IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS: May 2008

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
________________________________________________________________________

Issues in Labor Statistics

Local Employment Trends in Residential Framing Contractors: Five Counties [30 May 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils65.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]

[excerpt]
The recent decline in the U.S. housing market is reflected by distinct job losses in select local areas and specific industries. By far the largest losses in residential
specialty trade contractors were in residential framing contractors, which lost 32,160 jobs (22.4%) between March 2006 and March 2007. Almost half of the national loss came
from five counties in the West and South.

Includes TABLES & CHARTS....

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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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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 : 4:51 PM

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
________________________________________________________________________

National Compensation Survey:
Retirement Benefits in State and Local Governments in the United States, 2007, Summary 08-03 [22 May 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebsm0008.pdf
[full-text, 63 pages]

Eighty-two percent of State and local government
employees participating in defined benefit retirement
plans were covered by early retirement provisions in
2007. Almost all workers (95 percent) were in plans with
disability retirement provisions, and more than half (56
percent) had portability provisions. Virtually all workers
participating in defined benefit plans had their retirement
benefits calculated on the basis of their pre-retirement
earnings. Ninety-three percent of participants were in plans
allowing newly hired employees to participate; the remainder
were in plans that are closed to new employees. Eighty-one
percent could begin their plan participation immediately upon
being hired. (See tables 1 and 2.)

This summary presents findings of the 2007 National
Compensation Survey (NCS) regarding detailed provisions
of retirement plans in State and local governments....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 4:46 PM

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

Employer Use of Financial Incentives to Reward Healthy Behavior Expected to Surge [29 May 2008]
Companies Tailor Programs to Target Specific Actions, According to Watson Wyatt
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=19144

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 29, 2008 The number of employers offering workers financial incentives to better manage their health is expected to jump sharply next year, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a leading global consulting firm, and the National Business Group on Health, a national nonprofit association of large employers.

The survey of 453 large employers found that half currently use incentives to encourage their workers to participate in health improvement activities, such as smoking cessation or weight management programs. By 2009, however, that number is expected to leap to 74 percent.

"Some employees need a little extra inspiration to address their own health and develop healthy habits," said Ted Nussbaum, Watson Wyatt's director of group and health care consulting in North America. "Financial incentives can be a valuable investment that provides that essential push. And the payoff from improved workforce health and productivity cannot be overstated."

According to the survey, employers are using a wide range of financial incentives to promote healthier lifestyles from completing health risk appraisals to participating in health improvement and disease management programs. While the vast majority of employers are rewarding healthy lifestyles, 6 percent are penalizing employees for poorly managing their health conditions.

[TABLE]

And more...

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

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 10:52 AM

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 RL34498

Statutory Individual Income Tax Rates and Other Elements of the Tax System: 1988 through 2008
May 21, 2008
Maxim Shvedov, Analyst in Public Sector Economics, Government and Finance Division
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34498_20080521.pdf
[full-text, 45 pages]

Summary
Statutory individual income tax rates, also referred to as "statutory marginal tax
rates," are the rates of tax applicable to the last (marginal) increment of taxable
income. Statutory rates play an important role in determining the real marginal tax
rates, which affect taxpayers' economic behavior.

Developments since enactment of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA86; P.L.
99-514) are the most relevant to the current state of affairs. Since then, the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA90; P.L. 101-508), the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OBRA93; P.L. 103-66), and the Economic Growth and
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA; P.L. 107-16) and its extensions
all changed the marginal income tax rate structure. Under current law, upon
expiration of tax cuts enacted in 2001-2007, the rate structure will revert in 2011 to
the one set by OBRA93.

The six marginal income tax rates for 2008 are 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33%, and
35%. Specific types of income, such as capital gains, may be subject to different sets
of marginal tax rates. Alternative minimum tax system (AMT), a parallel tax system
which has recently garnered considerable attention, also has a different set of
parameters.

Since 1981, Congress established and expanded, with slight modifications, the
policy of tax indexation. Tax indexation helps prevent automatic tax increases and
unintended changes in the distribution of the tax burden due to inflation. Under
current law, many key components of the tax structure are indexed for inflation.
Such components include the tax rate brackets, the personal exemptions and their
phase-out thresholds, standard deductions, the itemized deduction limitation
threshold, and others. Not all elements of the tax system, however, are currently
adjusted for inflation. One of the examples is the AMT.

This report summarizes information about the tax brackets and other key
elements of the tax system that determine taxpayer's statutory marginal tax rate.
Such elements include tax brackets, exemptions, standard deductions, etc. This
report, originally written by Gregg A. Esenwein, now retired, is updated annually to
reflect the most recent indexation adjustments and statutory changes.

Contents
Various Concepts of Tax Rates and Distinctions Among Them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Major Legislation Affecting the Statutory Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Tax Reform Act of 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and the
Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Effects of Inflation on Income Tax Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Mechanics of Indexation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tax Rate Schedules for 1988 Through 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

List of Tables
Table 1. Phase-in and Expiration of Select Provisions Under EGTRRA and Follow-up Acts . . . . . . . . . 8
Table 2. Indexed Elements of the Individual Income Tax System . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Table 3. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 1988 . . . . . . . . 13
Table 4. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 5. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Table 6. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 1991 . . . .. . . . . 16
Table 7. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 1992 . . . . . . . . . . 17
Table 8. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 1993 . . . . . . . . . . 18
Table 9. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Table 10. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Table 11. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 1996 . . . .. . . . . . . . 21
Table 12. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 13. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 14. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 1999 . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 24
Table 15. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 16. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, and Statutory Tax Rates, 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Table 17. Personal Exemptions and Standard Deductions, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 18. Statutory Marginal Tax Rates, 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Table 19. Statutory Marginal Tax Rates, 2003 Under Prior Law . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table 20. Personal Exemptions and Standard Deductions, Limitation on Itemized Deductions, and the Personal Exemption Phase-out, 2003 . . . . . . 30
Table 21. Statutory Marginal Income Tax Rates, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 22. Personal Exemptions and Standard Deductions, Limitation on Itemized Deductions, and the Personal Exemption Phase-out, 2004 . . . . . . 32
Table 23. Statutory Marginal Income Tax Rates, 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table 24. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, Limitation on Itemized Deductions and the Personal Exemption Phase-out Thresholds, 2005 . . . . . . 34
Table 25. Statutory Marginal Income Tax Rates, 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 26. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, Limitation on Itemized Deductions and the Personal Exemption Phase-out Thresholds, 2006 . . . . . . . 36
Table 27. Statutory Marginal Income Tax Rates, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table 28. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, Limitation on Itemized Deductions and the Personal Exemption Phase-out Thresholds, 2007 . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 29. Statutory Marginal Income Tax Rates, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 30. Personal Exemptions, Standard Deductions, Limitation on Itemized Deductions and the Personal Exemption Phase-out Thresholds, 2008 . . . . 40
Table 31. Statutory Marginal Income Tax Rates, 2008 . .
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 10:33 AM

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
________________________________________________________________________

EMPLOYMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILIES IN 2007 [30 May 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/famee.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/famee.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]

In 2007, the share of families with an unemployed member was 6.3 per-
cent, little changed from the prior year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The proportion of fam-
ilies with an unemployed member remained lower than the recent peak of
8.1 percent in 2003. Of the nation's 77.9 million families, the propor-
tion that had at least one employed member was little changed in 2007 at
82.6 percent.

   These data on employment, unemployment, and family relationships are
collected as part of the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly sam-
ple survey of approximately 60,000 households. Families include married-
couple families, as well as families maintained by a man or woman with no
spouse present. For further information about the CPS, see the Technical
Note.

Families and Unemployment

   In 2007, 4.9 million families had at least one member who was unemployed,
unchanged from 2006. The proportion of black families with an unemployed
member was 10.8 percent in 2007, about twice the proportion among white
(5.6 percent) and Asian (5.4 percent) families. Among Hispanic families,
8.5 percent had an unemployed member. The proportions of white and Asian
families with an unemployed member showed little or no change from 2006. The
proportion of black families with an unemployed member edged down in 2007,
while the percentage of Hispanic families with an unemployed member in 2007
edged up over the year. (See table 1.)

   Among families with an unemployed member in 2007, 71.2 percent also had at
least one employed member, up from 69.6 percent in 2006. Among married-cou-
ple families with unemployment in 2007, 82.8 percent had an employed member,
little changed over the year. For families maintained by women (no spouse
present) with an unemployed member, the proportion that also contained an em-
ployed member rose from 47.3 percent in 2006 to 50.5 percent in 2007. For
families maintained by men (no spouse present), the proportion was 60.7 per-
cent in 2007, little changed from the prior year. (See tables 1 and 3.)

Families and Employment

   In 2007, the proportion of families with at least one employed member
(82.6 percent) was little changed from the prior year. There was little or
no change in the proportion of families with employed members among white
(82.7 percent), Asian (89.6 percent), and Hispanic (87.6 percent) families.
Among black families, the proportion with employed members edged up in 2007
to 78.9 percent. (See table 1.)

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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# posted by SBasefsky : 10:23 AM

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
________________________________________________________________________

[Chart book] Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2006 [28 May 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/oes/2006/may/chartbook.pdf
[full-text, 64 pages]

Occupation Focus

2 Figure 1 Largest occupations in the United States, May 2006
4 Figure 2 Smallest occupations in the United States, May 2006
6 Figure 3 Largest occupations earning wages near the U.S. median, May 2006
8 Figure 4 Wages for occupations with high fatality rates, May 2006
10 Figure 5 Occupations with different wage variation, May 2006
11 Figure 6 Occupations with a similar mean wage, but a different wage potential, May 2006

Occupations within Industries

14 Figure 7 Industries with the highest employment of environmental occupations and their annual wages, May 2006
16 Figure 8 Profile for registered nurses (RNs), May 2006
18 Figure 9 Career choices of drivers in the United States, May 2006

Industry Focus

22 Figure 10 Largest occupations in nonstore retailers and their mean wages, May 2006
23 Figure 11 Largest occupations in general merchandise stores and their mean wages, May 2006
24 Figure 12 Wages for selected occupational groups in the health care and social assistance and manufacturing sectors, May 2006
26 Figure 13 Employment changes in the oil and gas extraction industry, 2003-2006

State Focus

30 Figure 14 A look at Pennsylvania�s occupational workforce, in percent, May 2006
31 Figure 15 Selected occupations in Pennsylvania, May 2006
32 Figure 16 Share of State employment in computer and mathematical occupations, May 2006
33 Figure 17 Annual mean wage for computer and mathematical occupations, by State, May 2006
34 Figure 18 States that employed the most and fewest selected service occupations per capita, May 2006
36 Figure 19 Wages and percent of employment by selected State and occupational group, May 2006

Area Focus

40 Figure 20 Share of employment of elementary school teachers in California, May 2006
41 Figure 21 Average mean wages for elementary school teachers in California, May 2006
42 Figure 22 Pecentage of employment of architecture and engineering occupations by area, May 2006
43 Figure 23 Employment of architecture and engineering occupations by area, May 2006
44 Figure 24 Metropolitan areas with the highest concentrations of fast food cooks and fitness trainers and aerobics instructors, May 2006
46 Figure 25 Metropolitan areas and divisions with the highest concentration of selected arts, entertainment, and sports occupations, May 2006
48 Figure 26 Occupational employment and wages in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in Texas, May 2006
50 Figure 27 Occupations most likely found in nonmetropolitan areas, May 2006

______________________________
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 : 9:35 AM

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 Budget Office (CBO)

Health Care and Behavioral Economics
A Presentation to the National Academy of Social Insurance, May 29, 2008
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/93xx/doc9317/05-29-NASI_Speech.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]

CBO Director Peter Orszag's presentation to the National Academy of Social Insurance

______________________________
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 : 9:26 AM

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
________________________________________________________________________

World Economic Forum (WEF)

AFRICA@RISK: A GLOBAL RISK NETWORK BRIEFING
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/Africa2008/Africa_RiskReport_08.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]

CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction: The Global Risk Outlook for Africa
Executive Summary: Food and Freshwater Security
Executive Summary: Geopolitical Instability
Executive Summary: Economic Shocks
Executive Summary: Climate Change, the Environment and Challenges to Africa's Development
Acknowledgements
Resources

See PRESS RELEASE 30 May 2008
Africa@Risk 2008: Report Highlights Four Key Risks Facing the Region
http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/PR_AfricaRisk08

Johannesburg, South Africa 30 May 2008 Africa is at an inflection point. The prospect of the region sustaining 5% growth is achievable, but a number of risks loom large, threatening future development and security, according to a report released today by the World Economic Forum's Global Risk Network.

Published to coincide with the World Economic Forum on Africa (Cape Town, South Africa, 4-6 June 2008), the Africa@Risk Report 2008 features the latest insights into trends, potential consequences and mitigation relevant to four key risks facing Africa:

1. Food and Freshwater Security How best can Africa cope with increasing food and freshwater insecurity? What are the risks and opportunities for the region?

2. Geopolitical Instability Can Africa sustain and consolidate progress on transparent and democratically accountable governance? Can it increase its institutional capacity to prevent, manage and resolve both intrastate and interstate conflict?

3. Economic Shocks Can African resource-rich countries reduce their commodity dependency by diversifying their economies? How can wealth be better distributed? How can African countries increase their trade benefits?

4. Climate Change, the Environment and Challenges to Africa's Development How will global warming affect Africa? How best can the region, countries, businesses and communities adapt to mitigate its effects?

In preparing this report, more than 20 experts from business, academia, non-governmental organizations and civil society were asked to consider the drivers of the recent period of unprecedented growth in Africa and the opportunities that exist, as well as the threats to Africa's continuing progress.

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

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 9:06 AM

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
________________________________________________________________________

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

The Condition of Education 2008 [29 May 2008]
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/

Highlights from COE 2008
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/press/index.asp

PRINT EDITION for 2008
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008031
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008031.pdf
[full-text, 334 pages]

The Condition of Education 2008 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 43 indicators on the status and condition of education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education for which accurate data are available. The 2008 print edition includes 43 indicators in five main areas: (1) participation in education; (2) learner outcomes; (3) student effort and educational progress; (4) the contexts of elementary and secondary education; and (5) the contexts of postsecondary education.

______________________________
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****************************************
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Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
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# posted by SBasefsky : 3:47 PM

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
________________________________________________________________________

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FIRST QUARTER 2008 (PRELIMINARY) [29 May 2008]
CORPORATE PROFITS: FIRST QUARTER 2008 (PRELIMINARY)
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/gdp108p.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/pdf/gdp108p.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/xls/gdp108p.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/pdf/gdp108p_fax.pdf

Real gross domestic product -- the output of goods and services produced by labor and property
located in the United States -- increased at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in the first quarter of 2008,
according to preliminary estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the fourth quarter,
real GDP increased 0.6 percent.

        The GDP estimates released today are based on more complete source data than were available for
the advance estimates issued last month. In the advance estimates, the increase in real GDP was 0.6
percent (see "Revisions" on page 3).

        The increase in real GDP in the first quarter primarily reflected positive contributions from
personal consumption expenditures (PCE) for services, exports of goods and services, federal
government spending, and private inventory investment that were partly offset by negative contributions
from residential fixed investment and PCE for durable goods. Imports, which are a subtraction in the
calculation of GDP, decreased.

        The small acceleration in real GDP primarily reflected an upturn in inventory investment that was
partly offset by a deceleration in PCE.

        Final sales of computers contributed 0.06 percentage point to the first-quarter growth in real GDP
after contributing 0.16 percentage point to the fourth-quarter growth. Motor vehicle output subtracted
0.35 percentage point from the first-quarter growth in real GDP after subtracting 0.86 percentage point
from the fourth-quarter growth.

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
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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
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:11 AM

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 RL34501

Alien Smuggling: Recent Legislative Developments
May 22, 2008
Yule Kim, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34501_20080522.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]

Summary
The primary statutory provision proscribing alien smuggling is §274 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). INA §274 proscribes a broad spectrum of
activities that would aid aliens to enter and live within the United States without
proper legal status. Recently in Congress, a flurry of proposed legislation has been
introduced addressing alien smuggling. H.R. 4088/S. 2366/S. 2368 (the SAVE Act),
the House-passed H.R. 2399, its companion bill S. 2463, and the House-passed H.R.
2830 all contain similar language that would amend both the INA and Title 18 of the
U.S. Code. These bills would significantly alter the wording and structure of INA
§274, expanding its scope. They would also add alien smuggling provisions in §2237
of Title 18, which would enhance sentencing for disobeying federal officials on the
high seas while engaging in alien smuggling.

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Activities Currently Proscribed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Bringing an Alien to the United States Without Authorization . . . . . . . 2
Bringing an Alien to the United States at a Place
Other Than a Designated Port of Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Transporting Aliens Within the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Harboring Aliens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Encouraging or Inducing an Alien to Come to,
Enter, or Reside in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Conspiracy to Commit a Smuggling Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Aiding and Abetting a Smuggling Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hiring Smuggled Aliens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Religious Denomination Exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Current Sentencing Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Proposed Legislative Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Restructuring of INA §274 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Changes in Sentencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Other Changes to INA §274 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Alterations to Maritime Law Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
______________________________
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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 : 11:01 AM

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 RS22786

January 8, 2008
Labor-Management Relations and the Federal Aviation Administration: Background and Current Legislative Issues
Jon O. Shimabukuro, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22786_20080108.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]

Summary
This report discusses labor-management relations at the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) and the 2006 implementation of a new labor contract on air
traffic controllers. The FAA's ability to implement the new contract with its controllers
was arguably supported by a mediation procedure prescribed by federal law. Concern
over the fairness of this procedure has prompted Congress to consider legislation that
would allow for the use of binding arbitration to resolve negotiation impasses between
the agency and the exclusive bargaining representatives of its employees. This report
provides background information on the mediation procedure, discusses litigation
involving the FAA and two labor organizations, and examines legislative attempts to
amend the existing system.

______________________________
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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
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 10:33 AM

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 22 May 2008
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

BLS Resumes Estimation of Sample Errors for Benefits Measures [22 May 2008]
by Omolola E. Ojo and Jonathan J. Lisic, Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20080520ar01p1.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cm20080520ar01p1.htm

Standard errors for the estimates in the National Compensation Survey (NCS) benefits publications have not been available to data users since the integration of the NCS sample. To provide a reliability measure for data users, the BLS is resuming production of standard errors for benefits estimates using Fay's method of Balanced Repeated Replication (BRR).

AND MUCH MORE....

______________________________
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****************************************
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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
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 10:22 AM

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 22 May 2008
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes in 2007 [22 May 2008]
by Jeffrey L. Schildkraut, Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cb20080520ar01p1.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cb20080520ar01p1.htm

Twenty-one work stoppages that began in 2007 and two major work stoppages that continued from 2006 idled a total of 189,000 workers and resulted in 1.3 million workdays of idleness.1 This article profiles the issues involved in the three most significant stoppages of 2007 as measured by days of idleness and number of workers involved. The three work stoppages, in total, represent nearly half (47 percent) of the workers idled and 55 percent of the days idle for all major work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers in 2007.

AND MUCH MORE....
______________________________
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
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 9:32 AM

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 2008 [28 May 2008]
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 higher in April than a year earlier in 261 of
the 369 metropolitan areas, lower in 88 areas, and unchanged in 20 areas,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today. Eight areas, seven of which are located in California, recorded
jobless rates of at least 10.0 percent. Twenty-four areas registered
rates below 3.0 percent. The national unemployment rate in April was
4.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted, up from 4.3 percent a year earlier.

Metropolitan Area Unemployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

In April, 27 metropolitan areas reported unemployment rates of at least
7.0 percent, up from 18 areas a year earlier, while 118 areas posted rates
below 4.0 percent, down from 165 areas in April 2007. Two agricultural
areas in California continued to register the highest rates in April: El
Centro, 18.4 percent, and Merced, 12.3 percent. Logan, Utah-Idaho, had the
lowest jobless rate, 2.2 percent. Overall, 207 areas recorded unemployment
rates below the U.S. figure of 4.8 percent, 152 areas had higher rates, and
10 areas had the same rate. (See table 1.)

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES...

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

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 9:26 AM

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 Organisation of Employers (IOE)

International Labour and Social Policy Review 2008 [29 May 2008]
http://www.ioe-emp.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents_pdf/papers/ilspr/International_Labour_and_Social_Policy_Review_2008.pdf
[full-text, 76 pages]

See PRESS RELEASE 29 May 2008
http://www.ioe-emp.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents_pdf/press_releases/english/pr_080529_ilspr08.pdf

CONTENTS

The Development of European Social Policy: Considerations for Other Integration Processes . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Roberto Suarez Head of International & European Social Affairs
Confederation of Spanish Employers' Organizations (CEOE)

The Employers' Role in Promoting Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Jacqueline Coke-Lloyd Chief Executive Officer
Jamaica Employers' Federation (JEF)

A Comparative Analysis of Western and Islamic Models of Industrial Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fasihul Karim Siddiqi Vice-President
Employers' Federation of Pakistan (EFP)

Managing HIV/AIDS An Opportunity for the Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . 33
Patrick E. O. Obath Special Projects Manager Kenya Shell Limited
and Chairman of Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE)

Regulating the Labour Market can be Bad for Your Health! . . . . . . 41
Paul Mackay Manager Employment Relations Policy and
Sam Collins Researcher, Business New Zealand

Collective Bargaining The Employers' Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
IOE Secretariat
______________________________
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
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 9:20 AM

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
________________________________________________________________________

NO MESSAGES will be sent until 29 May 2008
______________________________
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 : 10:33 AM

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

MASS LAYOFFS IN APRIL 2008 [22 May 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]

In April, employers took 1,308 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted,
as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the
month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor re-
ported today. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single em-
ployer; the number of workers involved totaled 133,914, on a seasonally
adjusted basis. The number of mass layoff events in April 2008 decreased
by 263 from the prior month, while the number of associated initial claims
decreased by 23,242. In April, 483 mass layoff events were reported in the
manufacturing sector, seasonally adjusted, resulting in 60,552 initial claims.
Over the month, mass layoff events in manufacturing remained essentially un-
changed, but initial claims decreased by 3,536. (See table 1.)

The national unemployment rate was 5.0 percent in April, seasonally ad-
justed, down from 5.1 percent in the prior month but up from 4.5 percent a
year earlier. Total nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 20,000 in April
from the previous month but was 462,000 higher than 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
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 10:30 AM

IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS

Friday, May 30, 2008

[IWS] BLS: RESIDENTIAL FRAMING CONTRACTORS--EMPLOYMENT TRENDS in FIVE COUNTIES [30 May 2008]

[IWS] BLS: RETIREMENT BENEFITS in STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENTS in the U.S. 2007 [22 May 2008]

[IWS] Watson Wyatt: REWARDING HEALTHY BEHAVIOR to SURGE among EMPLOYERS [29 May 2008]

[IWS] CRS: STATUTORY INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RATES & OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE TAX SYSTEM: 1988 through 2008 [21 May 2008]

[IWS] BLS: EMPLOYMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILIES IN 2007 [30 May 2008]

[IWS] BLS: [Chart book] Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2006 [28 May 2008]

[IWS] CBO: HEALTH CARE & BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS [29 May 2008]

[IWS] [REPORT] AFRICA@RISK: A GLOBAL RISK NETWORK BRIEFING [30 May 2008]

Thursday, May 29, 2008

[IWS] NCES: THE CONDITION OF EDUCATION 2008 [29 May 2008]

[IWS] BEA: GDP & CORPORATE PROFITS: 1st Qtr. 2008 (Preliminary) [29 May 2008]

[IWS] CRS: ALIEN SMUGGLING: RECENT LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS [22 May 2008]

[IWS] CRS: LABOR-MANAGMENT RELALTIONS & the FAA: BACKGROUND & CURRENT LEGISLATIVE ISSUES [8 January 2008]

[IWS] BLS: ESTIMATION of SAMPLE ERRORS for BENEFITS MEASURES RESUMING [22 May 2008]

[IWS] BLS: PROFILES of SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING DISPUTES in 2007 [22 May 2008]

[IWS] BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: APRIL 2008 [28 May 2008]

[IWS] IOE: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR & SOCIAL POLICY REVIEW 2008 [29 May 2008]

Thursday, May 22, 2008

[IWS] NO MESSAGES until 29 May 2008

[IWS] BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN APRIL 2008 [22 May 2008]

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