at the evolution of initiatives related to older employees undertaken by selected organisations (case studies) in Greece over the last decade. It reviews the following points: main impacts of measures/initiatives at the company level; driving forces for implementing good practice at the company level; characteristics of particularly successful measures/policies; key lessons that[...]



Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: Italy
 < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07058.htm >
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/058/en/1/ef07058en.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]

This report looks at the evolution of initiatives related to older employees undertaken by selected organisations (case studies) in Italy over the last decade. It reviews the following points: main impacts of measures/initiatives at the company level; driving forces for implementing good practice at the company level; characteristics of particularly successful measures/policies; key lessons that [...]


Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace National overview report: The Netherlands
 < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07059.htm >
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/059/en/1/ef07059en.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]

This report looks at the evolution of initiatives related to older employees undertaken by selected organisations (case studies) in the Netherlands over the last decade. It reviews the following points: main impacts of measures/initiatives at the company level; driving forces for implementing good practice at the company level; characteristics of particularly successful measures/policies; key les[...]

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[IWS] OECD: CHINA (Reports, Documents, & Other Items)

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OECD

CHINA (Reports, Documents, & Other Items)
http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2981,en_2649_201185_1_70342_1_1_1,00.html

The type of publication is listed. In parentheses is the number of items in each category.

Annual Reports,(2)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119687_1_1,00.html >

Case Studies,(3)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119832_1_1,00.html >

Country Surveys/Reviews/Guides,(17)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119663_1_1,00.html >

Events/Conferences/Meetings,(33)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119808_1_1,00.html >

Manuals, Sources and Methods,(6)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119669_1_1,00.html >

News Releases,(18)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119690_1_1,00.html >

Newsletters/Brochures,(2)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119693_1_1,00.html >

Other OECD Documents,(2)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119829_1_1,00.html >

Policy Briefs,(6)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119696_1_1,00.html >

Proceedings,(4)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119681_1_1,00.html >

Projections, Forecasts and Outlooks,(1)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119660_1_1,00.html >

Publications,(23)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119699_1_1,00.html >

Questionnaires,(1)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119826_1_1,00.html >

Reports,(14)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119666_1_1,00.html >

Speeches, (9)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119802_1_1,00.html >

Papers/Presentations,(5)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119835_1_1,00.html >

Statistics, Data and Indicators,(11)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119656_1_1,00.html >

Web Sites,(2)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119817_1_1,00.html >

Working Papers,(26)
< http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2646,en_2649_201185_1_70342_119684_1_1,00.html >

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[IWS] CBO: BUDGET & ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2008--2017 [24 January 2007]

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 ________________________________________________________________________

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2017 [24 January 2007]
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=7731&type=1
or
http://mirror1.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7731/01-24-BudgetOutlook.pdf
[full-text, 191 pages]

Also
Mandatory Programs
 http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7731/MandatoryPrograms.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]

[excerpt]
This volume is one of a series of reports on the state of the budget and the economy that
the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issues each year. It satisfies the requirement of section
202(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for CBO to submit to the Committees on
the Budget periodic reports about fiscal policy and to furnish baseline projections of the
federal budget. In accordance with CBO's mandate to provide impartial analysis, the report
makes no recommendations.

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Cornell/ILR School                        
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[IWS] ILO: GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS 2007 [25 January 2007]

IWS Documented News Service
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 ________________________________________________________________________

International Labour Organization (ILO)


Global Employment Trends 2007 [25 January 2007]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/stratprod.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/global.htm

Brief of Report
 http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/getb07en.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]

Includes TABLES....


Press Release 25 January 2007
Global Employment Trends 2007
Global unemployment remains at historic high despite strong economic growth
Modest gains in reducing working poverty
 http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2007/2.htm

Thursday 25 January 2007 (ILO/07/02)

GENEVA (ILO News) - The number of people unemployed worldwide remained at an historical high in 2006 despite strong global economic growth, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual < http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/stratprod.htm> Global Employment Trends (< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2007/2.htm#1> Note 1) released today.

The ILO's "Global Employment Trends Brief 2007" reported that even though more people are working globally than ever before, the number of unemployed remained at an all time high of 195.2 million in 2006 or at a global rate of 6.3 per cent. This rate was almost unchanged from the previous year.

The ILO also reported only modest gains in lifting some of the world's 1.37 billion working poor - those working but living on less than the equivalent of US$ 2 per person, per day - out of poverty, stressing that there weren't enough decent and productive jobs to raise them and their families above the US$ 2 poverty line.

"The strong economic growth of the last half decade has only had a slight impact on the reduction of the number of workers who live with their families in poverty and this was only true in a handful of countries. In addition growth failed to reduce global unemployment", said ILO Director-General Juan Somavia. "What's more, even with continued strong global economic growth in 2007 there is serious concern about the prospects for decent job creation and reducing working poverty further."

The report said that in order to maintain or reduce unemployment rates, the link between growth and jobs must be reinforced. It said creation of decent and productive jobs - not just any jobs -was a prerequisite for reducing unemployment and slashing the number of families working but still living in poverty. This in turn is a precondition for future development and economic growth.

Other findings in the trends report showed that:
   * For the last decade, economic growth has been reflected more in rising levels of productivity and less in growing employment. While world productivity increased by 26 per cent the global number of those in employment rose by only 16.6 per cent.
   * Unemployment hit young people (aged 15 to 24) the hardest, with 86.3 million young people representing 44 per cent of the world's total unemployed in 2006.
   * The employment gap between women and men persists. In 2006, only 48.9 per cent of women aged 15+ were working compared to 49.6 per cent in 1996. The comparable male employment-to-population ratios were 75.7 in 1996 and 74.0 in 2006.
   * In 2006, the share of the service sector in the global employment progressed from 39.5 per cent to 40 per cent and, for the first time, overtook the share of agriculture that decreased from 39.7 per cent to 38.7 per cent. The industry sector represented 21.3 per cent of total employment.

AND MORE....

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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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