Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tweet[IWS] BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW, April 2009, Vol. 132, No. 4 [30 April 2009]
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
April 2009
Vol. 132, Number 4
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/home.htm
Trends in labor force flows during recent recessions
Harley Frazis and Randy Ilg
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/04/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
An analysis of labor force status flows reveals that the current
recession, characterized by the slowing of flows into employment,
differs from the recession of 2001 and most earlier recessions,
which were marked more by increasing flows out of employment
Business employment dynamics: tabulations by size of employment change
Sheryl L. Konigsberg, James R. Spletzer, and David M. Talan
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/04/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
Business Employment Dynamics data are quarterly series
of gross job gain and loss statistics for the U.S. economy;
in autumn 2008, for the first time BLS published
BED data that display gross job gain and loss statistics
grouped by the number of jobs that were gained or lost
China's manufacturing employment and compensation costs: 200206
Erin Lett and Judith Banister
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/04/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
Both employment and compensation costs in China's
manufacturing sector increased rapidly from 2002 to 2006;
employment increased more than 10 percent during those 4 years,
to 112 million, while compensation costs increased
more than 40 percent, to $0.81 per hour worked
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
Tweet
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- 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
April 2009
Vol. 132, Number 4
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/home.htm
Trends in labor force flows during recent recessions
Harley Frazis and Randy Ilg
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/04/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
An analysis of labor force status flows reveals that the current
recession, characterized by the slowing of flows into employment,
differs from the recession of 2001 and most earlier recessions,
which were marked more by increasing flows out of employment
Business employment dynamics: tabulations by size of employment change
Sheryl L. Konigsberg, James R. Spletzer, and David M. Talan
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/04/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
Business Employment Dynamics data are quarterly series
of gross job gain and loss statistics for the U.S. economy;
in autumn 2008, for the first time BLS published
BED data that display gross job gain and loss statistics
grouped by the number of jobs that were gained or lost
China's manufacturing employment and compensation costs: 200206
Erin Lett and Judith Banister
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/04/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
Both employment and compensation costs in China's
manufacturing sector increased rapidly from 2002 to 2006;
employment increased more than 10 percent during those 4 years,
to 112 million, while compensation costs increased
more than 40 percent, to $0.81 per hour worked
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 5:04 PM
[IWS] BLS: DISCOURAGED WORKERS & MARGINALLY ATTACHED TO LABOR FORCE DURING RECESSION [20 April 2009]
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
________________________________________________________________________
BLS
Issues in Labor Statistics
Ranks of Discouraged Workers and Others Marginally Attached to the Labor Force Rise During Recession [30 April 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils74.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
[excerpt]
When economic conditions deteriorate, greater attention is paid to persons who are without work and seeking jobs--the unemployed. At such times, there is also greater interest in a group of persons who do not meet the official definition of unemployment but who have shown interest in labor force participation. These individuals referred to as "marginally attached to the labor force"wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not actively searched for work in the past 4 weeks.
The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force increased sharply during the current recession, rising to 2.1 million in the first quarter of 2009.1 (See table 1 and charts 1 and 2.) Their number increased by 541,000, or 35 percent, from the first quarter of 2008.2 By comparison, during that same 1-year period, the number of unemployed rose to 13.5 million, an increase of 5.5 million, or 68 percent.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
Tweet
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
BLS
Issues in Labor Statistics
Ranks of Discouraged Workers and Others Marginally Attached to the Labor Force Rise During Recession [30 April 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils74.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
[excerpt]
When economic conditions deteriorate, greater attention is paid to persons who are without work and seeking jobs--the unemployed. At such times, there is also greater interest in a group of persons who do not meet the official definition of unemployment but who have shown interest in labor force participation. These individuals referred to as "marginally attached to the labor force"wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not actively searched for work in the past 4 weeks.
The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force increased sharply during the current recession, rising to 2.1 million in the first quarter of 2009.1 (See table 1 and charts 1 and 2.) Their number increased by 541,000, or 35 percent, from the first quarter of 2008.2 By comparison, during that same 1-year period, the number of unemployed rose to 13.5 million, an increase of 5.5 million, or 68 percent.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 4:59 PM
[IWS] New Report --CYBERATTACK CAPABILITIES: Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of [April 2009]
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 Academies Press
Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities [April 2009]
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12651
or
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12651#toc
[to read full-text online]
Description:
The US armed forces, among other intelligence agencies, are increasingly dependent on information and information technology for both civilian and military purposes. Although there is ample literature written on the potential impact of an offensive or defensive cyberattack on societal infrastructure, little has been written about the use of cyberattack as a national policy tool. This book focuses on the potential for the use of such attacks by the United States and its policy implications.
Since the primary resource required for a cyberattack is technical expertise, these attacks can be implemented by terrorists, criminals, individuals and corporate actors. Cyberattacks can be used by U.S. adversaries against particular sectors of the U.S. economy and critical national infrastructure that depend on computer systems and networks. Conversely, they can be used by the U.S. intelligence community with adequate organizational structure and appropriate oversight.
Focusing on the use of cyberattack as an instrument of U.S. national policy, Technology, Policy, Law and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities explores the important characteristics of cyberattacks and why they are relatively ideal for covert action. Experts argue that the United States should establish a national policy for launching cyberattacks, whether for purposes of exploitation, offense or defense for all sectors of government. This book will be of special interest to the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, law enforcement, and the greater intelligence community.
Press Release 29 April 2009
Greater Transparency Needed in Development of U.S. Policy on Cyberattack
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12651
WASHINGTON -- The current policy and legal framework regulating use of cyberattack by the United States is ill-formed, undeveloped, and highly uncertain, says a new report from the National Research Council. The United States should establish clear national policy on the use of cyberattack, while also continuing to develop its technological capabilities in this area. The U.S. policy should be informed by open national debate on the technological, policy, legal, and ethical issues of cyberwarfare, said the committee that wrote the report.
"Cyberattack is too important a subject for the nation to be discussed only behind closed doors," said Adm. William Owens, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former vice chairman and CEO of Nortel Corp., and Kenneth Dam, Max Pam Professor Emeritus of American and Foreign Law at the University of Chicago School of Law, who co-chaired the committee.
Cyberattacks -- actions taken against computer systems or networks -- are often complex to plan and execute but relatively inexpensive, and the technology needed is widely available. Defenses against such attacks are discussed, but questions on the potential for, and the ramifications of, the United States' use of cyberattack as a component of its military and intelligence arsenal have not been the subject of much public debate. Although the policy and organizational issues raised by the use of cyberattack are significant, the report says, "neither government nor society at large is organized or prepared to handle issues related to cyberattack, let alone to make broadly informed decisions."
The U.S. could use cyberattack either defensively, in response to a cyberattack from another nation, or offensively to support military missions or covert actions, the report says. Deterring such attacks against the U.S. with the threat of an in-kind response has limited applicability, however; cyberattacks can be conducted anonymously or falsely attributed to another party relatively easily, making it difficult to reliably identify the originator of the attack.
Employing a cyberattack carries with it some implications that are unlike those associated with traditional physical warfare, the report says. The outcome is likely to be more uncertain, and there may be substantial impact on the private sector, which owns and operates much of the infrastructure through which the U.S. would conduct a cyberattack. The scale of such an attack can be enormous and difficult to localize. "Blowback" to the U.S. -- effects on our own network systems -- is possible.
Clear national policy regarding the use of cyberattack should be developed through open debate within the U.S. government and diplomatic discussion with other nations, the report says. The U.S. policy should make it clear why, when, and how a cyberattack would be authorized, and require a periodic accounting of any attacks that are conducted, to be made available to the executive branch and to Congress.
From a legal perspective, cyberattack should be judged by its effects rather than the method of attack; cyberwarfare should not be judged less harshly than physical warfare simply by virtue of the weapons employed. The Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), an international law regulating conduct during war, should apply to cyberattack. However, there are aspects of cyberwarfare that will not fit neatly within this structure. LOAC was designed to regulate conflict between nations, but cyberweapons can easily be used by non-state groups, making issues such as determining appropriate targets for military retaliation difficult to address. Additional legal constructs will be needed to govern cyberattacks, and the framework of LOAC and the U.N. Charter on the use of armed force would be an appropriate starting point, the report says.
This study was sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, Microsoft Corp., and the National Research Council. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies. They are private, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under a congressional charter. The Research Council is the principal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. A committee roster follows.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
National Academies Press
Technology, Policy, Law, and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities [April 2009]
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12651
or
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12651#toc
[to read full-text online]
Description:
The US armed forces, among other intelligence agencies, are increasingly dependent on information and information technology for both civilian and military purposes. Although there is ample literature written on the potential impact of an offensive or defensive cyberattack on societal infrastructure, little has been written about the use of cyberattack as a national policy tool. This book focuses on the potential for the use of such attacks by the United States and its policy implications.
Since the primary resource required for a cyberattack is technical expertise, these attacks can be implemented by terrorists, criminals, individuals and corporate actors. Cyberattacks can be used by U.S. adversaries against particular sectors of the U.S. economy and critical national infrastructure that depend on computer systems and networks. Conversely, they can be used by the U.S. intelligence community with adequate organizational structure and appropriate oversight.
Focusing on the use of cyberattack as an instrument of U.S. national policy, Technology, Policy, Law and Ethics Regarding U.S. Acquisition and Use of Cyberattack Capabilities explores the important characteristics of cyberattacks and why they are relatively ideal for covert action. Experts argue that the United States should establish a national policy for launching cyberattacks, whether for purposes of exploitation, offense or defense for all sectors of government. This book will be of special interest to the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, law enforcement, and the greater intelligence community.
Press Release 29 April 2009
Greater Transparency Needed in Development of U.S. Policy on Cyberattack
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12651
WASHINGTON -- The current policy and legal framework regulating use of cyberattack by the United States is ill-formed, undeveloped, and highly uncertain, says a new report from the National Research Council. The United States should establish clear national policy on the use of cyberattack, while also continuing to develop its technological capabilities in this area. The U.S. policy should be informed by open national debate on the technological, policy, legal, and ethical issues of cyberwarfare, said the committee that wrote the report.
"Cyberattack is too important a subject for the nation to be discussed only behind closed doors," said Adm. William Owens, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former vice chairman and CEO of Nortel Corp., and Kenneth Dam, Max Pam Professor Emeritus of American and Foreign Law at the University of Chicago School of Law, who co-chaired the committee.
Cyberattacks -- actions taken against computer systems or networks -- are often complex to plan and execute but relatively inexpensive, and the technology needed is widely available. Defenses against such attacks are discussed, but questions on the potential for, and the ramifications of, the United States' use of cyberattack as a component of its military and intelligence arsenal have not been the subject of much public debate. Although the policy and organizational issues raised by the use of cyberattack are significant, the report says, "neither government nor society at large is organized or prepared to handle issues related to cyberattack, let alone to make broadly informed decisions."
The U.S. could use cyberattack either defensively, in response to a cyberattack from another nation, or offensively to support military missions or covert actions, the report says. Deterring such attacks against the U.S. with the threat of an in-kind response has limited applicability, however; cyberattacks can be conducted anonymously or falsely attributed to another party relatively easily, making it difficult to reliably identify the originator of the attack.
Employing a cyberattack carries with it some implications that are unlike those associated with traditional physical warfare, the report says. The outcome is likely to be more uncertain, and there may be substantial impact on the private sector, which owns and operates much of the infrastructure through which the U.S. would conduct a cyberattack. The scale of such an attack can be enormous and difficult to localize. "Blowback" to the U.S. -- effects on our own network systems -- is possible.
Clear national policy regarding the use of cyberattack should be developed through open debate within the U.S. government and diplomatic discussion with other nations, the report says. The U.S. policy should make it clear why, when, and how a cyberattack would be authorized, and require a periodic accounting of any attacks that are conducted, to be made available to the executive branch and to Congress.
From a legal perspective, cyberattack should be judged by its effects rather than the method of attack; cyberwarfare should not be judged less harshly than physical warfare simply by virtue of the weapons employed. The Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC), an international law regulating conduct during war, should apply to cyberattack. However, there are aspects of cyberwarfare that will not fit neatly within this structure. LOAC was designed to regulate conflict between nations, but cyberweapons can easily be used by non-state groups, making issues such as determining appropriate targets for military retaliation difficult to address. Additional legal constructs will be needed to govern cyberattacks, and the framework of LOAC and the U.N. Charter on the use of armed force would be an appropriate starting point, the report says.
This study was sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, Microsoft Corp., and the National Research Council. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies. They are private, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under a congressional charter. The Research Council is the principal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. A committee roster follows.
______________________________
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 : 2:11 PM
[IWS] NCES: New Indicators of CAREER/TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSETAKING: CLASS OF 2005 [29 April 2009]
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)
New Indicators of Career/Technical Education Coursetaking: Class of 2005 [29 April 2009]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009038
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009038.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Description: This Statistics in Brief uses data from the 2005 High School Transcript Study (HSTS) to examine the career/technical education (CTE) coursetaking of public high school graduates using new indicators of participation. These indicators examine the extent to which students participate in CTE and in specific occupational areas (such as agriculture and business) broadly (many students earning credits) versus deeply (many credits earned by participating students). First, the brief looks at student participation across the three main CTE curriculum areas (family and consumer sciences education, general labor market preparation, and occupational education). Second, the brief looks at coursetaking within occupational areas, including occupational concentration. Finally, the brief examines coursetaking across occupational areas, including the areas that students tend to combine. Findings indicate that high school graduates' use of the CTE curriculum is generally broad rather than narrow in the sense that most (70 percent) earn credits in both occupational education and either general labor market preparation or family and consumer sciences education, and most (58 percent) earn credits in more than one occupational area. Five occupational areas had the broadest participation (i.e., had the greatest number of graduates earning credits in the area): business; communications and design; manufacturing, repair, and transportation; consumer and culinary services; and computer and information sciences). The occupational areas with the deepest levels of participation were manufacturing, repair, and transportation; agriculture and natural resources; health sciences; and construction and architecture. Finally, some occupational areas were more likely than others to be taken together. For example, marketing coursetakers were more likely than other occupational coursetakers to earn credits in business.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
New Indicators of Career/Technical Education Coursetaking: Class of 2005 [29 April 2009]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009038
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009038.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Description: This Statistics in Brief uses data from the 2005 High School Transcript Study (HSTS) to examine the career/technical education (CTE) coursetaking of public high school graduates using new indicators of participation. These indicators examine the extent to which students participate in CTE and in specific occupational areas (such as agriculture and business) broadly (many students earning credits) versus deeply (many credits earned by participating students). First, the brief looks at student participation across the three main CTE curriculum areas (family and consumer sciences education, general labor market preparation, and occupational education). Second, the brief looks at coursetaking within occupational areas, including occupational concentration. Finally, the brief examines coursetaking across occupational areas, including the areas that students tend to combine. Findings indicate that high school graduates' use of the CTE curriculum is generally broad rather than narrow in the sense that most (70 percent) earn credits in both occupational education and either general labor market preparation or family and consumer sciences education, and most (58 percent) earn credits in more than one occupational area. Five occupational areas had the broadest participation (i.e., had the greatest number of graduates earning credits in the area): business; communications and design; manufacturing, repair, and transportation; consumer and culinary services; and computer and information sciences). The occupational areas with the deepest levels of participation were manufacturing, repair, and transportation; agriculture and natural resources; health sciences; and construction and architecture. Finally, some occupational areas were more likely than others to be taken together. For example, marketing coursetakers were more likely than other occupational coursetakers to earn credits in business.
______________________________
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 : 2:00 PM
[IWS] RAND: NO BULLIES ALLOWED: UNDERSTANDING PEER VICTIMIZATION, the Impacts on Delinquency, and the Effectiveness of Prevention Programs [29 April 2009]
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
________________________________________________________________________
RAND
No Bullies Allowed: Understanding Peer Victimization, the Impacts on Delinquency, and the Effectiveness of Prevention Programs [29 April 2009]
By: Jennifer S. Wong
http://rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD240/
or
http://rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2009/RAND_RGSD240.pdf
[full-text, 372 pages]
Over the past decade, school bullying has emerged as a prominent issue of concern for students, parents, educators, and researchers around the world. Research evidence suggests nontrivial and potentially serious negative repercussions of both bullying and victimization. This dissertation uses a large, nationally representative panel dataset and a propensity score matching technique to assess the impact of bully victimization on a range of 10 delinquency outcomes measured over a six-year period. Results show that victimization prior to the age of 12 years is significantly predictive of the development of several delinquent behaviors, including running away from home, selling drugs, vandalism, theft, other property crimes, and assault. As a whole, prevention programs are significantly effective at reducing the problem of victimization in schools but are only marginally successful at reducing bullying. More work is needed to determine why programs are more successful with victims of bullying than with perpetrators, and prevention efforts should focus on the development of programs that are more likely to bring about successful reductions in both bullying and victimization.
Contents
Chapter One:
The Nature and Significance of School Bullying: A Narrative Synthesis
Chapter Two:
The Effect of Bully Victimization on Delinquency
Chapter Three:
Are School-Based Bullying Prevention Programs Effective? A Meta-Analytic
Appendix 1:
Index/Scale Variables Used for Matching
Appendix 2:
Study and Treatment Characteristics (Study-Level)
Appendix 3:
Fixed Effects Model Calculations for Bullying Outcomes Meta-Analysis
Appendix 4:
Q-Statistic for Bullying Outcomes Meta-Analysis
Appendix 5:
"Research Design" Subgroup Analysis for Bullying Outcomes Meta-Analysis
______________________________
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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
________________________________________________________________________
RAND
No Bullies Allowed: Understanding Peer Victimization, the Impacts on Delinquency, and the Effectiveness of Prevention Programs [29 April 2009]
By: Jennifer S. Wong
http://rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD240/
or
http://rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2009/RAND_RGSD240.pdf
[full-text, 372 pages]
Over the past decade, school bullying has emerged as a prominent issue of concern for students, parents, educators, and researchers around the world. Research evidence suggests nontrivial and potentially serious negative repercussions of both bullying and victimization. This dissertation uses a large, nationally representative panel dataset and a propensity score matching technique to assess the impact of bully victimization on a range of 10 delinquency outcomes measured over a six-year period. Results show that victimization prior to the age of 12 years is significantly predictive of the development of several delinquent behaviors, including running away from home, selling drugs, vandalism, theft, other property crimes, and assault. As a whole, prevention programs are significantly effective at reducing the problem of victimization in schools but are only marginally successful at reducing bullying. More work is needed to determine why programs are more successful with victims of bullying than with perpetrators, and prevention efforts should focus on the development of programs that are more likely to bring about successful reductions in both bullying and victimization.
Contents
Chapter One:
The Nature and Significance of School Bullying: A Narrative Synthesis
Chapter Two:
The Effect of Bully Victimization on Delinquency
Chapter Three:
Are School-Based Bullying Prevention Programs Effective? A Meta-Analytic
Appendix 1:
Index/Scale Variables Used for Matching
Appendix 2:
Study and Treatment Characteristics (Study-Level)
Appendix 3:
Fixed Effects Model Calculations for Bullying Outcomes Meta-Analysis
Appendix 4:
Q-Statistic for Bullying Outcomes Meta-Analysis
Appendix 5:
"Research Design" Subgroup Analysis for Bullying Outcomes Meta-Analysis
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016
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Fax: (607) 255-9641
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[IWS] Mercer: QUALITY OF LIVING GLOBAL CITY RANKINGS 2009 [29 April 2009]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Mercer
Quality of Living global city rankings 2009 Mercer survey [29 April 22009]
http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1345570
TABLES included after scrolling all the way down at URL above --
Top 50 cities: Quality of living
Base City: New York, US (=100)
Top 50 rankings - City infrastructure
* City Infrastructure Ranking 2009 includes the following criteria: electricity, water availability, telephone, mail, public transport, traffic congestion and airport.
Ireland
Dublin , 29 April 2009
* Dublin ranks 25th of 215 in Mercer's 2009 Quality of Living Global City rankings
* Vienna scores highest for overall quality of living, Baghdad the lowest
* Dublin ranks ahead of several major cities including Paris (33rd ), London (38th), and Barcelona (joint 42nd with Portland, USA) in the Quality of Living survey
* This year's rankings also identify cities with the best infrastructure
* Singapore ranks top for city infrastructure; Dublin ranks 58th of 215 cities
* Cities ranked ahead of Dublin in the City Infrastructure rankings include London (joint 8th with Frankfurt and Hong Kong), Paris (13th), Birmingham / Glasgow (ranked joint 45th)
Dublin ranks 25th of 215 (in top 12%) in the Mercer 2009 Quality of Living Global City rankings, ahead of several major cities including Paris (33rd), London (38th), and Barcelona (42nd). Vienna has passed Zurich to take the top spot as the world's city with the best quality of living, according to the Mercer 2009 Quality of Living survey. Geneva is in third position, while Vancouver and Auckland are now joint fourth in the rankings.
Patrick Robertson a Principal at Mercer commented: "As a result of the current financial crisis, multinationals are looking to review their international assignment policies with a view to cutting costs." "Many companies plan to reduce the number of medium to long-term international assignments and localise their expatriate compensation packages where possible though an allowance, based on quality of living criteria," he added.
This year's ranking also identifies the cities with the best infrastructure based on electricity supply, water availability, telephone and mail services, public transport provision, traffic congestion and the range of international flights from local airports. Singapore is at the top of this index (score 109.1) followed by Munich in second place and Copenhagen in third. Dublin is ranked 58th out of the 215 cities rated. Cities ranked ahead of Dublin in the City infrastructure rankings include London (8th), Paris (13th), Birmingham / Glasgow (ranked joint 45th).
Europe
Europe's cities once more dominate the world's top 10 for quality of living. Vienna is the city rated with the best quality of living worldwide, moving up one place in the rankings following improvements in Austria's political and social environment. The rest of the top 10 for Europe are dominated by German and Swiss cities, most of them retaining last year's ranking and scores. Zurich, in second place, is followed by Geneva (3), Dusseldorf (6), Munich (7), Frankfurt (8) and Bern (9).
Many Eastern European cities have seen an increase in quality of living. A number of countries which joined the European Union back in 2004 have experienced consistent improvement with increased stability, rising living standards and greater availability of international consumer goods. Ljubljana in Slovenia, for example, moves up four places to reach 78 while Bratislava moves up three places to 88. Zagreb moves three places to 103.
Americas
There have been few changes in the rankings for North American cities. Canadian cities still dominate the top of the index for this region. Vancouver (4) retains the top spot and Honolulu (29) ranks as the city in the United States with the highest quality of living. Washington and New York remain in positions 44 and 49 respectively.
In Central and South America, San Juan in Puerto Rico retains the highest ranking at 72, followed by Montevideo, Uruguay at 79. Port au Prince (206) in Haiti continues to rank lowest in the region and has gone down four places in the overall ranking due to food shortages experienced in 2008 and the subsequent riots.
Middle East and Africa
Dubai (77) in the United Arab Emirates and Port Louis in Mauritius (82) are the region's cities with the best quality of living. Dubai's transport facilities have witnessed improvements, with the development of its road infrastructure and expansion of its international airport and the city is up six places in the ranking.
Cape Town in South Africa, previously the city in the region with the best quality of living, has dropped substantially in this year's ratings (from 80 to 87 in 2009). This move follows violent riots in South Africa's main cities in 2008.
Asia Pacific
Auckland (4) in New Zealand retains its position as the highest ranking city for quality of living in the region. Sydney in Australia follows at 10 and Wellington in New Zealand at 12. While the majority of the region's cities retain a similar ranking to last year, Singapore (26) is the region's highest riser, up six places since 2008. The city has gained importance as a financial centre and offers a wide range of international and private schools to cater to its expatriate community. Beijing has also moved three places in the ranking, up from 116 to 113, mainly due to improvements in public transport facilities from the Olympic Games last August.
The Quality of Living Global City rankings are based on a point-scoring index, which sees Vienna score 108.6, and Baghdad 14.4. Cities are ranked against New York as the base city with an index score of 100. Mercer's Quality of Living ranking covers 215 cities and is conducted to help governments and major companies place employees on international assignments.
______________________________
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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Mercer
Quality of Living global city rankings 2009 Mercer survey [29 April 22009]
http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1345570
TABLES included after scrolling all the way down at URL above --
Top 50 cities: Quality of living
Base City: New York, US (=100)
Top 50 rankings - City infrastructure
* City Infrastructure Ranking 2009 includes the following criteria: electricity, water availability, telephone, mail, public transport, traffic congestion and airport.
Ireland
Dublin , 29 April 2009
* Dublin ranks 25th of 215 in Mercer's 2009 Quality of Living Global City rankings
* Vienna scores highest for overall quality of living, Baghdad the lowest
* Dublin ranks ahead of several major cities including Paris (33rd ), London (38th), and Barcelona (joint 42nd with Portland, USA) in the Quality of Living survey
* This year's rankings also identify cities with the best infrastructure
* Singapore ranks top for city infrastructure; Dublin ranks 58th of 215 cities
* Cities ranked ahead of Dublin in the City Infrastructure rankings include London (joint 8th with Frankfurt and Hong Kong), Paris (13th), Birmingham / Glasgow (ranked joint 45th)
Dublin ranks 25th of 215 (in top 12%) in the Mercer 2009 Quality of Living Global City rankings, ahead of several major cities including Paris (33rd), London (38th), and Barcelona (42nd). Vienna has passed Zurich to take the top spot as the world's city with the best quality of living, according to the Mercer 2009 Quality of Living survey. Geneva is in third position, while Vancouver and Auckland are now joint fourth in the rankings.
Patrick Robertson a Principal at Mercer commented: "As a result of the current financial crisis, multinationals are looking to review their international assignment policies with a view to cutting costs." "Many companies plan to reduce the number of medium to long-term international assignments and localise their expatriate compensation packages where possible though an allowance, based on quality of living criteria," he added.
This year's ranking also identifies the cities with the best infrastructure based on electricity supply, water availability, telephone and mail services, public transport provision, traffic congestion and the range of international flights from local airports. Singapore is at the top of this index (score 109.1) followed by Munich in second place and Copenhagen in third. Dublin is ranked 58th out of the 215 cities rated. Cities ranked ahead of Dublin in the City infrastructure rankings include London (8th), Paris (13th), Birmingham / Glasgow (ranked joint 45th).
Europe
Europe's cities once more dominate the world's top 10 for quality of living. Vienna is the city rated with the best quality of living worldwide, moving up one place in the rankings following improvements in Austria's political and social environment. The rest of the top 10 for Europe are dominated by German and Swiss cities, most of them retaining last year's ranking and scores. Zurich, in second place, is followed by Geneva (3), Dusseldorf (6), Munich (7), Frankfurt (8) and Bern (9).
Many Eastern European cities have seen an increase in quality of living. A number of countries which joined the European Union back in 2004 have experienced consistent improvement with increased stability, rising living standards and greater availability of international consumer goods. Ljubljana in Slovenia, for example, moves up four places to reach 78 while Bratislava moves up three places to 88. Zagreb moves three places to 103.
Americas
There have been few changes in the rankings for North American cities. Canadian cities still dominate the top of the index for this region. Vancouver (4) retains the top spot and Honolulu (29) ranks as the city in the United States with the highest quality of living. Washington and New York remain in positions 44 and 49 respectively.
In Central and South America, San Juan in Puerto Rico retains the highest ranking at 72, followed by Montevideo, Uruguay at 79. Port au Prince (206) in Haiti continues to rank lowest in the region and has gone down four places in the overall ranking due to food shortages experienced in 2008 and the subsequent riots.
Middle East and Africa
Dubai (77) in the United Arab Emirates and Port Louis in Mauritius (82) are the region's cities with the best quality of living. Dubai's transport facilities have witnessed improvements, with the development of its road infrastructure and expansion of its international airport and the city is up six places in the ranking.
Cape Town in South Africa, previously the city in the region with the best quality of living, has dropped substantially in this year's ratings (from 80 to 87 in 2009). This move follows violent riots in South Africa's main cities in 2008.
Asia Pacific
Auckland (4) in New Zealand retains its position as the highest ranking city for quality of living in the region. Sydney in Australia follows at 10 and Wellington in New Zealand at 12. While the majority of the region's cities retain a similar ranking to last year, Singapore (26) is the region's highest riser, up six places since 2008. The city has gained importance as a financial centre and offers a wide range of international and private schools to cater to its expatriate community. Beijing has also moved three places in the ranking, up from 116 to 113, mainly due to improvements in public transport facilities from the Olympic Games last August.
The Quality of Living Global City rankings are based on a point-scoring index, which sees Vienna score 108.6, and Baghdad 14.4. Cities are ranked against New York as the base city with an index score of 100. Mercer's Quality of Living ranking covers 215 cities and is conducted to help governments and major companies place employees on international assignments.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 1:34 PM
[IWS] 2008 KAUFFMAN INDEX OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY [April 2009]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Kauffman Foundation
2008 KAUFFMAN INDEX OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY [April 2009]
http://www.kauffman.org/uploadedFiles/kiea_042709.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
Press Release
Entrepreneurship Remains Strong in 2008 with Increasing Business Startups, According to Kauffman Foundation [30 April 2009]
http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/entrepreneurship-remains-strong-in-2008.aspx
Activity rate increased among many groups including immigrants, women and older Americans and in all regions except Midwest, which had a slight decline
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) April 30, 2009 New business formation increased in 2008 but, in what may be a potential harbinger of the current economic recession, U.S. entrepreneurship rates increased for the lowest-income-potential and middle-income-potential types of businesses from 2007 to 2008; it decreased for the highest-income-potential types of businesses. This is one of the shifts in firm formation trends found in the annual Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, a leading indicator of new business activity that provides the earliest documentation of new business development across the United States. Analyzing matched monthly data from the Current Population Survey since 1996, the Kauffman Index allows comparisons of new business creation over time.
"The overall pace of entrepreneurial activity did not suffer during the recession in 2008, which is great news. This is consistent with historical patterns, to the extent we understand them, which indicate that entrepreneurial activity is largely insensitive to the economic cycle," said Robert Litan, vice president, Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation. "So far, at least through 2008, this pattern is holding up."
Overall, the 2008 entrepreneurial activity rate increased slightly over 2007. An average of 0.32 percent of the adult population (or 320 out of 100,000 adults) created a new business each monthrepresenting approximately 530,000 new businesses per monthas compared to 0.30 percent in 2007. While entrepreneurial activity has remained generally consistent over the past decade, the Kauffman Index points out important shifts in the demographic and geographic composition of new entrepreneurs across the country.
Key findings include:
* The oldest age groupages 55 to 64experienced a big increase in business-creation rates from 2007 to 2008 and, as a result, has the highest level of business creation (0.36 percent).
* The activity rate increased sharply for immigrants in 2008from 0.46 percent in 2007 to 0.53 percent in 2008further widening the gap between immigrant and native-born rates. Although the increase in entrepreneurship rates among immigrants was driven entirely by low- and medium-income-potential types of businesses, immigrants also are more likely than U.S. natives to start high-income-potential types of businesses.
* Latinos' entrepreneurial activity rate increased from 0.40 percent in 2007 to 0.48 percent in 2008, continuing an upward trend that began in 2005. Over the thirteen years of the study, Latinos have had the highest percentage increase in entrepreneurial activity (from 0.33 percent in 1996 to 0.48 percent in 2008).
* Asian-Americans' entrepreneurial activity also increased sharply, from 0.29 percent in 2007 to 0.35 percent in 2008. Non-Latino white business-creation rates increased slightly, while African-American rates slightly declined.
* Entrepreneurial activity increased from 2007 rates for both men and women (from 0.41 percent to 0.42 percent for men and from 0.20 percent to 0.24 percent for women).
* With the exception of the Midwest, all regions saw increased entrepreneurial activity from 2007 to 2008.
* The states with the highest 2008 entrepreneurial activity rates were Georgia, New Mexico, Montana, Arizona, Alaska and California.
* The states with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rates were Pennsylvania, Missouri, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Iowa and Ohio.
* Among the United States' fifteen largest metropolitan statistical areas, Atlanta had the highest entrepreneurial rate (0.74 percent) in 2008. Philadelphia had the lowest rate (0.16 percent).
"The total business creation rate increased over the past year, but this masks diverging underlying trends. Entrepreneurship rates increased only for low-income types of businesses and not for high-income types, which may be early signs of how the recession is impacting firm formation," said study author Robert Fairlie, professor of economics and the director of the Master's program in Applied Economics and Finance at the University of California, Santa Cruz. "The continuing effects of the recession on business creation are important because entrepreneurs contribute to economic growth, innovation and job creation in the United States."
Unlike other studies that capture young businesses that are more than a year old, the Kauffman Index captures all adults ages 20 to 64 when they first create their businesses, including both incorporated and unincorporated businesses, and those who are employers and non-employers. The Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, defined as the percent of the adult U.S. population of non-business owners that start a business as their main job each month, is conducted annually.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Kauffman Foundation
2008 KAUFFMAN INDEX OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY [April 2009]
http://www.kauffman.org/uploadedFiles/kiea_042709.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
Press Release
Entrepreneurship Remains Strong in 2008 with Increasing Business Startups, According to Kauffman Foundation [30 April 2009]
http://www.kauffman.org/newsroom/entrepreneurship-remains-strong-in-2008.aspx
Activity rate increased among many groups including immigrants, women and older Americans and in all regions except Midwest, which had a slight decline
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) April 30, 2009 New business formation increased in 2008 but, in what may be a potential harbinger of the current economic recession, U.S. entrepreneurship rates increased for the lowest-income-potential and middle-income-potential types of businesses from 2007 to 2008; it decreased for the highest-income-potential types of businesses. This is one of the shifts in firm formation trends found in the annual Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, a leading indicator of new business activity that provides the earliest documentation of new business development across the United States. Analyzing matched monthly data from the Current Population Survey since 1996, the Kauffman Index allows comparisons of new business creation over time.
"The overall pace of entrepreneurial activity did not suffer during the recession in 2008, which is great news. This is consistent with historical patterns, to the extent we understand them, which indicate that entrepreneurial activity is largely insensitive to the economic cycle," said Robert Litan, vice president, Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation. "So far, at least through 2008, this pattern is holding up."
Overall, the 2008 entrepreneurial activity rate increased slightly over 2007. An average of 0.32 percent of the adult population (or 320 out of 100,000 adults) created a new business each monthrepresenting approximately 530,000 new businesses per monthas compared to 0.30 percent in 2007. While entrepreneurial activity has remained generally consistent over the past decade, the Kauffman Index points out important shifts in the demographic and geographic composition of new entrepreneurs across the country.
Key findings include:
* The oldest age groupages 55 to 64experienced a big increase in business-creation rates from 2007 to 2008 and, as a result, has the highest level of business creation (0.36 percent).
* The activity rate increased sharply for immigrants in 2008from 0.46 percent in 2007 to 0.53 percent in 2008further widening the gap between immigrant and native-born rates. Although the increase in entrepreneurship rates among immigrants was driven entirely by low- and medium-income-potential types of businesses, immigrants also are more likely than U.S. natives to start high-income-potential types of businesses.
* Latinos' entrepreneurial activity rate increased from 0.40 percent in 2007 to 0.48 percent in 2008, continuing an upward trend that began in 2005. Over the thirteen years of the study, Latinos have had the highest percentage increase in entrepreneurial activity (from 0.33 percent in 1996 to 0.48 percent in 2008).
* Asian-Americans' entrepreneurial activity also increased sharply, from 0.29 percent in 2007 to 0.35 percent in 2008. Non-Latino white business-creation rates increased slightly, while African-American rates slightly declined.
* Entrepreneurial activity increased from 2007 rates for both men and women (from 0.41 percent to 0.42 percent for men and from 0.20 percent to 0.24 percent for women).
* With the exception of the Midwest, all regions saw increased entrepreneurial activity from 2007 to 2008.
* The states with the highest 2008 entrepreneurial activity rates were Georgia, New Mexico, Montana, Arizona, Alaska and California.
* The states with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rates were Pennsylvania, Missouri, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Iowa and Ohio.
* Among the United States' fifteen largest metropolitan statistical areas, Atlanta had the highest entrepreneurial rate (0.74 percent) in 2008. Philadelphia had the lowest rate (0.16 percent).
"The total business creation rate increased over the past year, but this masks diverging underlying trends. Entrepreneurship rates increased only for low-income types of businesses and not for high-income types, which may be early signs of how the recession is impacting firm formation," said study author Robert Fairlie, professor of economics and the director of the Master's program in Applied Economics and Finance at the University of California, Santa Cruz. "The continuing effects of the recession on business creation are important because entrepreneurs contribute to economic growth, innovation and job creation in the United States."
Unlike other studies that capture young businesses that are more than a year old, the Kauffman Index captures all adults ages 20 to 64 when they first create their businesses, including both incorporated and unincorporated businesses, and those who are employers and non-employers. The Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, defined as the percent of the adult U.S. population of non-business owners that start a business as their main job each month, is conducted annually.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 1:24 PM
[IWS] GEORGE W. BUSH: PUBLIC PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES [latest release 29 April 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pubpapers/gwbush.html
Each Public Papers volume contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during the specified time period. The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events. In instances when the release date differs from the date of the document itself, that fact is shown in the textnote. Files are available in ASCII text and PDF formats.
Just released on 29 April 2009
Book II - July 1 to September 30, 2004
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pubpapers/gwbush.html
Each Public Papers volume contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during the specified time period. The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events. In instances when the release date differs from the date of the document itself, that fact is shown in the textnote. Files are available in ASCII text and PDF formats.
Just released on 29 April 2009
Book II - July 1 to September 30, 2004
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[IWS] EIRO: HOSPITALS: REPRESENTATIVENESS OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL PARTNER ORGANISATIONS [28 April 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
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________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Hospitals [28 April 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0802017s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0802017s/tn0802017s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0802017s/tn0802017s.pdf
[full-text, 53 pages]
This report examines the role of social partner associations and collective bargaining in the economic subsector of hospital activities. The study first outlines the economic background of the sector. It then describes the relevant social partner associations in all EU Member States, focusing in particular on membership levels, their role in collective bargaining and public policy, and their national and European affiliations. The final section analyses the relevant European associations, in terms of membership composition and capacity to negotiate. The aim of the EIRO representativeness studies is to identify the relevant national and supranational social partner organisations in the field of industrial relations in selected sectors. The impetus of these studies arises from the European Commission objective to recognise the representative social partner associations to be consulted under the EC Treaty provisions. Hence, this study is designed to provide the basic information required to establish sectoral social dialogue.
The study was compiled on the basis of individual national reports submitted by the EIRO correspondents. The text of each of these national reports is available below. The national reports were drawn up in response to a < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0802017s/finalquestionnairehospitals_070613.doc > questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.
CONTENTS
Objectives of study
Economic background
National level of interest representation
European level of interest representation
Commentary
Annex 1: social partner organisations and collective bargaining
Annex 2 : List of abbreviations
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Hospitals [28 April 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0802017s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0802017s/tn0802017s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0802017s/tn0802017s.pdf
[full-text, 53 pages]
This report examines the role of social partner associations and collective bargaining in the economic subsector of hospital activities. The study first outlines the economic background of the sector. It then describes the relevant social partner associations in all EU Member States, focusing in particular on membership levels, their role in collective bargaining and public policy, and their national and European affiliations. The final section analyses the relevant European associations, in terms of membership composition and capacity to negotiate. The aim of the EIRO representativeness studies is to identify the relevant national and supranational social partner organisations in the field of industrial relations in selected sectors. The impetus of these studies arises from the European Commission objective to recognise the representative social partner associations to be consulted under the EC Treaty provisions. Hence, this study is designed to provide the basic information required to establish sectoral social dialogue.
The study was compiled on the basis of individual national reports submitted by the EIRO correspondents. The text of each of these national reports is available below. The national reports were drawn up in response to a < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0802017s/finalquestionnairehospitals_070613.doc > questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.
CONTENTS
Objectives of study
Economic background
National level of interest representation
European level of interest representation
Commentary
Annex 1: social partner organisations and collective bargaining
Annex 2 : List of abbreviations
______________________________
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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:35 AM
[IWS] OECD: FRANCE: ECONOMIC SURVEY 2009 [28 April 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
OECD
Economic Survey of France 2009 [28 April 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/document/8/0,3343,en_2649_33733_42610376_1_1_1_1,00.html
and
POLICY BRIEF
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/20/32/42655601.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
[excerpt]
The French economy has not escaped the severe recession gripping all developed countries. After ending the year 2008 with a sharp decline, output is likely to contract further during the rest of this year, and prospects for 2010 remain highly uncertain, despite the many stimulus plans at home and abroad. The recession should be less deep than elsewhere, due inter alia to powerful automatic stabilisers. However, while the finances of big banks and households do not appear to be in as bad shape as they are in several other countries, the capacity of the French private sector to revive activity in advance of a global recovery is limited. Moreover, given the already high deficit and debt levels, the crisis will leave public finances in a serious condition.
______________________________
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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
Economic Survey of France 2009 [28 April 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/document/8/0,3343,en_2649_33733_42610376_1_1_1_1,00.html
and
POLICY BRIEF
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/20/32/42655601.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
[excerpt]
The French economy has not escaped the severe recession gripping all developed countries. After ending the year 2008 with a sharp decline, output is likely to contract further during the rest of this year, and prospects for 2010 remain highly uncertain, despite the many stimulus plans at home and abroad. The recession should be less deep than elsewhere, due inter alia to powerful automatic stabilisers. However, while the finances of big banks and households do not appear to be in as bad shape as they are in several other countries, the capacity of the French private sector to revive activity in advance of a global recovery is limited. Moreover, given the already high deficit and debt levels, the crisis will leave public finances in a serious condition.
______________________________
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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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:16 AM
[IWS] ETA: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT [30 April 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT [30 April 2009]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending April 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 631,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 645,000. The 4-week moving average was 637,250, a decrease of 10,750 from the previous week's revised average of 648,000.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT [30 April 2009]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending April 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 631,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 645,000. The 4-week moving average was 637,250, a decrease of 10,750 from the previous week's revised average of 648,000.
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
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Fax: (607) 255-9641
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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:09 AM
[IWS] OECD: SICKNESS, DISABILITY & WORK: KEEPING ON TRACK IN THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [April 2009]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
The following is a background paper prepared for the
A High-Level Forum on Sickness, Disability and Work: Addressing Policy Challenges in OECD Countries will be held in Stockholm on 14-15 May 2009.
http://www.oecd.org/site/0,3407,en_21571361_42464611_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
Sickness, Disability and Work: KEEPING ON TRACK IN THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [April 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/15/42630589.pdf
[full-text, 46 pages]
[excerpt]
The purpose of this background paper is to inform debate at the High-Level Forum in Stockholm on the 14-15 May 2009. The paper consists of two sections. The first provides snapshots of key outcomes that illustrate the pressing problems in this area faced by individuals concerned and society. It compares indicators for as many OECD countries as possible, drawing on administrative and survey data. The second section summarises the policy challenges arising from these trends and important lessons learned from the individual reviews of reforms and policies in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The issues are discussed in light of the recent downturn in the global economy.
This paper provides a synopsis of issues that will be more comprehensively discussed in a Synthesis Report due in early 2010 which will include additional material from Member countries that have not participated in the thematic review.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 5
MAIN FINDINGS......................................................................................................................................... 7
KEY TRENDS AND OUTCOMES ............................................................................................................. 11
KEY POLICY ISSUES ............................................................................................................................... 17
1. Overcoming a disability benefit culture................................................................................................. 17
2. Strengthening incentives for employers and medical professionals ...................................................... 22
3. The necessity for institutional reform .................................................................................................... 26
ANNEX 1 LABOUR MARKET POLICY IN LIGHT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ......... 31
ANNEX 2 SUPPORTING FIGURES AND TABLES ................................................................................. 33
List of Figures
Figure 1. Employment rates of people with disability are low and have been falling in many countries ........................ 12
Figure 2. Disability benefit recipiency rates are high and still increasing in many countries ....... 14
Figure A2.1. After a period of decreasing unemployment, a bleak economic outlook is forecast ...... 33
Figure A2.2. People with disability are far less likely to be employed all over the OECD ................ 34
Figure A2.3. When employed, people with disability work part-time more often than others ........... 35
Figure A2.4. People with disability are twice as likely to be unemployed, even in good times ......... 35
Figure A2.5. Incomes of people with disability are relatively low, unless they are highly-educated and have a job ............ 36
Figure A2.6. People with disability are at greater risk of living in or near poverty ............................ 37
Figure A2.7. Disability benefit rolls have evolved differently across the OECD, reflecting policy choices ............. 39
Figure A2.8. Opposite trends for unemployment and disability beneficiaries highlight substitution effects .............. 40
Figure A2.9. Older workers dominate the disability benefit rolls, as well as trends over time ........... 41
Figure A2.10. Some countries have recently managed to reduce inflows into disability benefits ........ 42
Figure A2.11. People almost never leave a longer-term disability benefit for employment ................. 42
Figure A2.12. Not enough resources go to ALMPs in comparison with what is spent on compensation ................ 43
Figure A2.13. More and more inflows into disability benefit because of mental health conditions ..... 44
Figure A2.14. Employment rates of people with mental health conditions are particularly low .......... 45
Figure A2.15. Today, many more workers are reporting high work intensity ...................................... 46
List of Tables
Table A2.1. Incapacity-related spending is much higher than unemployment-related spending ....... 38
______________________________
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
The following is a background paper prepared for the
A High-Level Forum on Sickness, Disability and Work: Addressing Policy Challenges in OECD Countries will be held in Stockholm on 14-15 May 2009.
http://www.oecd.org/site/0,3407,en_21571361_42464611_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
Sickness, Disability and Work: KEEPING ON TRACK IN THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [April 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/15/42630589.pdf
[full-text, 46 pages]
[excerpt]
The purpose of this background paper is to inform debate at the High-Level Forum in Stockholm on the 14-15 May 2009. The paper consists of two sections. The first provides snapshots of key outcomes that illustrate the pressing problems in this area faced by individuals concerned and society. It compares indicators for as many OECD countries as possible, drawing on administrative and survey data. The second section summarises the policy challenges arising from these trends and important lessons learned from the individual reviews of reforms and policies in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The issues are discussed in light of the recent downturn in the global economy.
This paper provides a synopsis of issues that will be more comprehensively discussed in a Synthesis Report due in early 2010 which will include additional material from Member countries that have not participated in the thematic review.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 5
MAIN FINDINGS......................................................................................................................................... 7
KEY TRENDS AND OUTCOMES ............................................................................................................. 11
KEY POLICY ISSUES ............................................................................................................................... 17
1. Overcoming a disability benefit culture................................................................................................. 17
2. Strengthening incentives for employers and medical professionals ...................................................... 22
3. The necessity for institutional reform .................................................................................................... 26
ANNEX 1 LABOUR MARKET POLICY IN LIGHT OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ......... 31
ANNEX 2 SUPPORTING FIGURES AND TABLES ................................................................................. 33
List of Figures
Figure 1. Employment rates of people with disability are low and have been falling in many countries ........................ 12
Figure 2. Disability benefit recipiency rates are high and still increasing in many countries ....... 14
Figure A2.1. After a period of decreasing unemployment, a bleak economic outlook is forecast ...... 33
Figure A2.2. People with disability are far less likely to be employed all over the OECD ................ 34
Figure A2.3. When employed, people with disability work part-time more often than others ........... 35
Figure A2.4. People with disability are twice as likely to be unemployed, even in good times ......... 35
Figure A2.5. Incomes of people with disability are relatively low, unless they are highly-educated and have a job ............ 36
Figure A2.6. People with disability are at greater risk of living in or near poverty ............................ 37
Figure A2.7. Disability benefit rolls have evolved differently across the OECD, reflecting policy choices ............. 39
Figure A2.8. Opposite trends for unemployment and disability beneficiaries highlight substitution effects .............. 40
Figure A2.9. Older workers dominate the disability benefit rolls, as well as trends over time ........... 41
Figure A2.10. Some countries have recently managed to reduce inflows into disability benefits ........ 42
Figure A2.11. People almost never leave a longer-term disability benefit for employment ................. 42
Figure A2.12. Not enough resources go to ALMPs in comparison with what is spent on compensation ................ 43
Figure A2.13. More and more inflows into disability benefit because of mental health conditions ..... 44
Figure A2.14. Employment rates of people with mental health conditions are particularly low .......... 45
Figure A2.15. Today, many more workers are reporting high work intensity ...................................... 46
List of Tables
Table A2.1. Incapacity-related spending is much higher than unemployment-related spending ....... 38
______________________________
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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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:02 AM
[IWS] BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-MARCH 2009 [30 April 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
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________________________________________________________________________
EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-MARCH 2009 [30 April 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm
Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.3 percent from December 2008 to
March 2009, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today. This follows a 0.6 percent increase for the September to December 2008 period.
In March 2009, wages and salaries also rose 0.3 percent, while benefits rose 0.5 percent. The
Employment Cost Index (ECI), a product of the National Compensation Survey, measures changes in
compensation costs for civilian workers (nonfarm private industry and state and local government
workers).
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-MARCH 2009 [30 April 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm
Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.3 percent from December 2008 to
March 2009, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today. This follows a 0.6 percent increase for the September to December 2008 period.
In March 2009, wages and salaries also rose 0.3 percent, while benefits rose 0.5 percent. The
Employment Cost Index (ECI), a product of the National Compensation Survey, measures changes in
compensation costs for civilian workers (nonfarm private industry and state and local government
workers).
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 : 10:18 AM
[IWS] Census: QUARTERLY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS SURVEY: 4th Qtr. 2008 [30 April 2009]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Census
QUARTERLY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS SURVEY: 4th Qtr. 2008 [30 April 2009]
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/qpr.html
Press Release 30 April 2009
Quarterly Public-Employee Retirement Systems Survey: 4th Quarter 2008
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/013695.html
This survey provides quarterly summary data on assets, revenue and expenditure of the largest public-employee retirement systems in the United States, which comprise about 85 percent of national activity among such entities. It provides the most current data about investment decisions by public employee retirement systems, which are among the largest types of institutional investors in the U.S. financial markets. These reports are published three months after each calendar quarter, and show national financial transactions and trends for the past five years. Internet address: http://www.census.gov/govs/www/qpr.html
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Census
QUARTERLY PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS SURVEY: 4th Qtr. 2008 [30 April 2009]
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/qpr.html
Press Release 30 April 2009
Quarterly Public-Employee Retirement Systems Survey: 4th Quarter 2008
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/013695.html
This survey provides quarterly summary data on assets, revenue and expenditure of the largest public-employee retirement systems in the United States, which comprise about 85 percent of national activity among such entities. It provides the most current data about investment decisions by public employee retirement systems, which are among the largest types of institutional investors in the U.S. financial markets. These reports are published three months after each calendar quarter, and show national financial transactions and trends for the past five years. Internet address: http://www.census.gov/govs/www/qpr.html
______________________________
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 : 8:30 AM
[IWS] ERM Quarterly, Issue 1, Spring 2009 [JOB LOSSES outnumber JOB CREATION by almost 3 to 1] [30 April 2009]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
(European Restructuring Monitor) ERM Quarterly
Issue 1, Spring 2009 [30 April 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/index.php?template=quarterly
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/templates/displaydoc.php?docID=51
[full-text, 30 pages]
The first issue for 2009 includes:
- current macroeconomic trends and prospects;
- an overview of ERM statistics for January-March 2009;
- restructuring in the retail sector;
- collective redundancy notifications as a potential data source on restructuring in Europe;
- restructuring in Cyprus and Malta.
Press Release
Eurofound publishes its European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) for the 1st quarter 2009:
Job lossess outnumber job creations by almost three to one
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/press/releases/2009/090430.htm
(Dublin, Ireland): The European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) recorded a total of 721 cases of restructuring in the European Union between 1 January 2009 and 31 March 2009, involving some 220,000 announced job losses and 90,000 announced job gains. The sectors most affected by job loss were financial intermediation, auto manufacture and the retail trade. However, in terms of job creation, retail, and hotels and restaurants figured very strongly, in particular discount stores and fast food outlets, which seem to be benefitting from the downturn.
Evidence that the global recession is worsening and deepening is showing up in the European Restructuring Monitor. Growth forecasts continue to be revised downwards while predictions regarding the inflection point marking a potential recovery of the global economy are increasingly being moved back to 2010, in some cases later. For the first quarter of 2009, the ERM quarterly has recorded the highest number of announced job losses since it started monitoring restructuring in the EU in 2002. Cases of announced job loss outnumbered those of job creation by almost three to one.
During the first quarter of 2009, 219,390 announced job losses were announced across the EU. The UK recorded the highest number of announced job losses (63,314), followed by Poland (38,975), Germany (17,461) and France (11,779). For the third quarter in a row, auto manufacture is the sector with the greatest reported ERM job loss (23,584 jobs). Other sectors with large restructuring-related job loss were retail (21,740) and financial intermediation (16,778) and machinery manufacture (16,432).
Unemployment has also spiked up very sharply in other Member States, notably in the three Baltic Member States (up between 6-9 % over the last twelve months) and Ireland (5%). While the changes are less dramatic in remaining Member States, data for the most recent three months confirm that unemployment is increasing in all Member States with the exception of Germany, France, Austria and the Netherlands where there has been widespread recourse to short-time working, partial unemployment and other forms of working time flexibility.
One small ray of light in recent ERM data is that levels of announced job creation have grown in each of the last two quarters and are now nearly double the level they were at their recent low point in the third quarter 2008. Of the 89,625 announced job gains in the previous quarter, a significant proportion were in bargain retailers and chain restaurants whose fortunes appear to prosper as those of the economy around them deteriorates.
In its latest edition, the quarterly also looks at collective redundancy notices as an alternative data source and analyses their advantages and disadvantages.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
(European Restructuring Monitor) ERM Quarterly
Issue 1, Spring 2009 [30 April 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/index.php?template=quarterly
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/templates/displaydoc.php?docID=51
[full-text, 30 pages]
The first issue for 2009 includes:
- current macroeconomic trends and prospects;
- an overview of ERM statistics for January-March 2009;
- restructuring in the retail sector;
- collective redundancy notifications as a potential data source on restructuring in Europe;
- restructuring in Cyprus and Malta.
Press Release
Eurofound publishes its European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) for the 1st quarter 2009:
Job lossess outnumber job creations by almost three to one
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/press/releases/2009/090430.htm
(Dublin, Ireland): The European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) recorded a total of 721 cases of restructuring in the European Union between 1 January 2009 and 31 March 2009, involving some 220,000 announced job losses and 90,000 announced job gains. The sectors most affected by job loss were financial intermediation, auto manufacture and the retail trade. However, in terms of job creation, retail, and hotels and restaurants figured very strongly, in particular discount stores and fast food outlets, which seem to be benefitting from the downturn.
Evidence that the global recession is worsening and deepening is showing up in the European Restructuring Monitor. Growth forecasts continue to be revised downwards while predictions regarding the inflection point marking a potential recovery of the global economy are increasingly being moved back to 2010, in some cases later. For the first quarter of 2009, the ERM quarterly has recorded the highest number of announced job losses since it started monitoring restructuring in the EU in 2002. Cases of announced job loss outnumbered those of job creation by almost three to one.
During the first quarter of 2009, 219,390 announced job losses were announced across the EU. The UK recorded the highest number of announced job losses (63,314), followed by Poland (38,975), Germany (17,461) and France (11,779). For the third quarter in a row, auto manufacture is the sector with the greatest reported ERM job loss (23,584 jobs). Other sectors with large restructuring-related job loss were retail (21,740) and financial intermediation (16,778) and machinery manufacture (16,432).
Unemployment has also spiked up very sharply in other Member States, notably in the three Baltic Member States (up between 6-9 % over the last twelve months) and Ireland (5%). While the changes are less dramatic in remaining Member States, data for the most recent three months confirm that unemployment is increasing in all Member States with the exception of Germany, France, Austria and the Netherlands where there has been widespread recourse to short-time working, partial unemployment and other forms of working time flexibility.
One small ray of light in recent ERM data is that levels of announced job creation have grown in each of the last two quarters and are now nearly double the level they were at their recent low point in the third quarter 2008. Of the 89,625 announced job gains in the previous quarter, a significant proportion were in bargain retailers and chain restaurants whose fortunes appear to prosper as those of the economy around them deteriorates.
In its latest edition, the quarterly also looks at collective redundancy notices as an alternative data source and analyses their advantages and disadvantages.
______________________________
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 : 8:25 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tweet[IWS] UNISON (UK): CONTRACT CLEANING & INFECTION CONTROL: MAKING THE CONNECTIONS [17 April 2009]
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
________________________________________________________________________
A report for UNISON (the Public Service Union)
Making the Connections, Contract Cleaning and Infection Control [17 April 2009]
Steve Davies
Senior Research Fellow Cardiff School of Social Sciences
http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/14564.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]
[excerpt]
This report reviews some of the evidence for two sets of connections: that between environmental cleaning and HCAI incidence, and that between competitive tendering and contracting out and high quality cleaning. Drawing on government, parliamentary, academic and business literature and data as well as Freedom of Information requests, it updates a previous UNISON report on contract cleaning and infection control (Davies, 2005).
Contents
Executive summary_ ________________________ 4
Introduction_ _______________________________ 5
The background_ ___________________________ 7
How clean is clean?________________________ 10
Contracting out an infection in the NHS_____ 16
Why are we still contracting out cleaning services in hospitals?______ 20
What about the workers? (and why it matters)_ 23
Low status______________________________ 23
Low numbers___________________________ 23
Low pay and poor conditions_ ____________ 25
High turnover___________________________ 26
Undervalued skill set_____________________ 28
An integrated team_ _____________________ 28
Career paths____________________________ 31
Conclusion and discussion__________________ 33
Annex: Outsourcing of estates and facilities related contracts for Domestic Services._ 35
References________________________________ 40
Presss Release 17/04/2009
UNISON CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO RAISE THE BAR ON HOSPITAL CLEANING
http://www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp?id=1402
UNISON, the UK's largest health union, is today calling on the Government to raise the bar on hospital cleaning by boosting the number of NHS cleaners. The call comes ahead of the union's annual health conference in Harrogate* next week (20 22 April), where Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, is due to speak.
A new report from the union** Making the Connections, Contract Cleaning and Infection Control -makes the link between outbreaks of Healthcare Acquired Infections (HCAIs) such as MRSA and C Difficile and environmental contamination. The report points to evidence both in the UK and abroad that improved hospital cleaning plays a key part in controlling outbreaks of HCAIs.
AND 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.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
A report for UNISON (the Public Service Union)
Making the Connections, Contract Cleaning and Infection Control [17 April 2009]
Steve Davies
Senior Research Fellow Cardiff School of Social Sciences
http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/14564.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]
[excerpt]
This report reviews some of the evidence for two sets of connections: that between environmental cleaning and HCAI incidence, and that between competitive tendering and contracting out and high quality cleaning. Drawing on government, parliamentary, academic and business literature and data as well as Freedom of Information requests, it updates a previous UNISON report on contract cleaning and infection control (Davies, 2005).
Contents
Executive summary_ ________________________ 4
Introduction_ _______________________________ 5
The background_ ___________________________ 7
How clean is clean?________________________ 10
Contracting out an infection in the NHS_____ 16
Why are we still contracting out cleaning services in hospitals?______ 20
What about the workers? (and why it matters)_ 23
Low status______________________________ 23
Low numbers___________________________ 23
Low pay and poor conditions_ ____________ 25
High turnover___________________________ 26
Undervalued skill set_____________________ 28
An integrated team_ _____________________ 28
Career paths____________________________ 31
Conclusion and discussion__________________ 33
Annex: Outsourcing of estates and facilities related contracts for Domestic Services._ 35
References________________________________ 40
Presss Release 17/04/2009
UNISON CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO RAISE THE BAR ON HOSPITAL CLEANING
http://www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp?id=1402
UNISON, the UK's largest health union, is today calling on the Government to raise the bar on hospital cleaning by boosting the number of NHS cleaners. The call comes ahead of the union's annual health conference in Harrogate* next week (20 22 April), where Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, is due to speak.
A new report from the union** Making the Connections, Contract Cleaning and Infection Control -makes the link between outbreaks of Healthcare Acquired Infections (HCAIs) such as MRSA and C Difficile and environmental contamination. The report points to evidence both in the UK and abroad that improved hospital cleaning plays a key part in controlling outbreaks of HCAIs.
AND 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.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:49 AM
