Tuesday, November 30, 2010
[IWS] OECD: TRANSITIONING TO A LOW-CARBON ECONOMY: PUBLIC GOALS AND CORPORATE PRACTICES [29 November 2010]
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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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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Transition to a low-carbon economy: Public goals and corporate practices [29 November 2010]
http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46280502_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/get-it.asp?REF=2010051E.PDF&TYPE=browse
[full-text, 119 pages]
Companies are increasingly aware of the need to address climate change. However, while many companies are taking action to address climate change, many others are still lagging behind. This report surveys responsible business practices addressing climate change and driving the shift to a low-carbon economy. It summarises policies, regulations and other instruments in support of a low carbon economy in OECD countries and emerging economies, and analyses corporate responses to these drivers.
Using the principles of responsible business conduct identified in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, this report reviews three key areas of corporate action: accounting for greenhouse gas emissions; achieving emissions reductions; and engaging suppliers, consumers and other stakeholders.
Table of contents:
Preface by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General
Glossary and Acronyms
Executive Summary
Introduction – Business and Climate Change: the Broad Picture
Chapter 1. Accounting for Corporate Emissions
-1.1. Trends in corporate accounting and reporting of GHG information
-1.2. Emerging practices and standards
-1.3. Challenges
Chapter 2. Achieving Emissions Reductions
-2.1. Companies’ motivations to reduce GHG emissions
-2.2. Establishing GHG emission reduction plans
-2.3. Putting GHG emission reduction at the core of business organisation
Chapter 3. Reaching Out
-3.1. Managing emissions throughout the supply chain
-3.2. Engaging consumers
-3.3. Contributing to the development and implementation of climatechange policies
-3.4. Sharing the benefits of innovation and contributing to technology transfer
Annex A1. OECD Survey on Business Practices to Reduce Emissions
Annex A2. OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Climate Change
Bibliography
Press Release 29 November 2010
Green and growth go together: the business case for a low-carbon economy
http://www.oecd.org/document/50/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46548850_1_1_1_1,00.html
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[IWS] Work Foundation (UK): UNDERSTANDING THE DEAL: Placing the employee at the heart of the employment relationship [November 2010]
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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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Work Foundation (UK)
UNDERSTANDING THE DEAL: Placing the employee at the heart of the employment relationship [November 2010]
or
http://workfoundation.org/assets/docs/publications/275_understanding_deal.pdf
[full-text, 64 pages]
Abstract
This report, the fourth in the Future of HR series, outlines a conceptual framework of the employee’s perception of how their relationship with their employer is forged, sustained and re-negotiated. Based on the synthesis of data from over 130 interviews across six organisations, the Deal Framework considers both the formal and psychological components of the employment deal, and evaluates the interaction between the key players in the employment relationship. It provides HR and all those with an interest in people management with an instrument for understanding the motivations and meaning of work for the modern employee. The report goes on to highlight the implications of adopting this employee-centric perspective on HR practice in the areas of employee engagement, talent management, employee involvement and jobs.
Contents
Foreword 6
1. Introduction 8
2. The deal framework 10
2.1 Introduction 10
2.2 Exploring the deal framework 11
3. The case studies 16
THEME 1. What’s in it for employees? 16
THEME 2. Balancing and rebalancing the deal 20
THEME 3. Key players in the deal 26
THEME 4. Values and the deal 30
4. Implications for people management 37
4.1 Employee engagement: turning it on its head 37
4.2 Talent 41
4.3 Employee involvement 43
4.4 Jobs 44
5. The story continues 47
References 48
Appendix 1. Methodology 50
Appendix 2. Case study details 52
Appendix 3. The Future of HR programme Expert Challenge Group 59
Contact details 61
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Monday, November 29, 2010
[IWS] CRS: IMMIGRATION REFORM ISSUES IN THE 111th CONGRESS [29 October 2010]
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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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Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Immigration Reform Issues in the 111th Congress
Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy
October 29, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R40501/2010-10-29/download/1013/
[full-text, 16 pages]
Summary
There is a broad-based consensus that the U.S. immigration system is broken. This consensus
erodes, however, as soon as the options to reform the U.S. immigration system are debated. The
number of foreign-born people residing in the United States is at the highest level in U.S. history
and has reached a proportion of the U.S. population—12.6%—not seen since the early 20th
century. Of the 38 million foreign-born residents in the United States, approximately 16.4 million
are naturalized citizens. According to the latest estimates by the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), about 10.8 million unauthorized aliens were living in the United States in
January 2009. The Pew Hispanic Center recently reported an estimate of 11.1 million
unauthorized aliens in March 2009, down from a peak of 12 million in March 2007. Some
observers and policy experts maintain that the presence of an estimated 11 million unauthorized
residents is evidence of flaws in the legal immigration system as well as failures of immigration
control policies and practices.
The 111th Congress is faced with strategic questions of whether to continue to build on
incremental reforms of specific elements of immigration (e.g., employment verification, skilled
migration, temporary workers, worksite enforcement, and legalization of certain categories of
unauthorized residents) or whether to comprehensively reform the Immigration and Nationality
Act (INA). President Barack Obama has affirmed his support for comprehensive immigration
reform legislation that includes increased enforcement as well as a pathway to legal residence for
certain unauthorized residents.
This report synthesizes the multi-tiered debate over immigration reform into key elements: legal
immigration; legalization; immigration control; refugees, asylees, and humanitarian migrants; and
alien rights, benefits, and responsibilities. It delineates the issues for the 111th Congress on
permanent residence, temporary admissions, border security, worksite enforcement, employment
eligibility verification, document fraud, criminal aliens, and the grounds for inadmissibility.
Addressing these contentious policy reforms against the backdrop of economic crisis sharpens the
social and business cleavages and narrows the range of options.
The report will be updated as events warrant.
Contents
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................1
Legal Immigration ......................................................................................................................2
Permanent Residence ............................................................................................................2
Temporary Admissions..........................................................................................................3
Legalization ...............................................................................................................................4
Immigration Control ...................................................................................................................4
Border Security.....................................................................................................................5
Worksite Enforcement...........................................................................................................5
Employment Eligibility Verification ......................................................................................6
Document Fraud ...................................................................................................................6
Criminal Aliens .....................................................................................................................7
Grounds for Inadmissibility...................................................................................................7
Refugee, Asylee, and Humanitarian Concerns .............................................................................8
Alien Rights, Benefits, and Responsibilities ................................................................................9
Legislative Prospects.................................................................................................................10
Contacts
Author Contact Information ......................................................................................................13
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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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[IWS] CRS: [CRISIS] Rulemaking Requirements and Authorities in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act [3 November 2010]
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Rulemaking Requirements and Authorities in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Curtis W. Copeland, Specialist in American National Government
November 3, 2010
http://www.opencrs.com/document/R41472/2010-11-03/download/1013/
[full-text, 92 pages]
Summary
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203, July 21, 2010)
contains more than 300 provisions that expressly indicate in the text that rulemaking is required
or permitted. However, it is unclear how many rules will ultimately be issued pursuant to the act
because, among other things, (1) most of the provisions appear to be discretionary (e.g., stating
that an agency “may” issue a rule); (2) individual provisions may result in multiple rules; (3)
some provisions appear to provide rulemaking authorities to agencies that they already possess;
and (4) rules may be issued to implement provisions that do not specifically require or permit
rulemaking.
Nearly 80% of the relevant provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act assign rulemaking responsibilities
or authorities to four agencies: the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),
and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Many of the mandatory provisions specify the
details of the rules to be issued, but many of the discretionary provisions allow the agencies to
issue such rules “as may be necessary.” Most of the rulemaking provisions in the act do not
indicate how the regulations should be developed, but some either require or prohibit notice-andcomment
procedures before the final rule is issued.
Fewer than 40% of the rulemaking provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act indicate when the required
or permitted rule should be issued or go into effect. Of the provisions with deadlines, four require
rules to be issued within 90 days of enactment (i.e., by October 19, 2010), and five other
provisions require rules within 180 days (i.e., by January 17, 2011). As of October 20, 2010, 10
final rules had been published in the Federal Register implementing the act, including six by the
SEC and two by the CFTC.
Many of the government-wide rulemaking requirements (e.g., the Administrative Procedure Act)
appear to apply to rulemaking under the Dodd-Frank Act, but the exceptions and exemptions to
those requirements also apply. Other rulemaking requirements and controls (e.g., Executive Order
12866) are not applicable to the independent regulatory agencies like the SEC and the CFTC,
who are responsible for issuing most of the rules under the act. Also, some of the rulemaking
agencies do not receive congressionally appropriated funds, and therefore may not be subject to
appropriations restrictions that Congress has used to control rulemaking.
Nevertheless, Congress has a number of oversight tools available to affect the nature of Dodd-
Frank Act rulemaking, including confirmation hearings for nominees to head the agencies,
oversight hearings, and letters to and meetings with agency representatives. Appropriations
restrictions can be used with regard to agencies who receive appropriated funds. Congressional
Review Act resolutions of disapproval can call attention to certain rules.
This report will not be updated.
Contents
Introduction ...............................................................................................................................1
This Report ...........................................................................................................................2
Methodology...................................................................................................................2
Number of Dodd-Frank Act Rules Is Unknowable.......................................................................4
Some Rulemaking Authorities May Have Existed Previously ................................................4
Non-rulemaking Provisions May Result in Rules...................................................................5
Various Agencies Are Required or Permitted to Issue Rules.........................................................6
Rulemaking Agency Discretion.............................................................................................8
Methods of Rulemaking ........................................................................................................9
Additional Comment Opportunities and Transparency................................................... 11
Most Rulemaking Provisions Have No Deadlines...................................................................... 11
How Rulemaking Deadlines Are Established.......................................................................12
Some Early Deadlines .........................................................................................................14
As Soon As Practicable .................................................................................................14
Within 90 Days .............................................................................................................15
Within 180 Days ...........................................................................................................15
Within Six Months ........................................................................................................16
An “Obligation of Speed” ...................................................................................................16
Ten Dodd-Frank Act Final Rules Have Been Published .......................................................17
Some Federal Rulemaking Requirements Are Not Applicable to Dodd-Frank Rules ..................18
Many Rulemaking Requirements, and Exceptions, Apply to Dodd-Frank Act Rules ............19
Administrative Procedure Act........................................................................................20
Regulatory Flexibility Act .............................................................................................20
Some Rulemaking Requirements and Controls Are Not Applicable to Certain
Agencies ..........................................................................................................................21
Executive Order 12866 .................................................................................................21
Paperwork Reduction Act..............................................................................................22
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act ...................................................................................22
Appropriations Restrictions...........................................................................................23
Congressional Oversight ...........................................................................................................24
Options ...............................................................................................................................25
Congressional Review Act ..................................................................................................26
Tables
Table 1. Provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act That Expressly Reference Rulemaking, by
Agency ...................................................................................................................................7
Table 2. Deadlines for Issuing Rules Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act ........................................12
Table A-1. Mandatory Rulemaking Provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act .......................................28
Table B-1. Discretionary Rulemaking Provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act ...................................59
Appendixes
Appendix A. Mandatory Rulemaking Provisions .......................................................................28
Appendix B. Discretionary Rulemaking Provisions ...................................................................59
Contacts
Author Contact Information ......................................................................................................88
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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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[IWS] World Bank: [TRADE] DATA VISUALIZER [22 November 2010]
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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World Bank
[TRADE] DATA VISUALIZER [22 November 2010]
http://devdata.worldbank.org/TradeVisualizer/
Go to DATA SELECTION in left margin to find variables and countries
NEW DATA VISUALIZERS for TRADE DATA [22 November 2010]
http://data.worldbank.org/news/new-data-visualizers-for-trade-data
n September 2010, the World Bank launched the new web-based World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) system. The WITS software has been developed by the World Bank, in close collaboration and consultation with various international organizations, including United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Trade Center (ITC), United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), and World Trade Organization (WTO). The new WITS does not require any installation and can be accessed from http://wits.worldbank.org/WITS
WITS is a trade software tool giving access to bilateral trade data between countries based on various product classifications, product details, years, and trade flows. It also contains tariff and non-tariff measures as well as an analysis tool to calculate the effects of tariff reductions. In addition, users can view their data using bubble charts and the map visualizer. “Bubble charts” display data in four dimensions. In each chart, the size of the country circle represents a volume measure, such as population or GDP. The position of the bubbles is determined by the indicators selected for the horizontal and vertical axes. The “map visualizer” animates the export and import trade data from the UNSD COMTRADE database by commodity and partner country from 1988-2008.
EXAMPLE FOLLOWS....
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[IWS} ADBI: WORKING PAPERS--Recent Studies
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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
WORKING PAPERS
http://www.adbi.org/catalog/index.php?tab=1&modid=36&breadcrumblabel=Working+Papers%2A
Recent Studies
254 Asia's Post-Global Financial Crisis Adjustment: A Model-Based Dynamic Scenario Analysis
253 Changing Commercial Policy in Japan During 1985-2010
252 Asset Market Structures and Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy
251 The Impact of Free Trade Agreements on Business Activity: A Survey of Firms in the People's Republic of China
250 Promoting Learning and Industrial Upgrading in ASEAN Countries
AND MORE....
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[IWS] OECD: HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS: EFFCIENCY AND POLICY SETTINGS [29 November 2010]
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_______________________________
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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
________________________________________________________________________
OECD
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS: EFFCIENCY AND POLICY SETTINGS [29 November 2010]
http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46491431_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
[full-text, 211 pages]
Press Release 29 November 2010
Health: Improving health care efficiency is key to curbing spiraling costs
http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46534006_1_1_1_1,00.html
29/11/2010 – Governments must make their health care systems more efficient if they are to maintain quality of care without putting further stress on public finances, according to a new OECD report.
In Health Care Systems: Efficiency and Policy Settings, the OECD warns that cash-strapped governments no longer have the option of boosting spending to improve health outcomes, as they have done over the past several decades.
“Health care is now one of the largest government spending items, representing on average 15% of government spending across the OECD, and costs are still rising,” says OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria. “The economic and financial crisis has weighed heavily on public finances, reinforcing the need to improve health care efficiency.”
The OECD report recognises that the sharp rise in health care spending – which has grown by more than 70% per capita in real terms since the early-1990s – led to steady improvements in health outcomes across the OECD. Life expectancy has increased by one year every four years, survival rates from diseases like cancer are up, and premature births and infant mortality have dropped dramatically.
However, cross-country comparative analysis highlights the uneven health care efficiency performance across the OECD countries.
AND MORE...
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[IWS] INVITATION: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT: AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM in SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 30 MARCH 2011
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ILERA (International labour and Employment Relations Association)
and
WORKPLACE RESEARCH CENTRE, University of Sydney
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT: AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM
in SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 30 MARCH 2011
GLOBAL FORUM ON EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
http://www.erglobalforum.com/
or
http://www.erglobalforum.com/documents/GlobalERForum2011Brochure.pdf
Contact Information
http://www.erglobalforum.com/contact-us.php
REGISTRATION
http://wrc.org.au/event-details.php?eventid=101
You are invited to attend a Global Forum on Employment Relations to be held in Sydney on 30 March 2011. The Forum will focus on recent trends in employment relations in key economies North America, Europe and Asia and their implications for Australia. The Forum will also provide an opportunity to review the effects of recent reforms in Australia in the context of the re-elected Labour government from a wide range of employer and union perspectives.
The Global Forum in 2011 follows the highly successful World Congress on Industrial Relations held in Sydney in 2009 attended by more than 900 participants from over 40 countries. A number of keynote speakers from that congress are returning to Sydney to review international changes which have occurred since the Global Financial Crisis and its aftermath.
Keynote speakers include:
- Professor Thomas Kochan from the Sloan School of Management at MIT in Cambridge, USA who has served as an adviser to Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama
- Professor William Brown, Master of Darwin College and former Head of Economics at Cambridge University who has served on Britain’s Minimum Wage Caommission
- Professor Janice Bellace from the Wharton School of Management, University of Pennsylvania and a Member of the Committee of Experts at the ILO in Geneva
- Dr Peter Auer, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Labour Studies in Geneva and former Head of the European Employment Observatory in Berlin, Germany
- Professor Mia Ronnmar from the Faculty of Law at the University of Lund in Sweden who has recently published a book on Industrial Relations in the European Union
- Dr Chang-Hee Lee who is Senior Adviser on Employment and Labour Relations issues for the ILO in China who formerly served as the Asian Regional Adviser in Bangkok
- Ged Kearney, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions. She was previously Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation, one of Australia’s largest and fastest growing unions.
- Peter Anderson, Chief Executive, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Peter represents Australian business regionally and globally at international forums such as the OECD, the International Organisation of Employers and on the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Heather Ridout Chief Executive, Australian Industry Group. Heather holds a large number of key national positions on bodies which include the National Workplace Relations Consultative Committee, Infrastructure Australia and Skills Australia and the Henry Review of Taxation.
Leading Australian specialists in employment relations from General Motors Holden, Qantas Airways, employers associations, trade unions and universities will examine the implications of international developments for Australia and review the effects of recent industrial relations reforms of the Gillard Labor government.
The Global Forum is jointly sponsored by the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) based in Geneva, the Journal of Industrial Relations (JIR) published by the Industrial Relations Association of Australia (IRSA) and the Workplace Research Centre (WRC) at the University of Sydney.
LOCATION
Doltone House
Jones Bay Wharf Pyrmont
Piers 19-21 Upper Deck
26 - 32 Pirrama Road
Pyrmont Point NSW 2009
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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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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016
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[IWS] EWCO: WORK-RELATED STRESS (COMPARATIVE STUDY) [19 November 2010]
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)
European Working Conditons Observatory (EWCO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
WORK-RELATED STRESS [19 November 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn1004059s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn1004059s/tn1004059s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/ewco/tn1004059s/tn1004059s.pdf
[full-text, 51 pages]
Executive Summary
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef10751.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/751/en/1/EF10751EN.pdf
This report examines the issue of work-related stress in the 27 EU Member States and Norway. Studies capturing data on work-related stress in individual countries differ in terms of their scope, methodology and coverage. The main risk factors for work-related stress include heavy workload, long working hours, lack of control and autonomy at work, poor relationships with colleagues, poor support at work and the impact of organisational change. These factors can be difficult to address, especially if they have resource implications. The main outcomes (individual, organisational and societal) of work-related stress include physical and mental health problems, absence from work, reduced quality of outputs, increased welfare and medical spending, and reduced productivity. Company-level examples of best practice in stress management highlight the need for good quality data on work-related stress, a robust stress policy, the involvement of all relevant actors, good communications, and the importance of buy-in from senior management.
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 questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Monitoring work-related stress at national level: high heterogeneity between Member States
Risk factors for work-related stress
Outcomes of work-related stress
Work-related stress management interventions
HSE Management Standards
Public debate on managing stress caused by restructuring
Commentary
Bibliography
Annex: Main national surveys/studies on work-related stress
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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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