IWS Documented News INTERNATIONAL: 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
________________________________________________________________________

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

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

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:19 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
________________________________________________________________________

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

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

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:07 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
________________________________________________________________________

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

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

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 2:01 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
________________________________________________________________________

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.

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

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 6:01 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
________________________________________________________________________

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

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

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:16 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
________________________________________________________________________

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).

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

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

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

# posted by SBasefsky : 10:22 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
________________________________________________________________________

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
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:59 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
________________________________________________________________________

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].

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

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

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

# posted by SBasefsky : 7:39 AM

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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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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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# posted by SBasefsky : 5:45 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
________________________________________________________________________

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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# posted by SBasefsky : 5:21 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
________________________________________________________________________

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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# posted by SBasefsky : 7:28 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
________________________________________________________________________

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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# posted by SBasefsky : 6:26 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
________________________________________________________________________

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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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:15 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
________________________________________________________________________

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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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:58 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
________________________________________________________________________

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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****************************************
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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 : 8:47 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
________________________________________________________________________

ILR School (School of Industrial & Labor Relations at Cornell University)

ILR School announces new Program on Globalization and the Workplace
April 12 2007
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/041207_ProgramOnGlobalization.html

The program is the first-of-its-kind on globalization and the world of work

Cornell University's ILR School, a leader in advancing the world of work, is developing a new program aimed at answering several critical questions related to the effects of globalization on workers in both developing and developed economies. These include:

   * How can we better understand the interrelationships of economies and workers in different nations?
   * How can the forces of globalization be harnessed to provide improved earning opportunities for working people throughout the world?
   * How can we better enable low-wage workers to work their way out of poverty?

These and related issues will be addressed by the ILR School's Program on Globalization and the Workplace. "Other universities have globalization centers, but as far as I know, no other group has specifically focused on the world of work as we're about to do," says Gary Fields, professor, labor economics, and director of the program.

There has been increasing dialogue on the impact of the global economy on individual countries and their citizens. The new globalization program will focus on the important workplace issues surrounding economic development in emerging economies and the repercussions for workers in developed countries. In its start-up phase over the next three years, the program will support research by faculty and students, provide a forum for policy debates, develop and offer at least one new undergraduate course, and help expand study-abroad opportunities.

"This program is the latest in the continuing internationalization of the ILR School consistent with our vision and priorities, which include providing each undergraduate student with at least one international experience during his or her time at the School," says ILR School Dean Harry C. Katz.

David M. Cohen, BSILR '73 and Abby Joseph Cohen, AB '73, are providing start-up funding for the program motivated by their concern about economic development, world poverty, political freedoms, and how to best address those issues in the 21st century. The goal of the program is to attract additional resources for the creation of a permanent center within the ILR School that will continue to focus on the impact of the global economy on the world of work.

"The world will continue to get smaller as transportation and communications improve, and industrial development and the need for natural resources grow along with consumer demand. It is critical that the ILR School establish itself as the leading academic center studying the impact for better or for worse of the integration of the global economy so that we can avoid the mistakes of the past. The people who live and work in China, Asia, Africa and Latin America will see major changes in their lives as they increasingly become part of the world economy. Similarly, we in the United States feel the impact of manufacturing and service jobs moving offshore on our own economy. No institution is better positioned to bring the tools of social science to this endeavor than the ILR School," says David Cohen.

Abby Cohen adds: "The United States has been the primary engine of global economic growth for several decades, and our workers have generally benefited from ongoing gains in income and standard of living. The rapid economic development now occurring elsewhere raises many questions. These involve not only the challenges to our own workforce and employers, but also the desirability of creating safe workplaces and opportunities to lift people in other regions out of poverty and into productive work lives."

The Cohens have a long history of involvement with Cornell. Abby is a presidential councilor and trustee emerita of the university, as well as a member of the board of overseers of the Weill Cornell Medical College. David, a member of the dean's advisory council of the ILR School, is serving his second term as a member of the University Council and is chair emeritus of Cornell Hillel. In recognition of their support, the Cohens have been honored as Foremost Benefactors of Cornell University. The Cohens' two daughters also are Cornellians.

The Cornell Program on Globalization and the Workplace will be administered by the international programs committee of the ILR School and will have a substantial presence both in New York City and Ithaca. The ILR School is the world's leading academic institution for teaching, research and outreach focused on advancing the world of work.

Contact: Gary Fields. ILR School professor of labor economics, 607.255.4561, gsf2@cornell.edu

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ETC Group

Civil Society/Labor Coalition Rejects Fundamentally Flawed Dupont-ED Proposed Nanotechnology Framework
http://www.etcgroup.org/en/materials/publications.html?id=610

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY AT LARGE
Civil Society-Labor Coalition Rejects Fundamentally Flawed DuPont-ED Proposed Framework
Urges All Parties To Reject The Public Relations Campaign
http://www.etcgroup.org/upload/publication/610/01/coalition_letter_april07.pdf

April 12, 2007

To All Interested Parties:

We, the undersigned, submit this open letter to the international nanotechnology community at large. We are a coalition of public interest, non-profit and labor organizations that actively work on nanotechnology issues, including workplace safety, consumer health, environmental welfare, and broader societal impacts.

DuPont Chemical Company (DuPont) and Environmental Defense (ED) jointly have proposed a voluntary "risk assessment" framework for nanotechnology. These groups intend to circulate their proposed framework both in the U.S. and abroad for consideration and/or adoption by various relevant oversight organizations, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

We reject outright the proposed voluntary framework as fundamentally flawed. We strongly object to any process in which broad public participation in government oversight of nanotech policy is usurped by industry and its allies. We made the decision not to engage in this process out of well-grounded concerns that our participation even our skeptical participation would be used to legitimize the proposed framework as a starting point or ending point for discussing nanotechnology policy, oversight and risk analysis. The history of other voluntary regulation proposals is bleak; voluntary regulations have often been used to delay or weaken rigorous regulation and should be seen as a tactic to delay needed regulation and forestall public involvement.

Nanotechnology's rapid commercialization requires focused environmental, health and safety research, meaningful and open discussion of broader societal impacts, and urgent oversight action. Unfortunately, the DuPont-ED proposal is, at best, a public relations campaign that detracts from urgent worldwide oversight priorities for nanotechnology; at worst, the initiative could result in highly reckless policy and a precedent of abdicating policy decisions to industry by those entrusted with protecting our people, communities, and land. We strongly urge all who have an interest in nanotechnology's future to reject this proposed framework. Respect for adequate worker safety, people's health, and environmental protection demands nothing less.

Respectfully submitted,

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Beyond Pesticides
Brazilian Research Network in Nanotechnology, Society and Environment
Center for Environmental Health
Center for Food Safety
Corporate Watch
Edmonds Institute
ETC Group
Friends of the Earth Australia
Friends of the Earth Europe
Friends of the Earth United States
Greenpeace
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
International Center for Technology Assessment
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations
Natural Resources Defense Council
Sciencecorps
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Third World Network
United Steelworkers of America

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Mercer

Incentives used to reduce employee absence - European survey
UK
London, 12 April 2007
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1263520;jsessionid=22LZXB4UTJ0JUCTGOUFCHPQKMZ0QUJLW

   * Over a quarter of respondents offer employees incentives to take fewer sick days
   * Almost half promote health initiatives and benefits to reduce sickness absence
   * Employers' opinions vary on how much employee absence is due to ill health
   * Over a fifth believe anti-discrimination legislation prevents them from managing employee absence in a timely way
   * Six in ten are concerned that health benefit costs will rise significantly as the average age of the workforce increases

In an attempt to tackle employee absence, 27% of employers now offer incentives to encourage staff to take fewer sick days, according to a new European survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. But opinion on the appropriateness of these incentives, such as vouchers and bonuses, is mixed. Some employers particularly those in the UK are concerned that they may increase 'presenteeism' among those who are genuinely ill. Over 380 organisations across Europe took part in the survey.

Steve Clements, principal at Mercer, explained: "Some employers believe that by offering incentives to reduce absence, they are encouraging employees who are genuinely sick to attend work. Many also struggle with the notion of rewarding employees for doing what is expected of them - that is, to work when they are fit to do so."

To help reduce the risk of employees being absent due to ill health, almost half of the respondents (49%) promote health initiatives and benefits in their organisation. Among these employers, health screening is the most popular initiative, with 60% offering access to this service. Interestingly, Southern Europe takes the lead, with 78% of companies offering health screening followed closely by Eastern Europe at 76%, compared to 49% in Northern Europe. Subsidised gym membership is most prevalent in Eastern Europe, with 54% offering this benefit to employees compared to 32% in Northern Europe and 27% in Southern Europe.

In contrast, just 13% of respondents in Eastern Europe provide support for employees who are trying to quit smoking, compared to 39% in Southern Europe and 33% in Northern Europe.

Causes of employee absence

Employers have varying opinions on how much employee absence is due to genuine ill health. The survey found that over a quarter of respondents believe less than 20% of staff absence is sickness-related. Meanwhile, a similar proportion thinks that more than 80% of days off are due to ill health.

Mr Clements commented: "The results reveal an interesting discrepancy in the proportion of absence attributed to medical conditions. The problem is that many companies still do not have reliable data on the causes of employee absence, so there may be a gap between perception and reality." He added: "While there are clearly legitimate reasons for taking days off other than ill health, the data suggests some employers are questioning how much employee absence is due to genuine causes."

For most organisations, frequent short-term rather than long-term employee absence is the main cause of lost time. "Better causal data will help companies target absence-related initiatives more effectively, and allow managers to address the issue more robustly," commented Mr Clements.

Anti-discrimination legislation

More than one in five survey respondents (22%) are concerned that anti-discrimination legislation such as age, sex and disability discrimination prevents them from managing absence in a timely way. Concern was highest in Eastern Europe, Germany and France. "There have been inconsistent interpretations of what the various EU anti-discrimination directives mean, and this has caused a lot of confusion for employers," said Mr Clements. "When evaluating absence cases, many employers feel they have to check and double check where they stand from a legal perspective before they take any action to get employees back to work. More guidance from government would go a long way to helping companies untangle the complex web of legislation."

Ageing workforce

Almost six in ten respondents (58%) are concerned that their healthcare costs will rise significantly as their workforce ages. As people are encouraged to work for longer due to more restricted pension provision, and are more able to do so as anti-age discrimination legislation comes into force, the average age of workforces is likely to increase. The impact on employers in Europe will vary depending on their country's state provision, but in general Southern European respondents are most concerned about rising costs while those in Eastern Europe are the least concerned.

Mercer will be conducting a European web briefing on 24 April to discuss the survey findings. More information is available at < http://www.mercerhr.com/eurohcsurvey>

Notes to editors

The survey was completed by 382 employers in 16 European countries. For analysis purposes, the countries were split into three geographic zones, as follows:

Eastern Europe: Hungary, Latvia, Poland
Northern Europe: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
Southern Europe: Portugal, Spain

Mercer Human Resource Consulting is a global leader for HR and related financial advice and services, with more than 15,000 employees serving clients in more than 180 cities and 40 countries and territories worldwide. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., which lists its stock (ticker symbol: MMC) on the New York, Chicago and London stock exchanges. For more information, visit < http://www.mercerHR.com>www.mercerHR.com.

Contact details

Stephen Clements
Lydia Ruffles/Tamara Al-Na'ama (Press Office)
+ 44 (0) 1372 389643 +44 (0) 20 7178 3513/3553
< mailto:author@mercer.com> < mailto:mercer.pressoffice@mercer.com>

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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
and the
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

Fostering mobility through competence development [12 April 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0713.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/13/en/1/ef0713en.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]

See also --
The role of competence and qualification development in fostering workforce mobility
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/content/source/eu07001a.html?p1=reports&p2=null
[Includes CASE STUDIES]

Author:
Vandenbrande, Tom

Summary:
This EMCC Company Network Seminar was organised jointly by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop). This seminar report summarises the seminar conclusions and highlights how individuals, companies and policymakers can act to develop schemes that simultaneously promote workers' mobility and develop their skills.

Contents
Foreword 3
Introduction 7
Joint seminar on mobility 7
European Year of Workers' Mobility 8
Overview of the seminar 11
Geographical mobility within the EU 13
Public attitudes to labour mobility in an enlarged Europe 13
Companies and geographical mobility 15
Perceptions among European citizens 16
Expected barriers when moving to another Member State 18
Policy initiatives to facilitate greater mobility 20
Job mobility and company policies 23
Patterns of mobility 23
Benefits of changing jobs 23
Flexicurity at company level 26
Competence development 29
Different approaches 29
Competence development and the economic cycle 30
Role of companies 31
Transferability of competences and qualifications 32
The European Qualification Framework (EQF) 32
Sectoral initiatives 34
Conclusions 37
References 39
Annex: Speakers at the seminar 41
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# posted by SBasefsky : 7:48 AM

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ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)

ASSEMBLING WOMEN
The Feminization of Global Manufacturing [May 2007]
Teri L. Caraway
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4657

$18.95s paper
2007, 224 pages, 6 x 9, 18 tables, 10 charts/graphs
ISBN: 978-0-8014-7365-4

$55.00x cloth
2007, 224 pages, 6 x 9, 18 tables, 10 charts/graphs
ISBN: 978-0-8014-4548-4

Despite the massive influx of women into the labor force as a result of globalization, the gender inequalities at work have remained largely unchanged. This book addresses two related questions: What has prompted the feminization of manufacturing work in developing countries, and why has it failed to significantly erode gender inequalities at work? Teri L. Caraway offers case studies and in-depth analysis of employment changes in Indonesia combined with cross-national data to show that the feminization of the workplace produced by industrialization policies has reconfigured and reproduced, rather than overturned, gender divisions of labor at work.

Caraway challenges the conventional wisdom that export-oriented industrialization and women's cheap labor are the driving forces behind feminization. Instead, she argues, the answers can be found in weak unions and current social practice. Caraway employs information about a wide range of industriescapital-intensive, male-dominated, non-export firms as well as female-dominated, labor-intensive, export-oriented industriesin arriving at her conclusions. Her findings will prove discouraging to anyone who hopes that globalization has become a positive force in improving the lives of women workers.

Caraway's multilevel methodology for analyzing changes in gendered patterns of employment and her introduction of "gendered discourses of work" as a major explanatory variable will make Assembling Women a valuable resource for women's studies scholars, development economists, political scientists, and sociologists as well as all with an interest in Southeast Asian Studies and labor and industrial relations.

Reviews
"Assembling Women is an apt and comprehensive description of ongoing industrial developments in Indonesia, an area of the world that has not received as much attention as it deserves. It is enormously satisfying in its descriptions. Teri L. Caraway writes lucidly and with aplomb. The breadth of the book is equally impressive. It covers four different industries: garments, textiles, plywood, and automobiles. Caraway elegantly and helpfully focuses on gendered discourses of work and her familiarity with the extensive literature on globalization and women's employment."Patricia Fernández-Kelly, Princeton University, author of For We Are Sold, I and My People

"This very well-written book offers a nuanced understanding of the relationship between changing industrial policies on the one hand and gendered employment patterns on the other. Assembling Women contains an excellent integrative discussion and assessment of long-standing debates relating to the impact of export-oriented industrialization on female workers."Frederic Deyo, Binghamton University, author of Beneath the Miracle

"Teri Caraway is going to shake things up. Her meticulous and innovative investigation of the genderings of four different industries in contemporary Indonesia uncovers when and how and by whom women's labor is made 'cheap.' Profit seeking is not alone the cause. She reveals the independent influence of factory managers'own ideologies of femininity and of masculinity. I'm going to tell lots of people about Assembling Women."Cynthia Enloe, author of The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire

About the Author
Teri L. Caraway is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
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# posted by SBasefsky : 5:49 AM

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Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Working Paper Series

Down But Not Out: The Recovery of a Downsized Labor Movement in Argentina (2002-2006) [January 2007]
Sebastian Etchemendy, Torcuato di Tella University, Buenos Aires
Ruth Berins Collier, University of California, Berkeley
http://repositories.cdlib.org/iir/iirwps/iirwps-141-07/
or
http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1143&context=iir
[full-text, 46 pages]

ABSTRACT:
The shift from state-led ISI to more market-oriented economic models often has the result of shrinking and demobilizing the labor movement. Yet, evidence from Argentina suggests that a subsequent resurgence of even a down-sized labor movement may occur and furthermore that "neocorporatist" patterns may be established in the new economic context. We examine the recent resurgence of the Argentine labor movement and the establishment of a new form of interest intermediation, more akin to that in the more coordinated economies in Europe than to either liberal or traditional populist forms. We argue that the emergence of such a pattern may be driven by economic and political factors that are both immediate and longer-term. In addition to the short-term condition of the labor market and the political strategy of the government in power, of longer-term importance are structural and institutional conditions that derive from the earlier process of market reform, specifically the nature of sectoral shifts in the economy and the degree of labor law deregulation affecting the "associational power" of unions.

SUGGESTED CITATION:
Sebastian Etchemendy and Ruth Berins Collier, "Down But Not Out: The Recovery of a Downsized Labor Movement in Argentina (2002-2006)" (January 25, 2007). Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Working Paper Series. Paper iirwps-141-07.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/iir/iirwps/iirwps-141-07
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# posted by SBasefsky : 5:43 AM

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________________________________________________________________________

Homeland Security
Office of Immigration Statistics

ANNUAL FLOW REPORT
U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2006 [March 2007]
Kelly Jefferys
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/IS-4496_LPRFlowReport_04vaccessible.pdf

[excerpt]
A legal permanent resident (LPR) or �green card� recipient is defined by
immigration law as a person who has been granted lawful permanent
residence in the United States. Permanent resident status confers certain
rights and responsibilities. For example, LPRs may live and work
permanently anywhere in the United States, own property, and attend public
schools, colleges, and universities. They may also join certain branches
of the Armed Forces, and apply to become U.S. citizens if they meet
certain eligibility requirements. This Office of Immigration Statistics
Annual Flow Report presents information obtained from applications for LPR
status on the number and characteristics of persons who became LPRs in the
United States during 2006.

In 2006, a total of 1,266,264 persons became LPRs of the United States
(seeTable 1 and Figure 1).The majority of new LPRs (65 percent) already
lived in the United States when they were granted lawful permanent
resi-dence. Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) were granted permanent
residence based on a family relationship with a U.S. citizen or legal
permanent resident of the United States. The leading countries of birth of
new LPRs were Mexico (14 percent), China (7 percent) and the Philippines
(6 percent).

AND MUCH MORE....

For additional recent immigration statistics, see
http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/

[Thanks to Shirl Kennedy at Docuticker.com for the tip].
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# posted by SBasefsky : 12:52 PM

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_______________________________
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________________________________________________________________________

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

Place of work and working conditions [5 April 2007]
http://eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/TN0701029S/index.htm
or
http://eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/TN0701029S/TN0701029S.htm
or
http://eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/TN0701029S/TN0701029S.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]

This report focuses on the working conditions of EU workers who may have more than one place of work. It examines the range of health and safety risks facing these workers and also considers issues surrounding the organisation of work. These include autonomy and supervision issues, potential problems stemming from isolation of workers who work away from their colleagues and effects on job demands and the pace of work. The report also investigates issues surrounding working time and work life balance for these workers, including flexibility in the organisation of work, impact on working time, and the potential for the blurring of boundaries between private life and working life in the case of those who work at home.

The study was compiled on the basis of individual national reports submitted by the EWCO 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://eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/TN0701029S/TN0701029S.doc> questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.

CONTENTS
Introduction
EU-level initiatives
Incidence of working away from workplace
Health and safety
Work organisation
Working time and worklife balance
Other issues
Commentary
References

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Brussels, 7.2.2007
COM(2007)49 final
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND
THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS
on EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN - 2007 [4th Report]
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/docs/2007/com_2007_49_en.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]

Includes numerous CHARTS & TABLES.....

For additional information on gender mainstreaming, see
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/gender_mainstreaming/activity_reports_en.html

[excerpt]
The Spring European Council of March 2003 asked the Commission to report annually on
developments towards gender equality and orientations for gender mainstreaming of policy
areas. This report is the fourth to comply with that request.

2006 saw two major events with a bearing on gender equality in the EU: the adoption by the
Commission of the Roadmap for equality between women and men for the period 2006-2010,
and the adoption by the European Council of the Pact for Gender Equality. These two key
initiatives testify to the EU's continued commitment to achieving genuine equality between
women and men.

The European Union, which has now been enlarged to 27 Member States, is about to celebrate
the 50th anniversary of gender equality policy and the European Year of Equal Opportunities
for All. Moreover, equality policy is at the centre of two areas of concern: growth and
employment, and demographic change. It will need the full support of the cohesion policy, the
new programming period for which begins in 2007.

Contents
1. Introduction.................................................................................................................. 3
2. Main developments ......................................................................................................3
2.1 Policies and legislation.................................................................................................3
2.2 Gender gaps.................................................................................................................. 5
3. Challenges and policy orientations .............................................................................. 6
3.1 Eliminating gender gaps on the labour market ............................................................ 7
3.2 Encouraging a better balance of private and family responsibilities between women and men.....7
3.3 Ensuring that policies on gender equality have the full support of cohesion and rural development policies...... 8
3.4 Ensuring effective implementation of the legislative framework................................ 9
4. Conclusions.................................................................................................................. 9
ANNEX................................................................................................................................... 10
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NIOSH (early informal release of the final approved report, with printed version and CD to follow)

Please Note: If anyone wants a PRINT version of the following, they should contact Prof. Michael Belzer via e-mail at michael.h.belzer@wayne.edu and request it.
Also this report is different than most -- instead of focusing on the usual suspects (truck drivers should eat better, get better exercise, ...), the focus of the report is on the effects of industrial relations on OSH. It highlights the underlying role of industrial relations and unregulated market forces on health.

Truck Driver Occupational Safety and Health
2003 Conference Report and Selective Literature Review*
Gregory M. Saltzman and Michael H. Belzer
Revised February 8, 2007
http://www.ilir.umich.edu/TIBP/truckdriverOSH/Reports/TruckDriverConferenceReport.pdf
[full-text, 134 pages]

CONTENTS
Abbreviations......................................................................................................... iv
Foreword................................................................................................................ viii
Acknowledgements................................................................................................ ix
Executive Summary ............................................................................................... x
Introduction............................................................................................................ 1
Introduction to Trucking: Operations, labor markets, and occupational safety and health ..6
Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Measurement .................................................... 23
Ergonomics, Job Injuries, and Exposure................................................................ 32
Labor Market, Employment Relations, and Personnel Management .................... 39
Fatigue and Truck Driver Safety and Health ......................................................... 46
Causes of Driver Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation................................................... 57
Health Consequences of Driver Work Schedules.................................................. 60
Health Consequences of Job Stress........................................................................ 62
Social and Behavioral Consequences of Employment as a Truck Driver ............. 65
Developing a Research Agenda on Truck Driver Occupational
Safety and Health.................................................................................................. 69
Appendix 1: Conference Participants and Speaker Profiles .................................. 81
Appendix 2: Agenda .............................................................................................. 99
References.............................................................................................................. 102

The conference also is on the web at
http://www.ilir.umich.edu/TIBP/truckdriverOSH

Tables
Table 1. Occupational Injury/Illness of Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Operators, 2004....1
Table 2. Driving Maximum Hours, Old Rules .......................................................... 18
Table 3. Working Maximum Hours, Old Rules......................................................... 18
Table 4. Driving Maximum Hours, New Rules, Carriers Operating Six Days a Week... 19
Table 5. Driving Maximum Hours, New Rules Carriers Operating Seven Days a Week ...19
Table 6. Working Maximum Hours, New Rules Carriers Operating Six Days a Week..19
Table 7. Working Maximum Hours, New Rules Carriers Operating Seven Days a Week .. 20
Table 8. Permanent Disability Claims for Unionized LTL Carriers.......................... 34
Table 9. French Truck Driver Work Hours ............................................................... 42
Table 10. Research Needs: Data ................................................................................ 74
Table 11. Research Needs: Economics and Industrial Organization......................... 75
Table 12. Research Needs: Assessment..................................................................... 76
Table 13. Research Needs: Interventions and Countermeasures ............................... 78
Table 14. Research Needs: Dissemination and Education......................................... 80

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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
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________________________________________________________________________

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL33951

U.S. Trade Policy and the Caribbean: From Trade Preferences to Free Trade Agreements
April 4, 2007
J. F. Hornbeck, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign
Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33951_20070404.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]

Summary
For over 40 years, the United States has relied on unilateral trade preferences to
promote export-led development in poor countries. Congressionally authorized trade
preferences give market access to selected developing country goods, duty-free or at
tariffs below normal rates, without requiring reciprocal trade concessions. The
Caribbean Basin has benefitted from multiple preferential trade arrangements, the
best known being those linked to the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) begun in the
mid-1980s. Since then, the growing number of reciprocal U.S. free trade agreements
(FTAs) in the region have effectively replaced preferential trade arrangements,
signaling a shift in U.S. trade policy and raising questions with respect to the future
of those mostly smaller countries still relying on trade preferences. This report
discusses the evolution of U.S. trade policy toward the Caribbean, focusing on the
implications of moving from unilateral tariff preferences to reciprocal FTAs.

The U.S. Congress has approved multiple trade preference programs over the
past three decades (production sharing, GSP, CBERA, CBI II, CBTPA, and HOPE
Act of 2006). Each one amended trade rules and tariff preferences in ways designed
to increase imports from CBI countries. Trade grew and many of the goals for
development were supported. Evaluations of the benefits, however, suggested that
they may not have been as robust as originally expected. Benefits tended to be
concentrated in a few countries and products, often skirting industries with the
greatest potential to stimulate exports. Also, the benefits of preferences are being
eroded by multilateral trade liberalization and recently implemented FTAs.
A number of issues and circumstances are converging during the 110th Congress
that will be a challenge for U.S. trade policy in the Caribbean region. Among these
circumstances are the expiring trade preference programs, their limited use by
remaining eligible countries, and the reluctance of these countries to make the
transition to an FTA with the United States without some guarantee of a
"development component" to the agreement. These concerns persist, despite the
promise of permanent market access and increased investment that an FTA holds out.
The Caribbean countries, long accustomed to dependent economic relationships,
appear content to take a cautious and leisurely path toward any new arrangement with
the United States.

For U.S. trade policy, which is still committed to achieving regional integration,
these circumstances present a special challenge. Broader integration may be difficult
to reconcile with the needs of very small developing countries, which are highly
vulnerable to the vicissitudes of global economic trends and may require new and
creative solutions, particularly if U.S. policy is still driven by the historical focus on
development and regional security issues in addition to trade liberalization. In the
context of continuing with trade preferences in similar or altered form, or opting for
an FTA, the solution is not immediately obvious. This report will be updated.

For more information on the Caribbean region, see CRS Report RL32160,
Caribbean Region: Issues in U.S. Relations, by Mark P. Sullivan
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
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________________________________________________________________________

AFL-CIO

EXECUTIVE PAY WATCH
http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/

AFL-CIO's New Executive PayWatch Website Exposes Rigged CEO Pay System
April 05, 2007
http://www.aflcio.org/mediacenter/prsptm/04042007.cfm

Popular Website Gives Investors the Tools to Reform System, Demand Greater Accountability
www.paywatch.org

The AFL-CIO today unveiled its 2007 Executive PayWatch Website (www.paywatch.org ), detailing how a flawed executive compensation system allowed CEOs in 2006 to collect excessive severance packages and providing an in-depth look at the ongoing stock options backdating scandal. The AFL-CIO PayWatch site -- which had more than 300,000 visitors in 2006 -- also provides a snapshot of the total compensation for CEOs, including the grant date value of stock and option grants, and offers investors a way to change a broken CEO pay system.

"CEOs have rigged the rules of the game to enable rich paydays, regardless of their performance or even if they broke the law," said AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka. "This year's PayWatch is designed to arm working people with the information and tools they need to demand real reform."

Through six case studies, the 2007 AFL-CIO PayWatch site shows how executives benefited from large severance packages and stock options backdating at the expense of companies and their shareholders:

   * The Apple Inc. (AAPL) case study explains how Steve Jobs' $1 salary was more than offset by his past equity awards, including stock options that were backdated, and how Apple has been less than forthcoming about Jobs' involvement in any improper backdating.

   * The Caremark Rx, Inc. (CVS) case study explains how large golden parachutes can be an incentive to propose mergers that are not in the best interests of shareholders. According to preliminary estimates, CEO Crawford could get a severance package worth up to $287 million.

   * The Home Depot Inc. (HD) case study explains how Robert Nardelli accumulated a $210 million severance package.

   * The KB Home (KBH) case study explains how former CEO Bruce Karatz could receive an exit package worth as much as $175 million, despite his involvement in the backdating of stock options. Though KB Home is still in discussions with former CEO Karatz over what he will actually receive, the company has made its case more difficult if it decides not to pay him [Va1] because of his employment agreement.

   * The UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) case study explains how former CEO William McGuire amassed more than $2 billion in stock options during his tenure, partly through backdating some of them. McGuire's retirement status and stock options are frozen pending a special review.

   * The Pfizer Inc. (PFE) case study explains how former CEO Henry McKinnell accumulated an exit package of more than $200 million despite Pfizer's poor stock performance.

In addition to the case studies, PayWatch provides a snapshot of the total compensation for CEOs, including the grant date value of stock and option awards granted in 2006.This site is the clearest, most comprehensive listing of total CEO compensation on the Internet, Trumka said.

PayWatch also shows why the stock options backdating scandal is not over, and how it will expand to include companies that spring load their stock options. Spring loading is the practice of granting options just before announcing news guaranteed to drive up the share price or granting options after the announcement of bad news to take advantage of a price drop.

Trumka also gave reporters a sneak peek at the AFL-CIO's priorities with respect to corporate governance. In building on last year's successful intervention at Pfizer and Home Depot, the AFL-CIO will focus its attention on Verizon, Trumka said, noting that the company is the poster child for "pay for pulse." Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg has raked in over $109 million in the past five years, despite a total shareholder return of negative 5 percent.

"Through a 'vote no' on Verizon's compensation committee and three important shareholder proposals, we will lead the effort to clean up this company's governance," Trumka said.

This year's PayWatch empowers activists and investors to make a difference in fixing the broken CEO pay process by giving working people the opportunity to voice their concerns, Trumka said. Last year more than 20,000 PayWatch visitors wrote to the SEC in support of improved pay disclosure rules. After receiving a record number of comments, the SEC adopted new rules on CEO pay disclosure.

The 2007 PayWatch provides a letter that visitors to the website can send to their representatives, urging them to support Rep. Barney Frank's bill, "The Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act." The bill requires public companies to submit executive pay plans to a non-binding shareholder vote. PayWatch also provides visitors to the Website a letter they can send to SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, urging him to ensure that long-term shareholders can hold directors accountable by allowing them to place their nominees on corporate ballots.

"Working people are fed up with a system that showers CEOs with lavish rewards with little or no accountability," Trumka said. "We call upon Congress and the SEC to give long-term investors the tools they need to ensure that boards are composed of independent directors who are ready to hold management accountable to the long-term best interests of public corporations."

Contact: Steve Smith/Dana Ford (202) 637-5018
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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
________________________________________________________________________

OECD Factbook 2007 [2 April 2007]
http://caliban.sourceoecd.org/vl=7393400/cl=16/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/
[One may need access to SourceOECD, available at most university libraries, to gain access].

Includes LABOR MARKET information in the following categories

EMPLOYMENT
Employment rates by gender
Employment rates by age group
Part-time employment
Self-employment
Hours worked
UNEMPLOYMENT
Unemployment rates
Long-term unemployment
Regional unemployment

Press Release
OECD Factbook 2007 [2 April 2007]
http://www.oecd.org/site/0,2865,en_21571361_34374092_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

The OECD Factbook is an essential tool providing a global overview of world economic, social and environmental trends. It brings together in a single publication 100 indicators that are essential for evaluating the relative position of any OECD country, both at a given moment and over time, in the following fields :
   * Population
   * Macroeconomic trends
   * Economic globalisation
   * Prices
   * Energy
   * Labour market
   * Science and technology
   * Environment
   * Education
   * Public finance
   * Quality of life
   * and a special chapter dedicated to Migration

AND MORE....
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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
________________________________________________________________________

Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
http://www.kctu.org/

KCTU REPORT:

Understanding the Actual Situation of Labor Rights in South Korea [9 February 2007]
http://nodong.org/bbs/view.php?id=eng_docu&no=56

[Download Complete Document by clicking on the link at the top of the page that opens]

Table of Contents

1. The Background of Current Basic Labor Rights Violations in South Korea2
2. Problems with New Irregular Workers Laws5
3. Results of the Industrial Relations Roadmap Passing the National Assembly9
4. The Situation of Civil Servants and Government Employees' Labor Rights13
5. The Issue of Emergency Mediation Authority20
6. The Situation of Construction Workers' Rights24

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Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell/ILR School

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

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

OECD Statistical Profile of CHINA [2 April 2007]
http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/viewhtml.aspx?queryname=338&querytype=view

[excerpt]
More than 100 indicators covering a wide range of areas. Click on the red i beside each indicator to obtain the unit of measure, a definition of the indicator and a list of references. To compare with other OECD countries, tables and charts are provided at the end of each row.

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________________________________________________________________________

4 April 2007
Greetings Colleagues:

I'm very pleased to announce that the University of California's two Institutes of Industrial Relations, located at UCLA and UC Berkeley, have changed their names. The new name for UCLA's and UC Berkeley's institutes is

The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)

This name change has been in effect for some time now, but today marks the official announcements from both campuses.

The press release from UC Berkeley's NewsCenter follows below the double line for those of you who may wish to read more. Also, Web sites for both institutes will be updated today. With respect to Berkeley, the new URL is:

http://www.irle.berkeley.edu.

It is now working, and traffic aimed at our old site will be automatically redirected.

UCLA's new URL is:

http://www.irle.ucla.edu/

Best Regards, Terry Huwe, IRLE Library

=======================================================
UC BERKELEY'S PRESS RELEASE

UC Berkeley's Institute of Industrial Relations Has a New Name [4 April 2007]
http://www.irle.berkeley.edu/enews/namechange_april07.html

The Institute of Industrial Relations, one of the oldest and most active research institutes at UC Berkeley, has changed its name. The new name is The Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE).

The Berkeley campus has long been a center for innovative research about work, employment trends, and the labor force. IRLE's decision to update its name reflects its leadership in labor and employment research, and also strengthens the University's new statewide initiative, the Miguel Contreras Labor Program, of which IRLE is a campus-level program.

"The decision to update the Institute of Industrial Relations' name has been under discussion for some time," said Director Michael Reich. "We felt that with the Regents' vote in favor of the Contreras program, it was the right moment to change our name. California academics are leaders in many areas, such as analyzing living wage and minimum wage policies, the impact of "big box retailers", workforce demographics, new trends among labor unions, and "smart" urban and regional planning," he added. "IRLE is very well-poised to advance the study not only of organized labor and its role in society, but also newly emerging fields."

University of California labor programs began 60 years ago when former UC President Clark Kerr founded and became the first director of the Institute of Industrial Relations at UC Berkeley. The same year, a similar institute was created at UCLA, and 20 years later, the Center for Labor Research and Education was established - one at each institute - to carry out service and outreach activities with union and community partners.

UCLA's center is also changing its name to the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, in keeping with the long tradition of collaboration between the Berkeley and UCLA institutes.

IRLE has attracted more than 85 faculty affiliates from 19 schools and departments. This strong faculty presence reflects the crucial importance of understanding how changes in work and employment and in the workforce affect all areas of modern life.

"IRLE has a very strong presence on the Berkeley campus and we are also part of a statewide network of academics spanning all UC campuses," Reich said. "The Contreras Program enables faculty throughout the state to seek research funds under the UC Labor and Education Research Fund (LERF) program, which has had a substantial impact over the past three years," he added.

IRLE's Top-Ranked Journal: Another Name Change

IRLE publishes the top-ranked scholarly journal in the field of labor and industrial relations. The journalIndustrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Societywill also undergo a name change, during the 2007-2008 publishing year. The new name will be the Journal of Labor and Employment. "IRLE's scholarly journal will continue to publish the best new work in the field, and the name change reflects the broad area of inquiry that we cover," said IRLE Director Reich.

Academic and Community Programs: New Growth

IRLE hosts many programs, both research-oriented and in community outreach. The Center for Labor Research and Education (CLRE) has played an important role in exploring crucial issues facing employers and workers, and training diverse new generations of labor leaders. In recent years, the CLRE has contributed ground-breaking studies in many areas, including the public costs of low-wage work, job crises facing African-Americans, the restructuring of the retail industry, trends in job-based healthcare, and labor issues in China.

IRLE's award-winning Library has undergone an extensive renovation, with the addition of a new Information Gateway, and a beautiful reading room. California Public Employee Relations, the most prominent journal for California public employee research, continues to offer incisive analyses of legal trends. The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment is a national leader in studying the emerging sector of child care employment, training and accreditation.

Most importantly, IRLE has committed itself to strong faculty support. "IRLE provides direct support to Berkeley faculty, funding graduate student researchers, sponsoring high-profile conferences and offering a colloquium series," Reich said. "The Contreras Program has greatly extended our reach, and I have made substantial support for new faculty a top priority." This has been particularly meaningful for IRLE, as the Berkeley campus has undergone an extended era of faculty recruiting. "Over the past ten years, many of the best researchers in the world have been attracted to Berkeley," Reich said. He envisions a more prominent role for IRLE in supporting new faculty, and engaging in collaborative work with other campus programs.

More information about IRLE may be found at its Web site, http://www.iir.berkele.edu. In the coming weeks, IRLE will transform its Web and publications to reflect its new name. "In the mean time," said Director Reich, "We're ramping up for more research and community services."

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Towers Perrin

Spotlight: Sales Compensation Goes Global
March, 2007
http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/hrservices_webcache_html.jsp?webc=HR_Services/United_States/News/Spotlights/2007/03_2007_Spotlight_Global_Sales_Comp.htm&language_code=global&selected=home

Traditionally, most companies designed and managed their sales compensation plans on a local basis, for a variety of reasons. Recently, however, many global organizations have been rethinking the merits of this approach. While recognizing that a uniform sales incentive plan worldwide may not be practical, more companies are concluding that the traditional fragmented approach creates added administrative complexity and may, in fact, hinder their ability to communicate with and consistently manage the sales force in markets around the world.

In this podcast, we provide an overview of what it means to take a global approach to sales compensation -- and look at the latest trends and emerging best practices in this area, including:
   * The circumstances in which taking a global approach to sales compensation is appropriate
   * The key benefits -- as well as some potential risks -- of moving to a global sales compensation process
   * Practical tips on working with local managers to avoid the pitfalls and enhance the performance of the global sales force.

Download the podcast and listen now
< http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/getwebcachedoc?webc=HRS/USA/2007/200703/GCGmarch21podcast.mp3 >

Or, download and read a transcript of the podcast.
< http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/getwebcachedoc?webc=HRS/USA/2007/200703/Towers_Perrin_Sales_Comp_Podcast_Transcript.pdf >

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Mercer

Mercer unveils 2006 Internet Industry Compensation trends for China
China
Beijing, 20 March 2007
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1261180

Mercer unveils 2006 Internet Industry Compensation trends for China

* The number of participants and samples for the 2006 Mercer Compensation Survey for the Internet industry increased by over 38%. The departments where staff is the mostly concentrated as in 2005 remain sales, software development and website operation. Characteristics of employees in the Internet industry are a higher level of education, where more than 80% of employees have more than a college education, lower age with an average age of 28.

* Compared to the traditional High-tech industry, the overall compensation in the Internet industry is still lower. However, the compensation for software developers is higher than other jobs in the Internet industry, but has no significant difference with their counterparts in the multi-national high-tech enterprises.

* The Internet industry has been one of the sectors with a higher proportion of salary increases, and the average rate of such increase in the industry in 2006 was 8.5%. The Internet industry favors more graduate students with majors in computer and relevant studies, and the starting salary for graduates with undergraduate degrees in computer technology are 27% higher than non-computer graduates.

* The Internet industry is also one of the sectors having a relatively higher level of employee turnover, where the voluntary turnover in the year of 2005 was 15.9%. Our data shows that the average term of service for employees in the Internet industry is less than 3 years.

Mercer Human Resource Consulting, a global leader for HR and related financial advice and services, recently released its 2006 Compensation Survey for the Internet industry in Beijing.

37 well-known companies from the Internet industry participated in the 2006 Mercer Compensation Survey, and the number of both participants and sample size increased by 38 % compared to the previous years. Participants included operators in the gateway category (SINA, SOHU, Tom Online, etc.); operators in the game category (Shanda Entertainment, Ninetowns, Ourgame, etc.); operators from the wireless value-added category (Linktone Ltd, Hurray, Chinatelecom Information Development Co., Ltd, Monternet, etc.); operators in the e-business category (Amazon, Alibaba, eLong, Inc, etc. ); operators from the search engine category (Baidu, etc.); and others (Baihe Net Work 21vianet, etc.).

Salary & Compensation Management Status

At the present stage in the industry, management, including HR management in many companies is evolving from a stage of infancy to one of further development. Over 50% of companies surveyed are working on HR planning and the building of their HR management system.

On the level of salary and compensation, the main cause for the big gap that exists between the Internet industry and multi-national High-tech companies are:

* The Internet industry has long been a paradise for entrepreneurs attracting many ambitious people. With these people, the Internet industry in China was created from scratch and developed at record levels. Any company in this high-speed development process will take control of cost and improve productivity as their primary tasks. Therefore, their ability in paying salaries and compensation still lags behind the multi-national High-tech companies, which are mature and fairly developed;

* Whether in the aspects of compensation and age, employees in the Internet industry are in the lower level compared to those in other industries, particularly in the High-tech industries. A smaller number of employees with rich working experience, and shorter years of service may also result in such differences;

* Many companies in the Internet sector do not set clear annual reward objectives, or are unable to so in the fast changing and sharp competitive environment. They would rather reward employees based on the actual company performance at the year-end, particularly the reward to the sales staff. Such performance-related reward may account for 30% to 50% out of the annual total cash payment. Long-term motivation is also one of the means for compensation management commonly used in the Internet companies. All listed companies in the Internet sector provide shares and options to the staff holding important company positions.

Talent Attraction and Retention

In 2006, the employee turnover rate in the Internet industry remained at approximately 16%, which is rather high. The demand for development engineers, game designer and operation staff as well as artistic designers is especially high. According to the survey, the main reasons behind such employee departure were due to the personal development, dissatisfaction with compensation, family reasons, problems of communication with superiors and the lack of a clear organization system and structures, etc. With the development of companies in the Internet industry, talent is no doubt the most competitive asset for technical and knowledge-based companies. Therefore, how to attract and retain the employees has become an important challenge for the HR professionals in the industry. Mercer's China Employee Attraction and Retention Survey Report shows that the way for companies to retain employees is for these to believe they are offering attractive compensation and benefits, opportunities for promotion, meaningful and creative work, a unique organization structure, as well as good company location, etc.

If you would like to know more about Mercer's 2006 Compensation Survey for the Internet industry released by Mercer Human Resources Consulting, please contact Chris Feng at < mailto:chris.feng@mercer.com> chris.feng@mercer.com or call +86 10 6533 4282; Elley cao at < mailto:elley.cao@mercer.com> elley.cao@mercer.com or call +86 21 6103 5540.

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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:44 AM

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Mercer

HR Transformation in Europe -- Survey
http://www.mercerhr.com/europehrt2006

Press Release
HR perceives itself as more of a strategic business partner but acknowledges barriers to change
UK
London, 27 March 2007
http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1262230

   * More than 70 percent of European HR functions have undergone or are undergoing an HR transformation, mainly driven by changing business and organisational requirements.
   * Restructuring of HR and technology investments are the most frequent HR transformation activities completed under the banner of HR transformation.
   * HR functions increasingly see themselves as effective strategic business partners, but well over 40% of HR activity is spent on transactional and compliance-related activity.
   * HR functions have made progress, but the skills and capabilities of HR remain the principal barrier, together with the ability of managers to address their people issues.

According to Mercer's recent European HR Transformation Study, more than 70% of European firms are transforming their HR function or have already done so. Changing organisation and business requirements are the principal drivers of the HR transformation process, which primarily seeks to align the HR function with business needs and increase its ability to support the overall management of people and improve business effectiveness.

For many HR functions, this transformation is a continuous process with no real 'end,' as the challenges of business alignment are ongoing. The top human capital challenges and the areas where organisations are asking HR to provide real value to the business are seen to be: talent acquisition and retention (60%), change management (40%) and leadership development (35%). "Transformation is clearly on the minds of Europe's HR executives," said Philip Vernon, principal for Mercer's HR Effectiveness business in Europe. "Many organisations have made enormous progress in the area of HR transformation and now have a function that truly leads and supports the business, backed up by a tremendous degree of specialism."

The survey responses indicate that transformation has been primarily about the relationships and approach to customer management, and about the way the basic HR service is delivered in terms of HR organisation structure, technology and service delivery strategy. There are other transformation initiatives such as process change, HR skills development and outsourcing, but HR transformation so far has consisted primarily of internal changes focused on how the HR operating model works.

"Through HR transformation in the past five to 10 years, a model of HR organisation has evolved. The survey results confirm this and suggest that 50% of HR functions in Europe are moving in some ways towards an HR organisation that is basically a three-legged stool, focusing on centres of expertise, HR service centres and HR business partners," observed Mike Theaker, principal for Mercer's HR Effectiveness business in Europe.

"Clearly there has been a lot of activity in the area of HR technology, but the degree to which these initiatives have delivered benefits remains to be established," added Mr Theaker. Contrary to 2003 survey results, technology is no longer seen by the function as a major barrier to transforming HR, which indicates that progress has been made in this area.

Engaging more with the business

Survey participants believe that there is a big shift in the perception the business has of the HR function. Well over half the surveyed organisations view human capital as a source of value not a driver of cost - and more than two-thirds say that business leaders view HR as making a full contribution to business performance. HR is now actively engaged with the board of directors on a wide range of issues well beyond just remuneration, with primary focus on leadership succession and development, workforce planning and organisational change. Sixty-two percent of HR directors now report to the CEO, a significantly increased figure since 2003.

"HR is now much more clearly seen as a partner to business leadership than inferred in the results of the HR transformation survey we conducted in 2003," said Mr Vernon. "The 2006 survey indicates that HR sees itself as having increasing influence and giving more value to the business a real positive product, at least on the surface, of the ongoing process of HR transformation," he said. This conclusion is evidenced by survey participants through: discussing significant business-wide issues (76%), being the owner of methodologies that drive change in the organisation (70%), and providing tactical support in translating business strategy into a human capital strategy (67%).

Barriers to effective HR transformation

However, for each organisation that has successfully driven transformation within its HR function, there are many that have not. "There are some contradictions in the survey results," added Mr Vernon. "HR leaders see a number of key barriers to HR's ability to contribute to the business, as 40% of HR's time is still spent on transactional and compliance-related activity whilst only 15% of time is spent on strategic partnering." These figures are exactly the same as in 2003.

One of the main barriers is the skills and competencies of the people in HR. The survey results indicate that HR is strong in its traditional functional skills and the related personal behaviours. However, there is a growing set of skills that now are seen to be required by HR that the function has yet to secure. Some of these skills address the ability to improve customer service, process and manage projects, and deploy technology. Additionally, there are a range of skills in terms of business and financial understanding and business alignment that are critical to HR's capacity to partner with the business. The survey results do not indicate that these are strong skills. In short, HR is weak in a lot of the skills needed to be an effective business partner.

"Europe's HR executives tend to agree that HR is exhibiting broader business and operational-management skills, but there's still a very strong emphasis on HR's traditional expertise, with its focus on recruitment, team and people skills. A greater integration between those skills and a wider business and operational command is essential for HR's strategic future," said Mr Vernon.

The survey clearly suggests that progress is being made, but that HR is concerned about both the capability and the attitudes of line management in its approach to people management and to executing the organisation's HR policies and processes. The function still has a significant challenge in working with operational managers to ensure an organisation's people management is improved in a way that really impacts business performance.

About the survey

Mercer Human Resource Consulting's 2006 European HR Transformation Study surveyed more than 300 senior HR executives in Europe, representing 20 industries and 25 countries. More than 56 percent of the responses were from Western Europe, 26 percent from Southern Europe, and 18 percent from the emerging markets of Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Building on a similar Mercer survey conducted in 2003, the study is part of a global research project on HR transformation. Participants were asked about their present situation as well as their expectations for the next tree years, so a six-year "data window" has been created, which offers powerful insights into the current realities, trends, barriers, and opportunities facing HR functions across the world. For more information on the 2006 European HR Transformation Study, please visit < http://www.mercerHR.com/europehrt2006> and for details on 2003 survey go to < http://www.mercerhr.com/globalhrtransformation>. Mercer will also be issuing a summary of the global 2006 HR Transformation survey results in late April-early May 2007.

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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:36 AM

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United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
and
African Union

ECONOMIC REPORT ON AFRICA 2007: Accelerating Africa's Development Through Diversification [3 April 2007]
http://www.uneca.org/era2007/
or
http://www.uneca.org/era2007/ERA2007Full.pdf
[full-text, 182 pages]

Contents
Overview

Part 1: Recent Economic Trends and Prospects for 2007
Chapter 1 Developments in the World Economy and Implications for Africa
Chapter 2 Recent Economic Performance in Africa and Prospects for 2007
Chapter 3 Global Development Challenges for Africa in 2006

Part 2: Accelerating Africa's Development Through Diversification
Chapter 4 Diversification trends in Africa
Chapter 5 Diversification and Growth
Chapter 6 The Way Forward: Policies for Achieving Diversification
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# posted by SBasefsky : 5:45 AM

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________________________________________________________________________

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Japanese Working Life Profile 2006/2007 -- Labor Statistics
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborinfo-e/library/JapaneseWorkingLifeProfile2006-2007.pdf [February 2007]
[full-text, 94 pages]

JILPT publishes a booklet containing selected labor statistics to present
a profile of Japanese workers from various perspectives. It covers basic
statistical data to give a whole picture of Japanese labor situation, such
as indices for economic environment, employment situation, working
conditions, family life and social security policy. Also, it provides
statistics on some hot topics dealing with current labor issues in Japan,
including employment of elderly workers, increasing non-regular workers,
foreign workers / labor migration, various working patterns, changing
labor management relations, and so on.

Chapter I. Economic Environment
National Income/ Production Index/ Consumer Price, Purchasing Power
Chapter II. Population / Labor Force
Chapter III. Employment
Employment Situation/ Employment for Persons 65 Years Old and Over/
Employment Situation of Non-regular/ Foreign Labor
Chapter IV. Labor Mobility / Unemployment
Chapter V. Working Conditions (Wages, Working Hours, Others)
Wage/ Working Hours/ Industrial Accidents/ Retirement Allowance System
Chapter VI. Education / Human Resources Development
Education System, School, Employment/ OJT,Off-JT
Chapter VII. Labor Relations
Labor Union/ Labor Management Consultation System/ Labor Dispute
Chapter VIII. Worker's Life
Chapter IX. Social Security
Social Security/ Labor Insurance Benchmark/ Social Insurance System

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Foreign Firms, Domestic Wages
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13001.pdf
[full-text, 50 pages
Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, James R. Markusen, Bertel Schjerning
NBER Working Paper No. 13001
Issued in March 2007

---- Abstract -----
http://www.nber.org/papers/w13001

Foreign-owned firms are often hypothesized to generate productivity "spillovers" to the host country, but both theoretical micro-foundations and empirical evidence for this are limited. We develop a heterogeneous-firm model in which ex-ante identical workers learn from their employers in proportion to the firm?s productivity. Foreign-owned firms have, on average, higher productivity in equilibrium due to entry costs, which means that low-productivity foreign firms cannot enter. Foreign firms have higher wage growth and, with some exceptions, pay higher average wages, but not when compared to similarly large domestic firms. The empirical implications of the model are tested on matched employer-employee data from Denmark. Consistent with the theory, we find considerable evidence of higher wages and wage growth in large and/or foreign-owned firms. These effects survive controlling for individual characteristics, but, as expected, are reduced significantly when controlling for unobservable firm heterogeneity. Furthermore, acquired skills in foreign-owned and large firms appear to be transferable to both subsequent wage work and self-employment.

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# posted by SBasefsky : 8:41 AM

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OECD

Ask the economists: The pensions challenge - financing retirement [29 March to 5 April]
http://www.oecd.org/document/0/0,2340,en_2649_201185_38324736_1_1_1_1,00.html

People are living longer. That's good news. But at the same time fertility rates are falling and the share of the population aged 65 and over is forecast to nearly double between 2000 and 2050 in OECD countries. This means that there will be fewer people working and, via their taxes and contributions, paying the pensions of ever more retired people.

What can governments do? Virtually every OECD country has made reforms to their public pension system over the past few years, from raising the retirement age and linking benefit levels to changes in life expectancy to encouraging people to pay into private schemes to supplement their state pension.

But have the risks and impact which ageing and living longer pose to pension systems been fully understood? What role can private pensions play in providing retirement income to individuals across the OECD region? Do individuals understand the need to save for their retirement and how best to do that?

A live online question and answer session will take place between 14.00 and 16.00 Paris time (12.00 to 14.00 GMT) on Thursday 5 April. OECD economists Monika Queisser, Ed Whitehouse, Fiona Stewart and Pablo Antonin will be there to answer questions.

You can send questions or comments on this issue in English or French in advance, or during the debate, to <mailto:ask@oecd.org >ask@oecd.org. We will post a selection of questions together with answers in English. You can also email your comments on those answers and we will post these too.

BACKGROUND READING

Pensions at a glance
< http://www.oecd.org/document/33/0,2340,en_2649_201185_34824801_1_1_1_1,00.html >

Pensions Panorama - Retirement Income systems in 53 countries
< http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?lang=EN&sf1=identifiers&st1=9264032118 >

Solving the pensions puzzle (policy brief)
< http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/53/19/34587956.pdf>

Pension challenges and pension reforms in OECD countries
< http://oxrep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/22/1/78>

Global Pension Statistics
< http://www.oecd.org/document/46/0,2340,en_2649_201185_36091822_1_1_1_1,00.html >

Pensions working papers
< http://miranda.sourceoecd.org/vl=16407198/cl=26/nw=1/rpsv/workingpapers/19936397.htm >
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IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

New structures, forms and processes of governance in European industrial relations [29 March 2007]
http://eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0694.htm
or
http://eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/94/en/1/ef0694en.pdf
[full-text, 96 pages]

Author:
Léonard, Evelyne; Erne, Roland; Marginson, Paul; Smismans, Stijn

Summary:
The study aims to provide new information on the impact of new governance tools on the different actors of the European system of industrial relations European institutions, governments and European social partners. Furthermore, it endeavours to: promote awareness and understanding of the new forms of governance and their impact on the different levels of industrial relations in the European Union; contribute to the ongoing debate on the Europeanisation of industrial relations in the context of the modernisation of employment relations and the evolving role of the social partners in an enlarged EU, especially against the background of the Lisbon agenda; contribute to the transparency of the results of new forms of governance in European industrial relations; and examine the interrelationship between the different levels of industrial relations as well as between different tools of new governance, such as European social dialogue and the open method of coordination.

CONTENTS
Foreword v
Introduction 1
Methodology 2
Key questions 3
1 Governance and European social dialogue 5
Concept of governance 5
Views of the social partners 6
'New governance' in European industrial relations 7
European social dialogue 8
2 Cross-sector social dialogue 11
Institutional and legal framework 11
Commission typology of EU social dialogue instruments 19
Common positions and mutual undertakings 20
Dynamics of cross-sector social dialogue 24
Challenges and future perspectives 33
3 Sectoral social dialogue 35
Institutional and legal framework 35
Dynamics of sectoral social dialogue 41
Challenges and future perspectives 50
4 Autonomous processes and Europeanisation of industrial relations 53
Cross-border activity at sector level 54
Cross-border pattern bargaining and context setting in companies 59
EWC joint texts and framework agreements 62
Impact of autonomous processes on European industrial relations 66
5 New instruments and the broader governance perspective 69
Lisbon strategy and open method of coordination 69
Conclusions 75
Bibliography 79
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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 : 5:33 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
________________________________________________________________________

Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2006 [30 March 2007]
(released March 2007)
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/asia/index.html
[scroll down for individual country reports]
or
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/asia/ssptw06asia.pdf
[full-text, 228 pages]

Each country summary discusses five types of programs:

Old age, disability, and survivors;
Sickness and maternity;
Work injury;
Unemployment; and
Family allowances.

[excerpt]
This second issue in the current four-volume series of Social Security
Programs Throughout the World reports on the countries of Asia and the
Pacific. The combined findings of this series, which also includes volumes
on Europe, Africa, and the Americas, are published at 6-month intervals
over a 2-year period. Each volume highlights features of social security
programs in the particular region.

This guide serves as an overview of programs in all regions. A few
political jurisdictions have been excluded because they have no social
security system or have issued no information regarding their social
security legislation. In the absence of recent information, national
programs reported in previous volumes may also be excluded.

In this volume on Asia and the Pacific, the data reported are based on
laws and regulations in force in July 2006 or on the last date for which
information has been received.1 Information for each country on types of
social security programs, types of mandatory systems for retirement
income, contribution rates, and demographic and other statistics related
to social security is shown in Tables 14 at the end of the guide.

The country summaries show each system's major features. Separate programs
in the public sector and specialized funds for such groups as agricultural
workers, collective farmers, or the self-employed have not been described
in any detail. Benefit arrangements of private employers or individuals
are not described in any detail, even though such arrangements may be
mandatory in some countries or available as alternatives to statutory
programs.

The country summaries also do not refer to international social security
agreements that may be in force between two or more countries. Those
agreements may modify coverage, contributions, and benefit provisions of
national laws summarized in the country write-ups. Since the summary
format requires brevity, technical terms have been developed that are
concise as well as comparable and are applied to all programs. The
terminology may therefore differ from national concepts or usage.

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

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

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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# posted by SBasefsky : 5:04 AM

IWS Documented News INTERNATIONAL

Friday, April 27, 2007

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

[IWS] IADB: EDUCATIONAL GENDER GAP in LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN [April 2007]

Thursday, April 26, 2007

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

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

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

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

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

Friday, April 20, 2007

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

[IWS] BEA: U.S. MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES: EMPLOYMENT, SALES, & CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 2005 [19 Aprile 2007]

[IWS] ILO: 4 NEW RESOURCE GUIDES issued by the ILO Library

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

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

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

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]

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

Friday, April 13, 2007

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

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

[IWS] EIRO: GENDER & CAREER DEVELOPMENT (COMPARATIVE STUDY) [21 March 2007]

[IWS] ILR Creates GLOBALIZATION & THE WORKPLACE PROGRAM--1st of its kind [12 April 2007]

Thursday, April 12, 2007

[IWS] OPEN LETTER TO INTERNATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY AT LARGE [12 April 2007]

[IWS] Mercer: REDUCING EMPLOYEE ABSENCE--EUROPEAN SURVEY [12 April 2007]

[IWS] Dublin Foundation: FOSTERING MOBILITY THROUGH COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT [12 April 2007]

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

[IWS] ILR Press: ASSEMBLING WOMEN: THE FEMINIZATION OF GLOBAL MANUFACTURING [May 2007]

[IWS] ARGENTINA: Recovery of a Downsized Labor Movement (2202-2006) [January 2007]

Monday, April 09, 2007

[IWS] U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2006 [March 2007]

[IWS] EWCO: PLACE of WORK & WORKING CONDITIONS (COMPARATIVE STUDY) [5 April 2007]

[IWS] EC: EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN & MEN 2007 Report [February 2007]

NIOSH: TRUCK DRIVER OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH: 2003 Conference Report and Selective Literature Review* [8 February 2007]

[IWS] CRS: U.S. TRADE POLICY & the CARIBBEAN: From Trade Preferences to Free Trade Agreements [4 April 2007]

Friday, April 06, 2007

[IWS] AFL-CIO's New EXECUTIVE PAY WATCH Website Exposes Rigged CEO System [5 April 2007]

[IWS] OECD Factbook 2007 [2 April 2007]

[IWS] KOREA: KCTU REPORT on LABOR RIGHTS in S. KOREA [February 2007]

Thursday, April 05, 2007

[IWS] OECD Statistical Profile of CHINA [2 April 2007]

[IWS] NEW NAME for UC Berkeley's Institute of Industrial Relations (also UCLA) [4 April 2007]

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

[IWS] Towers Perrin: SALES COMPENSATION GOES GLOBAL [March 2007]

[IWS] Mercer: CHINA 2006 INTERNET INDUSTRY COMPENSATION TRENDS [20 March 2007]

[IWS] Mercer: HR TRANSFORMATION in EUROPE--Survey [27 March 2007]

[IWS] ECONOMIC REPORT ON AFRICA 2007 [3 April 2007]

[IWS] JILPT: JAPANESE WORKING LIFE PROFILE 2006/2007 [February 2007]

Monday, April 02, 2007

[IWS] NBER: FOREIGN FIRMS, DOMESTIC WAGES [March 2007]

[IWS] OECD: THE PENSIONS CHALLENGE--FINANCING RETIREMENT (Ask the Economists)

[IWS] Dublin Foundation: NEW STRUCTURES, FORMS & PROCESSES of GOVERNANCE in EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS [29 March 2007]

[IWS] SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: ASIA & THE PACIFIC 2006 [30 March 2007]

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