Friday, January 27, 2006

[IWS] Work Foundation (UK): HEALTHY WORK: PRODUCTIVE WORKPLACES [December 2005]

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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Work Foundation

Healthy Work: Productive Workplaces
Why the UK needs more “good jobs”
David Coats, Associate Director, The Work Foundation & Catherine Max, Programme Manager, The London
Health Commission
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/pdf/Healthy_Work.pdf
[full-text, 69 pages]

Abstract
The Work Foundation and London Health Commission believe that employment is one of the key determinants of health. There is an economic and a public health case for higher quality employment ­ and employers and businesses alike have important and distinctive roles in promoting health and wellbeing, and in tackling health inequalities.

As part of our shared commitment to engaging employers and other stakeholders, we hosted a joint seminar series during 2004 and 2005 to address the questions: What can employers do to make employment healthy? What can policy-makers do to support this? This built on work we have been undertaking separately, such as the Commission’s London Works for Better Health programme and the Work Foundation’s input to the Choosing Health White Paper consultation.

Our discussion paper Healthy Work, Productive Workplaces brings together our thinking on the relationship between health, work and productivity. It is a challenge to government, employers and the unions to rethink their whole approach to management, job design, skills development and skills utilisation. Our call is for a more sophisticated public conversation about the linkages between work and health ­ we look forward to taking this forward together and hope you will join us in debating the issues and putting “good jobs” at the heart of the UK economy.

Press Release 30 December 2005
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/newsroom/pressreleases.jsp?ref=184
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

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Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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[IWS] APEC: A Guide to ARBITRATION and ADR in Member Economies web site

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
________________________________________________________________________

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

A Guide to ARBITRATION and ADR in APEC Member Economies
http://www.arbitration.co.nz/


This site contains information on arbitration laws, rules and practice in each of the APEC Member Economies together with other material on alternative dispute resolution (ADR). In this site ADR includes arbitration, mediation, conciliation and hybrid systems. The aim of the site is to provide information to business people and their professional advisors with a view to reducing the costs of doing business in the Region through providing transparent and authoritative information of methods of resolving commercial disputes that do not involve litigation.

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

****************************************
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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