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Download full textComptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1985
This report discusses ways to determine why female Federal employees earn less than male Federal employees. Two general approaches are discussed: economic analysis and job content. Economic analysis attempts to measure and explain existing wage differentials between men and women using characteristics of individuals, occupations, and the…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Valentine, Harold; Zikmund, Dale G. – 1998
This paper outlines the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (sometimes referred to as the Wage-Hour Law) that establishes a minimum wage, subminimum wage, training wage overtime pay, and recordkeeping requirements. The following topics are addressed: (1) covered employment; (2) exemptions; (3) hours worked; (4) board, lodging, and other…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedLowe, Rosemary Hays; Wittig, Michele Andrisin – Journal of Social Issues, 1989
Integrates the major conclusions of the papers on comparable worth in this special issue, and identifies additional relevant issues. Covers the following major topics: (1) history and conceptual issues; (2) social psychological aspects to pay equity; (3) job evaluation issues and applications; and (4) policy implementation and implications. (JS)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Comparable Worth, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes
Lukaszewski, Thomas E. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1997
Describes four major tax acts which significantly impact businesses and individual taxpayers. Includes important issues affecting businesses, such as changes in minimum wage, depreciable personal property, pensions, and tax credits. Also describes important issues affecting individuals, including changes in spousal IRAs, adoption expense credits,…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Early Childhood Education, Economic Impact, Educational Legislation
Mercer, Elizabeth – 1989
This fact sheet provides an array of statistical data on working mothers, such as the need for child care, the child care providers, who supports child care, and work and family. Data sources include a number of federal government and private organizations. Among the statistics highlighted are the following: (1) in 1988, 65 percent of all women…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Children
Webber, Loydia; Phibbs, Susan – 1980
While it is not clear how much responsibility vocational education bears for the inequities in employment and earning patterns in Georgia, it is clear that men and women do not make vocational choices unencumbered by sex influences. Federal legislation provides mandates to reduce sex stereotyping and discrimination in vocational education. Sex…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Educational Discrimination, Educational Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
