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Samuels, Sheldon W. – WorkingUSA, 1999
"Authorized" genetic testing may be obtained from employees with coercion or threat. Unless protections are put in place, employers and health insurers will use genetic screening to hire and fire. (JOW)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Employment Practices, Genetics, Health Insurance
Lindsay, William G. – 2002
There has been a dearth of First Nations people teaching First Nations Studies programs across Canada. This means that Native students must learn their history and contemporary academic knowledge from those who are non-Native in ethnicity and background and whose knowledge has been learned in schools instead of lived. It is time that First Nations…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Studies, American Indians, Canada Natives
Bishop, John – 1986
Wage rates and earnings give misleading signals to public and private policymakers as to the benefits of certain kinds of education and training investments. These misleading signals result from the fact that (1) workers and employers prefer employment contracts that either do not recognize or only partially recognize differences in productivity…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensation (Remuneration), Educational Benefits, Educational Policy