IWS Documented News INTERNATIONAL: November 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
________________________________________________________________________

Mercer

Global personal taxation comparison survey market rankings [19 November 2007]
http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1287670

Includes the following TABLES--
Tables: Global Rankings Net Salary/Overall Taxation Rate (Taxes & Social Security), Percentage of Gross for managers (single, married and married with 2 children) Based on an average salary of $91,000

From
2007 - Global - Worldwide Individual Tax Comparator
http://www.mercer.com/summary.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1272875

UK
London, 19 November 2007

   * Belgium, Denmark and Hungary have least attractive personal tax environments
   * United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and Russia have most attractive environments
   * UK is middle-ranking at joint position 14
   * Married employees with two children better off than single employees

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Russia and Hong Kong are amongst the world's most benign personal tax environments while Belgium, Denmark and Hungary are the least attractive according to a global survey of expatriate hot spots by Mercer. The data also shows that, in general, married employees are better off than single employees while married employees with two children fare the best.

Mercer's Worldwide Individual Tax Comparator Report analysed the tax and benefits systems across 32 markets focusing on personal tax structures, average salaries and marital status. This data is used by multinational companies to structure pay packages for their expatriate and local market employees.

For single managers, the UAE is the most attractive tax environment according to percentage of net income available. The UAE ranks highly as it does not assess any income tax and the country's social security contributions amount to only 5% of an employee's gross salary. Russia, ranked 2, applies a flat tax of 13% across all income levels, while Hong Kong reaches rank 3, with taxes and social security contributions at 14.2% of gross base salary.

Excluding Russia, in general, European countries have less attractive tax environments and dominate the bottom of the rankings. The UK ranks 14=, followed by Ireland (18), Spain (19), and Switzerland (21). France and Germany are ranked 22 and 29.

At the bottom of the rankings, single managers in Hungary (30), Denmark (31) and Belgium (32) pay, respectively, 48.5%, 48.6% and 50.5% of their gross income in taxes and social security contributions.

Brian Waite, a senior consultant specialising in international issues, commented: "Local taxation is one of several factors that multinationals take account of when deploying staff across the globe. It has an obvious impact on take-home pay, and in some markets with low or zero tax rates it is an important incentive for employees to work abroad. In other high-tax destinations, multinationals need to create compensation packages that at least match their expatriates' purchasing power in the home market.

"Other important considerations for expatriate allowances are housing, private schooling and local cost of living adjustments, and there are additional complications around contributions to the home market pension plan. These factors can all contribute to the high cost of a global expatriate workforce."

Markus Wiesner, Mercer's head of operations in Dubai, added: "We often find that the UAE's zero taxation is a strong draw for expatriates on short-term assignments. For three to five years, young professionals can fast-track their savings to afford a mortgage when they return home, while senior executives can maximise their savings potential ahead of retirement. It's in these particular groups that we get a really good mix of expatriate talent in Dubai."

Asian markets dominate the top of the rankings with Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea and China (Beijing) ranked 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. The lowest ranked Asian market is India at 14=. In the Americas, Mexico (8), Brazil (9) and Argentina (10) outrank the United States (14=) and Canada (20).

According to Niklaus Kobel, researcher at Mercer's Geneva office, "Marital status is still a major factor in determining local tax rates. The data highlights the fluctuation in tax rates applied according to an employee's income level and marital status. It is important to note that high tax rates do not necessarily mean less affluence."

Not all taxation systems vary according to marital status, however. Married employees in Brazil, India and Turkey have similar tax rates to single employees.

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

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY

Industrial relations in the EU, Japan, US and other global economies, 20052006 [15 November 2007]
November 2007
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0706028s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0706028s/tn0706028s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0706028s/tn0706028s.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]

This report gives an overview of the main industrial relations developments in the European Union, Japan and the US in 2005 and 2006. The findings are the result of an initiative by the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO), in the context of a research project started in 2000 to compare and 'benchmark' elements of industrial relations in these three major economic areas. The second part of the report investigates two elements of the social and economic environment which have recently gained greater relevance in the debate on the characteristics and impact of growing global competition: Temporary agency work (TAW) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While the study mainly covers the EU Member States, Japan and the US, it also includes data on emerging economies, notably Brazil, China and India.

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/docs/eiro/tn0706028s/2006_IR_in_US_and_Japan_%28final_draft%29.doc > questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.

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

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

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

Women and Violence at Work: Background Paper [16 November 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07110.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/110/en/1/ef07110en.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]

Author: Hurley, John; Riso, Sara

Summary: This background paper has been drafted to coincide with the hearing of the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (November 21st 2007, Brussels) on Women and Violence at work in the European Union. The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions has a track record of research on workplace bullying, violence and discrimination going back to the 1990s. These negative aspects of the work experience have in particular been charted in successive waves of the European Working Conditions Survey [EWCS] from 1990/1-2005.
Pages: 20

Includes numerous CHARTS & TABLES....

Contents
Research background
Policy context
Incidence of bullying and sexual harassment
Determinants of bullying and sexual harassment
The impact of bullying and harassment in the workplace
Conclusions
Policy pointers
References
Annex 1
Annex 2

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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:37 AM

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

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL34088

Leave Benefits in the United States
Updated July 27, 2007
Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34088_20070727.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]

Summary
In addition to their jobs, workers have obligations civic, familial, and
personal to fulfill that sometimes require them to be absent from the workplace
(e.g., to serve on a jury, retrieve a sick child from day care, or attend a funeral). The
U.S. government generally has allowed individual employers to decide whether to
accommodate the nonwork activities of employees by granting them leave, with or
without pay, rather than firing them. In other countries, national governments or the
international organizations to which they belong more often have developed social
policies that entitle individuals to time off from the workplace (oftentimes paid) for
a variety of reasons (e.g., maternity and vacations).

Public policies specifically intended to reconcile the work and family lives of
individuals have garnered increased attention among countries in the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In the United States, which
is an OECD member, congressional interest recently has coalesced around familyfriendly
paid leave proposals (e.g., H.R. 1542 and S. 910, S. 1681, S. 80 and H.R.
3158). They would entitle workers to time off with pay to accomplish parental and
caregiving obligations to help women in particular balance work and family
responsibilities because they are the typical family caregiver and a majority of
women in the U.S. population are in the labor force.

Currently, there are few federal statutes that pertain directly or indirectly to
employer provision of leave benefits for any purpose. This report begins by
reviewing those policies, including the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and the Family
and Medical Leave Act. Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) programs, which five
states have established to compensate for lost wages while workers are recovering
from nonoccupational illnesses and injuries, are discussed as well. So too is
California's Family Disability Insurance program, which extends TDI to employees
caring for family members.

The report then examines the incidence of different types of paid leave that U.S.
employers voluntarily provide as part of an employee's total compensation (wages
and benefits). For example, vacations and holidays are the most commonly offered
leave benefits: more than three-fourths of employees in the private sector receive
paid time off for these reasons. Access to leave by various employee and employer
characteristics also is analyzed, with particular attention focused on paid sick leave,
which is offered to 57% of private sector employees.

The report closes with results from a federal government survey of the average
direct cost to businesses of different types of leave. Indirect employer costs that
might arise in connection with some types of leave more than others, such as the
greater likelihood of hiring and training temporary replacements for employees
absent because of maternity versus bereavement reasons, are not included. Neither
are estimates of potential gains to employers (e.g., a more stable and experienced
workforce, increased productivity due to greater worker morale) and society (e.g.,
improved public health, lower formal caregiving costs, and broader participation in
civic affairs).

Contents
Federal Laws Pertaining to Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Fair Labor Standards Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Federal Contractor Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Temporary Disability Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Anti-Discrimination Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TDI and Family Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The Family and Medical Leave Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Birth and Adoption Unemployment Compensation Plan . . . . . . . . . . . 10
The Incidence and Cost of Leave Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Incidence by Employee and Employer Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
In the Private Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Among Working Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
A Detailed Look at Paid Sick Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cost to Employers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Concluding Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

List of Tables
Table 1. Percent of Workers with Paid Leave Benefits by Employee and Employer Characteristics, March 2006 . . . . 14
Table 2. Percent of Workers with Paid Sick Leave by Selected Demographic Characteristics, 2004 . . . . . . . . 17
Table 3. Percent of Workers with Paid Sick Leave by Industry, 2004 . . . . . . . . 18
Table 4. Percent of Workers with Paid Sick Leave by Education, 2004 . . . . . . 19
Table 5. Percent of Workers with Paid Sick Leave by Occupation, 2004 . . . . . 20
Table 6. Earnings of Workers with Paid Sick Leave by Earnings, 2004 . . . . . . 21
Table 7. Employer Costs Per Hour Worked for Employee Compensation, March 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 8. Employer Costs Per Hour Worked for Leave Benefits by Type of Leave and Firm Size, March 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
______________________________
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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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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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)

Survey of Current Business
Volume 87, Number 11
November 2007

Operations of U.S. Multinational Companies in 2005 [16 November 2007]
http://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2007/11%20November/1107_mnc.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]

The value added of U.S. multinational companies increased 6.5 percent after averaging 3.8 percent annual growth in 19992005. The value added of U.S. parents increased 6 percent. The value added of their foreign affiliates increased 7.8 percent.

Within this article -
More Countries Collect Data on Multinational Companies
http://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2007/11%20November/1107_mnc.pdf#page=13

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

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 12:43 PM

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

ILO/GURN (Global Union Research Network)

Trade Union Responses to Globalization: A review by the Global Union Research Network [7 November 2007]
Edited by Verena Schmidt
http://www.gurn.info/papers/book_sale_en.pdf

Executive Summary
http://www.gurn.info/papers/book_sum_en.pdf

[excerpt from brochure]
Bringing together papers from some of the leading national and international experts from the Global Union Research Network (GURN), this book provides a valuable overview of how trade unions around the world are responding to globalization.

Globalization has proved a complex and multi-faceted process for workers, as are the strategies they must develop to face its challenges. The case studies in this volume demonstrate successful strategies undertaken by trade unions in Brazil, Bulgaria, the Caribbean, Colombia, India, Poland, the United Kingdom and Turkey as well as Southern and Eastern Africa. In the process, the contributors highlight issues crucial to trade unions in this period of fast-paced change, such as the struggle for transparent governance for a fairer globalization, the implementation of labour standards, employment creation, social protection, poverty alleviation including meeting the UN's Millennium Development Goals and gender equality and more.

Above all, this book shows how trade unions are key in influencing the rules of globalization to achieve a fairer globalization, while also playing a paramount role in implementing and enforcing these rules.

Table of Contents
Editorial overview (Verena Schmidt)
1 Sustainability and unions: International trade union action to implement sustainability norms at corporate level (Eberhard Schmidt, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany)
2 Social partnership at the global level: Building and Wood Workers' International experiences with International Framework Agreements (Marion F. Hellmann, Assistant General Secretary, Building and Wood Workers' International)
3 Integrating labour issues in global value chain analysis: Exploring implications for labour research and unions (Lee Pegler and Peter Knorringa, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands)
4 Paving the path toward the unionization of high-tech sweatshops (Anibel Ferus-Comelo, New Trade Union Initiative, India)
5 Corporate governance reforms as a means of protecting and promoting worker interests: Shaping the corporation of tomorrow (Richard Tudway, Advisor on corporate governance to TUAC, Paris; Fellow of Huron University USA in London; Director of the Centre for International Economics, London)
6 Multinational companies in Bulgaria: Impact on labour and social development (Nadejda Daskalova and Lyuben Tomev, Institute for Social and Trade Union Research, Bulgaria)
7 Freedom of association and collective bargaining: The practice of multinational companies in Brazil (Clóvis Scherer, Instituto Observatório Social, Brazil)
8 Trade and development in South Africa (Neva Seidman Makgetla and Tanya van Meelis, Congress of South African Trade Unions, Johannesburg)
9 Migration in the global economy: Challenges and opportunities for Caribbean trade unions (Ann-Marie Lorde, Research Officer, National Union of Public Workers, Barbados)
10 European Union enlargement, workers and migration: Implications for trade unions in the United Kingdom and Poland (Jane Hardy, Business School, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK; and Nick Clark, Policy Officer, and Commercial Services Union, London, UK)
11 More than bananas: Social responsibility networks and labour relations in the banana industry in the Urabá Region of Colombia (Maria-Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez and Terrence McDonough, Centre for Innovation and Structural Change, National University of Ireland, Galway)
12 The Labour Platform: An alliance of trade unions in Turkey (Seyhan Erdogdu, Department of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University, Turkey)
13 Transnational union networks, feminism and labour advocacy (Mary Margaret Fonow, Arizona State University; and Suzanne Franzway, University of South Australia)
14 Action research in the garment sector in Southern and Eastern Africa (Esther de Haan, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and Michael Koen, Civil Society Research and Support Collective, Durban, South Africa)
Conclusion

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****************************************
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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
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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:05 AM

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

EuroStat
POPULATION AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS 21/2007
Eurostat DATA in focus

Labour Market Latest Trends 2nd quarter 2007 data [15 November 2007]
Author: Fabrice ROMANS
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-QA-07-021/EN/KS-QA-07-021-EN.PDF
[full-text, 8 pages]

This publication belongs to a quarterly series presenting the main results of the EU Labour Force Survey
for the EU-27 and for all Member States.

Includes numerous CHARTS & TABLES....

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

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

# posted by SBasefsky : 1:22 PM

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

World Bank

The Little Data Book on Africa 2007 [14 November 2007]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTPUBREP/EXTSTATINAFR/0,,contentMDK:21107092~menuPK:3098195~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:824043,00.html
or
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSTATINAFR/Resources/LDB_Africa_final.pdf
[full-text, 128 pages]

The Little Data Book on Africa 2007 is a pocket edition of Africa Development Indicators 2007. It is intended as a quick reference for users of the Africa Development Indicators 2007 book and CD-ROM. Together they cover about 1,200 indicators on Africa. The country tables in The Little Data Book 2006 present the latest available data for World Bank member countries.

See also
50 Factoids about Sub-Saharan African
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTPUBREP/EXTSTATINAFR/0,,contentMDK:21106218~menuPK:3094759~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:824043,00.html

[excerpt]
   * More than 35% of Africans live in sustained-growth economies that have grown at more than 4% a year for ten years.
   * In 1975-2005 the GDP per capita growth (PPP) was 0.70%; in 1995-2005 it was 1.88%.
   * During accelerated growth periods the region grew 3.6% a year (per capita PPP), but shrank 2.7% during periods of growth collapses.
   * In 1975-2005, the probability of observing growth acceleration and deceleration were 0.25 and 0.22, respectively. In 1995-2005, these probabilities were 0.42 and 0.12.
   * Exports rose from $182 billion in 2004 to $230 billion in 2005, a 26% rise.
   * Crude oil comprises more than half of total Africa's exports.
   * In two thirds of SSA countries, one or two products are responsible for at least 60% of the country's total exports.
AND MORE....

See Press Release
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21549323~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html

and

Story
Africa Achieving Healthy And Steady Growth Rate
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/0,,contentMDK:21548806~menuPK:258657~pagePK:2865106~piPK:2865128~theSitePK:258644,00.html
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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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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE GB.300/4/1
300th Session
Governing Body Geneva, November 2007
FOR DEBATE AND GUIDANCE
FOURTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA
The United Nations and reform: Developments in the multilateral system
World Bank Doing Business report: The employing workers indicator
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_085125.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]

[excerpts]
5. The World Bank is strongly engaged in making the regulatory environment in countries
more conducive to investment and entrepreneurship. A landmark is the annual Doing
Business report whose 2008 edition was launched at the end of September 2007. In many
ways, these concerns rejoin the ILO's own efforts in fostering a conducive environment for
sustainable businesses. This came to fruition in June 2007 with the tripartite adoption of
the sustainable enterprises resolution by the 96th Session of the International Labour
Conference.

6. The resolution states, inter alia:

An environment conducive to the creation and growth or transformation of enterprises

on a sustainable basis combines the legitimate quest for profit one of the key drivers of

economic growth with the need for development that respects human dignity, environmental

sustainability and decent work () Sustainable enterprises should innovate, adopt appropriate

environmentally friendly technologies, develop skills and human resources, and enhance

productivity to remain competitive in national and international markets. They should also

apply workplace practices based on full respect for fundamental principles and rights at work

and international labour standards, and foster good management relations as important means

of raising productivity and creating decent work.

7. The annual Doing Business report provides a ranking of 178 countries as a guide for
evaluating regulations that directly impact economic growth, making cross-country
comparisons, and identifying good practice reforms. It aims to provide an objective
measure of business regulations and their enforcement with a view to helping countries
develop a good regulatory environment to promote private sector development and
employment. The ranking is based on a Doing Business index (DB) which is composed of
ten subcomponents. These are: (1) starting a business; (2) dealing with licences;
(3) employing workers; (4) registering property; (5) getting credit; (6) protecting investors;
(7) paying taxes; (8) trading across borders; (9) enforcing contracts; and (10) closing a
business.

8. An issue of concern to the ILO is the employing workers indicator (EWI). The Office has
expressed its disquiet on a number of occasions to the World Bank staff responsible for the
Doing Business report that: the methodology of the employing workers indicator yields a
narrow and misleading view of the employment environment for business; results in a
ranking in which some countries with a strong and competitive private sector are placed at
the lower end; and is being used explicitly and implicitly to determine country lending
priorities in the field of labour market reform. In these contacts the Office has stressed that
other aspects of the Doing Business report may help focus attention on vital areas of
concern for healthy private sector development, such as security of property rights and
enforcement of commercial contracts, but that the methodology of the EWI detracts from
this effort.

10. These main issues and limitations involve the following key points:
(a) The EWI is a poor indicator of the investment climate and of labour market
performance to promote employment and decent work.

(b) There are serious methodological and technical limitations with the indicator.

(c) The design of the indicator and the scoring system suggests that reducing protection
to a minimum and maximizing flexibility is always the best option. The EWI does not
take into account the need for balance in labour market institutions and policies to
ensure that both enterprises and workers have the right combination of security and
flexibility to adapt to competition while ensuring an adequate security of income and
employment.

(d) International research does not provide conclusive evidence for the view that labour
market regulations are the main cause of informality or that lowering labour market
regulations beyond certain points will promote employment and transition to
formality.

(e) The Bank claims that " it is now possible for an economy to receive the highest
score on the ease of employing workers ... and comply with all 187 ILO
Conventions". This claim is misleading. Countries can achieve a high score on the
DB and face problems in the application of ratified Conventions.

(f) The Doing Business ranking has been used to promote policy reform in developing
countries, including via direct or indirect conditionality. While benefits can be
derived by reducing the cost of red tape and unnecessary regulations to a minimum,
there is a serious problem with promoting reforms of labour law based on the same
cost-minimization principles.

Appendix
Rankings on the employing workers indicator [for 2007]

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Cornell/ILR School

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

Chronicle Online e-News [Cornell University]

ILR School creates dual degree program with the European School of Management
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov07/ILR.Dual.Degree.html

Nov. 14, 2007

By Franklin Crawford
fac10@cornell.edu

In a move that further strengthens its international mission, the ILR School at Cornell has announced a new dual degree program with the ESCP-EAP European School of Management (ESM).

The program is the first of its kind for the ILR School and builds on a pre-existing student exchange agreement with ESM, which is ranked among the top business schools in Europe, according to the Financial Times, with campuses located in Paris, London, Madrid, Berlin and Turin.

The three-year degree program is open to American and European graduate students who are accepted to both schools. They earn an MILR degree from the ILR School and a Master of Management from ESM. The first group of students will enter the program in fall 2008 and study at ESM's Paris campus.

Robin Remick, managing director of Cornell's ILR International Programs, says that ESM was interested in this joint effort because of ILR's social science perspective, which enhances an overall business education in ways a partnership with another business school would not.

"Participating in this program will help our students gain an even greater global perspective," says Remick. "They'll be studying in Europe, doing internships in Europe, learning languages and, overall, making themselves much more marketable." Remick also said that employers the ILR School has contacted, as well as students, have expressed great interest in this new program.

Students also will have opportunities to complete summer internships in Europe before and after their year of study there.

The program requires MILR students to take 10 courses -- six core business courses and four electives on European/global issues -- at ESM. Admission to the program requires proficiency in two European languages.

"The dual degree is a tremendous opportunity for ESCP-EAP students. They will be able to acquire, within one of the best international academic institutions in the field of industrial and labor relations, a more complete perspective in social sciences and to combine it with their business education," says Béatrice Collin, professor at ESM. "Moreover, in these fields where the cultural environment plays a determining role, they will be able to immerse themselves in the American context after having gained in-depth knowledge of the European context of management."

To learn more about the dual degree program, contact Remick at <rjr4@cornell.edu>.
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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________

Mercer

Benefit Plans Around the World: A Guide for Multinational Employers
http://www.mercer.com/referencecontent.jhtml?idContent=1277030

See --
8 COUNTRY SAMPLE REPORT
http://www.mercer.com/attachment.dyn?idContent=1277015&filePath=/attachments/English/8-Country_Sample_Report_US_Letter_Size.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]

Press Release
New global report eases battle in war for talent for multinational employers
http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1287405

Australia
Melbourne, 12 November 2007

Globalisation has inarguably delivered global economic expansion and financial growth for many businesses, but multinational employers remain hindered by changing regulatory and legal requirements in different countries, according to Mercer.

The number of Australian employers either expanding their operations globally, particularly into the Asia Pacific region, or competing in the war for talent by recruiting from a global pool is growing.

Mercer has launched a comprehensive global benefits guide to help multinational employers more effectively assess the changing regulatory and legal requirements from country to country and compare and provide retirement, medical and other group benefits to their employees around the world.

�Assessing the legalities of employing a workforce in some countries can require extensive research and analysis, not to mention the information required to develop a benefits package to compete in acquiring and retaining staff,� said Mercer�s Asia Pacific Retirement Business Leader, Mr Tim Jenkins.

Introduction to Benefit Plans Around the World: A Guide for Multinational Employers provides extensive information on the design and prevalence of retirement, medical, sickness, disability and death benefit plans in 47 countries. This single-source, comprehensive guide also tracks trends in the provision of these programs as well as the current legislative, legal and regulatory climates in each country.

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

Mercer

[Free] Business web briefing: Employee benefits environment in China
http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1287430

United Kingdom
London, 13 November 2007

Mercer is holding a free web briefing exploring the employee benefits environment in China and the impact of recent legislative developments.

The growth of the Chinese economy continues to result in opportunities for local and multinational organisations and has driven some far reaching developments in the HR field. It is essential for multinational organisations operating in China to be ahead of the competition in a rapidly developing HR environment.

This web briefing will:

   * Provide an overview of the HR environment in China
   * Explore recent market developments and emerging employee benefits practices amongst multinationals
   * Assess the impact of new legislation from an employee reward perspective

The briefing will be held at 14:00 GMT, 21:00 Shanghai on Wednesday 12 December and will last 1 hour.

Please pre-register via the < http://uk.mercer.com/summary.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1286910> Employee benefits in China: developments, opportunities, and trends web briefing page or by visiting our < http://www.uk.mercer.com/webbriefings> global web briefings page.

Please note - We present our web briefings for our clients, potential clients, and other interested parties, but we reserve the right to exclude employees of competitor firms. Please register for this event using your corporate e-mail address.
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# posted by SBasefsky : 7:53 AM

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

Mercer

New Zealand's labour market squeeze goes from bad to worse
http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1287475

New Zealand
Auckland, 14 November 2007

Employers are battling record high levels of staff turnover and offering generous pay increases of up to 5.6 per cent to their existing workforce, to no avail, according to the latest Market Issues Survey from Mercer.

Mercer's latest New Zealand remuneration review shows that organisations have been spending up to keep top talent in their existing workforce, with the median increase in fixed packages at 5.2 per cent.

However, this largesse was not distributed equally, with professionals receiving a 5.3 per cent pay rise, management 5.6 per cent, and executives five per cent. Staff at lower levels fared more modestly, with a 3.8 per cent increase.

The survey also revealed those who move jobs may not be attracted by money alone: when new employees are included in the sample the pay increases are not as high. The median increase was 3.4 per cent, but again, this was spread amongst the ranks, with Professionals receiving a 2.9 per cent rise, Management 3.1 per cent and Executives 3.4 per cent. The exception was for general staff, where the inclusion of new hires actually saw a slightly higher increase of 4.1 per cent.

According to Martin Turner, Principal at Mercer, one of the most worrying findings for employers is that the extra money paid to employees did little to stem the tide of voluntary turnover, which hit a record high of 18.5 per cent.

"The labour market squeeze is worsening at the same time as business confidence increases. If we look back to September 2006 when confidence in the NZ economy was shaky, people were nervous about changing jobs and voluntary turnover took a dive. Now that things are looking up, people are leaving their jobs because they're confident they'll find a new one," Mr Turner said.

Another consequence of the tight labour market is that organisations are paying more for less talented or skilled people. The survey found that confidence in 'people capability' is low: one in three employers believe their workforce meets only 'some' of their needs, while just 6 per cent feel that all their people capability needs are met.

"There is a widening gap between the level of capability required to meet business objectives, and the people who are available in the job market. Employers are increasingly finding themselves hiring someone whose skills aren't quite the right fit, because they have no alternative candidates," Mr Turner said.

A solution, according to Mercer, is for employers to hire people at a lower level, then invest in training and development to upskill them.

"Such an approach also has the benefit of boosting employee retention, because today's workforce is looking for more than money they want skills development and career progression as well," Mr Turner said.

While the survey's generous salary increases suggest that employers recognise the importance of retaining talent, more still needs to be done, Mercer argues.

"One of the most urgent tasks for employers is to address the needs of older workers, who make up a large percentage of the workforce but are creeping closer to retirement age.

"Holding on to this 'grey workforce' is crucial to meeting the nation's labour needs in the next decade, yet few employers are actively meeting the challenge. They need to get serious about offering flexible working arrangements, part time hours and extended leave to enable older people to continue working beyond the traditional retirement age," Mr Turner said.

Other key findings of the survey found:

   * The job families which received the largest increases to fixed packages for existing employees were Engineering (7.4 per cent) and Marketing (8.7 per cent).
   * Employees in regional centres received a 5.3 per cent boost to their fixed packages slightly more than Auckland (4.9 per cent) and Wellington (4.5 per cent)
   * Private sector pay packets rose 6.3 per cent - a larger increase than the public and government sector at 4.8 per cent.

"The fact is that with a shrinking labour pool and healthy economy, the pressures on employers are going to be felt for some time yet. Those who cope best will be the organisations that develop smarter retention strategies, hold on to their mature age workers and invest in the training and development of their employees," Mr Turner said.
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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
________________________________________________________________________

African Development Bank Group (ADBG)

Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries 2007
http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/ADB_ADMIN_PG/DOCUMENTS/STATISTICS/GENDER_2007_WEB.PDF
[full-text, 314 pages]

This is the eighth volume of Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries published by the Statistics Department of the African Development Bank Group. As from this year's edition, we innovate by presenting a special feature article on various gender, poverty and environmental issues of interest to Africa's development agenda. The publication also provides some information on the broad development trends relating to gender, poverty and environmental issues in the 53 African countries. Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries 2007 was prepared by the Economic and Social Statistics Division of the Statistics Department.

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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
________________________________________________________________________

UN Economic Commission for Africa
Africa Development Bank

African Economic Conference 2007 -- 15-17 November 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
PAPERS
http://www.uneca.org/aec/papers.htm

Gender inequality

Gender Inequality and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa and Arab Countries

< http://www.uneca.org/aec/documents/Mina%20Baliamoune-Lutz.pdf>

Presenter: Mina Baliamoune-Lutz, University of Northern Florida/University of Boston, United States and Mark McGilllivray , WIDER, United Nations University

Gender Earnings Differentials and Power: Some African Evidence

< http://www.uneca.org/aec/documents/Tayo%20Fabusuyi.pdf>

Presenter: Tayo Fabusuyi , Oxford University, UK

Des inégalités de genre à l'indice de qualité de vie des femmes

< http://www.uneca.org/aec/documents/Valerie%20Berenger_Audrey%20Verdier-Chouchane.pdf >

Presenter: Valérie Bérenger , University of Nice, France, and Audrey Verdier-Chouchane , African Development Bank

Promoting Women's economic empowerment in Africa

< http://www.uneca.org/aec/documents/Yeshiareg%20Dejene.pdf>

Presenter: Dejene Yeshiareg , African Development Bank

Gender and Poverty

Child Malnutrition in Senegal: Does Access to Public Infrastructure Really Matter? A Quantile Regression Analysis

< http://www.uneca.org/aec/documents/Leandre%20Bassole.pdf>

Presenter: Léandre Bassolé, University of Auvergne, France

Growth, Gender and Equity - NEPAD and the Renaissance: Myth or Reality?

< http://www.uneca.org/aec/documents/Sheila%20Bunwaree.pdf>

Presenter: Sheila Bunwaree , University of Mauritius

AND MUCH MORE....

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Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
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# posted by SBasefsky : 11:57 AM

IWS Documented News INTERNATIONAL

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

[IWS] Mercer (UK): GLOBAL PERSONAL TAXATION COMPARISON SURVEY--Market Rankings [19 November 2007]

Monday, November 19, 2007

[IWS] EIRO: IR in EU, Japan, US & other Global Economies, 2005-2006 [15 November 2007]

[IWS] Dublin Foundation: WOMEN & VIOLENCE at WORK: Background Paper [16 November 2007]

[IWS] CRS: LEAVE BENEFITS in the UNITED STATES--updated 27 July 2007

Friday, November 16, 2007

[IWS] BEA: OPERATIONS of U.S. MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES 2005 [16 November 2007]

[IWS] ILO/GURN: TRADE UNION RESPONSES TO GLOBALIZATION [7 November 2007]

Thursday, November 15, 2007

[IWS] EuroStat: LABOUR MARKET LATEST TRENDS 2nd Qtr. 2007 Data [15 November 2007]

[IWS] World Bank: LITTLE DATA BOOK on AFRICA 2007 & FACTOIDS [14 November 2007]

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

[IWS] ILO: THE EMPLOYING WORKERS INDICATOR in WORLD BANK DOING BUSINESS REPORT [November 2007]

[IWS] New! DUAL DEGREE--ILR School & ESCP-EAP PARIS (European School of Management) [14 November 2007]

[IWS] Mercer: BENEFIT PLANS AROUND THE WORLD: A GUIDE FOR MULTINATIONAL EMPLOYERS [12 November 2007]

[IWS] Mercer; [Free] Web Briefing: CHINA EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ENVIRONMENT on 12 December 2007

[IWS] Mercer: NEW ZEALAND's LABOR MARKET SQUEEZE GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE [14 November 2007]

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

[IWS] ADBG: AFRICA 2007--GENDER, POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT INDICATORS

[IWS] AFRICAN ECONOMIC CONFERENCE 2007 PAPERS [full-text] [November 2007]

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