Friday, April 27, 2007

[IWS] IADB: [Latin America] LABOR COMPASS (Database of Graphical Labor Market Descriptions]

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
________________________________________________________________________

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

LABOR COMPASS
http://www.iadb.org/res/CompasLaboral/index.cfm?language=english?language=en&parid=1


Labor Market

Employment is the main source of income for the immense majority of the inhabitants of the region. Reliable and timely information on the situation in the labor market is vital for understanding the impact of policy decisions on the life of the population of our countries. With Labor Compass the IDB Research Department aims to provide data for a better and timelier understanding of the conditions and trends in regional labor markets. This publication is intended to be a guide for analysts and policymakers on recent trends in the labor market through the presentation of a graphic description of the state of the labor markets of the region's key countries. In this edition, we report information on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela; in future editions we will expand the coverage of countries as information becomes available.

The situation in the labor market of each country is presented in three main groups of information. The first describes the structure of the labor market and captures in detail the impact of changes in inflation and growth on employment and unemployment. We present data from household surveys processed by the Social Information Service (SIS) on the changes in the structure of employment by type of worker (registered wage-earner, unregistered wage-earner, self-employed, etc), and by sector of activity during the last decade. With the objective of describing the impact of macroeconomic trends on the labor market, we also present data on the relation between unemployment and inflation, and between employment and growth.

The second and third blocks present high-frequency updated information reported by the countries on quantities and prices in the labor market. The information on quantities, given in the second block, describes short-term changes in the trends in employment and unemployment. We also provide information on rates of activity, employment, unemployment, underemployment and registration. This block ends with an estimate of the net generation of employment by period. The price data in the third block describes changes in minimum and real wages by group. This block ends with an estimate of labor costs per unit of output. A detailed explanation of each of these indicators is given in the glossary.


Covering the following countries to date for the these categories of information:
Employment Distribution
Activity and Employment
Quantity variables
Price variables

Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Mexico
Perú
Venezuela
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Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
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[IWS] IADB: EDUCATIONAL GENDER GAP in LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN [April 2007]

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

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Research Dep. Working Papers:
WP-600
The Educational Gender Gap in Latin America and the Caribbean
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=WP-600
or
http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-600.pdf
[full-text, 52 pages]
Author:
Duryea, Suzanne;Galiani, Sebastian; Ñopo, Hugo; Piras, Claudia
Published:
April 2007

Abstract:
This paper analyzes the evolution of gender differences in schooling attendance and attainment in Latin America and the Caribbean, for both adults who left the educational system and children in school. For individuals 21 years old and above the paper uses a cohort analysis of school attainment. The results indicate that the schooling gap has closed for the cohort born at the end of the 1960s. Since then, the gap has reversed such that within the cohort born in 1980, females have, on average, ¼ of a schooling year more than males. During the four decades of birth cohorts of our analysis (1940-1980) the gender gap in attainment has moved in favor of females at a pace of 0.27 years of schooling per decade. A decomposition exercise suggests that the changes in the schooling gap are mainly explained by the educational attainment of females at the higher levels, rather than improvements in the early years of education. An analysis of attendance and attainment among girls and boys between 6 and 18, for Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru (the countries that have not closed the gap in adult schooling attainment) reveals noticeable gender differences, favoring boys, only among older children of the lowest income quintiles and indigenous ethnicity.

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Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
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Thursday, April 26, 2007

[IWS] ADB: Asian Development Bank's Annual Report [25 April 2007]

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

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Asian Development Bank's Annual Report [25 April 2007]
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Annual_Report/2006/default.asp

Volume I -- Main
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Annual_Report/2006/ADB-AR2006.pdf
[full-text, 124 pages]

Volume II -- Financial
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Annual_Report/2006/ADB-AR2006-Vol2.pdf
[full-text, 177 pages]

Press Release 25 April 2007
ADB Loans Jump to $7.4 Billion in 2006, Annual Report Says
http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2007/11792-adb-annual-reports/default.asp

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - ADB approved a total $7.4 billion in loans in 2006, reflecting a 28% increase over the previous year's level, according to the < http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Annual_Report/2006/default.asp > ADB Annual Report 2006, released ahead of the 40th Annual Meeting to be held 4­7 May in Kyoto, Japan.

"Sustainable economic growth was the most prevalent theme," said ADB's latest annual report, in describing the general thrust of the 67 projects supported by the loans approved in 2006.

Grants approved in 2006 amounted to $538.4 million, earmarked for 43 projects. This amount is less than half the $1.1 billion in grants approved in 2005, when more funds were needed to immediately address the destruction wrought by the December 2004 Asian tsunami and the earthquake that struck Pakistan in October 2005.

Loans

The People's Republic of China received $1.6 billion, or 21%, of the total loans that ADB extended last year, making it the biggest loan recipient.

The finance sector was the top recipient of ADB loans last year, receiving $1.8 billion, or 24%, of total loans, sharply higher than the $261.2 million the sector secured in 2005. The transportation and communications sector received the largest share of loans that ADB provided in 2005.

Loans with government guarantees last year totaled $6.8 billion for 59 projects. Out of this amount, $5.5 billion for 26 loans came from the ordinary capital resources of ADB, while the balance, which financed 45 loans, was sourced from the concessional < http://www.adb.org/ADF> Asian Development Fund (ADF).

Overall, sovereign lending increased 30% over the $5.2 billion approved in 2005.


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****************************************
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Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

[IWS] EMCC: EUROPEAN RESTRUCTURING MONITOR QUARTERLY, Issue 1, Spring 2007 [25 April 2007]

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

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

European Restructuring Monitor Quarterly, Issue 1, Spring 2007 [25 April 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/index.php?template=quarterly&utm_source=23apr2007&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/templates/displaydoc.php?docID=35
[full-text, 18 pages]

Summary
There has been little change in the global macroeconomic outlook since the previous quarter. Growth and expectations
in Europe, particularly in Germany, remain good. The slowdown in the US economy continues without, as yet, having
any apparent impact on Europe, where unemployment is still falling. The EU27 unemployment rate was 7.4% in
February 2007, compared with 7.5% in January 2007 and 8.2% in February 2006.

During the first quarter 2007, the ERM recorded 420 restructuring cases. These cases announced 132,762 jobs losses and
184,511 job gains. The largest case of job loss was in the Czech public administration with 40,000 jobs to go. The two
next biggest cases were at Michelin and Pfizer which announced major job losses in their global operations. By far the
largest case of job loss in Italy was at the State Railways group which announced the loss of 10,000 jobs. The largest
expansion was proposed by the UK retail giant John Lewis, followed by Nokia in Romania and temporary agency jobs
at Adecco in Germany. One notable feature of restructuring this quarter was that job loss due to offshoring/delocalisation
only amounted to 5.5% of all jobs lost, below the 9% mark reported in previous quarters.

The thematic sections of this ERM quarterly consider two cases of strategic importance for European industry. One of
the major restructuring cases in the first quarter 2007 was at Alcatel-Lucent and was reported to the ERM from several
European countries. The job losses follow on from the merger between French Alcatel and American Lucent
Technologies Inc., announced in April 2006. Following the news of the merger, the company announced on 2 April 2006
that around 9,000 employees across the world would lose their jobs. The two companies began operating as a combined
unit on 1 December 2006, becoming the world's second-largest supplier of telecommunications network and mobile
equipment after Cisco Systems Inc. However, by 9 February 2007 Alcatel-Lucent had revised the proposed cutbacks to
between 12,000 and 13,000 jobs which amount to more than 15% of its workforce.

The second case concerns EADS, the leading European aerospace and defence group whose problems with the AIRBUS
A380 warranted a thematic section in the previous ERM quarterly. Since then more concrete information has been made
available and several cases have been reported to the ERM.

This quarterly concludes with a brief overview of recent restructuring events in Malta and Cyprus. Due to small firm
size these countries rarely feature in the ERM database. This special reporting will be a permanent feature of the ERM
quarterly.

CONTENTS

Summary
Current macroeconomic trends and prospects
Overview of the ERM statistics 1st quarter 2007
Restructuring at Alcatel-Lucent
Restructuring at AIRBUS
Restructuring in Cyprus and Malta
Note on methodology
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

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Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

[IWS] 28 APRIL EVENTS+ for INT'L WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY

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
________________________________________________________________________

28 April update: International Workers� Memorial Day/International Day of Mourning
www.hazards.org/wmd

Dear all, our 28 April webpages have been thoroughly updated and can be viewed at the URL above.
 
Information available includes:
 
28 April events listing
: Details of hundreds of events in about 70 countries and links to national sites with additional listings. Reports of events are still coming in.
http://www.hazards.org/wmd/countrylistings.htm
 
28 April resources: Briefings on key theme issues including health and safety enforcement and occupational cancer prevention.
www.hazards.org/wmd/background.htm  In addition, we have created a dedicated occupational cancer prevention kit.
www.hazards.org/cancer/cancer/preventionkit
 
28 April artwork: Gallery of posters and promotional materials.
http://www.hazards.org/wmd/images.htm
 
ITUC�s briefing is available online as a pdf file at:
http://www.global-unions.org/pdf/ohsewpH_5Ad.EN.pdf
 
 
If you would like details of your events adding to the list, please email me at editor@hazards.org as soon as possible. Where available, please provide any related web links.
 
You may be interested to hear our www.hazards.org website this year won the prestigious Workworld Media Award for online journalism. It is the first time a labour publication has been honoured. Previous recipients have included Time magazine, The Economist and major international broadcasters.
 
Thanks and best wishes
 
Rory O�Neill
Health, safety and environment officer
International Federation of Journalists
Editor. Hazards magazine
www.hazards.org/workingworld
www.hazards.org/news

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Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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Friday, April 20, 2007

[IWS] UK: TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP 2006 [19 April 2007]

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

United Kingdom (UK)
Employment Market Analysis and Research
Department of Trade and Industry


TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP 2006 [19 April 2007]
http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file39006.pdf
[full-text, 56 pages]

See also
Previous articles and membership reports
http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/research-evaluation/trade-union-statisitcs/

Press Release 19 April 2007
Department of Trade and Industry (National)
Trade Union membership 2006
http://www.gnn.gov.uk/environment/fullDetail.asp?ReleaseID=279468&NewsAreaID=2

[excerpt]
Key findings
• The rate of union membership (union density) for employees in the UK fell
by 0.6 percentage points to 28.4 per cent in 2006, down from 29.0 per cent
in 2005 . This was the largest annual percentage point decline since 1998.

• Amongst all those in employment in the UK, union density fell from 26.2
per cent in 2005 to 25.8 per cent in 2006.

• For the third consecutive year, a higher proportion of women than men
were trade union members (the difference is statistically significant). Union
density among women fell by 0.2 percentage points to 29.7 per cent of
employees in 2006, while for men it fell by 0.9 percentage points to 27.2
per cent.

• Of the four nations, Northern Ireland had the highest union density
(39.7 per cent of employees). In Wales it was 35.9 per cent, and in
Scotland 34.6 per cent. Union density was lowest in England (27.0 per
cent).

• Among the English government office regions, the South East had the
lowest union density (21.4 per cent) and the North East the highest (38.9
per cent).

• Only one in six (16.6 per cent) private sector employees in the United
Kingdom were union members in 2006. Private sector union density fell by
0.6 percentage points, from 17.2 per cent in 2005. Collective agreements
covered less than one in five private sector employees, while almost onethird
(31.7 per cent) worked in a workplace where unions were present.

• Almost three in five (58.8 per cent) public sector employees in the United
Kingdom were union members. Public sector union density rose by 0.2
percentage points in 2006. Collective agreement coverage in the public
sector was 69.0 per cent, three times greater than in the private sector.
Trade unions were present in 86.8 per cent of public sector workplaces in
the United Kingdom.

• Across all sectors, almost half of UK employees (47.1 per cent) were in a
workplace where a trade union was present. One-third of UK employees
said their pay and conditions were affected by a collective agreement.

• The hourly earnings of union members averaged £12.43 in 2006, 16.6 per
cent more than the earnings of non-members (£10.66 per hour).



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****************************************
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Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
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[IWS] BEA: U.S. MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES: EMPLOYMENT, SALES, & CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 2005 [19 Aprile 2007]

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

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

Summary Estimates for Multinational Companies: Employment, Sales, and Capital Expenditures for 2005 [19 April 2007]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/mnc/mncnewsrelease.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/mnc/2007/pdf/mnc2005.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/mnc/2007/xls/mnc2005.xls
[spreadsheet]


U.S. multinational companies (MNCs) employed 30.5 million workers
worldwide in 2005, of which 21.5 million were employed in the United
States by U.S. parent companies and 9.1 million were employed abroad
by their majority-owned foreign affiliates.
  The employment in the
United States by U.S. parents accounted for almost one-fifth of total
U.S. employment in private industries.  Worldwide capital expenditures
by U.S. MNCs totaled $478.1 billion; capital expenditures in the United
States by U.S. parents accounted for $340.8 billion and capital
expenditures abroad by majority-owned foreign affiliates accounted
for $137.3 billion.  Sales by U.S. parent companies totaled $7,606.1
billion, and those by majority-owned foreign affiliates totaled
$3,761.9 billion.

Majority-owned U.S. affiliates of foreign MNCs employed 5.1 million
workers in 2005, accounting for 4.5 percent of total U.S. employment
in private industries.  Capital expenditures by these affiliates
totaled $120.9 billion and their sales totaled $2,507.6 billion.

Worldwide employment by U.S. MNCs increased 1.8 percent in 2005,
following a 2.2-percent increase in 2004.  Employment in the United
States by U.S. parent companies increased 1.1 percent, following a
0.6-percent increase.  Employment abroad by the majority-owned
foreign affiliates of U.S. MNCs increased 3.6 percent, following a
6.1-percent increase.  Employment in the United States by
majority-owned U.S. affiliates of foreign MNCs decreased 0.7 percent
in 2005, following a 2.0-percent decrease in 2004.

Worldwide capital expenditures of U.S. MNCs increased 15.2 percent in
2005, following a decrease of 2.4 percent in 2004.  The increase
reflected a 15.3-percent increase in capital spending in the United
States by U.S. parent companies, following a decrease of 6.3 percent;
capital spending abroad by majority-owned foreign affiliates increased
14.9 percent, following a 9.0-percent increase.  For majority-owned U.S.
affiliates of foreign MNCs, capital expenditures increased 7.1 percent
in 2005, following a 3.5-percent increase in 2004.

Sales by U.S. parent companies increased 8.7 percent, following a
6.9-percent increase in 2004, and sales by majority-owned foreign
affiliates increased 14.4 percent, following a 14.8-percent increase.
Sales by majority-owned U.S. affiliates of foreign MNCs increased 8.8
percent, following an increase of 8.6 percent.

Employment in the United States by U.S. parent companies accounted for
70 percent of the worldwide employment of U.S. MNCs in 2005, down from
71 percent in 2004.  The U.S.-parent share of the worldwide capital
expenditures of U.S. MNCs in 2005 was 71 percent, the same share as
in 2004.

The U.S.-parent share of MNC activity can change for a number of
reasons, and the changes do not uniformly correspond to either
additions to, or subtractions from, employment and capital expenditures
in the United States.  Examples of factors other than production
shifting that might be associated with a change in the parent and
affiliate shares of MNC activity include different rates of economic
growth in the United States and in specific markets where investment
is occurring abroad, or the creation of new market opportunities
abroad that cannot be served by exports from the United States.
Additional discussion of data and analytical considerations may be
found in "A Note on Patterns of Production and Employment by U.S.
Multinational Companies," in the March 2004 issue of the Survey of
Current Business.

Revisions.--The MNC estimates for 2004 presented in this release
supercede preliminary estimates that were released in the
second half of 2006.  For U.S. parent companies, the estimates of
employment were revised down 0.6 percent, the estimates of capital
expenditures were revised down 4.3 percent, and the estimates of
sales were revised up 0.7 percent.  For majority-owned foreign
affiliates, the estimates of employment were revised up 1.5 percent,
the estimates of capital expenditures were revised down 2.9 percent,
and the estimates of sales were revised up 1.5 percent.  For
majority-owned U.S. affiliates of foreign MNCs, the estimates of
employment were revised up 0.5 percent, the estimates of capital
expenditures were revised up 4.4 percent, and the estimates of sales
were revised up 0.1 percent.  The upward revision for capital
expenditures by majority-owned U.S. affiliates was largely due to late
reports for newly acquired affiliates, including companies in
automotive equipment rental and leasing (see definition of capital
expenditures in the technical note).

AND MORE...including TABLES...
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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                       
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[IWS] ILO: 4 NEW RESOURCE GUIDES issued by the ILO Library

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
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International Labour Organization (ILO)

The ILO Library has published 4 new resource guides to information on the world of work. Each guide contains full text access to key ILO publications on the topic and a bibliography of selected publications, including resources from Geneva and around the world. They also provide links to the relevant Conventions and Recommendations and statistics.


            Informal economy
            http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/subject/informal.htm


            Corporate social responsibility
            http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/subject/csr.htm


           Export processing zones
            http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/subject/epz.htm


           Gender equality in the world of work
            http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/subject/gender.htm


[Thanks to Richelle Van Snellenberg, Training and Technical Cooperation Librarian at the ILO for the tip].

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[IWS] OECD Response to ECONOMIST ARTICLE by SECRETARY-GENERAL [20 April 2007]

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OECD

Statement by the Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, in reply to an article in The Economist of 20 April 2007
http://www.oecd.org/document/38/0,2340,en_2649_201185_38438438_1_1_1_1,00.html

20-April-2007 -- A lead story in today's edition of The Economist is an attack on the OECD and on me personally as Secretary-General. Drawing on a mixture of innuendo, gossip and partial truths, the European business editor of the Economist, aerospace and defence industry specialist Iain Carson, who is the main author of the article, paints a picture of "an organisation that seems to be lacking in modern rules and practices".  He cites unnamed "OECD ambassadors from north European countries" as fearing that "the staid old body … may drift into dangerous waters."

Before dealing individually with the specifics of this attack, I should like to make a general point. As Secretary General of the OECD since June 2006, I have spoken out vigorously in favour of international efforts to fight the scourge of corruption in the global economy. I am equally determined to root out any hint of favouritism or corruption within the OECD Secretariat.

We are indeed in dangerous waters. Not only multilateral organisations but businesses and national governments all have a role to play in fighting corruption wherever it rears its head. The OECD's prime role in this respect is to assist the 36 countries that are parties to the OECD anti-Bribery Convention in ensuring that each one of them fulfils their commitments. In recent months, a number of significant cases have been exposed to the public gaze and discussed by the OECD's Working Group on Bribery. It is no surprise that this attack occurs at this time.

In this context, clearly, the OECD's internal management practices must be exemplary. That is why I have initiated changes in management and hiring procedures to ensure that the OECD Secretariat follows best practices at all levels. In entrusting oversight of this process as Executive Director from 1 June 2007 to Patrick van Haute, a senior Belgian diplomat who is currently Belgium's Ambassador to the OECD, I believe that I have chosen someone with the experience and judgement needed to make these changes work. All future appointments, similarly, will be designed to uphold the OECD's reputation, not only as a purveyor, but also as an observer of best practices.

Allow me now to deal with some of the factual points used by Mr. Carson to support the innuendo on which his article is based.

1. In paragraph two of his article, Mr. Carson refers to apparent shortcomings in the OECD's "internal workings".  The OECD is governed by rules that are determined by its members, and I am committed to their enforcement and continuous improvement. Mr. Carson cites a letter to me from the Canadian delegation, dated April 4 2007, but he neglects to cite my response. Both letters, which I provided to Mr. Carson, are contained in an annex to this statement.

AND MUCH MORE....
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

[IWS] World Bank: GLOBAL MONITORING REPORT 2007 (GENDER EQUALITY & FRAGILE STATES) [13 April 2007]

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World Bank

GLOBAL MONITORING REPORT 2007 [13 April 2007]
Millennium Development Goals: Confronting the Challenges of Gender Equality and Fragile States
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTGLOBALMONITOR/EXTGLOMONREP2007/0,,contentMDK:21256862~menuPK:3413278~pagePK:64218950~piPK:64218883~theSitePK:3413261,00.html
or
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGLOMONREP2007/Resources/3413191-1176390231604/1264-FINAL-LO-RES.pdf
[full-text, 276 pages]

STATISTICAL APPENDIX
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGLOMONREP2007/Resources/3413191-1176390231604/225-254_GMRstatapp.pdf
[full-text, 30 pages]

Press Release
Greater Attention Needed to Gender Equality and Fragile States to Reach Global Targets by 2015, Says World Bank-IMF Report
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21296903~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html

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Monday, April 16, 2007

[IWS] Dublin Foundation: FIRST EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE SURVEY: Time use and work­life options over the life course [12 April 2007]

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

First European Quality of Life Survey: Time use and work­life options over the life course [12 April 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0699.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/99/en/1/ef0699en.pdf
[full-text, 119 pages]

Author:
Torres, Anália; Brites, Rui; Haas, Barbara; Steiber, Nadia

Summary:
This report addresses the key issue of time use and work­life options over the life course. The report aims to contribute to current debates on the subject, placing them in the wider context of 25 European countries and viewing them from a life course perspective. It considers the ways in which the institutional and policy framework can be expected to affect actual and preferred patterns of time use over the life course, focusing on distinct stages of the life course. It investigates individuals' views on available working time options, while exploring their preferences regarding measures designed to help them reconcile their different time-demanding commitments.

CONTENTS
Foreword v
Introduction 1
1 ­ Different life course stages 7
Main phases 7
Institutional context 9
2 ­ Patterns of time use 21
Entrance phase 21
Rush hour of life 21
Late phase 22
Time use preferences 22
Data and methods in life course analyses 23
Data used in time use preferences and indicators 25
Data limitations 26
3 ­ Analysis of time use over the life course 27
Paid working hours of women 27
Paid working hours of men 36
Unpaid working hours and total workload of working parents 38
Time spent on training activities and education 42
4 ­Time use preferences and work­life options 49
Important working time options 49
Available working time options 53
Take-up of working time options 57
Satisfaction with working time options 60
Plans for reducing working hours 63
Attitudes towards work and working time 66
Attitudes towards retirement 71
Attitudes to lifelong learning 76
Work-life balance solutions 78
Main conclusions 81
5 ­ Conclusions 85
Time use and preferences over the life course 85
Identifying national 'life course regimes' 91
Lifelong learning 93
Policy recommendations 93
Bibliography 99
Annex 1 ­ Country data 105
Annex 2 ­ Eurobarometer questions 107

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[IWS] JILPT: JAPAN--FOREIGN AFFILIATED COMPANIES' HR MANAGEMENT, LABOR RELATIONS & WORKING CONDITIONS [SURVEY] [April 2007]

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Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training ( JILPT)
JILPT REPORT No. 4, 2007

2005 Survey Results of Labor-Management Relations, Human Resource Management and Working Conditions in Foreign Affiliated Companies in Japan [April 2007]
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JILPTRNo4.pdf
[full-text, 59 pages]

Contents
Preface
Contents
I Outline of the Survey ·························································································································3
II Summary of the Results of the Survey ·······································································································7
1. Introduction ·····················································································································································7
2. Overall Situation of Companies and Workers ·······························································································7
(1) Distribution by Industry, Size of Company, Percentage of Foreign Capital,
Nationality of Foreign Investors and Date of Establishment ·································································7
(2) Number of Workers, and Percentage of Foreigners, etc. ·······································································9
(3) Hiring and Leaving ································································································································13
3. Labor-Management Relations ······················································································································14
(1) Labor Unions and Other Employee Organizations ··············································································14
(2) Collective Agreements and Collective Bargaining ··············································································16
(3) Matters Demanded by Workers and Labor Disputes ···········································································16
(4) Labor-Management Communications (Consultations, etc.) ································································17
(5) Involvement of Labor Unions and Labor Representatives in Employment
Adjustment ··············································································································································21
4. Business, Personnel and Labor Management ······························································································22
(1) Hiring ·····················································································································································22
(2) Personnel and Labor Management ·····································································································25
(3) Business and Personnel Management ··································································································27
5. Working Conditions ······································································································································30
(1) Wages ·····················································································································································30
(2) Scheduled Working Hours Per Week ····································································································30
(3) Days Off and Leaves ·····························································································································32
6. Conclusion ····················································································································································35
(1) The Overall Situation of Companies and Workers ···············································································35
(2) Labor-Management Relations ···············································································································36
(3) Managerial, Personnel and Labor Management ··················································································37
(4) Working Conditions ·······························································································································38
Reference: Comparison of Foreign-affiliated Companies with Domestic Japanese
Companies ····································································································································39
III Questionnaire of the Survey ·······················································································································43
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Friday, April 13, 2007

[IWS] USITC: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: FACTORS AFFECTING TRADE PATTERNS of SELECTED INDUSTRIES [13 April 2004]

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USITC (U.S. International Trade Commission)

Sub-Saharan Africa: Factors Affecting Trade Patterns of Selected Industries [13 April 2007]
First Annual Report
Investigation No. 332--477
Publication 3914, April 2007
http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/332/pub3914.pdf
[full-text, 214 pages]


Summary:

Growing demand and increased prices were prominent factors affecting the growth of exports in 12 selected industries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in recent years, reports the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in its latest general factfinding investigation.

Government policies related to investment, infrastructure, trade agreements, and regional integration were significant factors in the growth of some African exports because they enhanced the ability of SSA exporters to take advantage of the more favorable market conditions, according to the report.

Prepared for the U.S. Trade Representative, the ITC report is the first of three annual reports that will provide brief overviews of the trends in SSA exports in the agricultural, mining and manufacturing, and services sectors.

Each report will also provide profiles of SSA industries within those sectors producing certain products that have shown significant export shifts in recent years. Each industry profile will include an analysis of the leading SSA exporters, their key markets, the leading competitors, and the market and policy factors that have contributed to recent increases or decreases in the exports of these industries.

The first report covers industries that produce:
   * cut flowers;
   * cocoa butter and paste;
   * nuts (primarily cashews);
   * prepared or preserved fish;
   * acyclic alcohol;
   * unwrought aluminum;
   * textiles and apparel;
   * petroleum gas (primarily liquified natural gas);
   * flat-rolled steel;
   * wood veneer sheets;
   * financial services; and
   * tourism.

Includes numerous TABLES.....
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[IWS] Dublin Foundation: PART-TIME WORK in EUROPEAN COMPANIES [12 April 2007]

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


Part-time work in European companies [12 April 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef06102.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/102/en/1/ef06102en.pdf
[full-text, 89 pages]

Author:
Anxo, Dominique; Fagan, Colette; Smith, Mark; Letablier, Marie-Thérèse; Perraudin, Corinne

Summary:
This report reveals how widespread part-time employment has become as a working arrangement in many parts of Europe. It looks at the national policies influencing part-time employment and the possible impact of this type of work organisation on labour market flexibility. It also examines the variations in the take-up of part-time work between men and women, as well as profiling part-time workers in terms of pay, career prospects and sectoral distribution. In doing so, the report analyses the effects of this working time arrangement on overall work­life balance.

CONTENTS
Foreword v
Introduction 1
Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance (ESWT) 2
Part-time work in ESWT 3

1 ­ Part-time work in Europe 5
General trends in part-time work among European workforce 5
National differences in policies promoting part-time work 7
Employer reasons for introducing part-time work 9

2 ­ Use of part-time work in companies 11
Wide variations in part-time work experience across countries 11
Extent of part-time work in services sector and large establishments 13
Part-time work in public sector and establishments with many female employees 15

Effects of age composition and skills level of workforce 16
Use of part-time work according to human resource and operational issues 18
Use of part-time work and other working arrangements 18

3 ­ Part-time work patterns 23
Groups of part-time workers 23
Incidence of men working part time 26
Career prospects of part-time workers 27
Motivation of part-time workers 29
Reasons for introducing part-time work 32

4 ­ Organisation of part-time work 37
Sectoral differences in organisation of part-time work 41
Organising part-time work with different workforce groups 45
Organising part-time work with other working arrangements 47
Reversibility of part-time/full-time jobs 50
Reasons for part-time work 54

5 ­ Conclusions 57
Bibliography 63
Annex 1 ­ Figures showing extent of part-time work across countries 67
Annex 2 ­ Estimation methods, dependent and independent variables 73
Annex 3 ­ Estimation results 77
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[IWS] EIRO: GENDER & CAREER DEVELOPMENT (COMPARATIVE STUDY) [21 March 2007]

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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
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---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY

Gender and career development [21 March 2007]
March 2007
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2006/12/studies/index.html
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2006/12/studies/tn0612019s.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]


This comparative study examines the issue of gender and career development and explores the continuing barriers to achieving equality of opportunity in this area. Looking at the current European Union countries (with the exception of Sweden) and Norway, the study explores the extent to which career patterns are changing in response to the restructuring of work and organisations and how this impacts on women's career experiences. It also examines the attitudes of the social partners regarding gender and career development. The study finds that although careers are changing in most countries, the nature of this change is best described as a gradual erosion of traditional work patterns, rather than a transformation which is likely to improve opportunities for women. Gender segregation remains a significant problem, despite women's increased activity rates. Female-dominated part-time work, associated with poor opportunities for training and promotion, also persists. The study reveals that most trade unions have been proactive in campaigning on this topic and in increasing their members' awareness of and ability to raise such issues with employers. However, it also shows that many employers appear to remain unconvinced about the need to prioritise gender and careers. While there are examples of some innovative attempts to tackle the problem, these often occur in isolation. In particular, translating legislation into practice at company level remains a significant problem.

The study was compiled on the basis of individual national reports submitted by the EIRO correspondents. The text of each of these national reports is available below. The reports have not been edited or approved by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The national reports were drawn up in response to a < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2006/12/word/tn0612019q.doc> questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.
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New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
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