Thursday, September 30, 2004
[IWS] BLS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS, 2003 [30 September 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS, 2003 [30 September 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod4.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod4.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
The increase in U.S. manufacturing productivity in 2003 was the
second highest (+6.8 percent) among the 14 economies compared,
according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Korea registered the largest gain (+9.0 percent).
Manufacturing productivity also increased in all the compared
economies, except for Italy. (See chart 1.) In this news release,
data for Australia are included for the first time.
As in 2002, U.S. productivity growth in manufacturing in 2003 was
substantially above its average annual growth rate since 1979. Seven
of the other 12 economies for which comparisons are available also
had productivity growth in 2003 that exceeded their annual average
over the 1979-2003 period. (Average annual growth rates for selected
measures over various time periods are found in tables A and B.)
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES, CHARTS....
_____________________________
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS, 2003 [30 September 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod4.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod4.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
The increase in U.S. manufacturing productivity in 2003 was the
second highest (+6.8 percent) among the 14 economies compared,
according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Korea registered the largest gain (+9.0 percent).
Manufacturing productivity also increased in all the compared
economies, except for Italy. (See chart 1.) In this news release,
data for Australia are included for the first time.
As in 2002, U.S. productivity growth in manufacturing in 2003 was
substantially above its average annual growth rate since 1979. Seven
of the other 12 economies for which comparisons are available also
had productivity growth in 2003 that exceeded their annual average
over the 1979-2003 period. (Average annual growth rates for selected
measures over various time periods are found in tables A and B.)
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES, CHARTS....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 9:04 AM
[IWS] ECA: AFRICA Economic Report 2004 [29 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Economic Report on Africa, 2004 [29 September 2004]
http://www.uneca.org/era2004/
(access by chapter)
or
http://www.uneca.org/era2004/full.pdf
[full-text, 232 pages]
(This is very slow to load - not recommended).
Press release at-
http://www.uneca.org/eca_resources/Press_Releases/2004_pressreleases/pressrelease2004.htm
Front Matter
Overview
chap1. Recent Economic Trends in Africa and Prospects for 2004
chap2. Trade Liberalization Panacea or Mirage?
chap3. Measuring Africa's Trade Competitiveness
chap4. Poor Energy Infrastructure Hobbles Export Diversification
chap5. Trade Facilitation to Integrate Africa into the World Economy
chap6. Fiscal Implications of Trade Liberalization
[excerpt]
The Economic Report on Africa 2004 is the fifth in an annual series that reviews the continentÂs
economic performance and near-term prospects. Targeted to African and global
policymakers, the reports are meant to stimulate a process of discussion and change.
This yearÂs report builds on the work of the previous reports by systematic benchmarking
of economic performance. It finds that in 2003 Africa recovered from the economic
downturn of the previous year with real GDP growth of 3.8%, compared to 3.2% in
2002. This encouraging increase reflects AfricaÂs progress in a number of critical areas:
the continent has continued to exhibit good macroeconomic fundamentals; fiscal deficits
have been kept under control; inflation has largely stabilized; and the regionÂs current account
de.cit fell. However, faster overall growth is needed if Africa is to make progress
toward achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015. Indeed,
it is sobering that in 2003 only five countriesÂAngola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Equatorial
Guinea and MozambiqueÂachieved the necessary 7% growth to make this possible.
Trade is one of the main drivers of growth and development; yet AfricaÂs trade performance
is weak. The regionÂs share in world merchandise exports fell from 6.3% in 1980 to
2.5% in 2000 in value terms. It recorded a meager 1.1% average annual growth over the
1980-2000 period, compared to 5.9% in Latin America and 7.1% in Asia. Further, while
about 70% of developing countries exports are manufactures, Africa has hardly benefited
from the boom in these exports. Overall on the continent, and particularly in sub-Saharan
Africa, progress on export diversification has been slow.
This yearÂs report looks at what needs to be done to help the continent more expeditiously
harness the benefits of globalization. The report identifies challenges that are both external
and internal.
_____________________________
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Economic Report on Africa, 2004 [29 September 2004]
http://www.uneca.org/era2004/
(access by chapter)
or
http://www.uneca.org/era2004/full.pdf
[full-text, 232 pages]
(This is very slow to load - not recommended).
Press release at-
http://www.uneca.org/eca_resources/Press_Releases/2004_pressreleases/pressrelease2004.htm
Front Matter
Overview
chap1. Recent Economic Trends in Africa and Prospects for 2004
chap2. Trade Liberalization Panacea or Mirage?
chap3. Measuring Africa's Trade Competitiveness
chap4. Poor Energy Infrastructure Hobbles Export Diversification
chap5. Trade Facilitation to Integrate Africa into the World Economy
chap6. Fiscal Implications of Trade Liberalization
[excerpt]
The Economic Report on Africa 2004 is the fifth in an annual series that reviews the continentÂs
economic performance and near-term prospects. Targeted to African and global
policymakers, the reports are meant to stimulate a process of discussion and change.
This yearÂs report builds on the work of the previous reports by systematic benchmarking
of economic performance. It finds that in 2003 Africa recovered from the economic
downturn of the previous year with real GDP growth of 3.8%, compared to 3.2% in
2002. This encouraging increase reflects AfricaÂs progress in a number of critical areas:
the continent has continued to exhibit good macroeconomic fundamentals; fiscal deficits
have been kept under control; inflation has largely stabilized; and the regionÂs current account
de.cit fell. However, faster overall growth is needed if Africa is to make progress
toward achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015. Indeed,
it is sobering that in 2003 only five countriesÂAngola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Equatorial
Guinea and MozambiqueÂachieved the necessary 7% growth to make this possible.
Trade is one of the main drivers of growth and development; yet AfricaÂs trade performance
is weak. The regionÂs share in world merchandise exports fell from 6.3% in 1980 to
2.5% in 2000 in value terms. It recorded a meager 1.1% average annual growth over the
1980-2000 period, compared to 5.9% in Latin America and 7.1% in Asia. Further, while
about 70% of developing countries exports are manufactures, Africa has hardly benefited
from the boom in these exports. Overall on the continent, and particularly in sub-Saharan
Africa, progress on export diversification has been slow.
This yearÂs report looks at what needs to be done to help the continent more expeditiously
harness the benefits of globalization. The report identifies challenges that are both external
and internal.
_____________________________
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, September 29, 2004
[IWS] EU: EDUCATION in OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH Mainstreaming [27 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Author: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Issue 313 - Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into education
18/06/2004
http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/313/en/index.htm
Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into education - Good practice in school and vocational education
http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/313/en/Mainstreaming_OSH.pdf
[full-text, 154 pages]
Press Release-
Start early and stay safe [27 September 2004]
http://agency.osha.eu.int/news/press_releases/en/28_09_2004/index.htm
Integrating safety and health into education is the key to reducing work-related accidents and illnesses, according to a new European Agency report
Integrating occupational safety and health into school and university education is the key to reducing the high incidence of work-related accidents and illnesses in many EU industries, especially among young staff, claims a new report published by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
According to the report, Mainstreaming Occupational Safety and Health into Education, young employees, aged 18-24, are 50%, more likely to have an accident than the average staff member in industrialised countries. One of the main problems, argue the authors, is that most adolescents enter the labour market with only little knowledge of the risks, let alone education in preventive measures.
To help policy makers and practitioners resolve this shortfall, the 152-page report describes and analyses 32 examples of how different EU countries have successfully integrated OSH into different levels of the education system, from primary schools up to universities and specialist vocational colleges. It also provides a strategic framework, including a road map, to achieve this.
AND MUCH MORE....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Author: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Issue 313 - Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into education
18/06/2004
http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/313/en/index.htm
Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into education - Good practice in school and vocational education
http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/313/en/Mainstreaming_OSH.pdf
[full-text, 154 pages]
Press Release-
Start early and stay safe [27 September 2004]
http://agency.osha.eu.int/news/press_releases/en/28_09_2004/index.htm
Integrating safety and health into education is the key to reducing work-related accidents and illnesses, according to a new European Agency report
Integrating occupational safety and health into school and university education is the key to reducing the high incidence of work-related accidents and illnesses in many EU industries, especially among young staff, claims a new report published by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.
According to the report, Mainstreaming Occupational Safety and Health into Education, young employees, aged 18-24, are 50%, more likely to have an accident than the average staff member in industrialised countries. One of the main problems, argue the authors, is that most adolescents enter the labour market with only little knowledge of the risks, let alone education in preventive measures.
To help policy makers and practitioners resolve this shortfall, the 152-page report describes and analyses 32 examples of how different EU countries have successfully integrated OSH into different levels of the education system, from primary schools up to universities and specialist vocational colleges. It also provides a strategic framework, including a road map, to achieve this.
AND MUCH MORE....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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 : 6:15 AM
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
[IWS] ILO: Child Labour: A textbook for university students [2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From the International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
Child Labour: A textbook for university students [2004]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/pol_textbook_2004.pdf
[full-text, 311 pages]
[excerpt]
The textbook is divided into three parts. Part I (Chapters 1 and
2) portrays different forms of child labour, including the worst
forms. Part II (Chapters 3 to 5) looks at the possible causes of
child labour and analyses the factors that correlate with the phenomenon.
Part III (Chapters 6 to 9) presents the different actors
in the global fight against child labour and discusses the actions
these groups and individuals, including yourself, can undertake.
Each chapter begins with an introduction to the chapter topic,
and goes on to present the issue, leading to a conclusion. Boxes
are interspersed within the text, in order to illustrate the material
covered. Questions for discussion and suggestions for further
reading are intended to facilitate study in a classroom setting. At
the end of each chapter, coloured pages mark optional reading
that can be useful for focusing in depth on a certain part of the
material presented in the chapter.
At the end of the textbook, a bibliography lists all the sources
used for and cited in this textbook. If you want to learn more
about child labour after reading this book, you should refer to
the list of resources and contact information. Some of the concepts
introduced in this textbook may need some clarification, as
they form the basis for the understanding of any of the chapters.
For this purpose, a glossary has been included. Moreover, an
index helps the reader to find recurrent subjects and phrases
throughout the textbook.
_____________________________
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
Child Labour: A textbook for university students [2004]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/pol_textbook_2004.pdf
[full-text, 311 pages]
[excerpt]
The textbook is divided into three parts. Part I (Chapters 1 and
2) portrays different forms of child labour, including the worst
forms. Part II (Chapters 3 to 5) looks at the possible causes of
child labour and analyses the factors that correlate with the phenomenon.
Part III (Chapters 6 to 9) presents the different actors
in the global fight against child labour and discusses the actions
these groups and individuals, including yourself, can undertake.
Each chapter begins with an introduction to the chapter topic,
and goes on to present the issue, leading to a conclusion. Boxes
are interspersed within the text, in order to illustrate the material
covered. Questions for discussion and suggestions for further
reading are intended to facilitate study in a classroom setting. At
the end of each chapter, coloured pages mark optional reading
that can be useful for focusing in depth on a certain part of the
material presented in the chapter.
At the end of the textbook, a bibliography lists all the sources
used for and cited in this textbook. If you want to learn more
about child labour after reading this book, you should refer to
the list of resources and contact information. Some of the concepts
introduced in this textbook may need some clarification, as
they form the basis for the understanding of any of the chapters.
For this purpose, a glossary has been included. Moreover, an
index helps the reader to find recurrent subjects and phrases
throughout the textbook.
_____________________________
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 : 2:36 PM
[IWS] ILO: GIRL CHILD LABOUR STUDIES in four volumes [2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
GIRL CHILD LABOUR STUDIES in four volumes [2004]
* Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitation: Rapid assessments on the cases of the Philippines, Ghana and Ecuador - Volume 1
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol1_2004.pdf
[full-text, 381 pages]
* Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitaiton: a comparative analysis, cases of Ghana, Ecuador, Philippines - Volume 2
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol2_2004.pdf
[full-text, 193 pages]
* Global child labour data review: a gender perspective - Volume 3
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol3_2004.pdf
[full-text, 221 pages]
* A selected annotated bibliography on girl child labour: a gender perspective - Volume 4
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol4_2004.pdf
[full-text, 200 pages]
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
GIRL CHILD LABOUR STUDIES in four volumes [2004]
* Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitation: Rapid assessments on the cases of the Philippines, Ghana and Ecuador - Volume 1
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol1_2004.pdf
[full-text, 381 pages]
* Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitaiton: a comparative analysis, cases of Ghana, Ecuador, Philippines - Volume 2
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol2_2004.pdf
[full-text, 193 pages]
* Global child labour data review: a gender perspective - Volume 3
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol3_2004.pdf
[full-text, 221 pages]
* A selected annotated bibliography on girl child labour: a gender perspective - Volume 4
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol4_2004.pdf
[full-text, 200 pages]
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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 : 2:05 PM
[IWS] CANADA: Weekly Work Report, 27 September 2004
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
________________________________________________________________________
(The following is courtesy of the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto).
Weekly Work Report for the Week of September 27, 2004
These highlights of the week's HR/IR news are prepared by the Librarians at the Centre for Industrial Relations for our subscribers, alumni, faculty and students, and are intended for their individual use only. Please visit the <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/library/wwreport/weeklyworkreport.html>CIR website for terms of use and information about organizational subscriptions. This message is composed in MS Outlook Express and contains hyperlinks that require an HTML-enabled email program.
The WWR is protected by Canadian copyright law and should not be reproduced or forwarded without permission. For inquiries or comments, please contact the Editor, <mailto:elizabeth.perry@utoronto.ca>.
----------
CANADA ATTRACTS OFFSHORE CALL CENTRES: According to a recent report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) titled World Investment Report: The Shift Towards Services, Canada is one of several developed countries that is benefiting from the trend in offshoring. It is not necessarily the developing nations that attract offshore services: for example, Canada was second only to India in attracting call centers in 2002 and 2003. Four countries  Canada, India, Ireland and Israel  attracted 70% of the offshore market in services in 2001.
LINKS:
World Investment Report: The Shift Towards Services (468-pages, PDF) at the UNCTAD website at <http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/wir2004_en.pdf>
The Offshoring of Corporate Service Functions: The Next Global Shift? (35 pages, PDF) the offshoring chapter from the full report, is available as a separate file at <http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/wir2004ch4_en.pdf>
ÂOffshoring benefits Canada in the Globe and Mail (Sept. 23) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040923.gtoffshore23/BNStory/einsider/?query=offshoring+of+jobs>
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CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS DEBATES INDUSTRIAL POLICY: In preparation for the economic policy debate at its next convention, the Canadian Labour Congress ( CLC) convened an Industrial Policy Conference in Ottawa on September 22-23. The CLC remains opposed to the FTAA and NAFTA, but discussed means of improving it and recognizing the reality of the global economy.
Coverage in the National Post and other Canwest media outlets stated that CLC president Ken Georgetti admitted that free trade boosted manufacturing, that jobs that had been lost had been slowly recovered, and that he saw little point in continuing to oppose free trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement. The CLC has labeled the Canwest coverage as a deliberate and malicious falsification, and has announced that it will initiate legal action against National Post and other newspapers in the CanWest chain.
LINKS:
CLC Press release re Industrial Policy Conference, Sept. 22 & 23 at <http://www.clc-ctc.ca/web/menu/english/en_index.htm>
Speech by Ken Georgetti opening the CLC Industrial Policy convention at <http://action.web.ca/home/clccomm/en_readingroom_speeches.shtml>
ÂGeorgettiÂs about face on free trade something we can all celebrateÂ, Editorial in the Vancouver Sun (September 23) at <http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=d1f6786a-2505-44be-9c93-7757312ffccb>
ÂImprove free trade unions tell government in the Globe and Mail (Sept. 23) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040923/LABOUR23/TPNational/Canada>
Archive of CLC position papers on globalization, international trade and the economy at <http://action.web.ca/home/clcpolcy/en_issues.shtml?cat_name=Globalization,+Trade,+International+Economy+and+Policy>
Email from Georgetti re National Post story at <http://www.nupge.ca/news_2004/n23se04b.htm>
----------
FACT AND PERCEPTION OF NORTH AMERICAN INTEGRATION: On September 28, the Institute for Research in Public Policy released a series of working papers titled Mapping The New North American Reality. 17 working papers were prepared in late 2003 to examine the issues and obstacles in integrating the economies and societies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Of particular interest is a paper by Chantal Carpentier on trade and the environment.
LINKS:
Institute for Research in Public Policy announcement and links to working papers at <http://www.irpp.org/indexe.htm>
Trade and the environment (8 pages, PDF) at <http://www.irpp.org/miscpubs/archive/NA_integ/wp2004-09f.pdf>
----------
TIPS ON INTERNAL MARKETING OF HR DEPARTMENTS: The Human Resource Professional Association of Ontario (HRPAO) has posted the September 2004 issue of the HR Professional magazine. Selected contents are available on the HRPAO website, including the cover story, ÂThe Magic Key. It reports on a roundtable discussion about internal marketing of HR departments, with comments by Karen Atchinson (Director of HR at Ernst & Young LLP), Veronica Ding (Director of HR, Edward Jones) and Alan Middleton (Executive director, Schulich Executive Centre).
LINKS:
ÂThe Magic Key in HR Professional September 2004 issue at <http://www.hrpao.org/HRPAO/KnowledgeCentre/HRProfessional/>
----------
CANADIAN AWARDS FOR TRAINING EXCELLENCE: CSTD, CanadaÂs national professional association for training and workplace learning, announced the 2004 winners of the Canadian Awards for Training Excellence on September 15. Awards will be presented during the CSTD Knowledge Exchange Conference in Toronto from November 1- 4. Awards are made for the best workplace training programs in a variety of industry sectors, including financial services, retail, manufacturing, public sector, healthcare, and not-for-profit, and cover internal and external training programs and e-learning initiatives.
LINKS:
Canadian Society for Training and Development website at <http://www.cstd.ca/awards/index.html>
----------
AN UPDATE ON THE ABORIGINAL WORKFORCE: The Canadian Labour and Business Centre recently released a study titled The Aboriginal Work Force: What Lies Ahead. The study looks at such issues as educational attainment, employment rates and employment by industrial sector. Between 1996 and 2001, the number of aboriginal people with post-secondary training rose from 33% to 38%.
LINKS:
The Aboriginal Work Force: What Lies Ahead (8 pages, PDF) <http://www.clbc.ca/Research_and_Reports/Archive/report09210401.asp>
----------
VULNERABLE WORK AND WORKERS IN THE NEW ECONOMY: In a report released on September 27, University of Toronto law professor Kerry Rittich examines the increasing vulnerability and insecurity for some workers in the new economy. Her report discusses how trends in governance and regulation affect the vulnerability of workers, and the key issues and debates about vulnerable work. Also included: the issue of workplace equality and the feminization of the workplace. The report was originally presented at a June 2003 roundtable conducted by the Law Commission of Canada (LCC) in partnership with the Canadian Policy Research Networks, as part of the LCC Vulnerable Worker research project. Other earlier reports from this project are also online, including The Legal Concept of Employment: Marginalizing Workers by Judy Fudge, Eric Tucker and Leah F. Vosko, and Erotic Service / Erotic Dance Establishments: Two Types of Marginalized Labour by Chris Bruckert, Colette Parent and Pascale Robitaille
LINKS:
Law Commission of Canada Vulnerable Worker project at <http://www.lcc.gc.ca/en/themes/er/tvw/worker_main.asp>
Vulnerability at Work: Legal and Policy Issues in the New Economy by Kerry Rittich in HTML and PDF format at <http://www.lcc.gc.ca/en/themes/er/tvw/rittich/rittich_toc.asp>
----------
WHO IS IN THE SANDWICH GENERATION ?: An article in the latest issue of online Perspectives on Labour and Income by Statistics Canada reports on the Âsandwich generationÂ: people caught between the demands of raising children and of caring for aging parents or other relatives. The article is based on the 2002 General Social Survey and reports that 712,000 individuals between 45 to 64 years old were living with unmarried children under 25 and also caring for a senior Âusually, but not always, a parent . More than 80% of these Âsandwiched individuals work and are often obliged to alter their hours of work or to lose income. 15% of sandwiched workers had to reduce their hours, 20% had to change their schedules and 10% lost income.
LINK:
ÂThe Sandwich Generation summary in The Daily (September 28) at <http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040928/d040928b.htm>. This includes a link to purchase the full article ($6.00) from Statistics Canada .
ÂÂSandwich generation stresses likely to grow in the Globe and Mail (Sept. 28) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040928.wwich0928/BNStory/National/>
----------
EUROPEAN APPROACHES TO FAMILY LEAVES: The various forms of family-related leave are described in a recent report on the European Industrial Relations Observatory Online. The report looks at legislated and collectively bargained approaches to types of family leave  maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave and urgent leave  in the 19 EU countries and Norway. An overview article and articles on each country are available.
LINKS:
Family related leave and industrial relations: comparative study (HTML) at the EIRO website at <http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/03/study/index_2.html>
----------
NEW WEBSITE FOR DIVERSITY RESEARCH: The Canadian Policy Research Network has added a ÂDiversity Gateway to its website. The new page contains a link to statistics on minorities and immigrants from the 2001 Census and other sources, a link to relevant research reports published by CPRN and a brief history of Canadian immigration policy.
LINK:
The Diversity Gateway at <http://www.cprn.org/en/diversity.cfm>
----------
Centre for Industrial Relations 121 St. George St. Toronto Canada M5S 2E8 <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir>
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
(The following is courtesy of the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto).
Weekly Work Report for the Week of September 27, 2004
These highlights of the week's HR/IR news are prepared by the Librarians at the Centre for Industrial Relations for our subscribers, alumni, faculty and students, and are intended for their individual use only. Please visit the <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/library/wwreport/weeklyworkreport.html>CIR website for terms of use and information about organizational subscriptions. This message is composed in MS Outlook Express and contains hyperlinks that require an HTML-enabled email program.
The WWR is protected by Canadian copyright law and should not be reproduced or forwarded without permission. For inquiries or comments, please contact the Editor, <mailto:elizabeth.perry@utoronto.ca>.
----------
CANADA ATTRACTS OFFSHORE CALL CENTRES: According to a recent report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) titled World Investment Report: The Shift Towards Services, Canada is one of several developed countries that is benefiting from the trend in offshoring. It is not necessarily the developing nations that attract offshore services: for example, Canada was second only to India in attracting call centers in 2002 and 2003. Four countries  Canada, India, Ireland and Israel  attracted 70% of the offshore market in services in 2001.
LINKS:
World Investment Report: The Shift Towards Services (468-pages, PDF) at the UNCTAD website at <http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/wir2004_en.pdf>
The Offshoring of Corporate Service Functions: The Next Global Shift? (35 pages, PDF) the offshoring chapter from the full report, is available as a separate file at <http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/wir2004ch4_en.pdf>
ÂOffshoring benefits Canada in the Globe and Mail (Sept. 23) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040923.gtoffshore23/BNStory/einsider/?query=offshoring+of+jobs>
----------
CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS DEBATES INDUSTRIAL POLICY: In preparation for the economic policy debate at its next convention, the Canadian Labour Congress ( CLC) convened an Industrial Policy Conference in Ottawa on September 22-23. The CLC remains opposed to the FTAA and NAFTA, but discussed means of improving it and recognizing the reality of the global economy.
Coverage in the National Post and other Canwest media outlets stated that CLC president Ken Georgetti admitted that free trade boosted manufacturing, that jobs that had been lost had been slowly recovered, and that he saw little point in continuing to oppose free trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement. The CLC has labeled the Canwest coverage as a deliberate and malicious falsification, and has announced that it will initiate legal action against National Post and other newspapers in the CanWest chain.
LINKS:
CLC Press release re Industrial Policy Conference, Sept. 22 & 23 at <http://www.clc-ctc.ca/web/menu/english/en_index.htm>
Speech by Ken Georgetti opening the CLC Industrial Policy convention at <http://action.web.ca/home/clccomm/en_readingroom_speeches.shtml>
ÂGeorgettiÂs about face on free trade something we can all celebrateÂ, Editorial in the Vancouver Sun (September 23) at <http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=d1f6786a-2505-44be-9c93-7757312ffccb>
ÂImprove free trade unions tell government in the Globe and Mail (Sept. 23) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040923/LABOUR23/TPNational/Canada>
Archive of CLC position papers on globalization, international trade and the economy at <http://action.web.ca/home/clcpolcy/en_issues.shtml?cat_name=Globalization,+Trade,+International+Economy+and+Policy>
Email from Georgetti re National Post story at <http://www.nupge.ca/news_2004/n23se04b.htm>
----------
FACT AND PERCEPTION OF NORTH AMERICAN INTEGRATION: On September 28, the Institute for Research in Public Policy released a series of working papers titled Mapping The New North American Reality. 17 working papers were prepared in late 2003 to examine the issues and obstacles in integrating the economies and societies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Of particular interest is a paper by Chantal Carpentier on trade and the environment.
LINKS:
Institute for Research in Public Policy announcement and links to working papers at <http://www.irpp.org/indexe.htm>
Trade and the environment (8 pages, PDF) at <http://www.irpp.org/miscpubs/archive/NA_integ/wp2004-09f.pdf>
----------
TIPS ON INTERNAL MARKETING OF HR DEPARTMENTS: The Human Resource Professional Association of Ontario (HRPAO) has posted the September 2004 issue of the HR Professional magazine. Selected contents are available on the HRPAO website, including the cover story, ÂThe Magic Key. It reports on a roundtable discussion about internal marketing of HR departments, with comments by Karen Atchinson (Director of HR at Ernst & Young LLP), Veronica Ding (Director of HR, Edward Jones) and Alan Middleton (Executive director, Schulich Executive Centre).
LINKS:
ÂThe Magic Key in HR Professional September 2004 issue at <http://www.hrpao.org/HRPAO/KnowledgeCentre/HRProfessional/>
----------
CANADIAN AWARDS FOR TRAINING EXCELLENCE: CSTD, CanadaÂs national professional association for training and workplace learning, announced the 2004 winners of the Canadian Awards for Training Excellence on September 15. Awards will be presented during the CSTD Knowledge Exchange Conference in Toronto from November 1- 4. Awards are made for the best workplace training programs in a variety of industry sectors, including financial services, retail, manufacturing, public sector, healthcare, and not-for-profit, and cover internal and external training programs and e-learning initiatives.
LINKS:
Canadian Society for Training and Development website at <http://www.cstd.ca/awards/index.html>
----------
AN UPDATE ON THE ABORIGINAL WORKFORCE: The Canadian Labour and Business Centre recently released a study titled The Aboriginal Work Force: What Lies Ahead. The study looks at such issues as educational attainment, employment rates and employment by industrial sector. Between 1996 and 2001, the number of aboriginal people with post-secondary training rose from 33% to 38%.
LINKS:
The Aboriginal Work Force: What Lies Ahead (8 pages, PDF) <http://www.clbc.ca/Research_and_Reports/Archive/report09210401.asp>
----------
VULNERABLE WORK AND WORKERS IN THE NEW ECONOMY: In a report released on September 27, University of Toronto law professor Kerry Rittich examines the increasing vulnerability and insecurity for some workers in the new economy. Her report discusses how trends in governance and regulation affect the vulnerability of workers, and the key issues and debates about vulnerable work. Also included: the issue of workplace equality and the feminization of the workplace. The report was originally presented at a June 2003 roundtable conducted by the Law Commission of Canada (LCC) in partnership with the Canadian Policy Research Networks, as part of the LCC Vulnerable Worker research project. Other earlier reports from this project are also online, including The Legal Concept of Employment: Marginalizing Workers by Judy Fudge, Eric Tucker and Leah F. Vosko, and Erotic Service / Erotic Dance Establishments: Two Types of Marginalized Labour by Chris Bruckert, Colette Parent and Pascale Robitaille
LINKS:
Law Commission of Canada Vulnerable Worker project at <http://www.lcc.gc.ca/en/themes/er/tvw/worker_main.asp>
Vulnerability at Work: Legal and Policy Issues in the New Economy by Kerry Rittich in HTML and PDF format at <http://www.lcc.gc.ca/en/themes/er/tvw/rittich/rittich_toc.asp>
----------
WHO IS IN THE SANDWICH GENERATION ?: An article in the latest issue of online Perspectives on Labour and Income by Statistics Canada reports on the Âsandwich generationÂ: people caught between the demands of raising children and of caring for aging parents or other relatives. The article is based on the 2002 General Social Survey and reports that 712,000 individuals between 45 to 64 years old were living with unmarried children under 25 and also caring for a senior Âusually, but not always, a parent . More than 80% of these Âsandwiched individuals work and are often obliged to alter their hours of work or to lose income. 15% of sandwiched workers had to reduce their hours, 20% had to change their schedules and 10% lost income.
LINK:
ÂThe Sandwich Generation summary in The Daily (September 28) at <http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040928/d040928b.htm>. This includes a link to purchase the full article ($6.00) from Statistics Canada .
ÂÂSandwich generation stresses likely to grow in the Globe and Mail (Sept. 28) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040928.wwich0928/BNStory/National/>
----------
EUROPEAN APPROACHES TO FAMILY LEAVES: The various forms of family-related leave are described in a recent report on the European Industrial Relations Observatory Online. The report looks at legislated and collectively bargained approaches to types of family leave  maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave and urgent leave  in the 19 EU countries and Norway. An overview article and articles on each country are available.
LINKS:
Family related leave and industrial relations: comparative study (HTML) at the EIRO website at <http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/03/study/index_2.html>
----------
NEW WEBSITE FOR DIVERSITY RESEARCH: The Canadian Policy Research Network has added a ÂDiversity Gateway to its website. The new page contains a link to statistics on minorities and immigrants from the 2001 Census and other sources, a link to relevant research reports published by CPRN and a brief history of Canadian immigration policy.
LINK:
The Diversity Gateway at <http://www.cprn.org/en/diversity.cfm>
----------
Centre for Industrial Relations 121 St. George St. Toronto Canada M5S 2E8 <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir>
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 1:44 PM
[IWS] ILO: Employment Strategy Papers -INDIA, CHILE, and more....
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
ILO
EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY PAPERS
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/analysis/macropubl.htm
2004/1 Macroeconomic reforms and a labour policy framework for India - Jayati Ghose (ISBN: 92-2-115269-3)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp1.pdf
or
http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp1.pdf
[full-text, 45 pages]
2004/2 Macroeconomic reforms, labour market and labour policies: Chile, 1973-2000 - Guillermo Campero (ISBN: 92-2-115332-0)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp2.pdf
or
http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp2.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
2004/3 Employment and labour market effects of globalization: Selected issues for policy management - Haroon Bhorat & Paul Lundall (ISBN 92-2-115334-7)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp3.pdf
or
http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp3.pdf
[full-text, 79 pages]
2004/4 Successful employment and labour market policies in Europe and Asia and the Pacific Claire Harasty (ISBN: 92-2--115196-4)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp4.pdf
or
http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp4.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
ILO
EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY PAPERS
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/analysis/macropubl.htm
2004/1 Macroeconomic reforms and a labour policy framework for India - Jayati Ghose (ISBN: 92-2-115269-3)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp1.pdf
or
http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp1.pdf
[full-text, 45 pages]
2004/2 Macroeconomic reforms, labour market and labour policies: Chile, 1973-2000 - Guillermo Campero (ISBN: 92-2-115332-0)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp2.pdf
or
http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp2.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
2004/3 Employment and labour market effects of globalization: Selected issues for policy management - Haroon Bhorat & Paul Lundall (ISBN 92-2-115334-7)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp3.pdf
or
http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp3.pdf
[full-text, 79 pages]
2004/4 Successful employment and labour market policies in Europe and Asia and the Pacific Claire Harasty (ISBN: 92-2--115196-4)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp4.pdf
or
http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp4.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
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
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 10:41 AM
[IWS] ILO: CHINA's CONSTRUCTION SECTOR: Policy analysis on sectoral development and employment challenges [June 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Employment-Intensive Investment Branch
International Labour Office, Geneva
The Construction Sector in the People's Republic of China: Policy analysis on sectoral development and employment challenges
June, 2004
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/recon/eiip/publ/setp/setp15.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
[excerpt]
PREFACE
Job creation is at the top of the agenda for governments worldwide, and China is no
exception as it works to stem the threat of growing unemployment.
Although the Government of China has been working hard to generate employment
through employment and re-employment programmes across the country, it continues to
act as a bottleneck in the country's development as a result of a large number of new
entrants to the labour market, the migration of surplus rural labour, as well as layoffs in
state-owned enterprises undergoing reform and restructuring.
While the study shows that the construction sector has been vital in absorbing a
large chunk of rural labour, particularly during the 1980s and early 1990s, recent
developments, including restructuring and greater mechanization and industrialization
have seen job growth for rural labour easing.
One of the author's main recommendations is that more labour-based techniques
should be utilized in China to try and generate more employment opportunities and counter
the potential negative effects posed by a shift towards using pre-mixed concrete and prefabricated
fittings.
The ILO's Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) has proven that a
labour-based development strategy not only shows the advantage of higher labour inputs,
but also reduces costs, and hence is more productive when considering all production
factors such as capital, unskilled workers etc. Therefore, the authors conclude that a more
balanced policy has to take into account both economic, technical and social aspects of
development, particularly in the countries that have a surplus of labour.
The study marks a new era for the ILO and its constituents in working to influence
policies at an upstream level. We hope the conclusions, findings and recommendations can
help policy makers develop employment-led investment polices, strategies and
programmes, and further contribute to a shift from purely growth-centred strategies
towards more employment-intensive development patterns.
_____________________________
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Employment-Intensive Investment Branch
International Labour Office, Geneva
The Construction Sector in the People's Republic of China: Policy analysis on sectoral development and employment challenges
June, 2004
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/recon/eiip/publ/setp/setp15.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
[excerpt]
PREFACE
Job creation is at the top of the agenda for governments worldwide, and China is no
exception as it works to stem the threat of growing unemployment.
Although the Government of China has been working hard to generate employment
through employment and re-employment programmes across the country, it continues to
act as a bottleneck in the country's development as a result of a large number of new
entrants to the labour market, the migration of surplus rural labour, as well as layoffs in
state-owned enterprises undergoing reform and restructuring.
While the study shows that the construction sector has been vital in absorbing a
large chunk of rural labour, particularly during the 1980s and early 1990s, recent
developments, including restructuring and greater mechanization and industrialization
have seen job growth for rural labour easing.
One of the author's main recommendations is that more labour-based techniques
should be utilized in China to try and generate more employment opportunities and counter
the potential negative effects posed by a shift towards using pre-mixed concrete and prefabricated
fittings.
The ILO's Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) has proven that a
labour-based development strategy not only shows the advantage of higher labour inputs,
but also reduces costs, and hence is more productive when considering all production
factors such as capital, unskilled workers etc. Therefore, the authors conclude that a more
balanced policy has to take into account both economic, technical and social aspects of
development, particularly in the countries that have a surplus of labour.
The study marks a new era for the ILO and its constituents in working to influence
policies at an upstream level. We hope the conclusions, findings and recommendations can
help policy makers develop employment-led investment polices, strategies and
programmes, and further contribute to a shift from purely growth-centred strategies
towards more employment-intensive development patterns.
_____________________________
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# posted by SBasefsky : 10:41 AM
[IWS] ILO: AFRICAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: Growing Small Businesses [September 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
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Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
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________________________________________________________________________
SEED Working Paper No. 47
Series on WomenÂs Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality  WEDGE
The Challenges of Growing Small Businesses: Insights from Women Entrepreneurs in Africa [September 2004]
by Pat Richardson, Rhona Howarth and Gerry Finnegan
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/empent/docs/F1534684809/WP47-2004.pdf
[full-text, 134 pages]
Executive summary
This report provides a synthesis of the findings from the Jobs, Gender and Small
Enterprises in Africa  a Study on WomenÂs Enterprise Development (the WED Study),
which was carried out in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia throughout 2002. This was an
action research project and funded as part of Ireland AidÂs Partnership Programme with the
International Labour Organization (ILO) and its InFocus Programme on Boosting
Employment through Small Enterprises Development (IFP/ SEED). The study was
directed by Gerry Finnegan from the WomenÂs Entrepreneurship Development and Gender
in Enterprise (WEDGE) Team within SEED and undertaken by a partnership of three
nationally-based research groups  Julé Development Associates International (JUDAI)
Consultants in Zambia, Zewde and Associates PLC in Ethiopia and the University of Dar
Es SalaamÂs Entrepreneurship Centre (UDEC) in Tanzania together with two international
consultants Dr. Pat Richardson and Rhona Howarth from the UK. The primary aim of the
research was to:
Identify ways in which Governments, the ILO, donors, NGOs and the private sector can
improve the prospects for womenÂs entrepreneurship in the three designated countries and
enhance the contribution of women entrepreneurs to the creation of meaningful and
sustainable employment opportunities and poverty alleviation.
The WED Study involved interviewing 379 women business owners (123 surveyed
plus 5 case studies in Ethiopia, 128 surveyed and within these 15 case studies in Tanzania
and 118 surveyed plus 5 case studies in Zambia). This synthesis report, as the title
suggests, provides an overview of the whole project, its findings and the issues arising
from the study. In particular it provides an insight and contributes to the understanding of
the critical factors impacting on womenÂs enterprise, jobs and gender in Africa at this time.
The report also provides a very useful list of references for related reports and
documentation, classified by geographical area and focus of interest.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
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Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
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New York, NY 10016 *
*
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****************************************
_______________________________
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
SEED Working Paper No. 47
Series on WomenÂs Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality  WEDGE
The Challenges of Growing Small Businesses: Insights from Women Entrepreneurs in Africa [September 2004]
by Pat Richardson, Rhona Howarth and Gerry Finnegan
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/empent/docs/F1534684809/WP47-2004.pdf
[full-text, 134 pages]
Executive summary
This report provides a synthesis of the findings from the Jobs, Gender and Small
Enterprises in Africa  a Study on WomenÂs Enterprise Development (the WED Study),
which was carried out in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia throughout 2002. This was an
action research project and funded as part of Ireland AidÂs Partnership Programme with the
International Labour Organization (ILO) and its InFocus Programme on Boosting
Employment through Small Enterprises Development (IFP/ SEED). The study was
directed by Gerry Finnegan from the WomenÂs Entrepreneurship Development and Gender
in Enterprise (WEDGE) Team within SEED and undertaken by a partnership of three
nationally-based research groups  Julé Development Associates International (JUDAI)
Consultants in Zambia, Zewde and Associates PLC in Ethiopia and the University of Dar
Es SalaamÂs Entrepreneurship Centre (UDEC) in Tanzania together with two international
consultants Dr. Pat Richardson and Rhona Howarth from the UK. The primary aim of the
research was to:
Identify ways in which Governments, the ILO, donors, NGOs and the private sector can
improve the prospects for womenÂs entrepreneurship in the three designated countries and
enhance the contribution of women entrepreneurs to the creation of meaningful and
sustainable employment opportunities and poverty alleviation.
The WED Study involved interviewing 379 women business owners (123 surveyed
plus 5 case studies in Ethiopia, 128 surveyed and within these 15 case studies in Tanzania
and 118 surveyed plus 5 case studies in Zambia). This synthesis report, as the title
suggests, provides an overview of the whole project, its findings and the issues arising
from the study. In particular it provides an insight and contributes to the understanding of
the critical factors impacting on womenÂs enterprise, jobs and gender in Africa at this time.
The report also provides a very useful list of references for related reports and
documentation, classified by geographical area and focus of interest.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 10:40 AM
Friday, September 24, 2004
[IWS] New! EMPLOYMENT IN EUROPE 2004 REPORT [23 September 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Employment in Europe 2004 Report [23 September 2004] - See full-text by chapter below.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/sep/eie2004_en.html
The 16th edition of the annual Employment in Europe report presents a panorama of recent developments in the labour markets of the enlarged EU. This year, the report discusses several important themes of relevance to the new European Employment Strategy in that it investigates the relationship between labour market institutions and employment rates, as well as interactions between the different components of active labour market policies. It furthermore reflects on employment structures in the services sector in particular, with respect to the US. A closer look at labour market transitions helps to reflect on the debate between flexibility and security. Finally, some aspects of globalisation and its impact on labour markets are discussed, namely the impact of further economic integration and of offshoring.
This year the Employment in Europe report has been published in English, with the Executive Summary translated into all the Community languages*) except Maltese.
Foreword, Table of Contents and Executive Summary [Recent Trends and Prospects]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_forew_toc_sum_en.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
Chapter 1 Panorama of the European labour markets
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap1_en.pdf
[fulll-text, 42 pages]
Chapter 2 Key Determinants of Labour Market Performance
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap2_en.pdf
[full-text, 35 pages]
Chapter 3 Employment structures in Europe and the US: the role of skills, wages and final demand
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap3_en.pdf
[full-text, 61 pages]
Chapter 4 Labour market transitions and advancement: temporary employment and low-pay in Europe
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap4_en.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
Chapter 5 Globalisation and Labour Markets: a European perspective
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap5_en.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]
Statistical Annex
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_stat_annex_en.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Employment in Europe 2004 Report [23 September 2004] - See full-text by chapter below.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/sep/eie2004_en.html
The 16th edition of the annual Employment in Europe report presents a panorama of recent developments in the labour markets of the enlarged EU. This year, the report discusses several important themes of relevance to the new European Employment Strategy in that it investigates the relationship between labour market institutions and employment rates, as well as interactions between the different components of active labour market policies. It furthermore reflects on employment structures in the services sector in particular, with respect to the US. A closer look at labour market transitions helps to reflect on the debate between flexibility and security. Finally, some aspects of globalisation and its impact on labour markets are discussed, namely the impact of further economic integration and of offshoring.
This year the Employment in Europe report has been published in English, with the Executive Summary translated into all the Community languages*) except Maltese.
Foreword, Table of Contents and Executive Summary [Recent Trends and Prospects]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_forew_toc_sum_en.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
Chapter 1 Panorama of the European labour markets
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap1_en.pdf
[fulll-text, 42 pages]
Chapter 2 Key Determinants of Labour Market Performance
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap2_en.pdf
[full-text, 35 pages]
Chapter 3 Employment structures in Europe and the US: the role of skills, wages and final demand
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap3_en.pdf
[full-text, 61 pages]
Chapter 4 Labour market transitions and advancement: temporary employment and low-pay in Europe
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap4_en.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
Chapter 5 Globalisation and Labour Markets: a European perspective
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap5_en.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]
Statistical Annex
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_stat_annex_en.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 10:02 AM
[IWS] International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations. Volume 20, Issue 3, 2004 CONTENTS [24 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From
ADAPT-Centro Studi "Marco Biagi"
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Viale Berengario 51 - 41000 MODENA
tel. +39.059.2056742
fax +39.059.2056743
The International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations
Volume 20, Issue 3, 2004
http://www.csmb.unimo.it/journal/abstracts/issue3_04.html
Labor Mobility in a Federal System: The United States in Comparative Perspective
Sanford M. Jacoby, Matthew W. Finkin
Abstract: Those who view Europe as having insufficient geographic mobility often draw a comparison to the United States, where mobility is higher. But the disparity in mobility is not an innate characteristic differentiating European and U.S. labor markets. Rather, mobility rates have fluctuated over time in the United States and Europe in response to changes in economic conditions, in demographic characteristics, and in socio-legal institutions. In this paper, we first explain why the legal regime in the United States is conducive of mobility. Barriers imposed by the state to deter immigration have long been unlawful and indirect barriers, though subject to less stringent examination, must also pass constitutional muster. Next we review historical trends in geographic mobility, which show that both Europe and the U.S. have experienced dramatic changes in mobility over the last 200 years and that these changes have occurred roughly in tandem.
Lessons from the Nordic Countries - "Basic Building Blocks" for an Enlarged Common European Labour Market
Alan C. Neal
Abstract: This article presents experience with the first three decades of formalised common labour market arrangements in the Nordic countries. It traces the historical roots of Nordic co-operation, and examines how early initiatives were stimulated to develop free movement for workers and a more open Nordic labour market during the inter-war years. Post-war momentum towards the establishment of a common Nordic labour market is then considered, with a focus on the 1954 Agreement laying down the basic framework and the subsequent revised Agreement of 1982 which now underpins the modern Nordic labour market arrangements. Some observations are offered in relation to the creation of basic building blocks for free movement of workers and integrated labour market administration, set against the recent backdrop of "enlargement" of the European Union.
Immigration and the Free Movement of Workers after Enlargement: Contrasting Choices
Orsolya Farkas, Olga Rymkevitch
Abstract:The article examines recent developments in the fields of Community immigration policy and the free movement of workers from the new Member States during the transition period. It is argued that policy choices have been dominated by narrow economic considerations rather than by a comprehensive vision of the issue. Reading between the lines of legal norms and policy initiatives, what emerges is a division based not so much on citizenship, but rather one the fact whether one has already been admitted to the European labour market or not. The article also reviews some recent cases of the ECJ, arguing that access to social benefits for those who exercise the right to free movement of workers between the Member States is not a subjective right, although the restrictions are more limited than they were before the introduction of the concept of European citizenship. This should have the effect of allaying fears of "benefit tourism" from the new Member States.
The Efficacy of Statutory Union Recognition under New Labour: A Comparative Review
Brian B. McArthur
Abstract: Now that the dust has settled over the introduction and review of statutory recognition procedures in Britain, perhaps it's time to comment on the overall effectiveness of the legislation from a comparative perspective. This article follows the historical development of union recognition in Britain and the response to it by various governments and special interest groups. The intent underpinning the law is examined followed by a jurisdictional comparison using the key indicators of freedom of association, industrial stability and workplace dialogue. The new British legislation, despite its shortcomings, has been moderately effective in contributing towards the government's partnership agenda. Although the legislation is not as effective as the Canadian law, it is vastly better than the American system that has failed to develop into an instrument of balanced or fair public policy.
The Bottom Line of European Labour Law
Maximilian Fuchs (Part II)
Abstract: Due to the dominance of the economic approach (see the first part of this paper) the Treaty of Rome provided for only a small body of provisions concerning labour relations, with the emphasis on guaranteeing the free movement of labour. In the absence of a sound legislative basis in the Treaty, it is not surprising that European labour legislation has been adopted on a piecemeal basis. This is to a certain extent the result of the competition between the (pure) economic model and the social policy approach of European integration. The former favours abstentionism by member states, the latter, especially in the formulation of social rights, seeks a high level of employment rights protection. Against this background nearly all areas of European Labour Law are characterised by the need to strike a balance between economic and social objectives. Some examples of this are the respect for the freedom of contract, limited only by the duty not to discriminate against workers on grounds of sex, ethnic origin, age and other factors, and the safeguarding of entrepreneurial decision-making, limited only by information and consultation rights for workers. In examining the Directives on atypical work (part-time, fixed-term employment) it is evident that considerable efforts have been made to strike a balance between employers' and employees' interests. Clearly, not all the legislation commands universal support, but this is only to be expected in view of the heterogeneity of the 15 Member States. However, it seems that European Labour Law has achieved a considerable degree of success in the search for social cohesion.
Government Responsibility and Bargaining Scope within Article 4 of ILO Convention 98
Klara Boonstra
Abstract:This article reviews two decisions made by the Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) of the International Labour Organisation concerning limitations on collective bargaining. In recent years many governments have been inclined to take a firmer grip on labour conditions that have an impact on government social policy, such as the retirement age. While in the years of economic prosperity these matters were left to the social partners, the current recession causes governments to regain control, not so much by drawing up statutory law, but by determining the extent to which the employer and worker are allowed at an individual level to deviate from otherwise binding collective labour agreements. In these two cases the collective bargaining partners contested the government's right to determine the level of bargaining and filed a complaint with the CFA. In its decisions, the CFA explicated the appropriate interpretation of the ILO standards concerning the right to bargain collectively and the determination of the level of bargaining.
Report on the Conference in commemoration of Marco Biagi on "The Reform of the Labour Market: Deregulation or Reregulation?", Rome, March 2004, organised by the Marco Biagi Foundation, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, ADAPT, AISRI and the Association of Friends of Marco Biagi
William Bromwich, Olga Rymkevitch
BOOK REVIEWS
Jeffrey Kenner, EU Employment Law. From Rome to Amsterdam and Beyond, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2003
Roger Blanpain
Review of Julia Palca & Catherine Taylor, Employee Law Checklists, Third Edition, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004
William Bromwich
_____________________________
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From
ADAPT-Centro Studi "Marco Biagi"
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Viale Berengario 51 - 41000 MODENA
tel. +39.059.2056742
fax +39.059.2056743
The International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations
Volume 20, Issue 3, 2004
http://www.csmb.unimo.it/journal/abstracts/issue3_04.html
Labor Mobility in a Federal System: The United States in Comparative Perspective
Sanford M. Jacoby, Matthew W. Finkin
Abstract: Those who view Europe as having insufficient geographic mobility often draw a comparison to the United States, where mobility is higher. But the disparity in mobility is not an innate characteristic differentiating European and U.S. labor markets. Rather, mobility rates have fluctuated over time in the United States and Europe in response to changes in economic conditions, in demographic characteristics, and in socio-legal institutions. In this paper, we first explain why the legal regime in the United States is conducive of mobility. Barriers imposed by the state to deter immigration have long been unlawful and indirect barriers, though subject to less stringent examination, must also pass constitutional muster. Next we review historical trends in geographic mobility, which show that both Europe and the U.S. have experienced dramatic changes in mobility over the last 200 years and that these changes have occurred roughly in tandem.
Lessons from the Nordic Countries - "Basic Building Blocks" for an Enlarged Common European Labour Market
Alan C. Neal
Abstract: This article presents experience with the first three decades of formalised common labour market arrangements in the Nordic countries. It traces the historical roots of Nordic co-operation, and examines how early initiatives were stimulated to develop free movement for workers and a more open Nordic labour market during the inter-war years. Post-war momentum towards the establishment of a common Nordic labour market is then considered, with a focus on the 1954 Agreement laying down the basic framework and the subsequent revised Agreement of 1982 which now underpins the modern Nordic labour market arrangements. Some observations are offered in relation to the creation of basic building blocks for free movement of workers and integrated labour market administration, set against the recent backdrop of "enlargement" of the European Union.
Immigration and the Free Movement of Workers after Enlargement: Contrasting Choices
Orsolya Farkas, Olga Rymkevitch
Abstract:The article examines recent developments in the fields of Community immigration policy and the free movement of workers from the new Member States during the transition period. It is argued that policy choices have been dominated by narrow economic considerations rather than by a comprehensive vision of the issue. Reading between the lines of legal norms and policy initiatives, what emerges is a division based not so much on citizenship, but rather one the fact whether one has already been admitted to the European labour market or not. The article also reviews some recent cases of the ECJ, arguing that access to social benefits for those who exercise the right to free movement of workers between the Member States is not a subjective right, although the restrictions are more limited than they were before the introduction of the concept of European citizenship. This should have the effect of allaying fears of "benefit tourism" from the new Member States.
The Efficacy of Statutory Union Recognition under New Labour: A Comparative Review
Brian B. McArthur
Abstract: Now that the dust has settled over the introduction and review of statutory recognition procedures in Britain, perhaps it's time to comment on the overall effectiveness of the legislation from a comparative perspective. This article follows the historical development of union recognition in Britain and the response to it by various governments and special interest groups. The intent underpinning the law is examined followed by a jurisdictional comparison using the key indicators of freedom of association, industrial stability and workplace dialogue. The new British legislation, despite its shortcomings, has been moderately effective in contributing towards the government's partnership agenda. Although the legislation is not as effective as the Canadian law, it is vastly better than the American system that has failed to develop into an instrument of balanced or fair public policy.
The Bottom Line of European Labour Law
Maximilian Fuchs (Part II)
Abstract: Due to the dominance of the economic approach (see the first part of this paper) the Treaty of Rome provided for only a small body of provisions concerning labour relations, with the emphasis on guaranteeing the free movement of labour. In the absence of a sound legislative basis in the Treaty, it is not surprising that European labour legislation has been adopted on a piecemeal basis. This is to a certain extent the result of the competition between the (pure) economic model and the social policy approach of European integration. The former favours abstentionism by member states, the latter, especially in the formulation of social rights, seeks a high level of employment rights protection. Against this background nearly all areas of European Labour Law are characterised by the need to strike a balance between economic and social objectives. Some examples of this are the respect for the freedom of contract, limited only by the duty not to discriminate against workers on grounds of sex, ethnic origin, age and other factors, and the safeguarding of entrepreneurial decision-making, limited only by information and consultation rights for workers. In examining the Directives on atypical work (part-time, fixed-term employment) it is evident that considerable efforts have been made to strike a balance between employers' and employees' interests. Clearly, not all the legislation commands universal support, but this is only to be expected in view of the heterogeneity of the 15 Member States. However, it seems that European Labour Law has achieved a considerable degree of success in the search for social cohesion.
Government Responsibility and Bargaining Scope within Article 4 of ILO Convention 98
Klara Boonstra
Abstract:This article reviews two decisions made by the Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) of the International Labour Organisation concerning limitations on collective bargaining. In recent years many governments have been inclined to take a firmer grip on labour conditions that have an impact on government social policy, such as the retirement age. While in the years of economic prosperity these matters were left to the social partners, the current recession causes governments to regain control, not so much by drawing up statutory law, but by determining the extent to which the employer and worker are allowed at an individual level to deviate from otherwise binding collective labour agreements. In these two cases the collective bargaining partners contested the government's right to determine the level of bargaining and filed a complaint with the CFA. In its decisions, the CFA explicated the appropriate interpretation of the ILO standards concerning the right to bargain collectively and the determination of the level of bargaining.
Report on the Conference in commemoration of Marco Biagi on "The Reform of the Labour Market: Deregulation or Reregulation?", Rome, March 2004, organised by the Marco Biagi Foundation, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, ADAPT, AISRI and the Association of Friends of Marco Biagi
William Bromwich, Olga Rymkevitch
BOOK REVIEWS
Jeffrey Kenner, EU Employment Law. From Rome to Amsterdam and Beyond, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2003
Roger Blanpain
Review of Julia Palca & Catherine Taylor, Employee Law Checklists, Third Edition, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004
William Bromwich
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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:00 AM
[IWS] New! WORKERS' RIGHTS as HUMAN RIGHTS an ILO/ILR Collaborative Course [September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
The following is a new course taught as a collaboration between the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) & Cornell's School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR).
Workers' Rights as Human Rights
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/index.htm
[excerpt]
Introduction
As part of a Memorandum of Understanding for academic collaboration signed between the Institute and Cornell University and targeted on visiting students, the two institutions have joined hands to run a special course at the ILO on the theme: "Workers' Rights as Human Rights". The course consists of a series of lectures delivered by ILO specialists based in Geneva and videoconferences given by academics based in Ithaca. The lectures and videoconferences are scheduled to run through the months of September to December 2004.
Course Description
The course has two main purposes. It will re-examine U.S. domestic labor law and policy using internationally accepted human rights principles as standards for judgment. It will conduct that re-examination in an international comparative context. This will be a videoconference class meeting jointly with the International Labour Organization (ILO). Class presentations and discussions will be led by staff members of the ILO as well as by ILR faculty members. Subjects to be addressed include: the idea of human rights, human rights documents, and the sources of workers' rights; the ILO and the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work; occupational safety and health; discrimination; labor rights and international trade; international law and workers' rights; the value judgments underlying labor policy choices; and the enforcement of international workers' rights standards, nationally and internationally.
Program
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/program.pdf
Instructors
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/instruc.htm
Resources
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/resources.htm
Flyer
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/flyer.pdf
New Course!
ILR 608 Meets 'live' via video conference with faculty and students at the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/international/Students/courses/ILOandILR608.html
_____________________________
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Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
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*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
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E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
The following is a new course taught as a collaboration between the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) & Cornell's School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR).
Workers' Rights as Human Rights
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/index.htm
[excerpt]
Introduction
As part of a Memorandum of Understanding for academic collaboration signed between the Institute and Cornell University and targeted on visiting students, the two institutions have joined hands to run a special course at the ILO on the theme: "Workers' Rights as Human Rights". The course consists of a series of lectures delivered by ILO specialists based in Geneva and videoconferences given by academics based in Ithaca. The lectures and videoconferences are scheduled to run through the months of September to December 2004.
Course Description
The course has two main purposes. It will re-examine U.S. domestic labor law and policy using internationally accepted human rights principles as standards for judgment. It will conduct that re-examination in an international comparative context. This will be a videoconference class meeting jointly with the International Labour Organization (ILO). Class presentations and discussions will be led by staff members of the ILO as well as by ILR faculty members. Subjects to be addressed include: the idea of human rights, human rights documents, and the sources of workers' rights; the ILO and the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work; occupational safety and health; discrimination; labor rights and international trade; international law and workers' rights; the value judgments underlying labor policy choices; and the enforcement of international workers' rights standards, nationally and internationally.
Program
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/program.pdf
Instructors
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/instruc.htm
Resources
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/resources.htm
Flyer
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/flyer.pdf
New Course!
ILR 608 Meets 'live' via video conference with faculty and students at the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/international/Students/courses/ILOandILR608.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 : 6:27 AM
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
[IWS] Industrial Relations Overview of the U.S. [updated 21 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
Industrial Relations Overview of the U.S. [updated 21 September 2004]
by Stuart Basefsky
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/IndustrialRelationsOverview.html
INCLUDES two new sections on MIGRATION and OLDER WORKERS
This guide is intended to provide key links for a quick overview of issues, data, and developments in U.S. industrial relations. It is produced in cooperation with the <http://www.eurofound.eu.int/>European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions as an aid to research in international and comparative studies. The resources listed are chosen because they are primarily free and authoritative. Other resources may be found by using the <http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/researchPortal.html>ILR Research Portal and <http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/default.html>Subject Guides on the Catherwood Library web site. The listing of sources is not comprehensive. It is simply a useful place to start.
_____________________________
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Industrial Relations Overview of the U.S. [updated 21 September 2004]
by Stuart Basefsky
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/IndustrialRelationsOverview.html
INCLUDES two new sections on MIGRATION and OLDER WORKERS
This guide is intended to provide key links for a quick overview of issues, data, and developments in U.S. industrial relations. It is produced in cooperation with the <http://www.eurofound.eu.int/>European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions as an aid to research in international and comparative studies. The resources listed are chosen because they are primarily free and authoritative. Other resources may be found by using the <http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/researchPortal.html>ILR Research Portal and <http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/default.html>Subject Guides on the Catherwood Library web site. The listing of sources is not comprehensive. It is simply a useful place to start.
_____________________________
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 : 8:31 AM
[IWS] ILO: New! WORKERS with FAMILIES in the WORKPLACE [21 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
How are workers with family responsibilities faring in the workplace? (2004), by J. Heymann [21 september 2004]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/publ/wf-jh-04.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/wf-jh-04.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
The year 2004 is the 10th Anniversary of the Year of the Family and, thus, an appropriate occasion for the ILO to highlight the problems of workers with family responsibilities and the relevance of the Convention on Workers with Family Responsibilities, 1981 (No. 156). Based on in-depth interviews of workers in Botswana, Honduras, Mexico, Russia, the United States and Vietnam, this paper shows by concrete examples how family responsibilities are affecting their ability to get jobs, keep jobs and earn a decent living.
_____________________________
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
How are workers with family responsibilities faring in the workplace? (2004), by J. Heymann [21 september 2004]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/publ/wf-jh-04.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/wf-jh-04.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
The year 2004 is the 10th Anniversary of the Year of the Family and, thus, an appropriate occasion for the ILO to highlight the problems of workers with family responsibilities and the relevance of the Convention on Workers with Family Responsibilities, 1981 (No. 156). Based on in-depth interviews of workers in Botswana, Honduras, Mexico, Russia, the United States and Vietnam, this paper shows by concrete examples how family responsibilities are affecting their ability to get jobs, keep jobs and earn a decent living.
_____________________________
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 : 6:19 AM
Monday, September 20, 2004
[IWS] EU: WORKING ENVIRONMENT & PRODUCTIVITY Quality of [17 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Issue 211 - Quality of the working environment and productivity (working paper)
17/09/2004
Quality of the working environment and productivity:
Research findings and case studies [17 September 2004]
Prepared by the Topic Centre on Research  Work and Health
Marc De Greef, Prevent, Belgium
Karla Van den Broek, Prevent, Belgium
http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/211/en/Quality_Productivity.PDF
[full-text, 82 pages]
Executive Summary:
The purpose of this working paper is to look at the link between a good working environment
and productivity. A better understanding of positive effects of a good working environment
would support the implementation of effective health and safety policy at company level. It
would complement the set of rules and regulations with a significant parameter that is directly
linked to the intrinsic motivation of a company. Companies need to be convinced that making
OSH objectives their own and integrating them into their own company objectives is worth the
effort.
This working paper attempts to make a contribution to these issues. Especially, it aims to:
 explore the research findings on the relationship between a good working environment and
company productivity;
 exchange good practice examples at company level among Member States; and
 contribute to the discussion on the relationship between a good working environment and
company productivity by providing new perspectives.
However, the economic approach to health and safety at company level cannot replace the
value of the human requirements. Health and safety is part of the social and ethical role of a
company. A company policy cannot only be based on economic parameters. It is difficult or even
impossible to evaluate qualitative costs such as suffering, reduction in the quality of life, family
problems, decrease of lifespan, and so on, in monetary terms.
The Community strategy on health and safety at work, 2002Â06, of the European Commission
states that it is necessary to set up initiatives to Âdevelop knowledge of, and to follow-up the
Âcost of non-qualityÂ, i.e. the economic and social costs arising from occupational accidents and
illnesses. The Commission will, in conjunction with the Bilbao Agency, instigate work on
collecting data and other information with a view to improving the fund of knowledge on this
subject.
Furthermore, the Commission strategy indicates that Âa safe and healthy working environment
and working organisation are performance factors for the economy and for companies.Â
This working paper is one of the publications on this topic published by the European Agency
for Safety and Health at Work.
_____________________________
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Issue 211 - Quality of the working environment and productivity (working paper)
17/09/2004
Quality of the working environment and productivity:
Research findings and case studies [17 September 2004]
Prepared by the Topic Centre on Research  Work and Health
Marc De Greef, Prevent, Belgium
Karla Van den Broek, Prevent, Belgium
http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/211/en/Quality_Productivity.PDF
[full-text, 82 pages]
Executive Summary:
The purpose of this working paper is to look at the link between a good working environment
and productivity. A better understanding of positive effects of a good working environment
would support the implementation of effective health and safety policy at company level. It
would complement the set of rules and regulations with a significant parameter that is directly
linked to the intrinsic motivation of a company. Companies need to be convinced that making
OSH objectives their own and integrating them into their own company objectives is worth the
effort.
This working paper attempts to make a contribution to these issues. Especially, it aims to:
 explore the research findings on the relationship between a good working environment and
company productivity;
 exchange good practice examples at company level among Member States; and
 contribute to the discussion on the relationship between a good working environment and
company productivity by providing new perspectives.
However, the economic approach to health and safety at company level cannot replace the
value of the human requirements. Health and safety is part of the social and ethical role of a
company. A company policy cannot only be based on economic parameters. It is difficult or even
impossible to evaluate qualitative costs such as suffering, reduction in the quality of life, family
problems, decrease of lifespan, and so on, in monetary terms.
The Community strategy on health and safety at work, 2002Â06, of the European Commission
states that it is necessary to set up initiatives to Âdevelop knowledge of, and to follow-up the
Âcost of non-qualityÂ, i.e. the economic and social costs arising from occupational accidents and
illnesses. The Commission will, in conjunction with the Bilbao Agency, instigate work on
collecting data and other information with a view to improving the fund of knowledge on this
subject.
Furthermore, the Commission strategy indicates that Âa safe and healthy working environment
and working organisation are performance factors for the economy and for companies.Â
This working paper is one of the publications on this topic published by the European Agency
for Safety and Health at Work.
_____________________________
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 : 7:58 AM
Friday, September 17, 2004
[IWS] EIROnline: COMPARATIVE STUDY Family-Related Leave and Industrial Relations [16 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Family-related leave and industrial relations [16 September 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/03/study/index_2.html
and
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/03/study/tn0403101s.html
Abstract:
The various forms of family-related leave are a central issue in the widespread attempts across Europe to create a better work-life balance. Such leave has received increasing attention over recent years from both legislators (often prompted by EU Directives) and the social partners. This study looks at the current position in 19 EU Member States and Norway in terms of legislation and collective bargaining on the key forms of family-related leave - maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave and leave for urgent family reasons - and the views of trade unions and employers on the matter. It also assesses the impact of family-related leave and its effects on gender equality.
_____________________________
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Family-related leave and industrial relations [16 September 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/03/study/index_2.html
and
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/03/study/tn0403101s.html
Abstract:
The various forms of family-related leave are a central issue in the widespread attempts across Europe to create a better work-life balance. Such leave has received increasing attention over recent years from both legislators (often prompted by EU Directives) and the social partners. This study looks at the current position in 19 EU Member States and Norway in terms of legislation and collective bargaining on the key forms of family-related leave - maternity leave, paternity leave, parental leave and leave for urgent family reasons - and the views of trade unions and employers on the matter. It also assesses the impact of family-related leave and its effects on gender equality.
_____________________________
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# posted by SBasefsky : 1:04 PM
[IWS] OECD Policy Brief: PORTUGAL 2004 Economic Survey [16 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
OECD Policy Brief:
Economic Survey of PORTUGAL, 2004 [16 September 2004]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/56/33714513.pdf
[Full-text, 8 pages]
For information on the Economic Survey of Portugal, 2004 released the same date, see-
http://www.oecd.org/document/36/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33704740_1_1_1_1,00.html
_____________________________
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Stuart Basefsky *
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Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
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*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
OECD Policy Brief:
Economic Survey of PORTUGAL, 2004 [16 September 2004]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/34/56/33714513.pdf
[Full-text, 8 pages]
For information on the Economic Survey of Portugal, 2004 released the same date, see-
http://www.oecd.org/document/36/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33704740_1_1_1_1,00.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.
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Fax: (607) 255-9641
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# posted by SBasefsky : 1:02 PM
Thursday, September 16, 2004
[IWS] Global Trade Union Cooperation on ASBESTOS COMPENSATION [16 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
The following is a ..."great example of international union cooperation - US unions have
been involved, too." Thanks to Rory O'Neil of Hazards Magazine for the tip.
Asbestos Compensation: Global Unions Call on James Hardie Company to Meet Liabilities [16 September 2004]
http://www.icftu.org/displaydocument.asp?Index=991220546&Language=EN
Brussels, 16th September 2004 (ICFTU Online): Global trade union organisations are stepping up international pressure on the Australian building supplies company James Hardie to compensate thousands of victims of asbestos diseases caused by the companys products. The international action follows public rallies across Australia on 15th September 2004 when over 20,000 demonstrators called on the company to provide full compensation to those afflicted by mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases following exposure to Hardie products.
AND MORE....
Details of a campaign on James Hardie by the international building and
woodworkers' federation IFBWW can also be seen at
http://www.ifbww.org/index.cfm?n=44&l=2&c=1278&on=2
From Victorian Trades Hall Council
15,000 march to make James Hardie pay [16 September 2004]
http://www.vthc.org.au/media/general_news/20040916_hardierally.html
See more at-
http://www.vthc.org.au/
_____________________________
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Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
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New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
The following is a ..."great example of international union cooperation - US unions have
been involved, too." Thanks to Rory O'Neil of Hazards Magazine for the tip.
Asbestos Compensation: Global Unions Call on James Hardie Company to Meet Liabilities [16 September 2004]
http://www.icftu.org/displaydocument.asp?Index=991220546&Language=EN
Brussels, 16th September 2004 (ICFTU Online): Global trade union organisations are stepping up international pressure on the Australian building supplies company James Hardie to compensate thousands of victims of asbestos diseases caused by the companys products. The international action follows public rallies across Australia on 15th September 2004 when over 20,000 demonstrators called on the company to provide full compensation to those afflicted by mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases following exposure to Hardie products.
AND MORE....
Details of a campaign on James Hardie by the international building and
woodworkers' federation IFBWW can also be seen at
http://www.ifbww.org/index.cfm?n=44&l=2&c=1278&on=2
From Victorian Trades Hall Council
15,000 march to make James Hardie pay [16 September 2004]
http://www.vthc.org.au/media/general_news/20040916_hardierally.html
See more at-
http://www.vthc.org.au/
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 10:47 AM
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
[IWS] JAPAN: JILPT Foreign Researcher Invitation Program for FY2005 [15 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT) [15 September 2004]
Information on Foreign Researcher Invitation Program for FY2005
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/Invitation.htm
1. Purpose
This program invites foreign researchers to Japan and provides them with opportunities for conducting research on labor policy and labor issues in Japan, with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of labor policy research in Japan.
2. Programs
Program types:
1 ) Long-term invitation program: 1-12 months
2 ) Short-term invitation program: Less than 1 month
Expenses:
Travel, living and other expenses will be covered.
Requirements:
1) Must conduct research on Japanese labor policies or other labor issues.
2) Must submit a research report to the JILPT at the end of their stay.
3) Must be affiliated with a labor research institute or university
(excluding graduate students)
4) Must possess adequate command of Japanese or English
5) Must conduct research and remain with the JILPT
6) Must be in good enough health to carry out and complete intended studies
3. Application deadline
Applications are accepted annually. We are currently accepting applications for 2005 (April 2005 to March 2006). If you would like to apply for this year, please submit your application documents by December 10, 2004.
_____________________________
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT) [15 September 2004]
Information on Foreign Researcher Invitation Program for FY2005
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/Invitation.htm
1. Purpose
This program invites foreign researchers to Japan and provides them with opportunities for conducting research on labor policy and labor issues in Japan, with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of labor policy research in Japan.
2. Programs
Program types:
1 ) Long-term invitation program: 1-12 months
2 ) Short-term invitation program: Less than 1 month
Expenses:
Travel, living and other expenses will be covered.
Requirements:
1) Must conduct research on Japanese labor policies or other labor issues.
2) Must submit a research report to the JILPT at the end of their stay.
3) Must be affiliated with a labor research institute or university
(excluding graduate students)
4) Must possess adequate command of Japanese or English
5) Must conduct research and remain with the JILPT
6) Must be in good enough health to carry out and complete intended studies
3. Application deadline
Applications are accepted annually. We are currently accepting applications for 2005 (April 2005 to March 2006). If you would like to apply for this year, please submit your application documents by December 10, 2004.
_____________________________
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 : 8:16 AM
[IWS] EuroStat: Euro-zone labour costs up by 2.2% [15 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
EuroStat: 112/2004 - 15 September 2004
Second quarter 2004 compared to second quarter 2003
Euro-zone labour costs up by 2.2%
EU25 up by 2.8%
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-15092004-EN-AP-EN&mode=download
or
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-15092004-EN-AP-EN&type=pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
Total hourly labour costs in the whole economy of the euro-zone grew by 2.2% in nominal terms in the second quarter of 2004 compared to the second quarter of 2003, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, reports today. In the first quarter of 2004 the increase was 2.7%. In the EU25 the rise was 2.8% in the second quarter of 2004, compared to 3.7% in the previous quarter.
Among Member States for which data are available in the second quarter of 2004, the smallest annual rises were recorded in Germany (1.2%) and the Netherlands (2.1%), while hourly labour costs fell in Austria (-0.5%). The highest increases were in Latvia (10.4%), Hungary (8.4%), Estonia (5.8%) and Poland (5.3%). See Table 1.
In industry, hourly labour costs rose by 2.6% in the euro-zone and by 3.1% in the EU25. Among Member States for which data are available, annual changes ranged between -0.5% in Austria and +9.6% in Hungary. See Table 2.
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 *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
EuroStat: 112/2004 - 15 September 2004
Second quarter 2004 compared to second quarter 2003
Euro-zone labour costs up by 2.2%
EU25 up by 2.8%
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-15092004-EN-AP-EN&mode=download
or
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-15092004-EN-AP-EN&type=pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
Total hourly labour costs in the whole economy of the euro-zone grew by 2.2% in nominal terms in the second quarter of 2004 compared to the second quarter of 2003, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, reports today. In the first quarter of 2004 the increase was 2.7%. In the EU25 the rise was 2.8% in the second quarter of 2004, compared to 3.7% in the previous quarter.
Among Member States for which data are available in the second quarter of 2004, the smallest annual rises were recorded in Germany (1.2%) and the Netherlands (2.1%), while hourly labour costs fell in Austria (-0.5%). The highest increases were in Latvia (10.4%), Hungary (8.4%), Estonia (5.8%) and Poland (5.3%). See Table 1.
In industry, hourly labour costs rose by 2.6% in the euro-zone and by 3.1% in the EU25. Among Member States for which data are available, annual changes ranged between -0.5% in Austria and +9.6% in Hungary. See Table 2.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 7:36 AM
[IWS] UNFPA: STATE of the WORLD POPULATION [15 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA)
State of the World Population [15 September 2004]
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/english/ch1/index.htm
or
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/pdf/en_swp04.pdf
[full-text, 124 pages]
Press Summary
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/presskit/press_summary.htm
or
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/pdf/summary.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Press Release
Ten Years on, UNFPA Reports Uneven Progress in Implementing Landmark Population and Development Consensus
Funding Gap Imperils Efforts to Reduce Maternal Deaths, Prevent HIV/AIDS and Ensure Reproductive Rights
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/presskit/docs/release1.doc
LONDON - Countries have made impressive progress in carrying out a bold action plan that links poverty alleviation to womens rights and reproductive health, emphasizes The State of World Population 2004 report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
But a shortfall of the funds pledged by international donors is undermining critical efforts to provide family planning services, reduce maternal deaths, prevent HIV/AIDS and meet the needs of young people and the poor. These are the key findings of UNFPAs annual flagship report, launched here today by UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid.
In September 1994, some 179 countries adopted a landmark 20-year Programme of Action at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo. It called for universal access to reproductive health care by 2015, as a key measure to empower women, ensure human rights, reduce poverty, protect the environment and foster sustainable development.
This year's report, The Cairo Consensus at Ten: Population, Reproductive Health and the Global Effort to End Poverty, examines the progress countries have made and the obstacles they have encountered at the halfway point in implementing the ICPD plan.
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA)
State of the World Population [15 September 2004]
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/english/ch1/index.htm
or
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/pdf/en_swp04.pdf
[full-text, 124 pages]
Press Summary
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/presskit/press_summary.htm
or
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/pdf/summary.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Press Release
Ten Years on, UNFPA Reports Uneven Progress in Implementing Landmark Population and Development Consensus
Funding Gap Imperils Efforts to Reduce Maternal Deaths, Prevent HIV/AIDS and Ensure Reproductive Rights
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2004/presskit/docs/release1.doc
LONDON - Countries have made impressive progress in carrying out a bold action plan that links poverty alleviation to womens rights and reproductive health, emphasizes The State of World Population 2004 report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
But a shortfall of the funds pledged by international donors is undermining critical efforts to provide family planning services, reduce maternal deaths, prevent HIV/AIDS and meet the needs of young people and the poor. These are the key findings of UNFPAs annual flagship report, launched here today by UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid.
In September 1994, some 179 countries adopted a landmark 20-year Programme of Action at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo. It called for universal access to reproductive health care by 2015, as a key measure to empower women, ensure human rights, reduce poverty, protect the environment and foster sustainable development.
This year's report, The Cairo Consensus at Ten: Population, Reproductive Health and the Global Effort to End Poverty, examines the progress countries have made and the obstacles they have encountered at the halfway point in implementing the ICPD plan.
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
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 6:42 AM
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
[IWS] CANADA: Weekly Work Report, 13 September 2004
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
________________________________________________________________________
(The following is courtesy of the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto).
Weekly Work Report for the Week of September 13, 2004
These highlights of the week's HR/IR news are prepared by the Librarians at the Centre for Industrial Relations for our subscribers, alumni, faculty and students, and are intended for their individual use only. Please visit the <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/library/wwreport/weeklyworkreport.html>CIR website for terms of use and information about organizational subscriptions. This message is composed in MS Outlook Express and contains hyperlinks that require an HTML-enabled email program.
The WWR is protected by Canadian copyright law and should not be reproduced or forwarded without permission. For inquiries or comments, please contact the Editor, <mailto:elizabeth.perry@utoronto.ca>.
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QUEBEC LABOUR RELATIONS COMMISSION DECISION GOES AGAINST WALMART: On September 9, the Quebec Labour Relations Commission ruled against a Wal-Mart application that had challenged the certification of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 503 at its Jonquiere Quebec store. Wal-mart argued that membership evidence in the July 2004 certification was invalid because it included employees who had signed membership cards during the previous certification drive in April. The Commission found that the cards were valid because the employees had not withdrawn their support. The Commission also accepted the unionÂs proposed bargaining unit as the appropriate one, contrary to Wal-MartÂs proposal to include supervisors, administrative staff and security guards in the unit.
LINKS:
ÂQuebec labour board rejects Wal-Mart challenge in the Globe and Mail (Sept. 10) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040910.wwalm10/BNStory/National/?query=walmart>
Quebec Labour Relations Commission ruling (7 pages, PDF) In French only at <http://www.crt.gouv.qc.ca/decisions/2004/2004QCCRT0482.pdf>
Archive of UFCW Canada press releases at the Walmart Workers Canada website <http://www.walmartworkerscanada.com/news.php>
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IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS PART OF NEW AGREEMENT FOR COFFEE INDUSTRY: On September 9, four multinational coffee companies announced their voluntary participation in the Common Code for the Coffee Community. The Code excludes the worst forms of social, environmental and economic practices in the production, post-harvest processing and trading of coffee. Among the unacceptable practices defined in the agreement: the use of child labour, slavery or forced labour; failure to provide adequate housing and potable water for workers; prohibition of membership in a trade union; destruction of primary forest lands; and the use of dangerous pesticides. The Code was initiated by the German Coffee Association; participants include multinationals Nestlé, Tchibo, Sara Lee Corp. and Kraft Foods as well as producer countries Brazil, Vietnam, Kenya, Colombia, Indonesia, and Central America.
LINKS:
ÂCoffee giants agree to code in the Toronto Star (Sept. 11) at <http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1094855107846>
Common Code for the Coffee Industry (28 pages, PDF) at the European Coffee Federation website at <http://www.ecf-coffee.org/files/4C_Common_CodeCoffeeCommunity090904.pdf>
Global Exchange Fair Trade: Coffee website at <http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/>
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SMALL BUSINESSES OFFERS FLEXIBILITY FOR WORK AND FAMILY BALANCE: The Canadian Federation of Independent Business released a survey of its members on September 8. The survey reports that the most common flexible workplace practice in small and mid-sized firms is flexibility in scheduling vacations (79%). Allowing staff to take time off to deal with personal issues is allowed at 74% of firms; 57% offer flexible work schedules, and 46% offer flexibility to accommodate childcare issues. The report is based on over 10,000 responses to the CFIB Work and Family survey conducted between December 2003 and February 2004.
LINKS:
Canadian Federation of Independent Business press release at <http://www.cfib.ca/mcentre/mwire/releases/nat090804_e.asp>
Fostering flexibility: work and family (11 pages, PDF) at <http://www.cfib.ca/research/reports/pdf/WFB_e.pdf>
----------
HOW TO MANAGE VISIBLE MINORITY PROFESSIONALS: A recent report by the Conference Board of Canada titled The Voices of Visible Minorities: Speaking Out on Breaking Down Barriers describes a study of how visible minority professionals and managers deal with barriers in the workplace. The study used focus groups of minorities to discover how they overcame barriers and to elicit their suggestions on how organizations can reduce the problems that minorities face.
LINK:
The Voices of Visible Minorities: Speaking Out on Breaking Down Barriers (12 pages; PDF) at the Conference Board e-library at <http://www.conferenceboard.ca/>(free; registration required).
----------
ROUND-UP OF 2005 SALARY SURVEYS: The Canadian HR Reporter website contains an article summarizing the results of the recent salary surveys of seven organizations: Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Aon Consulting, WorldatWork, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Hay Group, Hewitt Associates and Morneau Sobeco.
LINKS:
ÂSalary surveys 101Â in the Canadian HR Reporter online September 9 at <http://www.hrreporter.com/loginarea/members/viewing.asp?ArticleNo=3367>
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NATIONAL QUALITY INSTITUTE AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE AS HEALTHY WORKPLACES: The Canadian Awards for Excellence program of the National Quality Institute began in 1984 to recognize private and public sector organizations with outstanding programs to achieve healthy workplaces. The 2004 Gold Trophy recipients are DaimlerChrysler Canada and the Canadian Auto Workers, and Delta Hotels.
LINKS:
National Quality Institute press release at <http://www.nqi.ca/newsevents/details.aspx?ID=465>
----------
HRPAO LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE: The new, re-designed website of the Human Resource Professionals Association of Ontario is not only better organized but also much richer in content. Even for non-members of HRPAO, certain areas of their Knowledge Centre are now open, and there is fuller and more current access to the Association flagship magazine, the HR Professional.
LINKS:
HRPAO website at <http://www.hrpao.org/hrpao>
Current issue of HR Professional magazine at <http://www.hrpao.org/HRPAO/KnowledgeCentre/HRProfessional/>
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SEPTEMBER 30 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS RE ONTARIOÂS OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE POLICY: The Draft Report of the Chair of the Occupational Disease Advisory Panel makes recommendations regarding the use of scientific and legal principles in determining occupational disease under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act; development of policies for compensating occupational diseases, and the decision-making process in occupational disease claims. Public comments and submissions may be submitted until September 30, via mail or email. Public meetings are being held across Ontario, beginning in Sudbury on September 13 and ending in Toronto on September 27 and 28.
LINKS:
Occupational Disease Consultation information at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board website at <http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/public/PolicyOccupationalDiseaseConsultation>
Draft Report of the Chair of the Occupational Disease Advisory Panel (May 2004) (38 pages, PDF) at <http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/LookupFiles/ODAPODAPDraftChairsReport/$File/ODAPDraftChairsReport.pdf>
Summary and Guide to the Draft (10 pages, PDF) at <http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/LookupFiles/ODAPSummaryandGuidetoODAPReport/$File/ODAPSummaryReport.pdf>
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HOSPITAL WORKERS PAID TOO MUCH AND DOCTORS PAID TOO LITTLE ACCORDING TO THE FRASER INSTITUTE: As Canadians watch the First Ministers Conference on Health Care unfold on television between September 13 to 15, the Fraser Institute has released a report on the wage structure in OntarioÂs hospitals. Where Does the Money Go? A Study of Worker Pay in OntarioÂs Hospitals suggests that hospitals pay most workers too much compared to the private sector or other provinces, but that physicians are not paid enough. ÂFor example, cooks and cleaners are paid between 30 percent and 60 percent more than in the private sector and nurses earn at least 14 percent more than in other provinces. The number of hospital workers earning over $100,000 per year has tripled since 1996, with average pay for these high earners rising 60 percent. The report examines the pay situation for physicians in detail, finding that average income for all Ontario physicians has declined for over three decades.
LINKS:
Where Does the Money Go? A Study of Worker Pay in OntarioÂs Hospitals (10 page, PDF) at the Fraser InstituteÂs website at <http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=nr&id=621>
CBC In depth website on Health Care at <http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/healthcare/>http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/healthcare/
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CONTINUES AT 7.2%: CanadaÂs unemployment rate remained unchanged in August at 7.2%, according to the Statistics CanadaÂs information released on September 10. The unemployment rate for adult men was 5.8%, the lowest rate since December 2000, but the unemployment rate for younger workers increased marginally to 13.7%. With 7,000 net jobs lost in August, commentators labeled the results disappointing, but not enough to turn the Bank of Canada from its priority concern with inflation .
LINK:
Latest release from the Labour Force Survey at the Statistics Canada website at <http://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Labour/LFS/lfs-en.htm>
Commentary from the Bank of Montreal Economics Department at <http://www.bmo.com/economic/headlines/csep10a.html>
Commentary from the TD Bank at <http://www.td.com/economics/comment/ca091004.jsp>
Bank of Canada website at <http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/index.htm>
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Centre for Industrial Relations 121 St. George St. Toronto Canada M5S 2E8 <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir>
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
(The following is courtesy of the Centre for Industrial Relations, University of Toronto).
Weekly Work Report for the Week of September 13, 2004
These highlights of the week's HR/IR news are prepared by the Librarians at the Centre for Industrial Relations for our subscribers, alumni, faculty and students, and are intended for their individual use only. Please visit the <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/library/wwreport/weeklyworkreport.html>CIR website for terms of use and information about organizational subscriptions. This message is composed in MS Outlook Express and contains hyperlinks that require an HTML-enabled email program.
The WWR is protected by Canadian copyright law and should not be reproduced or forwarded without permission. For inquiries or comments, please contact the Editor, <mailto:elizabeth.perry@utoronto.ca>.
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QUEBEC LABOUR RELATIONS COMMISSION DECISION GOES AGAINST WALMART: On September 9, the Quebec Labour Relations Commission ruled against a Wal-Mart application that had challenged the certification of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 503 at its Jonquiere Quebec store. Wal-mart argued that membership evidence in the July 2004 certification was invalid because it included employees who had signed membership cards during the previous certification drive in April. The Commission found that the cards were valid because the employees had not withdrawn their support. The Commission also accepted the unionÂs proposed bargaining unit as the appropriate one, contrary to Wal-MartÂs proposal to include supervisors, administrative staff and security guards in the unit.
LINKS:
ÂQuebec labour board rejects Wal-Mart challenge in the Globe and Mail (Sept. 10) at <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040910.wwalm10/BNStory/National/?query=walmart>
Quebec Labour Relations Commission ruling (7 pages, PDF) In French only at <http://www.crt.gouv.qc.ca/decisions/2004/2004QCCRT0482.pdf>
Archive of UFCW Canada press releases at the Walmart Workers Canada website <http://www.walmartworkerscanada.com/news.php>
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IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS PART OF NEW AGREEMENT FOR COFFEE INDUSTRY: On September 9, four multinational coffee companies announced their voluntary participation in the Common Code for the Coffee Community. The Code excludes the worst forms of social, environmental and economic practices in the production, post-harvest processing and trading of coffee. Among the unacceptable practices defined in the agreement: the use of child labour, slavery or forced labour; failure to provide adequate housing and potable water for workers; prohibition of membership in a trade union; destruction of primary forest lands; and the use of dangerous pesticides. The Code was initiated by the German Coffee Association; participants include multinationals Nestlé, Tchibo, Sara Lee Corp. and Kraft Foods as well as producer countries Brazil, Vietnam, Kenya, Colombia, Indonesia, and Central America.
LINKS:
ÂCoffee giants agree to code in the Toronto Star (Sept. 11) at <http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1094855107846>
Common Code for the Coffee Industry (28 pages, PDF) at the European Coffee Federation website at <http://www.ecf-coffee.org/files/4C_Common_CodeCoffeeCommunity090904.pdf>
Global Exchange Fair Trade: Coffee website at <http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/>
----------
SMALL BUSINESSES OFFERS FLEXIBILITY FOR WORK AND FAMILY BALANCE: The Canadian Federation of Independent Business released a survey of its members on September 8. The survey reports that the most common flexible workplace practice in small and mid-sized firms is flexibility in scheduling vacations (79%). Allowing staff to take time off to deal with personal issues is allowed at 74% of firms; 57% offer flexible work schedules, and 46% offer flexibility to accommodate childcare issues. The report is based on over 10,000 responses to the CFIB Work and Family survey conducted between December 2003 and February 2004.
LINKS:
Canadian Federation of Independent Business press release at <http://www.cfib.ca/mcentre/mwire/releases/nat090804_e.asp>
Fostering flexibility: work and family (11 pages, PDF) at <http://www.cfib.ca/research/reports/pdf/WFB_e.pdf>
----------
HOW TO MANAGE VISIBLE MINORITY PROFESSIONALS: A recent report by the Conference Board of Canada titled The Voices of Visible Minorities: Speaking Out on Breaking Down Barriers describes a study of how visible minority professionals and managers deal with barriers in the workplace. The study used focus groups of minorities to discover how they overcame barriers and to elicit their suggestions on how organizations can reduce the problems that minorities face.
LINK:
The Voices of Visible Minorities: Speaking Out on Breaking Down Barriers (12 pages; PDF) at the Conference Board e-library at <http://www.conferenceboard.ca/>(free; registration required).
----------
ROUND-UP OF 2005 SALARY SURVEYS: The Canadian HR Reporter website contains an article summarizing the results of the recent salary surveys of seven organizations: Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Aon Consulting, WorldatWork, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Hay Group, Hewitt Associates and Morneau Sobeco.
LINKS:
ÂSalary surveys 101Â in the Canadian HR Reporter online September 9 at <http://www.hrreporter.com/loginarea/members/viewing.asp?ArticleNo=3367>
----------
NATIONAL QUALITY INSTITUTE AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE AS HEALTHY WORKPLACES: The Canadian Awards for Excellence program of the National Quality Institute began in 1984 to recognize private and public sector organizations with outstanding programs to achieve healthy workplaces. The 2004 Gold Trophy recipients are DaimlerChrysler Canada and the Canadian Auto Workers, and Delta Hotels.
LINKS:
National Quality Institute press release at <http://www.nqi.ca/newsevents/details.aspx?ID=465>
----------
HRPAO LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE: The new, re-designed website of the Human Resource Professionals Association of Ontario is not only better organized but also much richer in content. Even for non-members of HRPAO, certain areas of their Knowledge Centre are now open, and there is fuller and more current access to the Association flagship magazine, the HR Professional.
LINKS:
HRPAO website at <http://www.hrpao.org/hrpao>
Current issue of HR Professional magazine at <http://www.hrpao.org/HRPAO/KnowledgeCentre/HRProfessional/>
----------
SEPTEMBER 30 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS RE ONTARIOÂS OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE POLICY: The Draft Report of the Chair of the Occupational Disease Advisory Panel makes recommendations regarding the use of scientific and legal principles in determining occupational disease under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act; development of policies for compensating occupational diseases, and the decision-making process in occupational disease claims. Public comments and submissions may be submitted until September 30, via mail or email. Public meetings are being held across Ontario, beginning in Sudbury on September 13 and ending in Toronto on September 27 and 28.
LINKS:
Occupational Disease Consultation information at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board website at <http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/public/PolicyOccupationalDiseaseConsultation>
Draft Report of the Chair of the Occupational Disease Advisory Panel (May 2004) (38 pages, PDF) at <http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/LookupFiles/ODAPODAPDraftChairsReport/$File/ODAPDraftChairsReport.pdf>
Summary and Guide to the Draft (10 pages, PDF) at <http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite.nsf/LookupFiles/ODAPSummaryandGuidetoODAPReport/$File/ODAPSummaryReport.pdf>
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HOSPITAL WORKERS PAID TOO MUCH AND DOCTORS PAID TOO LITTLE ACCORDING TO THE FRASER INSTITUTE: As Canadians watch the First Ministers Conference on Health Care unfold on television between September 13 to 15, the Fraser Institute has released a report on the wage structure in OntarioÂs hospitals. Where Does the Money Go? A Study of Worker Pay in OntarioÂs Hospitals suggests that hospitals pay most workers too much compared to the private sector or other provinces, but that physicians are not paid enough. ÂFor example, cooks and cleaners are paid between 30 percent and 60 percent more than in the private sector and nurses earn at least 14 percent more than in other provinces. The number of hospital workers earning over $100,000 per year has tripled since 1996, with average pay for these high earners rising 60 percent. The report examines the pay situation for physicians in detail, finding that average income for all Ontario physicians has declined for over three decades.
LINKS:
Where Does the Money Go? A Study of Worker Pay in OntarioÂs Hospitals (10 page, PDF) at the Fraser InstituteÂs website at <http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=nr&id=621>
CBC In depth website on Health Care at <http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/healthcare/>http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/healthcare/
----------
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CONTINUES AT 7.2%: CanadaÂs unemployment rate remained unchanged in August at 7.2%, according to the Statistics CanadaÂs information released on September 10. The unemployment rate for adult men was 5.8%, the lowest rate since December 2000, but the unemployment rate for younger workers increased marginally to 13.7%. With 7,000 net jobs lost in August, commentators labeled the results disappointing, but not enough to turn the Bank of Canada from its priority concern with inflation .
LINK:
Latest release from the Labour Force Survey at the Statistics Canada website at <http://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Labour/LFS/lfs-en.htm>
Commentary from the Bank of Montreal Economics Department at <http://www.bmo.com/economic/headlines/csep10a.html>
Commentary from the TD Bank at <http://www.td.com/economics/comment/ca091004.jsp>
Bank of Canada website at <http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/index.htm>
----------
Centre for Industrial Relations 121 St. George St. Toronto Canada M5S 2E8 <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir>
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 2:08 PM
[IWS] EIROnline: UNDECLARED WORK & Industrial Relations COMPARATIVE STUDY (on Theme) [14 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Industrial relations and undeclared work [14 September 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/thematicfeature8.html
Abstract:
The phenomenon of undeclared work 'defined as 'any paid activities that are lawful as regards their nature but not declared to the public authorities'' has received increasing attention from the European Union over recent years. It is an area dealt with by the European employment strategy, and the EU employment guidelines currently include a specific section entitled 'transform undeclared work into regular employment'. This provides that Member States should develop and implement broad actions and measures to eliminate undeclared work, which combine simplification of the business environment, removing disincentives and providing appropriate incentives in the tax and benefits system, improved law enforcement and the application of sanctions.
Given this high level of interest in the subject, in June 2004 the EIRO national centres in 23 European countries were asked, in response to a questionnaire, to give a brief overview of the industrial relations aspects of undeclared work, looking at: the nature and extent of undeclared work; the regulatory framework; the role, activities and views of the social partners; and partnerships between social partners and public authorities to tackle undeclared work. Their responses, or thematic features, are available below (along with the questions asked).
_____________________________
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Industrial relations and undeclared work [14 September 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/thematicfeature8.html
Abstract:
The phenomenon of undeclared work 'defined as 'any paid activities that are lawful as regards their nature but not declared to the public authorities'' has received increasing attention from the European Union over recent years. It is an area dealt with by the European employment strategy, and the EU employment guidelines currently include a specific section entitled 'transform undeclared work into regular employment'. This provides that Member States should develop and implement broad actions and measures to eliminate undeclared work, which combine simplification of the business environment, removing disincentives and providing appropriate incentives in the tax and benefits system, improved law enforcement and the application of sanctions.
Given this high level of interest in the subject, in June 2004 the EIRO national centres in 23 European countries were asked, in response to a questionnaire, to give a brief overview of the industrial relations aspects of undeclared work, looking at: the nature and extent of undeclared work; the regulatory framework; the role, activities and views of the social partners; and partnerships between social partners and public authorities to tackle undeclared work. Their responses, or thematic features, are available below (along with the questions asked).
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 10:56 AM
[IWS] OECD: EDUCATION AT A GLANCE, 2004 [14 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Education at a Glance 2004 - Summary of Chapters
http://www.oecd.org/document/7/0,2340,en_2649_34515_33712135_1_1_1_1,00.html
(scroll down for tables/data)
If you have access to SourceOECD at your university, company, library, it is available full-text via this service.
Press Release
Education Levels Rising in OECD Countries but Low Attainment Still Hampers Some
http://www.oecd.org/document/31/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33710751_1_1_1_1,00.html
14/09/2004 - More people around the world are completing university courses and other forms of tertiary education than ever before, according to the 2004 edition of Education at a Glance, the OECD's annual compendium of education statistics. However, progress has been uneven across countries and some have significantly fallen behind, potentially compromising their future ability to keep up with economic and social progress.
On average across OECD countries, half of today's young adults now enter universities or other institutions offering similar qualifications at some stage during their life (Table C2.1). An average 32% complete a first university-level degree, but this ranges from less than 20% in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland to 45% in Australia and Finland (Table A3.1).
AND MUCH MORE....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Education at a Glance 2004 - Summary of Chapters
http://www.oecd.org/document/7/0,2340,en_2649_34515_33712135_1_1_1_1,00.html
(scroll down for tables/data)
If you have access to SourceOECD at your university, company, library, it is available full-text via this service.
Press Release
Education Levels Rising in OECD Countries but Low Attainment Still Hampers Some
http://www.oecd.org/document/31/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33710751_1_1_1_1,00.html
14/09/2004 - More people around the world are completing university courses and other forms of tertiary education than ever before, according to the 2004 edition of Education at a Glance, the OECD's annual compendium of education statistics. However, progress has been uneven across countries and some have significantly fallen behind, potentially compromising their future ability to keep up with economic and social progress.
On average across OECD countries, half of today's young adults now enter universities or other institutions offering similar qualifications at some stage during their life (Table C2.1). An average 32% complete a first university-level degree, but this ranges from less than 20% in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland to 45% in Australia and Finland (Table A3.1).
AND MUCH MORE....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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 : 5:58 AM
Monday, September 13, 2004
[IWS] KOREA: Migrant Workers' Labor Market in Korea [August 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From the Korean Labor Institute (KLI)
e-Labor News
Issue Paper, No. 34
Migrant Workers' Labor Market in Korea
http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/34/elabr_Frameset3.htm
or
http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/34/papers/paper1.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
YOO Kil- Sang
Vice President, Korea Labor Institute
e-mail: <mailto:ksyu@kli.re.kr>
August 2004
[excerpt]
I. Introduction
Korea was one of the manpower-exporting nations in the 1960's and 1970's, but from the late 1980's the country turned into a labor force-importing nation that had to address the problem of domestic manpower shortages with imported migrant workers. This reversal in the flow of labor was caused by higher income, and elevated education level and lowered birth rate among Korean nationals. So far Korea has imported skilled foreign laborers in their capacity as "workers," but introduced low-skilled foreigners not as workers but as "trainees." Realizing, however, that there are a lot of problems in employing migrant workers under the cloak of trainees to tackle the chronic labor shortages, Korea plans to introduce the Guest Worker System in 2004 under which foreign workers may be imported as "workers."
As of the end of December 2003, there were 389,000 migrant workers residing in Korea, accounting for 2.7% of the total wageworkers or 1.8% of the nation's working population. Given the fact that the society is aging at the fastest speed in the world and that with their increased income and elevated education level, people are increasingly unwilling to take on low-skilled jobs, the shortages of low-skilled labor are expected to worsen in Korea in the future. In fact, migrant workers already occupy a significant portion of the Korean labor market, and their share is expected to grow further still.
Based on this premise, this study aims to analyze Korea's labor market for low-skilled migrant workers and identify its characteristics. To begin with, Section II describes the history of Korea's policy on low-skilled migrant workers to help the readers better understand the flow of the analysis, while Section III examines the trend in migrant workers in Korea. Section IV analyzes the characteristics of the migrant workers' labor market in Korea using the data collected through a survey. Finally, Section V summarizes this study and puts forward some policy recommendations.
AND MUCH MORE....
NOTE: This paper was presented at the 5th Asian Regional Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association(IIRA) held in Seoul on June 23-26, 2004, convened by the Korea Labor Institute(KLI) and the Korea Industrial Relations Association(KIRA).
_____________________________
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 *
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New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
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****************************************
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the Korean Labor Institute (KLI)
e-Labor News
Issue Paper, No. 34
Migrant Workers' Labor Market in Korea
http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/34/elabr_Frameset3.htm
or
http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/34/papers/paper1.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
YOO Kil- Sang
Vice President, Korea Labor Institute
e-mail: <mailto:ksyu@kli.re.kr>
August 2004
[excerpt]
I. Introduction
Korea was one of the manpower-exporting nations in the 1960's and 1970's, but from the late 1980's the country turned into a labor force-importing nation that had to address the problem of domestic manpower shortages with imported migrant workers. This reversal in the flow of labor was caused by higher income, and elevated education level and lowered birth rate among Korean nationals. So far Korea has imported skilled foreign laborers in their capacity as "workers," but introduced low-skilled foreigners not as workers but as "trainees." Realizing, however, that there are a lot of problems in employing migrant workers under the cloak of trainees to tackle the chronic labor shortages, Korea plans to introduce the Guest Worker System in 2004 under which foreign workers may be imported as "workers."
As of the end of December 2003, there were 389,000 migrant workers residing in Korea, accounting for 2.7% of the total wageworkers or 1.8% of the nation's working population. Given the fact that the society is aging at the fastest speed in the world and that with their increased income and elevated education level, people are increasingly unwilling to take on low-skilled jobs, the shortages of low-skilled labor are expected to worsen in Korea in the future. In fact, migrant workers already occupy a significant portion of the Korean labor market, and their share is expected to grow further still.
Based on this premise, this study aims to analyze Korea's labor market for low-skilled migrant workers and identify its characteristics. To begin with, Section II describes the history of Korea's policy on low-skilled migrant workers to help the readers better understand the flow of the analysis, while Section III examines the trend in migrant workers in Korea. Section IV analyzes the characteristics of the migrant workers' labor market in Korea using the data collected through a survey. Finally, Section V summarizes this study and puts forward some policy recommendations.
AND MUCH MORE....
NOTE: This paper was presented at the 5th Asian Regional Congress of the International Industrial Relations Association(IIRA) held in Seoul on June 23-26, 2004, convened by the Korea Labor Institute(KLI) and the Korea Industrial Relations Association(KIRA).
_____________________________
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 : 8:26 AM
Friday, September 10, 2004
[IWS] APEC: LABOR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION BEST PRACTICES & CASE STUDIES
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
________________________________________________________________________
From Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) & Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS)
APEC Tool Kit of Best Practices in Labor-Management Cooperation
http://www.fmcs.gov/internet/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=277&itemID=18073
Commissioned by the 21 member international organization, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), this Tool Kit draws on experiences from many nations of the Pacific Rim to present initiatives and techniques to promote labor-management cooperation.
BEST PRACTICES TOOL KIT
http://www.gnzlz.com/best_practices_tool_kit_x.htm
Based on the presentations at the June 2001 Symposium in Mexico City, we have developed a Best Practices Tool Kit for the replication of successful practices in workplaces throughout the APEC region. This Tool Kit provides a step-by-step, easy-to-navigate guide to developing a program of Labor-Management-Government cooperation in a variety of contexts, and also takes into account the applicability of its principles in light of intervening cultural, economic, and social factors.
CASE STUDIES IN BEST PRACTICES
http://www.gnzlz.com/case_studies_in_bp.htm
Single Click to link with the Case Study
All Case Studies are in Word 2000 / All PowerPoint Presentations in PPT 2000
Canada: Ottawa Transpo & PowerPoint Presentation
Canada: Labor Market Adjustment: Canadian Steel, Trade & Employment Congress & PowerPoint Presentation
Canada: Long Term Collective Agreements: New Approaches in Labour Relations in Quebec & PowerPoint Presentation
Chile: Effective Job Training
Indonesia: New Indonesia Industrial Relation System: Promoting Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining & PowerPoint Presentation
Korea: Hankuk Electric Glass Company & PowerPoint Presentation
Mexico: Groupo Resistol & PowerPoint Presentation
New Zealand: Employment Relations in New Zealand (amended) & PowerPoint Presentation
Philippines: Lapanday Agricultural and Development Corporation (Corrected) & PowerPoint Presentation Sources / Attachments
Philippines: The Role of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) in Dispute Prevention and Settlement
Singapore: Matsushita Refrigeration Industries
Thailand: Thai Honda Manufacturing
USA: Miller Dwan Medical Center
USA: Atlantic Baking Group & PowerPoint Presentation
USA: Philadelphia Zoo & PowerPoint Presentation
_____________________________
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) & Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS)
APEC Tool Kit of Best Practices in Labor-Management Cooperation
http://www.fmcs.gov/internet/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=277&itemID=18073
Commissioned by the 21 member international organization, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), this Tool Kit draws on experiences from many nations of the Pacific Rim to present initiatives and techniques to promote labor-management cooperation.
BEST PRACTICES TOOL KIT
http://www.gnzlz.com/best_practices_tool_kit_x.htm
Based on the presentations at the June 2001 Symposium in Mexico City, we have developed a Best Practices Tool Kit for the replication of successful practices in workplaces throughout the APEC region. This Tool Kit provides a step-by-step, easy-to-navigate guide to developing a program of Labor-Management-Government cooperation in a variety of contexts, and also takes into account the applicability of its principles in light of intervening cultural, economic, and social factors.
CASE STUDIES IN BEST PRACTICES
http://www.gnzlz.com/case_studies_in_bp.htm
Single Click to link with the Case Study
All Case Studies are in Word 2000 / All PowerPoint Presentations in PPT 2000
Canada: Ottawa Transpo & PowerPoint Presentation
Canada: Labor Market Adjustment: Canadian Steel, Trade & Employment Congress & PowerPoint Presentation
Canada: Long Term Collective Agreements: New Approaches in Labour Relations in Quebec & PowerPoint Presentation
Chile: Effective Job Training
Indonesia: New Indonesia Industrial Relation System: Promoting Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining & PowerPoint Presentation
Korea: Hankuk Electric Glass Company & PowerPoint Presentation
Mexico: Groupo Resistol & PowerPoint Presentation
New Zealand: Employment Relations in New Zealand (amended) & PowerPoint Presentation
Philippines: Lapanday Agricultural and Development Corporation (Corrected) & PowerPoint Presentation Sources / Attachments
Philippines: The Role of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) in Dispute Prevention and Settlement
Singapore: Matsushita Refrigeration Industries
Thailand: Thai Honda Manufacturing
USA: Miller Dwan Medical Center
USA: Atlantic Baking Group & PowerPoint Presentation
USA: Philadelphia Zoo & PowerPoint Presentation
_____________________________
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 : 7:52 AM
[IWS] EuroStat: Employment rate in the EU25 was 63.0% in 2003 [10 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
EuroStat: 110/2004 - 10 September 2004
Labour Force Survey - 2003
Employment rate in the EU25 was 63.0% in 2003
Female employment rate stood at 55.1%
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-10092004-EN-AP-EN&mode=download
or
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-10092004-EN-AP-EN&type=pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
In 2003, 192.8 million people aged 15 years and more had a job in the EU25. The total employment rate for people aged 15-64 was 63.0%, and the employment rate of women was 55.1%. The employment rate for people aged 55-64 was 40.2%.
In 2003, 10.3% of persons aged 15-64 worked part-time in the EU25, with the proportion of women (16.5%) working part-time nearly four times higher than for men (4.2%).
This information comes from a report published today by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, based on the results of the 2003 Labour Force Survey. For the first time in 2003, these results correspond to an annual average of the four quarters of the year, as opposed to one reference quarter (spring) in previous years.
Employment rates range from 51.2% in Poland to 75.1% in Denmark
In 2003, the employment rate for persons aged 15-64 was above 70% in Denmark (75.1%), the Netherlands (73.5%), Sweden (72.9%) and the United Kingdom (71.8%) while the lowest rates were recorded in Poland (51.2%), Malta (54.2%) and Italy (56.1%).
Sweden (71.5%) and Denmark (70.5%) registered the highest rates of female employment in 2003, while Malta (33.6%), Italy (42.7%) and Greece (43.8%) had the lowest. Malta recorded the greatest difference between male and female employment rates, with a gap of 41 percentage points, followed by Greece, Spain and Italy, where the gaps were nearly 30 percentage points. On the other hand, Sweden (3 percentage points), Finland (4) and Lithuania (6) recorded the lowest differences.
Part-time rates highest in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Sweden
In 2003, the highest part-time employment rate in the EU25 was observed in the Netherlands (32.8%), followed by the United Kingdom (17.4%) and Sweden (16.0%) and the lowest in Slovakia, Hungary, Greece and the Czech Republic with values below 3%. The Netherlands also recorded the highest value for female part-time employment, with 1 out of 2 women working part-time. Six other Member States, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Sweden and the United Kingdom, registered percentages between 20% and 30% for the female part-time employment rate.
13% of employees in the EU25 have a limited duration contract
Among the 160.9 million employees in the EU25 in 2003, 12.9% had a contract with limited duration. Percentages for males and females were 12.2% and 13.7% respectively. Spain (30.6%), Portugal (20.6%), Poland (19.4%), Finland (16.3%) and Sweden (15.1%) registered the highest percentages of employees with a temporary contract while the lowest were observed in Estonia (2.5%), Luxembourg (3.2%), Malta (3.6%) and Slovakia (4.9%).
AND MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
EuroStat: 110/2004 - 10 September 2004
Labour Force Survey - 2003
Employment rate in the EU25 was 63.0% in 2003
Female employment rate stood at 55.1%
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-10092004-EN-AP-EN&mode=download
or
http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-10092004-EN-AP-EN&type=pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
In 2003, 192.8 million people aged 15 years and more had a job in the EU25. The total employment rate for people aged 15-64 was 63.0%, and the employment rate of women was 55.1%. The employment rate for people aged 55-64 was 40.2%.
In 2003, 10.3% of persons aged 15-64 worked part-time in the EU25, with the proportion of women (16.5%) working part-time nearly four times higher than for men (4.2%).
This information comes from a report published today by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, based on the results of the 2003 Labour Force Survey. For the first time in 2003, these results correspond to an annual average of the four quarters of the year, as opposed to one reference quarter (spring) in previous years.
Employment rates range from 51.2% in Poland to 75.1% in Denmark
In 2003, the employment rate for persons aged 15-64 was above 70% in Denmark (75.1%), the Netherlands (73.5%), Sweden (72.9%) and the United Kingdom (71.8%) while the lowest rates were recorded in Poland (51.2%), Malta (54.2%) and Italy (56.1%).
Sweden (71.5%) and Denmark (70.5%) registered the highest rates of female employment in 2003, while Malta (33.6%), Italy (42.7%) and Greece (43.8%) had the lowest. Malta recorded the greatest difference between male and female employment rates, with a gap of 41 percentage points, followed by Greece, Spain and Italy, where the gaps were nearly 30 percentage points. On the other hand, Sweden (3 percentage points), Finland (4) and Lithuania (6) recorded the lowest differences.
Part-time rates highest in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Sweden
In 2003, the highest part-time employment rate in the EU25 was observed in the Netherlands (32.8%), followed by the United Kingdom (17.4%) and Sweden (16.0%) and the lowest in Slovakia, Hungary, Greece and the Czech Republic with values below 3%. The Netherlands also recorded the highest value for female part-time employment, with 1 out of 2 women working part-time. Six other Member States, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Sweden and the United Kingdom, registered percentages between 20% and 30% for the female part-time employment rate.
13% of employees in the EU25 have a limited duration contract
Among the 160.9 million employees in the EU25 in 2003, 12.9% had a contract with limited duration. Percentages for males and females were 12.2% and 13.7% respectively. Spain (30.6%), Portugal (20.6%), Poland (19.4%), Finland (16.3%) and Sweden (15.1%) registered the highest percentages of employees with a temporary contract while the lowest were observed in Estonia (2.5%), Luxembourg (3.2%), Malta (3.6%) and Slovakia (4.9%).
AND MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 5:48 AM
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
[IWS] EU: VIOLENCE in the EDUCATION SECTOR Fact Sheets [3 September 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Fact Sheets on VIOLENCE in the EDUCATION SECTOR
http://europe.osha.eu.int/good_practice/sector/education/indexbytopic11.php?id=432
Press Release [3 September 2004]
New advice to combat violence and other health risks in the education sector
http://agency.osha.eu.int/news/press_releases/en/06_09_2004/index.htm
New advice has been published to help teachers and other staff in Europe's education sector minimise the risk of violence and other health hazards. According to recent studies, 4% of employees in the sector have been physically assaulted and 12% subjected to some form of intimidation, leading to increased staff turnover and absenteeism.
Published by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the three new factsheets provide clear and simple advice to alleviate risks such as abusive pupils and parents, musculoskeletal disorders induced by lifting children and other dangers. The Agency has also produced a special web feature <http://europe.osha.eu.int/good_practice/sector/education/> providing more in-depth guidance, case studies of good practice and links to organisations offering relevant information and health and safety advice. It also includes an online forum for discussing key issues.
The three factsheets include:
* Prevention of violence to staff in the education sector (No. 47): Describes the principal causes of violence against staff and the main steps organisations need to take to assess and minimise the risks. It includes a useful checklist of issues that should be considered when formulating a plan, such as the design of the premises, behavioural strategies and administrative controls.
* Occupational health and safety in the education sector (No. 46): Highlights the main risks, such as bullying, stress and slips, and the procedures required to control them, including risk assessments. Five of the most common hazards are also identified for action, including the risks of falls, poorly maintained floor surfaces and the need to mark transparent glass to prevent injuries from breakages.
* Management of occupational safety and health in the education sector (No. 45): Provides a framework for evaluating and assessing the risks, from identifying the most vulnerable people and situations to allocating responsibility for managing the risks and monitoring progress. There is also an overview of EC legislation governing safety and health in education, including employersand employeeslegal responsibilities.
Based on increasing evidence of emerging problems, as also dramatic events both in Europe and in the United States have illustrated, education has been identified as a key priority in the Agencys health and safety activities. We hope that our publications will contribute to raise awareness about the serious psychosocial and other health problems in the sector, and more important help to manage them in an efficient way.says Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, Agency Director. We're also working on bringing safety and health issues to the classroom, so that young people are both aware and prepared for the risks they might encounter when they eventually get a job themselves.
_____________________________
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
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Fact Sheets on VIOLENCE in the EDUCATION SECTOR
http://europe.osha.eu.int/good_practice/sector/education/indexbytopic11.php?id=432
Press Release [3 September 2004]
New advice to combat violence and other health risks in the education sector
http://agency.osha.eu.int/news/press_releases/en/06_09_2004/index.htm
New advice has been published to help teachers and other staff in Europe's education sector minimise the risk of violence and other health hazards. According to recent studies, 4% of employees in the sector have been physically assaulted and 12% subjected to some form of intimidation, leading to increased staff turnover and absenteeism.
Published by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the three new factsheets provide clear and simple advice to alleviate risks such as abusive pupils and parents, musculoskeletal disorders induced by lifting children and other dangers. The Agency has also produced a special web feature <http://europe.osha.eu.int/good_practice/sector/education/> providing more in-depth guidance, case studies of good practice and links to organisations offering relevant information and health and safety advice. It also includes an online forum for discussing key issues.
The three factsheets include:
* Prevention of violence to staff in the education sector (No. 47): Describes the principal causes of violence against staff and the main steps organisations need to take to assess and minimise the risks. It includes a useful checklist of issues that should be considered when formulating a plan, such as the design of the premises, behavioural strategies and administrative controls.
* Occupational health and safety in the education sector (No. 46): Highlights the main risks, such as bullying, stress and slips, and the procedures required to control them, including risk assessments. Five of the most common hazards are also identified for action, including the risks of falls, poorly maintained floor surfaces and the need to mark transparent glass to prevent injuries from breakages.
* Management of occupational safety and health in the education sector (No. 45): Provides a framework for evaluating and assessing the risks, from identifying the most vulnerable people and situations to allocating responsibility for managing the risks and monitoring progress. There is also an overview of EC legislation governing safety and health in education, including employersand employeeslegal responsibilities.
Based on increasing evidence of emerging problems, as also dramatic events both in Europe and in the United States have illustrated, education has been identified as a key priority in the Agencys health and safety activities. We hope that our publications will contribute to raise awareness about the serious psychosocial and other health problems in the sector, and more important help to manage them in an efficient way.says Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, Agency Director. We're also working on bringing safety and health issues to the classroom, so that young people are both aware and prepared for the risks they might encounter when they eventually get a job themselves.
_____________________________
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 : 6:40 AM
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
[IWS] ILO: New! WORLD LABOUR NEWS (current awareness service)
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
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From the ILO Library
World Labour News
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resources/newsfeed.htm
About WLN
World Labour News is a current awareness service providing up-to-the-minute headlines with corresponding full text of news articles focused on labour issues particularly relevant to the work of the ILO. Some 17,500 news websites located in countries throughout the globe are scanned every five minutes for labour subjects based on specific terms in English, French and Spanish found in the Keyword List. Because most of these news sources are electronic versions of indigenous newspapers or other local news services, WLN offers the advantage of breaking news articles on labour developments often not covered in the international media, presented from a local perspective. International coverage is also included.
This service was created in response to expressed needs for more precise labour-related information that is very recent. Convenience of access is essential. Articles are grouped by age time spans, most recent ones only minutes or hours old, with maximum news coverage of 30 days. Earlier/Later buttons are used for scrolling through the dates while a drop down box provides access by exact day or week. A search box for searching on any word appearing in an article headline is also available.
WLN is a flexible news service allowing for changes in labour terminology when they occur. New sources of news are also added to the service upon discovery.
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the ILO Library
World Labour News
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resources/newsfeed.htm
About WLN
World Labour News is a current awareness service providing up-to-the-minute headlines with corresponding full text of news articles focused on labour issues particularly relevant to the work of the ILO. Some 17,500 news websites located in countries throughout the globe are scanned every five minutes for labour subjects based on specific terms in English, French and Spanish found in the Keyword List. Because most of these news sources are electronic versions of indigenous newspapers or other local news services, WLN offers the advantage of breaking news articles on labour developments often not covered in the international media, presented from a local perspective. International coverage is also included.
This service was created in response to expressed needs for more precise labour-related information that is very recent. Convenience of access is essential. Articles are grouped by age time spans, most recent ones only minutes or hours old, with maximum news coverage of 30 days. Earlier/Later buttons are used for scrolling through the dates while a drop down box provides access by exact day or week. A search box for searching on any word appearing in an article headline is also available.
WLN is a flexible news service allowing for changes in labour terminology when they occur. New sources of news are also added to the service upon discovery.
_____________________________
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 : 10:43 AM
Thursday, September 02, 2004
[IWS] EU: WTO Members may RETALIATE against US [31 August 2004]
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
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Commission
WTO Dispute Settlement
US Byrd Amendment -WTO says eight WTO Members may retaliate against the US
Joint Press statement by Brazil, Canada, Chile, the EU, India, Japan, Korea, and Mexico, Brussels, 31 August
http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/pr010904_en.htm
The WTO arbitrators have today given a green light for eight WTO Members to retaliate up to more than $150 million against the U.S. for failing to comply with its international trade obligations. In January 2003, the WTO ruled as illegal a piece of U.S. legislation commonly known as the Byrd Amendment, under which anti-dumping and countervailing duties are distributed to the domestic companies that had requested or supported the imposition of those duties. The WTO gave the U.S. until December 2003 to comply with the WTO ruling but the U.S. missed this deadline. The failure by the U.S. to bring its measure into conformity with WTO rules prompted eight WTO members - Brazil, Canada, Chile, the EU, India, Korea, Japan and Mexico to request authorisation from the WTO to impose additional import duties on US products or to suspend other obligations to the US. Further to today's award, the co-complainants may exercise their retaliatory rights, at any time deemed appropriate, in accordance with the award and the requirements of the WTO rules on the settlement of trade disputes. The award of the Arbitrators cannot be appealed. The eight WTO Members strongly urge the US to act immediately to repeal the illegal Byrd Amendment.
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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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
From the European Commission
WTO Dispute Settlement
US Byrd Amendment -WTO says eight WTO Members may retaliate against the US
Joint Press statement by Brazil, Canada, Chile, the EU, India, Japan, Korea, and Mexico, Brussels, 31 August
http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/pr010904_en.htm
The WTO arbitrators have today given a green light for eight WTO Members to retaliate up to more than $150 million against the U.S. for failing to comply with its international trade obligations. In January 2003, the WTO ruled as illegal a piece of U.S. legislation commonly known as the Byrd Amendment, under which anti-dumping and countervailing duties are distributed to the domestic companies that had requested or supported the imposition of those duties. The WTO gave the U.S. until December 2003 to comply with the WTO ruling but the U.S. missed this deadline. The failure by the U.S. to bring its measure into conformity with WTO rules prompted eight WTO members - Brazil, Canada, Chile, the EU, India, Korea, Japan and Mexico to request authorisation from the WTO to impose additional import duties on US products or to suspend other obligations to the US. Further to today's award, the co-complainants may exercise their retaliatory rights, at any time deemed appropriate, in accordance with the award and the requirements of the WTO rules on the settlement of trade disputes. The award of the Arbitrators cannot be appealed. The eight WTO Members strongly urge the US to act immediately to repeal the illegal Byrd Amendment.
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 : 8:28 AM
